, 1882-03-18
Railroad Progress.
TIE Dale. March Q. 1852

] time 10 iningle again with the very dust
from which it came. So IL Is with our own
, creations; orr monuments but follow cur
= own footsteps. true maybe years after our
e1it and mnybe centuries. This prerOrstion
:, rs but to announce as an assured fact, the
birthday Of The Dailes and Cascade division
of the o. r. & y. Co, its completion. its
inception into life. Bridging viii be CON-
pleted to-day and connections made with the
two sides of track in the fore part OF next
! week Work would have been done ere
this but the last storm conpletei what
work was left undone ty the graders Saw
Ing the company in cne place,
JACOBS LADDER,
Many hundreds OF dollars in blasting
out dangerous overhanging rocks. Many
small slides had occurred when the track
had been laid but none of serious charac-
ter. Quite q wasaOut occurred near She'll
Rock necessitatIng a three-Gecker trestle
work en- Te,c Of sand and dirtembankment-
The company have decided to slope off the
rock pallIsaie at the east approach to Tunnel
No. |. The steam-drilI scow is on the
grounds and work began to remove
this bug hear. This goes 10 show
that the o. r. L \. Co., do not propose to
run passenger cars over this division until
the road is perfectly safe. For a while
probably trains Will be Inconvenience by
dirt slides'and loose rock, bat that will be
patrolhng their beats on track velo;ipedes.
Mr.. Watts, the Company's right-of.way
man is now locating depot sites preparatory
to building station houses, Nm. Clucas
large gang Of carpenters will be removed to
East Portland where they Will resume Oper-
atoms on long bridge skirting the William
cite river for some distance. This work,
with the present force OF meE viii take
about two months to complete. There will
not be as much bridge bullding on the lower
division rs there has been in this, aud as it
takes longer 70 bridge than to I'LL in many
places. the work will progress more rapidly.
A large force of graders, some 1900 IN all,
under Julius ThIelsen are now actIvly en-
gagged pushing the work ahead, the first
gang being about miles out from East
Portland. There will be no such heavy
grading 10 contend against on this division
rs experienced by our modern Hannibal
J. S. HalIett. 1t is not yet generally
known who is TO have charge Of the carpen-
ters on the lower division in place OF Mr..
Clucas who has been deservedly honored by
being promoted to the general superinten-
deucy of bridges and buildings on the
Northern Pacific This Mr.. Clucas has
attained through his own merits, and his
nur.erons friends will be only too glad to
) find that the conjectures | made in my last
letter were well founded. Par ParentheseSe let
me tell you right here, that | could easily
ill the STATESMAN with morning slush, had
no particular regard for the truth. When
PAUL PROwLER's HOROSCOPE
Is east it IS nearly dead certainty that the
statements made will most surely resolve
themselves into facts. Many are conjectUr-
/ ing here as to tn effect OF a through line on
The Dalles. As there is no dead certainty
in this matter | can only refer the public at
large to Goltlsmith's Deserted Village"
Let those of the STATESNAS's readers, when
passing through this city, watch the effect
and then contemplate the power OF railroads.
Let il be a warning to them to look out for
their own interests-Walla Wallas, lest it
should meet the same fate ior want of pub
lie spirit. transgress. My theme is con-
struction not demolition. 1t is now e1-
pected, with some decree of certainty. that
| through trains to Portland viii be running
ON about Dec. |, iSS2 Quite a number OF
bridge builders have already moved up to
, the Blue Mountain division where they will
/ push matters ahead as rapidly as possible.
The track layers on this line will have to
f wait some time on the eight Howe truss
bridges that are TO span
THE UMATILLA.
Outside of this they have clear run
There is already about FIVE miles of iron
laid. Every effort possible will be made tc
: have this line sufficiently advanced TO tar
the wheat sections N time to remove the
coming crops. Work on the road ordered
pushed ahead across the Snake l think will
be secondary consideration. That ls'
neither men, iron or timber viii be sacri'
feed on the lower divisions for the particu'
Lar advancement OF this branch. And yet l.
is sincerely wished by the company tha!
sufficient men can be procured to complete
{ as soon as possible all definitely surveyed
lines, as it is their object TO fully develop
the upper country as soon as possible, as II
, is the only means the company have at handi
8 to keep their immense corporation in remu'
f nerative employment. In other words theil
prosperity is only guage, so to speak, OF
. vour country's advancement presume by
this the STATESMAN has already informed
. its readers of the Innovation this company
: is nrepsring for ''us 'uns" IN the way OF grain
elevators. II VIII SAY Iuc iio-HScis ALL "a
$ ally about the price of their sacks. Verify
, morning slush should call this monopoly for
= ..cornerins" the jute and sack 81 wing inter,
I ests. IAOL L ho"
TAKING OUT GRaSIrE.-Ncrkmen are
busiIy engaged at Granite Point on Snake
r.ver getting on. and trimming the granite
blocks for the piers and foundation OF the
Northern Pacific bridge at Ainsworth; there
are some 10 or so men employed, mostly
Italians who appear TO be peculiarly adapted
for this kind Of work; Frank himbal says
= al .hev want there to make the place look
: like the city Of Naples is monkey and a
hand-organ. The grapi.e is of excellent
quality and projects out on both sides OF the
river under the basalt formation, and can be
traced for miles, even up the North Fork OF
the Clearwater; /. Ia the only granite in the
Country round sbout that crops out IN great
Quantities: al the other is bAsalt pure and
). simple. Charley Moore located it some time
= since and now sells the rock to the company
: at So much per cubic yard.