Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-25
THE 0. S. L. ROAD.
1T IS BOUND TO BE HERE THIS
FALL.

men 70 ne Employed
From Capt. w. E. Davis, who re-
turned this morning from trip all
along the line of the Wood River
branch of the o. S. L. r. r., the TIMES
obtained some accurate information as
to the progress of the work and pros
poets for completing the Railroad to
Haley this fall.
Capt. Davis left Bellevue on Tues
day evening last, and the first work
he discovered on the line of the rail-
road was 20 miles out, where is loca-
ted the Headquarters camp or Kilpat-
rick's, who is the contractor for the
entire Wood River r. r., and let's all
the sub-contracts. There are four
Fitzpatrick brothers, and they are all
men Of enorgy aud old railroad con-
tractors. They are positive that the
entire work Of grading from the Junct-
ion of the 0. S. L. with the Wood
River branch will be completed with
in 90 days. The Kllpatricks are work
ing 1870 men at present and have let
contracts of mile or more, as desir-
ed, to various parties all along the
grade, distance Of 10 miles south, to
Smith 4 Wells's camp, the next large
camp to the Kilpatricks's. Smith &
Wells are sub-contractors, and have
SIX miles of grading, and from this
camp to the Junction men are scatter
ed in small camps all the way. Though
most Of the grade, from Smith & Wells's
six-mile contract to the Junction, is
already finished, small part of the
lava work yet unfinished is being
worked with such expedition that it
will be completed by the time the up
per contracts are, and these will be,
at the present rate, within 60 days.
AT the end of that time the graders
will all be moved up on the grade to
Haley, and on the o. S. l.. contracts
east of the Junction, which may be
behind. Mr.. Fitzpatrick says that he
can grade the road from his present
camp, rs miles below Haley, to this
town as fast as his men can walk, and
that all the Wood River branch will
positively be ready to lay track before
the construction train reaches the
on the o. S. l..
Graders will work from HALEY and
from the Kilpatricks's present camp
all along the 20 miles as soon as the
present grade is finished to the juno.
ton. Smith & Wells's camp is very
large one located at Patterns station,
on Little Wood River, and the men
are working on both sides of the river.
Below Smith & Wells's contract it is
only 10 miles to the Junction, and to
that point the grade is nearer COM
pleted than the upper end. The long,
est time claimed from rs miles below
here to the O. S. L. is 60 days, and 10
days from Silver Creek, the end of the
present grade, up Wood River valley.
Therefore. by October 1st the grade
is expected to be finished to HALEY.
The lava bed section referred to
Yesterday on this line is being worked
by large force of men, which will be
increased, and the delay feared will
thus be avoided, as far as that section
is concerned. Mr.. Fitzpatrick says that
the branch road to HALEY will be
graded before the O. S. L. is COM
pleted to the Junction, though from adj
vices from the U. P. r. R.office at Oma-
ha received this morning, we see that
hundreds more men are on their way
out with large number of teams, and
that the @. S. l.. track must and will
be completed to the junction early
this fall.
Men are arriving on the line by the
from Denver, Omaha, Kan
sas City and other points. Every gang
on the grade south of kilpatricks's,
as fast as through with their section,
will be set at work on the main line,
which will soon be lined by rock
breakers, graders and teams.
Smith & Wells have taken a con-
tract on the o. S. L. in the Boise Ba-
sin, to work all winter, and will
move there as soon as the Wood Ri
yer branch grading is completed.
The great difficulty which has been
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