The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-21
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Few people have my idea OF the rnagni.
tude Of the work connected with the con.
struction Of the r, ". ( Ky. extension 10
Benwood. Nor can one gain any accurate
idea unless he goes over the entire line
from the mouth OF the creek to Bosg. Run,
on which portion the hundred and fifty men
employed are pow engaged In gangs ayerag.
Ing twenty each. A person seeing for The
frat time the operations In progress would
be surprised at the amount Of lumber that Is
bsIng used in the construction Of the trestle.
which can almost be said to be continuous
from the creek 10 Boggs' Run. LAST evening
reporter encountered Dir. ", III,
Gibson, tuperlntendeat Of the work, who In
ms usual ai'able and agreeable manner con.
sented to give a few figures.
| COMMENCEMENT or THE wOEE,
| The work was commenced about tho mid.
die OF August, and the contract stated that
the work was to be completed In three months,
bnt altef the work was started Mr. Applegate,
oil Aileg heny, the contractor, found that 90
much extra work would have to be done, that
! would be simply impossible 10 have Il done
| ~ '-"N h.hS' Adc SAtIa NUTk was caused Dy
the ract that the nature OF The soil about the
nou tn OF the creek was such that instead of
piles to each Of the three ubutments, So
would be necessary, rs foundations. These
piles, about % feet long, have 10 be sunk to
their heads In mud, and us they had to be
driven close together and very evenly the
| work WIS very tedious. The other extra
work WINS In making the trcste double one
from tho mouth OF the creek TO the Nail City
bout house site.
upto date, SGG "bcnts" of piles have been
driven. A bent" Is four plies driven In
line at right angles to the track, on top OF
which Is placed the piece of lumber called
the CAP, on which the ends OF the
"s.rlrgers rest. The 800 bents represent
i3o2 lincal feet OF track; Cos piles were used
In driving these bents, and as the niles
average IS feet In length, the 1,GO5 niles rem.
resented 6GrlT5 lineal feet Of lumber. On top
OF the bents, ny before stated, 70 the
caps, anu US there Is 1850 feet In each cap
there has been used thus far 81, 100 feet Of
lumber, board measure, for caps. On top
Of the cap are two cOrblCs-small pieces
OF lumber intended to be directly under the
rail and on which rests the "strinecr." For
the "bents' already in position 732 pieces of
corble huve been used, eQualing 10, O20 feet.
bOarG measure
THE MANNER CT CONSTRUCTION.
From bent to bent the stringers run; S,7s4|
lneAl feet OF track ~ represented by the
stringers that are In position, covering the
3G6 bents. These stringers are about the
most costly part OF the trestle. They consist
OF two pieces OF finished timber, placed one
on top Of the other, but held slightly apart
by smal! pieces OF wood called "packing
blocks ana held In place by bolts running
through the entire slringer. Over 100, 900
!eet oil lumber, board measure. has already
been used for stringers The stringsrs being
In position next come the ties. TO cover
the 1892 lineal feet OF track completed will
tuke 1880 ties. part OF which IRE down. They
Will represent ll0.eG0 feet OF lumber. board
measure. Then follows the guard rail, used
to keep the ties in position. For the dis
lance mentioned above II will REQUIRE S,7Si
lineal feet, about 400 OF which Is down.
This doad not complete the amount OF
lumber used. I he "ben,s" are each braced
with eight pieces OF lumber. One niece ex.
tends across eleven feet below the cap the
second extends across rs near the ground as
possible, while the remaining six run CT oss.
wise. About $4,000 feet, board measure, is
already on,
One Of the most costly articles used in the
construction OF the tresllc are the iron bolts.
The guard rail is boltcd once in four ties
with fourteen inch bolt iiye.eights inch
thick. In each striDger sixteen bolts are
used eighteen inches long, thrce.quarters
inch thick, the sixteen weighing about Is
pounds. The stringer Is secured TO the
corblc by Is inLb bolt thrce-quarters inch
tiiick, thecorble to the cap by drift bolt, and
the cap to the bent by four drift bolts, q
inches long, weighing pounds each.
4 DESCRIPTION OF TIE WORK.,
Eighty.iivc feet OF bridge has been erected
at cost OF about 5000, or one.half of what
will be required from the north bank OF
Wheeling creek TO the south bank of Boygs'
Kun. Before reaching the south bank of
boegs Fun, 30 more bents or $50 niles will |
have TO be driven, and corresponding
amount Of lumber used in caps, siringers,
corbles, ties and guard rails. One hundred
piles will probably have to be sunk rs foun.
dations for the Dogs Run bridge.
Asthe route now lies. there is double trcStle |
from the mouth of the creek 10 near where /
the Nail City boat house stood. There terra
af,nd is struck and the road continues on the
same past the mills 10 near the d. 4 0. yards,
where it runs on to single trestle and con.
times to the Sugar Refinery, where ground
IS again found for several hundred feet, fol.
lowed by short distance OF half trestle, then
moip land end finally t,eg,le to the run.
crossing the rum the road runs on land until |
near the Riverside Furnace; from there TO
lenwood, there arc Two routes SURVEYED
and it is not yet decided which will be taken.
Atany rate there will be from three.Q quarters
oil mile TO mile Of trcstle.
SOMETHING ABOUT TIE COST.
In driving these piles two portable engines
and machines are uspd. These ore shifted
along on temporary trcBllt: and huge rollers.
Each machine drives twenty-five piles a day,
OIL an average. 1t is expected to have the
restlc completed MS far as Boges Run BY
January 18th, II the weather continues favor.
able, although trains can run to the Sugar
Refinery by Christmas. The pine used in the
strlpEefs ind bridges comes from GIunl
Rapids, Michigan. anA the silard rails from
Dubois, Pennsylvania. The piles, with the
exception OF about 100, which were bought
river and are tloated down in RATS They arc Of
pine, oak and hcmlock. Taking all the tim.
Der and punching 1t together, the average
cost is about SSlI per l,Cl0, board measure.
The cost oil grading will lie about III, 900.
AZ Callwell's it was intended 10 build
bridge and considerable blasting waa done,
put after going down several feet, no place
in which to drive pile foundation was
found, SO frames" were constructed and
filed in with stones and cement, making an
ahulhl0ats rs solid as could be desired. The
distance between bents Is Is feet, except
where streets are crossed, when it is Ii feet.
A walk along the line Of operations can
not 'aiI TO BIG Of interest 70 any one.
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