The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-08-17
men of our country.

Such rapid work of course necessita-
tes large increase in the engineering
force. Springville is the general head
quarters for all the forces. Here
resides Engineer G. E. Botsford, gen
eral agent of the company for seeing
to right-of-way for the whole line. To
the Springville Office the various engi-
neers will report Mr.. H. b. Baylor
Is Division Engineer in this county,
with F. H. Works General Assistant.
Mr.. Seaman, one of the most accurate
of civil engineers, who had charge of
all the mason work of the great Kim
zua Viaduct will have charge of the
engineering for the erection of Cattar-
angus Bridge, and will also have
charge ofabout mile of line on each
side. E. w. Oviatt will have charge
of the Concord Section. Frank Near
ing, of Elmira, new conner, has the
middle Erie County Section, Golden
and West Falls: assisted by Charles
HI. Webb of Coldwater, Mich. and Mr..
Van Babour of Elmira. Engineer
Ditto is stationed at East Hamburg in
charge of the northern end.
Engineer Dox superintends the
Cattaraugus Division, having three
Section Engineers, Messrs. Wolf
koetter. Trimble and Butler.
The following parties have taken
subcontracts on the Ashford end of the
route. between Ashford Junction and
the Cattaraugus Creek: Willie &
Thompson, Mr.. Vanavery, Kenny &
Co, and r. p Kinsloy. Tho remain.
der of the contracts will be let before
Monday, and work will begin the
early part of the week. Contractors
are now along the line, trying To
obtain accommodations for large num-
bers of teams and men.
The work far south is being pushed
with great vigor. The southern end
worked by the energetic firm which
Superintendent Miller recently joined
will be ready in time for our end
The company saves much work and
time by a harmonious arrangement
with the Erie, whereby the r. & p
does not build its middle division thi:
year but uses the Erie, track and the
great Viaduct over the Kinzua chasm
The Bradford division has been greatly
delayed by the slow progress of tn,
bridge companies, caused by thu
strike at Pittsburg. Our bridge il
nearly ready, but the Carrolton ant
Allegany bridges which were ordered
later have Jagged discouragingly
Temporary crossings have been mad
by trestling and the road finished t,
Bradford. A little more strategy wa
exercised Tuesday night last The o
B. & w. road, which the r. & p
crosses in Bradford, has tried to max
trouble. After submitting to q lega
obstruction some time, the r. & P
folks finally loaded a fiat car will
material and in the night with a loco
motive ran it down to the o. B. & w
track and put in the crossing all right
ran the locomotive over and has lai,
track through Bradford. The line i
graded to Custer about four mile
south of Bradford, and a mile and
half farther, where it switches off t,
the Erie road by which it runs t,
Alton, over the 800 #. high Kinzui
bridge and onward to Johnsonburg
The Bradford depot is nearly finished
That the r. & P. is an enterprisin,
company is shown by the circulars
and bulletins of inform alton whicl
they are issuing. They have latel
distributed neat cards containing
map of their different routes, from
Rochester to Bradford and Pittsburg
from Buffalo to Ashford, and from
East GAINESVILLE to Perry. 1t is arts
tically gotten up and is illustrated b.
engravings of the fine depot in Roches
ter and of the scenery along the Silve
Lake branch of the road. The com
pany also issues monthly an excellen
eight-page sheet call the "Rocheste
& Pittsburg official bulletin" lO,OO'
copies are printed and distributed OF
trains and along the towns of the line
A fine passenger and freight depot il
being built at the junction of the PER-.
branch and the main portion of tn
road. Even the Buffalo Express, OF
Wednesday, said; "rhe Rocheste
and Pittsburg is soon to be Buffalo
road, and the indications are that in
coming here it means business.