Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1883-08-18

in running these eight miles, Is only
one mile and a half The length OF
the main tunnel, upon which work is
now being pushed, under the manage.
ment of Capt. Vim. Tucker, who has
AZ men employed, will be 300 feet
and the width at the bottom 16 feet
which will allow water way to be
cut on either side of the road bed. On
a line with top of the coaches, the tun.
mel will be 10 feet wide, which will
permit swing of the cars either way
of IS inches, while the top of the arch
will be IS feet high. The formation
through which the tunnel will pass, is
white and yellow sandstone, and
consequently will be easily driven,
and competent authority places the
cost of the removal Of the rock at $3.50
per cubic yard. Thus it will be seen
that, allowing 16 feet as the average
size of the tunnel, there would be on
ly ten cubic yards of rock to remove,
to the running foot of tunnel, making
the cost of same per foot, S25. This
estimate is made without any allow
ance for timbering, the need of which
Capt. Tucker thinks, is very improba-
BILE, except perhaps few sets at the
approaches in each end;y which is an
important item, as it will make a large
saving in the cost of construction.
There will be two other tunnels
within this eight miles of road, as To-
Gated, but as to their length, ! am not
informed. Col. Thos. S.. King, Chief
Engineer, says the main tunnel can
not be dispensed with, but in case it
becomes necessary to use much tim
Der in ITS construction, the two small
er tunnels can be avoided by a few
slight changes in the road survey,
without increasing the grade, so in
either case the expense will not be in
creased.
Col. King is very enthusiastic over
his success in securing such easy and
uniform grades from Chester Springs,
at the foot of the mountain, to Gener-
al Springs, at the summit. The diff
culties surmounted in this undertake
ing, will be realized when its known
that between the two points men.
toned, although only one mile and a
half apart, the difference of elevation
is $50 feet. Col. King assured me that
he experienced the greatest difficulty
in locating the road bed, and it was
only after three attempts that success
finally crowned his efforts. He says
that as much credit is due to his eff
Gent assistants Messrs. Bradford, Pen.
dleton, Rolph and others, for the ac-
complishment of this difficult under
taking, as to his efforts.
The survey will be completed the
latter part of this week, if nothing &C.
ours to delay the work. Col. J. W.
Eddy, accompanied by Col. King and
his estimable wife, left the Mogollon
mountains, for the east, on the 4th
inst, on business coapectsanWith the
A. M. B. railroad |llel expects
to return to Arizona N October next.
The survey will be finished under the
direction of Capt. Bradford, first as
sistant engineer. Col. King, assured
me that the A. M. B. railroad would
surely be built, beyond all doubt, any
and all reports to the contrary, not
outstanding, and that he is fully as
sured of the success of the enterprise,
is evinced by his having located for a
home, beautiful tract of land, Q6O
acres), at the foot Of the Mogollon, up
on which there are two fine springs of
ice cold water He now has men en-
ployed by the Construction Company.
He says that Notwithstanding the fact
that they are being paid in stock, of
the company, without receiving a doll
lar in cash for their work, they are
just as faithful, and work just as hard
as though they were making 81 per
day, cash, which shows their conf
dence in the ultimate value of the
stock, and sets an example which the
people along the entire line would do
we'll to emulate. Let them not hang
back and say, II can do nothing"
Indeed, there is not single man in
the section through which the road
will pass, who is so weak physically,
or so poor financially, but what they
can assist, in some way, the building
of this greatly needed road. If every
one will lay hold, and do their best,
and show to the world, by their uni
ted efforts, that they have faith in the
outcome of Arizona, capital will come
to their aid in the development of one
of the most promising sections of
country in the United States.
In conclusion, will say that every
thing so far published regarding the
wonderful resources of the country