Daily Republican., 1883-07-30
THIRD EDITION,
the NEW RAILROAD.



A Urge humble of people who visit
the scene Of operations on the new Bal
;imore and Philadelphia Railroad is
indicative of the deep interest mani
tested in the building of the road.
Hundreds of ladies and gentlemen
went up the Brandywine yesterday
to sea what progress is being made in
building the high piers upon which the
great iron bridge is TO stand los feet
above low water mark.
All that could be seen, no viewer, were
the high derrick, ninety-tve feet high
pla ed on foundation fifteen feet above
low water mark the engine house, in
which IS AL engine for hoisting stones
upon the pier, and the partly eXcavate,i
foundation for the first piers on the
south side. The tops of the upright
derrick pole extended three feet along
the top of the bridge. 1t is secured in
its pla by tremendous manila ropes
extending in five directions from the
top.
Andrews & Locke have the contract
for building the piers. Their force is
not strong yet, but they are daily ex-
pecting more men who are used to
drilling and quarrying Some progress
has been made at blasting, and 80 lie
very large and heavy nocks OF stone
have been raised ont OF their rocky
foundations and placed upon the hii,-
side, ready TO be dressed by hammer
and chisel before occupying a more dig
nifed position in the great pier
Notices have been posted in the
Ia ~ oil las
TRANS in the neighborhood to beware
and seek places of safety from flying
stone when the horn blows.
On the other side OF the creek at the
top of the hill Mr.. Dgnan, the con-
tractor for ii mile Of the road, reaching
beyond the Concord pike, has some ten
men employed and three or four carts.
He hasa building erected in which his
men eat and sleep. A temporary store
house has also been erected, i'll which
everything is kept in the provision lin,
the men may need, also stationery and
a variety OF small articles for every day
use.
Mr.. Dignan employs principally
cOlored men, who he says arr the hap
piest people in the world. 1t is not true
he says that he acceded to the demalG
of the strikers few days ago and gave
his men Sl.50 day He is still pay
ingSl 20, and h can get any number O
laborers for less money. The hands he
has came from Baltimore and Wes
VIrainia.
Nj Dignan has excavated from the
side Of The hill probably coupie %
hundred feet, the depth reached no"
being about eight feet. The Leepes
part Of tue same cut viii be ebOut six
teen or seventeen feet. Beyond that Il
the Concord pike there will be no more
deep cuts.
The cut on the south side of the creek
Will only be iUnr feel deep, and vii
run our before reaching Lowering
avenue.
The con rartors say they have ~
scarcity of applications tor clerks ant
bosses situations, bat very few men ap
ply to labor. The Brandywine quarry
men say that the men who are employ
ed t" quarry stone do not understdn,
tue grain Of the Brandy inc rock, how
ever much they may know how toquar
ry other stone, and therefore work to
great disadvantage.
The other day Brandy wine quarry
man looked for some lime at a NAL
trying to bu ST boulder with sledse
and asking INN for his slrdge minut
oOk it and with couple Of cracks OF
the right place laid ii open, to the grea
surprise OF the workmen. MessrS Nc
Gait rty, M.tiIey 4 Comfy have perhaps
thirty or forty hands and some dOZrI
of carts emDlDyrI an their sectiOIl eX