Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-04-30
The BRANCH RAILROAD.
1T Is COMPLETED TO WITHIN srx
NILES OF HALEY.

Graders and Are Compelled to rav
OR-Hailey to be Reached this Week.
The track on the Wood River
Branch Railroad was probably laid to
Bellevue to-day, a. the end of the
track was only about three quarter, Of
a mile below Bellevue yesterday. A
large number Of persons went down
to the track yesterday, every available
conveyance in HALEY having been
pressed into service.
No track was laid yesterday, as the
tracklaysrs caught up with the graders
Saturday night. As there was a
wager between the tracklayers and
graders that the forme: would catch
up with the latter, both gangs worked
their level best, and the graders would
have kept ahead had no unforeseen
obstacle arisen. But when thew
reached Bellevue the citizens of that
place objected to the blowing up of
Second street, along the line of the
grade, and thus compelled the graders
to bring in their dirt from outside the
town limits. This caused a delay of
about one day, during which the track
layers, who were working night and
day, caught up to the graders.
Saturday evening Mr.. Way, Super
intendent of Construction, called at
the headquarters of Bradbury & Rine-
hart, grade contractors, and said:
my tracklayers are right on top of
you. As the grade is not ready be-
yond where they are working, l will
be compelled to lay my men off or lay
the track on stills. Do you give up?"
eyes," replied Mr.. Bradbury; 81
throw up my hands,"
"Very we'll, then. could work all
night, but will lay off,"
The tracklaycrs remained idle all
day yesterday, but probably resumed
work this morning and reached Belle
vue sometime this afternoon. There
they will probably be compelled to lay
of another day until the grade
through Second street is completed,
but as the grade is almost ready be-
tween Bellevue and Haley no other
lengthy delay is looked for, and the
track will probably be laid to this
terminus by Thursday night.
The grade contractors are meeting
with bad luck. They have been Of
fering price and half ($3.33t per 10
hours) for night work, but have been
unable to secure half the number of
men that they needed. Yesterday be-
ing Sunday, and the tracklayers hav-
ing caught up, a number of the
graders struck for double wages.
These men were promptly discharged,
Notwithstanding the lack of men to
take their place, and all those who re-
fused to strike got double pay. To.
day the contractors have men and
wagons scouting through Haley and
Bellevue, and offering work to allwho
want to work. While the tracklayers
are compelled to idleness to await the
completion of the grade, the grade
contra ctors are compelled to pay the
tracklayers' time and all the other OK
pense and loss occasioned by the de-
lay.
The report reached here this after.
noon that the graders had been
stopped, by peace officer, from plow-
ing up Secoud street, in Bellevue,
this morning, and that Bradbury &
Rinehart had thereupon laid off all
their men and teams, pending the
final settlement of the question. It is
stated that the railroad people deny
that the right of way was granted
them on condition that they would
not tear up the street on either side of
the grade, and claim that no reserva-
ton whatever was made. If the grad
ers are driven to the hills for dirt for
their grade, the completion of the
road to Haley will be delayed several
days, and the contractors put to =
heavy expense, a. the dirt will have
to be hauled fully = mile.
WORKING NEAR HALEY.
Some 100 men and fifty teams are