News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-19

rocky ridges miles IN extent leveled and
graded, these Mongohans moved forward
a mile every twenty-four hours. I passed
along the line for the first time last sum-
mer, and it was a source of nevcr-failing
wonder to note the rapidity and precis-
ion with which the work was accom-
plished. A hill of solid rock one hun
dred yards long had to be cut down to
the average depth of thirty feet. \
Thousand Cinnamon would swoop down
upon it with drills and sIedges. In six
hours a blast would be ready. Tons of
powder would be poured into the innu-
merabIe little holes, made in the rock
by All Sin. Fuses would be prepared,
an electric battery attached, the engi-
neer would press the little button, and
bv the time the smoke from the explO-
sion cleared away the track-Iaying out
fit would be hard at work placing ties in
position and spiking down rails. 1t was
necessary to lay the track before any
permanent bridge or trestle work could
be done.
In crossing a canyon false bridges
were made of cross-ties, and it was
astonishing how quick those pig-tailed
heather ran up the temporary piers.
The construction company contracted
for these IabOrers in California at fixed
price per head, and was under bond to
return them to the agent of the Six
Companies when the road was completed.
All Sin kept his ears open and was OBJ
servant. 1t was not long before he
learned that one hundred cents for
twelve hours of hard work was not the
usual price paid railroad Iaborers. A
rumor reached him that another great
road was coming on to meet the one he
was building, and that navyies received
three dollars a day thereon.
He was Justly indignant at the advan-
tage which the enterprising but soulless
corporation had taken Of his ignorance
of prices. He did not openly protest,
auuua6msam,ss hold a monster Indignation
- Tor higher wages.
Chese are a part of our peculiar
civilization, and All Sin had come straight
from the rice fields and tea groves Of the
Celestial Kingdom, where such assertions
of independence and liberty usually cost
the unfortunate promoters, aiders, and
abetters their lives. He revolted, how
ever, in secret and determined to better
his condition.
He began to desert, and the country
between Ell Paso and Pesos river was
soon full of eastward moving pig-tails
The company sent after the recreants
and recaptured most Of them. This did
not deter others from vcnturiug, and the
company saw plainly that something
must be done, but exactly what, their
wisest heads could not decide.
In this emergency man arose-they
always do under such circumstance
who boldly proclaimed his ability to nip
this Chinese rebellion in the bud. The
company granted him extraordinary
powers, and he entered upon lis Iahors
In three months after his peculiar
methods Of subiection were iuaueurated
nothing could tempt one Of his Celestial
navvies to desert his post.
[ met this railroad Napoleon one day
and our acquaintance had ripened into a
comparative intimacy before I learned
that in his presence the bravest rice
eater among these aImond-eyed navvies
quailed and trembled. He is one Of tbe
type Of border semi-civilization, six feet
four inches in height, with a frame like
a Hercules and face on which the lines
OF firmness, decision and commend are
sharply cut. He has very white and