The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-06-27

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/ be an iron truss OF the latest improved pat
/ tern, and the contract for its construction
will be let in the fall.
TEN GREAT TUNNELS.
Ten tunnels will be constructed, some Of
them unusually large The first is the Blue
Ridge, twenty-five miles west of Harrisburg,
4 80 feet long; second, one mile west OF the
Blue Ridge. the Kittainny tunnel, 4,G35 feet;
third, Tuscarora tunnel, 5,29O feet fourth,
Siding Hill tunnel, 600 feet; fifth, Rays
Hill tunnel. 500 feet; sixth, Allegheny
mountain tunnel. $500 feet seventh, Negro
Mountain tunnel, l 500 feet; eighth, Que
mahoning tunnel 2,O00 feet ninth, Laurel
Hill tunnel, $500 feet tenth, Sewickly
tunnel. 500 feet The general maximum
grade going east is s. feet to the mile, but a
large proportion of the road is on grades of
2G feet to the mile The ascent of the east
ern slope of the Allegheny mountains will
be made with grade of 30 feet to the mile
on tangents, reduced on curves in proper
ton to the rate of curvature in such manner
Us 10 make the curves equivalent TO straight
lines This rate of grade is the same as that
used on the Pennsylvania railroad in the
ascent from Altoona 10 the summit of the
Alleghenies, and is the same in length, ten
miles. The right of way for nearly the
whole line has been obtained, and generally
by free releases from the land owners. No
serious difficulty has been encountered in
this respect. The company has secured a
tract of land on the west side of the Susque-
hanna opposite Harrisburg, known as the
Walton farm, containing 245 acres, for ter
minal facilities. At other points along the
line ample grounds for station purposes
have been secured. When shops are requir-
Ell they will be erected at Harrisburg. The
road is to be built in the best manner with
double track, seventy-pound steel rails and
every known improvement.
WHEN WORK WILL BEGIN.
when will the contracts for building
the road be let?' was asked Mr.
/ Barnes
The contracts will be let by September
/. and work commenced at once. The first
labor will begin at the heaviest work, on the
tunnels. 1t is proposed to prosecute con-
struction with energy. and We believe it will
take two years at the shortest to complete
the line."
What will the road cost ?"
at is estimated twenty million dollars
from Harrisburg TO the junction with the
iPittsburgh, Mckeesport x loughiogheny.
or slO0,0 per mile
What arrangements are made for ter
minal facilities in Pittsburgh ?'
The Pittsburgh, Mckecsport Il Yough-
iogheny furnish the facilities here. The
Monongahela river is recrossod within the
! city limits, and then, over another line, the
passenger depots are reached
! This new bridge will be the Junction rail-
road bridge at Four Mile Run, for which
Jones q Laughln hold the charter. This
proves conclusively, as has been published
/ in the Commercidl- Gazette, that over the
Pittsburgh Fast End road Vanderbilt's trunk
| line will enter Pittsburgh. and the passed.
ger depot be on Grant street.
SRoTHERsvALLET ITEMS.
/ Mr. Havernig, of whose accident mention
/ was made in the HERALD last week, is dead
and buried he was a man of steady habits