The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-01-23

1 purpose OF going over the line and making
contracts for the erection of all needed
buildings. They expect TO commence work
as soon as the weather will permit.
! Contractor McFadden is having coal de
liyered at the Allegheny tunnel at the rate
of >. 500 bushels of coal per day. Most ofthe
/ boal Is taken from the banks in the neigh
horhood of Berlin. We are told that one
hundred and fifty teams are engaged in this
/ business, and that Mr.. McFadden wants
100000 bushels of coal delivered while the
sieighing lasts, as portion ofthe road lead
/ ing to the tunnel can scarcely be travelled
with 4 wagon.
The contract for the construction of the
! Laurel Hill tunnel has at last been awarded
and the contractors, Messrs. Putnam and
Kuhns. have their agents on the grounds
arranging for the building of shantisS.
boarding houses. etc. They propose to coHl-
mence operations as soon a. they can pre-
pare shelter and accommodation for their
laborers.
The following, written by one ofthc South
Penn Railroad engineers located a, the Ale
gheny tunnel, j, taken from the Bedford
Gazette
II had intended remindingyou Of my va
riegatci but peaceful existence ere ,his late
day. bur the irisil wave came here in its
glory and caught us in its cold embrace, and
cayortcd round in the arms Of rude Boreas
.how's that for high d till the very tears
froze in our eyes and we dared not venture
out Of doors without a complete suit of
mustard plasters over our anatomy to keep
up the circulation Of the blood. Reduced
10 plain English. this means that the ther
mometer got down to 10 and remained in
that vicinity Tor three days, during which
there was precious little work done by any
body. We are slowly but surely reviyins
uudcr the influence Of warmer weather and
much hot tJddy. and all ready for another
relapse.
The great bore is doing As well as can
be under adverse circumstances. Ii is the
pride and admiration OF ali this part of
Somerset cougty. The aborigines devote
much valuable time to it, They all come,
daddies. youths and kids maids and old
maids. lovers and wOuld-be-lov They
gaze at the garlic eaters with wonder and at
the incougruous Fenians with doubt, and
after a period of brilliant silence 90 home
and tell the most stupendous lies about
what had been done, what they saw doing,
and what was TO be done. They had some
coons at,work last year, but these estimable
amendments, finding chickens very scarce
in the country. concluded to leave just about
the time the contractor thought he could
10 without them. They went.
There is always lots of excitement about
the pits The various bosses devote much
Of their existence TO sending Of heavy blasts;
50 every now and then you hear a mealy-
mouthed Parnellite howl out, Foire git
out Of there. ye sons Of guns and there is
a general hurry up the hill for place where
the sky scraping stones, trees, water, iy-
phoons. etc. can ne seen without being
snufied ont 10y one on the.return trip. The
ingenious Italians usually crowd into the
powder house, which is close by the work,
and some day there will be circus from
Circusville. 80 far only one man has seen
fit to stop stones with his head, and he was
buried last Saturday al New Baltimore
The horny-hauded sons of toll attended his
funeral in a body, and got drunk after
ward.
At the east end there is always lots of fun
Two stables and an Office are pretty nearly
on a line with the pits. and every other day
a few tons Of stones come crashing through
them. and the carpenters devote the next
DAY to repairing the damages The local
boss who was 10 sleep there has distinctly
refused to do so. as they are working at night
now. He is young, he saws, and his fond
jarentS would be much shocked % meet hin.
in Hades 50 soon. They ought to be under
ground in abou, \ month; with the work
| mean, not as corpses. not all. anyhow
We learn that the contract for the division
from Bedford to Burnt Cabins has been
awarded to the contractors of the Sideling
Hill tunnel. Several sled loads Of material
for the manufacture u dynamite passed
through this place last week. The manu-
factory is to be built on Sideling Hill, near
the tunnel. We learn thai the dynamite
factory at the crossings is the enterprise OF
private parties Fulton Republican.
The railroad enterprises projected IN this
state for the coming year, the Philadelphia
/ Pres saws are more numerous than those
undertaken by aHy State in the Union, and
they are also more important They are di-
rected TO the encouragement Of local inter
ests. and vet three ont Of the fOGr great trunk
/ lines ofthe country are deeply interested in
. their construction, and they have alreadv
gone so far as TO pledge themselves to the
I investment Of millions Of money during the
I present year. Railroads can be built cheap
f er in Pennsylvania than in any other state
: in the Union a. FAR a regards the cost oi
materials. and the confidence shown By th,
/ investment Of cepiJal al this time i only
another proof Of the universal faith in the
vast resources of the Keystone State