The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-02-27
AL ROAD NEWS,

The South Pennsylvania Railroad will,
after leaving Harrisburg, cross the Susque-
/ hanna river upon bridge nearly mile
{ long; into Cumberland county, thence the
route is almost due west passing through
/ Carlisle This portion ofthe routeis through
the rich agricultural and beautiful Cumber-
I land valley Near the western border of
{ Cumberland county It strike. two parallel
ranges of mountains requiring two tunnels
each about a mile in length They are so
( close together they have received the name
of the Twin Tunnels Work has been in
( progress at these tunnels for several months.
Thence the line passes through the extreme
northern end of franklin county and near
FannetlsbGrg it tunnels 1900 feet through
the Tuscsra mountains, emerging inon Full
ton county near Burnt Cabins. There is re-
markable gap between several ranges of
mountains at Burnt Cabins, and many sur
veys have been made through il, it being
considered the great strategic point OF the
route.
THE WESTERN END OF THE LINE.
Through Fulton county the line occupies
the high divide separating heads of streams
emptying into the Junata and Potomac re-
spec,iyely. The work viii be costly on this
division. North Of Saluyia tunnel nearly
a mile and a quarter long enables the road
to pass under Sideling Hill mountain.
Three miles farther the line burrows under
Rays hill with q shorter tnnnel. At this
point the line enters Bedford county and
follows more or less the valley ofthe Rays
town branch Of the Juniata river 10 Mannus
Choice, passing through Everett, where a
large new furnace is being built, and the
town of Bedford, two miles distant from the
lows the crest OF Dry Ridge, a spur of the
A!legheuies, to the main Allegheny noun
tain, west of New Baltimore, where another
tunnel about a mile long is necessary.
Through Somerset county the route is laid
, on the divide separating the Casselman and
ConemauGh rivers, passing about two miles
north Of Somerset. Laurel Hill is passed
with the last regular mountain tunnel about
6.G00 feet long. There the line passes by
way Of Donegal, and through The Chestnut
ridge. on the waters Of Jacobs creek, but de-
scends the western slope of Chestnut ridge
to the waters of sewickley creek. which it
follows to is mouth, JUS, below West New
! ton, where connection is made with the
completed Pittsburg, McKeesport and
Youghiogheny railroad
now TIE WORK PROGRESSES.
There are about four hundred men AT work
on sideling Hill tunnel There as at the
other tunnels, night work is carried on, the
electric light being used The laborer. will
Z be under ground next week. The contract
ors driving the second of the twin tunnels,
the kitiatinny, have over two hundred men
thousand square yards Of earth each day
Their pay roll amounts to $1,000 a month.
/ The men are worked in two gangs of twelve
/ hours each, TINS enabling the labor to go on
continuously. The force of workmen will
/ be increased as soon as the weather permits
Preparations are being made to commence
I work on the line through Westmoreland
! county. man named Duffin, of West
/ Virginia, representing a firm of railroad
contractors. is in that section and has secur-
ed eight miles cf work. with Donegal a. a
( central point. He will put large force of
hands to work a. soon as the weather is
favorable
Messrs Patterson & Kuhn have commenc-
ed work on the Laurel hill tunnel and will
The Collins Brothere have a number of
their own teams engaged in hauling lum-
Der for shanties, boarding houses etc. They
expect to put large force of hands at work
on their contract within the next thirty
days