Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-05
THE UNION BRIDGE.

How the Work Is ProgressIng-The Tun.
mel to be Commenced In Two Weeks.
Work on the Uuion Bridge is progressing
nicely, and If we ere treated TO q spell Of
good weather, such as that Of the past few
days, matters will be pushed forward with
even more rapidity. Good sized forces Of
men are at work all along the line aud
they are making the dirt fly right and
left, and as the opening presents itself sd-
diti'nal men are put to work.
The abutment at the Top mill is rising
up into the air at a rapid rate under the
man~lpulations of as large a force OF men
as can handly be used. 1t is now about
half finished aud contractor Carey ssys it
will bs completed in tan days, if the
weather ia anything like favorable.
Now that Council has passed the ordi-
nance allowing rs 10 put in q switch from
the Panhandle read to the Top MILL"
said he, I'VE will be in o much better
poslt on to prosecute work on the west
end OF tbs tunnel when we are ready to
commence operator DDS upon it. Hsd they
refustd us that switch we would have
been thrown back to en- untoli extent,
because we would have had to haul all
the dirt ont in carts, while as it is now,
we can use csrs, which can be loaded by
means Of a chute. We expac. 10 com
mence work on the tunnel in about two
weeks and a big force Of men will be put
on as soon as it is fairly started"
How abont your B & o and Elm
Grove road connection on Chsplins street."
20, as econ as we saw any one was OPP
posed 10 1t we al owed the matter 10 drop,
and while the connection would have been
quite advantageous TO Us, we can do with
out it. The stone il now hauled to the
stick yards, east Of the city, and from there
by wagon TO tie point of operations. We
are receiving stone as fast rs possible, and
have unloade1 at least thirty carloads in
the past two days, and are ready to tske
care OF ss much as they can give us. We
will not commence the peninsula bridge
before spring, because we would meet with
a good Zeal of trouble during the winter,
bat in a few days we will begin the ron
%strucslon of a trestle bridge across the
creek, and expect TO have it completed in a
short time, at least by the time work COM
mences on the opening of tunnel. Yes;
we expect to commence opening the elst
and west ends o. the tunnel simultaneously,
and this will be in about two weeks.
BY that time the Peairsula cut will be
finished, as we have q large force of men
at work there now, in addition to the
steam dirt scoops, which are kept in ore5a-
ton constantly. We have at least oae
hundred men employed now, and o hers
will be pat on as fast as we en- give them
employment"
A tolcs Of about forty men are at work
over by the Whitaker mill cleaning away
tbs land which slipped down over the loca-
ton Of tie line there, and as soon as they
get Gown to sold earth the line will be
definitely located. The work of putting
IN the switch at the Top mill will be com
menced at once, and it is expected to have
1T completed in two weeks. 1t will he
l,O25 feet 10 length. The dirt taken ont
ofthe tunnel will be used to make fills on
the Panhandle road wherever there lie
any trestling, and so the witch will prove
a benefit FOR all parties concerned, the Top
mill included.