Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-05
RAILROAD WORK.
HOW 1T Is BLING PUSHED OVER ON TRB
SOUTH SIDB.
Operations in the Vicinity Of Caldwslls Rqu-A
Great Deal Of Work Done, Despite The Bad
Wsathsr-In the Tunnel.

has not been we'll calculated for outdoor
work, but despite this serious drawback,
the Terminal railroad contractors have
been making great progress with their
work down in the vicinity of CsldselPs
run. Beginning a. about the line Of
Twenty seventh street, the big cut, which
will extend from the sou,h portal OF The
Chapline hill tunnel TO the crossing OF
Jacob street, has been excavsted, for quite
a distance at the north end, to depth Of
about twenty-five feet, aud as the cut is
mot less than 100 feet wide ct the top,
and amount Of earth removed will be seen
TO be considerable. The cut will be put
down at lis deepest portion 10 depth Of
about forty or forty-two feet before the
grade leading in the tunnel is reached.
At the southwest end of this long cut tie
workmen began TO excavate at what will
be the final grade, through the old mill
cinders ut ahout the intersection OF Jacob
street. This cut bss been carried as far TO
the northeast az the I1teIsec ion Of Wood
street, bat q. that point it Is qnite narrow,
affording room for the passage OF but one
tram-car. Just before the Ii Of Wood
street was reached the workmen got
through the immense cinder bank, and
struck clay which in timts past has weshed
down from the facs OF the hill, and few
Yards farther they went through the clay
into deposit of Fl ae sandy loan, suitable
for moldsrs' sand. Below and little be-
yond, the loan changed to clean, sharp
river sand, of the finest and best quality,
showing that The spot was once the loca-
ton of an eddy Of very considerable
stream-probablg the Ohio river. Tee
deposit OF sand is OF unknow depth aud
extent, running to the east bsycnd Wood
street.
The track Of The Riverside bar mill
switch runs along Wood street, and the
earth and sand has been excavsted from
beneath this track, and temporary wood.
en- trtsiIe put in to support the rails and
ties Yesterday the perpendicular banks
were being shored up with plank, and as
soon as sufficient room is made the work
Of putting III the big stone sbn;ments for
the support Of the permanent steel bridge,
which is to be the full width OF the street,
will be begun.
The sand and clay taken out Of the deep
cut at the crossing of Wood street is haul
ed 10 tram-cars away out east of Alley G,
and south of the line of Twenty ninth
street, where long fill has been made
through the low ground belonging to the
Terminal Railway Company, almost to the
B. & o. embankment along the river. The
earth removed from the cut beyond Wood
street is hauled in carts and wagons aud il
used to fill up the low-lyiIR g'ound be
tween Jacob and L fl street and extending
south TO the line of the run. This filing
has been almost completed, about twenty
teams being at work on 1t.
Within the next couple of weeks the city
will begin work at strengthening the run,
west Of Eff street TO alley O. The Coun-
Gil Committee on Real Estate was called TO
meet last night, 10 complete the purchase Of
the properly at Twenty ninth and Chap
line streets, but as there was not quorum
present, the matter will have TO 20 over
for few days.
Work at the tunnel under Chspline's
hill is progressing az well as conld be ex.
pected, although the progress recently has
not been rapid, as compared with thu way
the tunnels in the upper portion Of the city
were rushed through. This is owing 10
the different manner in which the work
men are compelled TO 90 about the job. 1t
is usual in driving tunnels to push top
heading, and then pat a second gang TO
work excsvstipg the berch left by the
first gang as thsy proceed. Owing
TO the presence Of the big vein
Of sandstone under Chspliue's hill
extending from stove the top ofthe hoe to
within about eight or pine feet Of the
bottom, the wcrkmen have TO pnsh the
heading at the bottom and then blsst down
the rock at the top-s system just the re-
verse OF that usually followed. The re'
suit is that the hta.irg gang cannot work
while the top rock ia being blasted down
and having got the Eeidipg in about 40
feet, that part OF the work was temporarily
stopped some time ago The upper rcck is
being taken down, extending from the pof
tai of the tunnel back about forty feet. After
this work has been pushed close up TO the
end of the heading, work at the bottom
will be resumed, and so on, for about en-
other hundred feet, when. as the vein Of
rock dips rapidly TO the south, it will be
possible 10 get in the soft shale above it
with top heading. AS soon as a start
can be made in this way, the proper sys-
TEN, in vogue in the North Wheeling tun-
nels, will be resumed, and henceiorward,
progress will be rapid.
The big fills just beyond the Reymaon
bre very stable, and at the Peninsula
cemetery have been about completed, very
little remaining to be done.