The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-11-26
MAIER & BENTON

complete the work, is without founda-
ton. Ten per cent of the total amount
earned by the contractors, is kept back
by the government, until the contract il
completed, and as this will amount to
nearly 100000 it will of itself be sufi-
cient to compel the completion of the
work. Besides this the last work is not
going to be very difficult. The trenches
are now about completed above the
upper bulkhead, and out as far as the
walls will be built. These walls will be
in place within the next ninety days.
At the same time the excavations are
being made for the terminal walls at the
lower end of the canal, and these can
also be speedily finished. All that is to
be done besides this is the excavation at
the two ends of the canal to deep water,
and the removal of the bulkheads. At
the upper one there is considerable work
to be done, but everything is well in
hand and we believe if pushed the works
will be completed next fall, by this
time. One gate is on the grounds ready
to be put together and in place.
The walls for the locks are all completed
and the wall for the lift gate is rapidly
approaching completion. 1t is small
job comparatively to put the gates to-
gether and get them into place.
Major Post is insisting upon the work
being completed as rapidly as men can
do it, and the Days are certainly re-
spending to the call for speed.
At 80 the Dalles City arrived with
about 100 gentlemen from Portland,
who at once proceeded to investigate the
work, and many were the expressions of
surprise by those who had never before
visited the locks, at the magnitude of
the works. At o'clock The Dalles del
egation left for home.
In closing this brief article, we feel
that some Acknowledgement is due the
Day Bros. for their valuable assistance
to the D. P. & A. N. Co. in opening a
way for the new line of the portage rail-
road. They moved an immense pile Of
stone at their own expense, and after
the track was laid sent their dump cars,
loaded with gravel, from their pits to
ballast it. They have extended every
aid and courtesy to the portage road and
to the d. P. & A. N, and the people oi
The Dalles owe them debt of gratitude
for keeping the portage open for the
boat line. Lieutenant Taylor, who is
Sn charge of the work, has also proved
Uniformly the friend of the people:
" Among those who went down from
here we noticed Messrs. Robert Mays
q. F. Moody, Geo. Ruch, S. L. Brooks.
Orion Kinersly, DIR. Shackelford, M. 7
Nolan, L. E. Grove, Hugh Glenn, A
Bettingen, Sr., Capt. j. w. Lewis
Douglas Dufur, S. Wilkinson, E
schanno, 1. L Burget, A. S. Macallister
besides several others, whose names We
cannot now recall.
Senator Dolph accompanied the party
from Portland, and from the way ht
tramped around over the walls, We
think he was pleased with the condition
of the work.
Just when the canal will be completed
cannot be told, but if it is crowded al
: fast as it ought to be, certainly si1
months steady work would suffice.
For the many accidents that occtz
!, about the farm or househould, such al
a burns scalds, bruises, cuts, ragged
: wounds, bites of animals, mosquitoes o.
! other insects, gals or chafed spots, fros
: bites, aches or pains in any part of th'
: body, or the ailments resulting from ex
: posure, as neuralgia, rheumatism. etc
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