Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-09-19
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES.
\ FeW Items Picked ID OH Various Side
 Tracks Of the New Railroad.

i everywhere on hand at the various supply yards, all doubt is uispelled
 over the early con- Jletion of the i ro1d to it's destination. Last Sun day the end of the track had
 reached Bells canyon. where few bridges were in course of eonstruc | ton and partially completed. The 1 track layers were compelled to cease
 work in consequence until the arri-
 val of bridge material. Owing to the inaccessible location of the
 bridges some delay would have to
 be undergone m wagons reaching
 these points. The bridges, how
 ever. will be finished this week, when track laying will progress un-
 iuterfuptedly until Congress is
 reached.
 The various grading camps are
 now working close to each other this
 side of Congress, rapidly closing the
 gap. Walsh finishes his contract
 this week, and next Monday proba-
 bly, moves to tine first stakes south
 ot Congress. All grading, in sholt,
 this side of Congress will be done
 by October 10th. 1t is said, and
 ready for steel.
 The principal camp in the con-
 struction department and the ter
 minus of the operating department
 is now located at Kirkland flats, near Morgan's. IL is quite 8 busy
 place, and will probably be quite an important business center even after the completion of the road, serving as a supply station for portions of the Bradshaws, Peoples valley, Wal nut Grove, Kirkland, Thompson and other near neighborhoOds. The place is admirably located for rail road purposes, and on the prosper ity of the surrounding country quite a thrifty center should result. Half a dozen tent saloons are already on hand, and general merchandise and other business houses are promised. The railroad company is also pre- pairing to erect several substantial and permanent buildings for depot and other purposes.
 The yards at Dickson's, in Skull 1 valley, are still kept up, being the supply center for the front to draw on. Twenty or thirty miles of steel 1 is now piled up there, while the ! spurs are likewise filled to their ca pacity with other material. In the | future this point will be used as a section station.
 The ride through Skull valley | affords a pleasant relief from the tediousness of old time staging, and ] as one speeds by the various ranches and couples the old with the new along the route, the impressions fo med were certainly favorable to | the progress of the country.
 Many former Prescottites are now associated with the company in various capacities at the front, con- spicuous among them being Colonel McQuinn, who is the major domo of the new town; l. l.. Hall, attached to the eating department; Harry Tritle, in the construction depart ment; Mike Rice, with the Lantrys; Bob Pentlantl, who is studying en- gineering, and others whose names can not now be recalled. Of course the indomltable Pat Linsky is al- ways on hand, and like veteran of many wars Is always at the front and in the thickest of the work.
 At the present time there are seven locomotives engaged at work on the system between Ash Fork and Kirkland, and as raisroader said recently they are all being worked to death. This will give our readers some idea of the energy being displayed by the management to rush the work, and will also serve to enlighten the public on the i'm portance of this place as a railroad center. All engines now have full crews, and today were put into active service, the following being their make upj
 Engine l-Carrigan, conductor engineer, and Bradley, fire man.
 Engine 2- Lantry, conductor Grey, engineer, and Taylor, fireman.
 Engine 3 - Bailey, conductor Deiwiler, engineer, and Mason, fire man.
 Engine 4- Carey, conductor; Lan- don, engineer. and Earth, fireman.
 Engine 5-Gillis, engineer; Ball, fireman.
 Engine 6-Brown, engineer, and Mackie, fireman.
 Engine 7s-Ellington, engineer; Kellogg, fireman.
 Wm. Patterson Is in charge of the shops as master mechanic, and has Robert Bradshaw as an assistant. That his time is diligently taken up ran be surmised from the number of engines he now has to look after. aud that he is capable of perform ing these duties is better shown by the care that has at all times char his work. At the wards m this city Mir. Murray looks after he ears and also the hot boxes.
 The two new engines just received i are models of the mechanics skill and ingenuity, and are somewhat of an improvement over the ones pre- Iiously used. The air chamber is placed lower down, affording the 'ngineer closer view of the track inconvenience. while in the , there arc changes which will give better service in operating hem.
 It Is said there are in the neigh ,orhood of T00 cats of freight on he road which arc due to arrive lere inside of 30 days. From this ] ome idea may be had of the work E hat is on hand and the number of l nen the operating department has O successfully handle this amount # freight.