The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-22
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where its effect is felt by the entire COM
munity. Thousands of dollars have come
to Stockton since the work was begun. As
much as $4,000 has already been paid out
for labor and conservative estimate makes
the value of contracts let to Stockton firms
equal $1,000. Every kind of business and
every class of labor is beginning to feel the
effects of the building of the line.
The building of the grades along Mormon
Slough has saved the city much money, as
the entertainments will in many places take
the place of much-needed levees in keeping
back the overflow water. Along Taylor
street the main line, with switches and
crossings, is now about complete. A finer
piece of work of its kind is not TO be found
in California.
Winding its way from the city limits out
toward the Stanislaus River, five miles OF
grade is now complete, and tomorrow
Grant Bros, the principal contractors,
with their force of 200 men. seyentY-t1ve
teams and complete grading outfit, will
move to position where they may begin
work on the last half of the line between
Stockton and the Stanislaus. They will
pass two other large camps in their move.
will commence next week, and the men
in the material-yard are busy preparing
for the demands that will be made on the
yard as soon as track-laylng IS COM
menced. Ties for several miles of track
have been plated, and are ready for load
ing on the construction train as soon as 1t
is made up. The ties for the road are
coming in rapidly. and the yardmen ex-
pect to be called upon to handle about
10000 of them within the next thirty days.
Three fine compound engines will be
brought over on Taylor street to haul
materials as the construction progresses.
The farmers along the line are much
pleased at the methods adopted by the
railroad people to prevent the backing of
overflow water on their lands by the grade.
The grade is, in the first place, brought
above the highest water mark, as near as
the engineers could estimate from the
statistics gathered. In some places it is as
high as eight feet above the surface and at
others as low as four feet, according to the
lay of the land. At points 1000 or 1900 feet
apart the grade is broken by trestle
bridges about fifty feet in length and built
to admit the passage of water whichever
way it may flow.
The earth is being thrown on each side
which inclines toward these openings,
thereby making complete drainage for
the water when it comes near enough to
the. grade to become dangerous. These
bridges are no light affairs but are built on
heavy piles sunk as far as eight feet into
the ground. Instead of the embankment
forcing the waters back on ranches and
roadways it will be OF great value to prop
erty:owners in the matter of drainage.
The piledrivers have already set the tim
and large gangs of men are strung along
the line finishing the bridges.
Rush d Dunn, sub-contractors, are fin
ishing a stretch near the Ten-mile point.
and will grade on until they meet the new
line to be commenced by Grant Brothers
on Monday. Mr. Grant stated to-day that
the hardest part of the work was done, as
they had finished the line in the adobe
section, and they can accomplish double as
much in day from now on in the sandy
loan nearer the river. He expects to
water his animals at the Stanislaus River
on Novem Der 10.
The amount OF materials in the storage
yard on Mormon Channel can hardly be
estimated. Ties and rails lay in great
piles all over the twenty acre lot. and
large force of men are busy receiving and
sending out stuff. Every dollar the citi-
zens contributed to assist the peoples road
has already come back to them in one way
or another. and they daily see the competi-
tive road they dreamed of for SO many
years nearing completion.
The mali is yet to appear in Stockton
who will say that the Valley road is not
keeping faith with the people.