The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-20
Progress of Work OH Line of New
Road.
WORKING FORCE INCREASING.
Track is Laid and Surfaced to Zumalt's
Ranch.

A party Of officials of the P. q |.
n. and the usual contingent of dead
heads, took run to the front Sunday |
morning The track is laid to a
point about four miles above the en-
trance to the canyon. The track for
grade, alignment and construction is
verything that could be desired
and is demonstration beyond any
doubt that the former stories regard
ing the difficulties to be encountered
in this locality are fallacious as fairy
tales. Under the skillful directions
of accomplished engineers, the line
is made to conform to the natural
advantages, resulting in easy curves
and extended tangents, as an evidence,
above the Lane ranch A spur track
has been laid for the boarding train
and grade nearly complete for sid
ing track $500 feet long and all on
water grade.
This is the true story of the al
legged Weser canyon. The best if
not the only practical avenue for the
coming railway that will connect
north and south Idaho, fully develop
the mineral and timber interests and
open to the world resources now an
known. A road that by reason OF
lis easy grade can he safely and econ
omically operated and maintained,
and as passenger route it will pre-
sent the agreeable feature Of tray
ersing Il mountain country, beautiful
to look at yet devoid of tedious
mountain grades TO accomplish
these desirable results, has required
engineering skill and Judgment o
the highest order.
Railroad Notes.
A car of 20 Japs came i'll Monday
Stone masons are getting out th,
Gaping for the water tank founda
|
tion.
The yards are filed with cars o
newly manufactured Colorado rails
A telephone has been put in from
the company's temporary office t
the Office of General Manager
The advance force of graders i
about 36 miles from Weiser.
i Track laying has reached q poin
opposite the Zumalt place in Weise
e Canyon. Work is now progressin
at that point on $500 feet of sid
track.
The p. & l n telegraph wire hs
been stretched as far as lanes
the canyon. The company will at pr'
sent attach telephone to each ell
and utilize it in that way.
Al Needham was down this wee
It from Bakers camp in the Canyol
e 1t will take them some days yet
! complete their piece of heavy wor
d on which they have 16 teams and
O laborers
Z, John Caughlin who has charge
u track laying ON the P q |. N. is fr
+ ly up in his business and the tra'
IS shows it. Only Japs are employ
II in this branch. Mr.. Cauehlin spea
the language fuently. He was fo
merly chief interpreter for Con Co
nors, road master of the O.S j..
General Manager Shelby has issu
ye circulars l, 2 and 3, announcing I
j. appointments of Mr. A. Hermany
at auditor of the company, Mr.. f.
he Richmond as superintendent and pi
'e- chasing agent and B. S. Varan
81. attorney.
10 Jack Ennor was in Huntington
latter part of last week, as agent
H. contractors, Wilkerson & ThompsC
employing white laborers, who W.
quitting the Northwestern. He
ice cured thirty or forty. Several of
Sc. sub contractors on that road tC
their outfits and pulled over the b
oi to Middle valley in search of w
on the road that has no clutches
49, drawbacks.