The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-05-11
Work on the Pacific & Idaho North
ern Unceasing and Rapidly
Increasing.
THE WORK ENGINE WRECKED.
Col. Moore Enthusiastic Over the Country
Which Will be Opened Up
by the Road.

A reporter visited the front of the
construction branch last Monday and
found every evidence that the long
dreamed of railway from Weiser
north is at last a reality, or rapidly
becoming so. On the first fiat in the
canyon--at the further end of the
first grade was found a city of tents
where the largest crew of rockmen
and shovelers is located The sight
of the jap gang strung out along the
canyon and working like bees is de-
licious to one who has been waiting
for the great empire north to be
opened to the world And results
are visible, too, and the canyon is
showing long dark streak winding
beside the river in the shape of grade
ready for the track, at teast mile
and half being completed At this
point there are two large Jap gangs,
one in charge of Coghlan and the
other j. n Dixon Forty white
men are engaged in blasting rock
and grading with pick and shovel,
working in gang to themselves
These receive $175 and 50 per day
and the force is being increased AS
fast as men can be had, all who come
being given work, The stream has
| Just started and men with their blank
cts are constantly vending their way,
in increasing numbers, to this camp,
whence none who want work are
turned away. White and brown
there are 200 men now at work in
the canyon. and four hundred on the
whole work.
The grade up the valley is assum-
ing goodly proportions and an outfit
is now on every uncompeted mile
Several long stretches have been fin
ished and but little work is required
to connect them up. Ten miles will
be ready for rails by the end of the
week, and the next thirty days will
see teams strung clear through the
country, 40 being now on, with more
coming as fast as they can get here
The inauguration of track laying has
been delayed on account of waiting
for the Short Line to put in the
junction frog at Weiser 1t will take
place next monday.
-Four surveying crews are in the
field. One at Council is running the
, prospecting survey, the second il
Middle valley settles the permanen
line, the third well up in the Weise
canyon is doing the cross sectionn!
. and the fourth works on construction
The Engine Wrecked.
Monday morning telegram wa
received at railway headquarters her
from Carlos Gillespie to the effec
that the construction engine was in
railway wreck % miles from 81
B. Louis and was demolished beyon
possible use. Mr.. Hall was telegraph
ed and word was received that
new engine had been ordered Tn
will simply delay the arrival of
work engine, but will not effect tt
pushing of operations. The Unio
Pacific will be called upon to replae
v the wrecked locomotive.
Col Moore Enthusiastic.
COL Moore, Chief Engineer of I'll
II road, made trip up as far as Cou
ell to inspect the line; and it belr
O. his first visit, SIGNAL report
fastened, upon his return, to ascerta
= his impressions of what he had see
"What do | think of the country
- said Col. Moore, "You can say l a
e struck with it beyond expression
g did not dream of such a countr
IN The country is all right and this ra
road is all right with such count
= behind it, The agricultural resourc
are beyond anything | have seen an
where for branch lines, and the Sc
ton would make the road payi
o. proposition if there were not MI
within thousand miles"
he Railroad Notes.
ds ds About dozen Japs came in fr'
70 Portland last Thursday to swell
= force in the canyon.
L G.. Wilkerson returned fr'
Salt Lake last Thursday.
A car loaded with 20 tons of bal
hay from Arcadia came in during
~ past week.
A car of piling came in Satnrd'
NJ Charles Brown and partner arri'
R. from Boise Monday with twel
les teams. They have been given a G.
L" tract for one mile and half of gra
Another car load of scrapers, du
carts, etc. came in Sunday, also
'ton .~,ol~ tools and sdIDDlIes