The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-12

July alone. and every cent Of It for various
kinds Of labor.
New Yards ana Roen1houses.
At Minot and Wiiiexton. ~. D.. and
Glasgow. Mont. new yards are being built
10 give S.eDe feet of room. New twenty
stall rcundhouses are going up ~ ell OF
the three places. each TO cost rs. eco and a
new brick freight and passenger depot Is
being built at Glasgow that viii cost
si2om
The entire Aaonsana division Of the line.
extending from Msnot to BIackfoot. In be-
Ing rehailasfed. which gives employment
10 500 men. six steam shovele and thirty
engines and work trains On this line
thirty new steel bridges are being built.
and pc Others are being filled and fitted
with ssone culverts The work this year
alone has resulted In the rebafiasting OF
10 TO 400 miles Of the track, besides the
general widening Of the grade ard cutting
out Says. etc. On the line from Blackfoos
To Hayre. 80 miles long. thirty miles os
new roadbed il being built to tighten the
grade.
In that vicinity the contract has been
let for the construction of two Of the
largest railroad bridges IN America. One
OF them Il les feet high ard 1 500 feet long
and the other. which will be the highest
wooden bridge on the continent ard prob
ably In the world. will be PA feet high
and have a total length Of 900 feet. This
latter IL TO be at Two Medicine These
bridges viii require 2 30 tons OF steel. and
viii cos, from sis8no 30 tso.eoa. Along
this same road two short stretches Of eight
or nsre miles are being made 30 cut out
the curvrs
Aioww Missouri River.
The line fran Havre 70 Great Falls 10
being entirely rebuilt for distance OF
river. To tighten the grsde This will In
eIude two new large steel bridges. From
10 "a $40 men are being employed IN this
work
The company u alsso spending from SIS
90 20 siao,s1 sn improvements on the Min.
nespolts depot. eniarwtng the general
rooms. erecting new baggage rooms, erect
ing elevators etc
Coming 10 tire work eore tn this state.
Mr.. Stevens spoke 81 the improvements TO
the Hae az the Columbia river bluffs
where fssasa Is heirg spent 70 get rid Of
sat nf bridges and euFyatures
The read frc.u Monroe 80 Lowell In sro-
horfsh cnanty. has been improved 10 .he
sxtent 81 tssAess IN work during the last
few nso.'ts, and In ripraprsng down the
west ~ze % shs swsschhaek sfsana has
been expended daring sae last year or wear
ard hair. all fos the purpose az avoiding
damage by hsxh water.
The Cascade tunnel has seen some -spsa
wnrk fhts summer. and new 81 finished A
distance If Zoo feet aat 90 ;sass Tee: re-
aatred before she work Is complete fro.zs
sAs 20 50 Faen wovksng day and II Ess; Thss
tlsFss%s should be completed III October
ssa ana Will then. next 20 TIRE Hese<ae
tunnel. - the largest tunnel sn America
Ia fetal length assl se .wo ard half
miles which will save an elevation 81 $50
feet The contractors wssi commence lin
tfg thf tunnel hT SCR swh&r l. Tna rua-
chsa@ry has been bought aud sanse Of IL
Is on she ground THE lining will be coz
Stsss- There "a fsns plant At each ensr
ss TIE sssnrea. Electro cars are being usss.
70 haul ths stone ard esrsswurk cur ard
90 aght all The buildings ard wark places
The pay roll ef Fn~a on this work amounts
% Sc 90 q month.