The Denison review., 1899-06-20
TRACK LAYING BEGINS.

In the face of a fierce sun the work OF
laying the track on the Boyer Valley
Railway started yesterday morning and
by nighta mile and halt of rails had
been laid, all of thes ties were in place,
and the rails securely spiked to them
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track of it, is to put the ballast in and
surface the track up to uniform line
and grade. 1t may be of interest to
some, who have never had the oppor-
tunity of seeing a new road built
through a country, to see how the track
is laid after the grading has been done
and the bridges built.
On Sunday night the construction
train was in place at the north end of
the Denison yard and the Eat cars were
piled high with ties and rails. Early
Monday morning the engine coupled
onto the fat cars in the rear Of them,
and by seven when the men composing
the steel gang We're ready, all the ma
terials were in shape for the start.
The method of laying the track is
very simple when all the men are old
hands at it and know just what to do.
All the cars of the train are Fat cars
andyare all i'll front of the engine, ex-
cept one which is loaded With spikes.
On the front OF the formost car is rugged
derrick and along both sides of the
entire train is u run way fitted up with
pollers. On one of of these run ways
the ties are laid and rolled up to the
front Of the train and there unloaded,
each by two men and carried around
and laid in place by them. When
enough ties are on the ground to sup
port a rail- one is rolled along on the
opposite runway to the front end and
lifted by means of the small derrick.
Then four men guide it into it's place
and two more put the bolts through
which hold it to the angle irons AS
soon as the two rails are laid and bolted
the signal to go ahead is given and the
train runs ahead the length of rail
and the operation is repeated. This
goes on until the train load of ties and
rails is exhausted and then the train
goes back to the material yard and
new load is put on. Each train load
takes about a half day to be laid.
Just back of the train are three gangs
of men who spike the rails firmly to
the ties. One gang comes just back of
the train and spikes every third tie and
the two following each take one of the
remaining unspiked ties and when the
last relay has passed the whole track is
spiked.
The work goes ahead much faster
than one unacquainted with the cap
abilities of railroading would consider
possible and IN favorable day with
material close at hand from two to
three miles are often laid.
The company expects to have the
track done as far as Deloit the present
week and as it is all done from Wall
Lake to the new town of Boyer, the
Fourth of July may possible see the
rails in place from one end of the Boyer
Valley Railway to the other.
AS soon as the work is we'll under
way surfacing outfit will be started
in at Denison and they will work right
through the entire line putting in the
ballast and lining the track to the cor
rect center line.
Just as soon as this is completed, and
| that should be some time in the next
month the line will be turned over from
| the construction to the; operating de-
partment and the name of the Boyer
Ralley Railway will be lost in the
{ system of the G. g. N. w. R'y. A
schedule will be prepared and regular
trains will be put on, it is probable that
some of the trough trains from Omaha
to Chicago will be run up this road and
over the Northern Iowa division until
the double track is completed from
Tama to Council Bluffs.
1t is highly probable that new divi-
sion will be made including the Boyer
Valley and the Soldier line and possible
some of the older lines.
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