Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

the shore and Promonotory will be
filed up entirely with a rock I'll with
the exception Of about coo feet, where
there will be trestle work with the OBJ
Iect IN view of leaving an opening 80
that the waters OF the Bear river may
escape into the lake proper and not
bank up.
THE HANDY DONKEY ENGINE.
The work Of pile driving Is performed
by donkey engines, "a OF them are in
use In various capacities on the lake cut
on al various points along the line, and
handy affairs they are, too In an ac-
companying Illustration can be seen
a donkey engine unloading Itself from
a raft The engine has been poled on a
raft to It's destination where sti0s have
been placed under It, rope attached 10
an anchor on the trestle and then pass
ed round the drum steam turned on
and the engine gracefully sailed up the
side Of the nll pulling itself up.
These donkey engines MT a solid
piece Of iron Weighing 2,SiO pounds
about 10 feet then the engineer pulls
the releasing rope and the weight des'
cends upon the head Of pile beneath
driving 1t at each stroke anywhere from
inches to feet.
TO BE COMPLETED NOV. /.
When the steamboat is In running or
der It is anticipated that work win
progress much faster with the result
that trains viii DE running across the
arm Of the lake by Nov. | on the tenn
porary track. When this connection Is
made the steam shovcls now waiting
can be transported TO the point and
commence work getting out the rock
and shale so that the fills can be push
I'd from both sides At the present
| time Corey Bros. Of ogden are work.
Ing on cut at the point. They are
now laboring under difficulties as al
their supplies and material have to be
poled across the lake on RATS tedious
process that takes nearly all day TO
make one trip, There are some good
springs Of water there, too. but as the
| owner has held up the contractors and
| the Southern Pacific each for $40 a day
TO take water from the springs, even
the water is being polcd across the
/ lake in tanks placed on the RATS.
WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
The 800 men who are working at va
rlous points on the shore and on the
floating pile drivers on the lake are be-
Ing well taken care Of. The main pile
driving camp is situated some six and
a half miles out in the lake on trestles
1 and cut off from all communication
from shore save by means Of boat or
raft Here is situated the boarding
house Just finished and thrown open on
Sunday last. The picture reproduced
l gives a good idea of the structure Here
are situated the offices for the CONTRACT
tors and hunks for 60 men arranged In
three tiers around three sides Of seven
sleeping rooms a large dining room
and white cooks are also features Of
this establishment
MORE TROUBLE COMING.
While It seems to the layman that
the engineers have accomplished won
ders in their profession as far as the
work has progressed, the worst OF the
battle is before them. with the grade
built across the arm Of the lake TO
Promont0ry Point their troubles can be
said to be but commencing. At this
point there is big rock cut TO be nego-
tIated and then from the shore to
strong's Knob the deepest water will
be encountered and here will be the
most interesting part Of the whole work.
In the meantime the contractors are
building southeast from Lucln TO
Strong's Point The line will be one OF
the easiest in the country, almost a
tangent and with a maximum grade Of
q feet TO the mile, no bad grades to
encounter few cuts and fills and no big
bridges to build and keep in repair.
THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
When completed the Lucin cutoff
win be a monument TO the men who
planned II and carried IT TO a success
full termination. Those responsible for
the building Of this wonderful piece OF
daring engineering are Engineer Grif-
fiths, who made the location. William
Hood, the chief engineer Of the South
ern Pacific, who advocated the project.
and J, Kruttschnitt. the executive off,
Ger under whose direction the work Is
being carried on.