The Harrison times., 1903-08-08
Mo. Pacific Railroad.

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near Omaha, Ark. This tunnel !,
one mile across the state line. The
approach is more gradual than it IS
at the tunnel at Ruth, and a person
OF an observing mind can see bv his
surroundings that the tunnel must
be longer than the tunnel in Stone
county. At the tunnel in Arkansas
1t looks as if the excavation was
MADE through two hills, or LAYERS OF
hills, as there is a hill, then a bench
or level place, and then a hill on ton
of the bench, and the tunnel goes
over the lower hill. This of course
makes the hill over the tunnel look
very high.
4: this tunnel John B. Buley is SUI
perlntendent, and he SAYS there are
noW'at work there about two hund-
red men. Wages run from S1.75 to
$3.50. They are short of hands and
drill men.
This tunnel will be 3, 400 feet long.
1t is the longest tunnel on the road
and goes through the highest hills.
There are in use here twelve machine
drills, four at each end of the tunnel
and four outside. At the south end
the excavation is in the hill about
forty feet, at the north end sixty
feet
There are two stores and a COM
mlssary here. Omaha is only three
miles away. A restaurant is being
built TO supply the demands of the
travelling public. There-is no open
saloon at the tunnel. but it is said
there is a blind tiger. There are two
open saloons just across the state
line III Missouri 1t looks strange
to see the people work hard and
earn their money, and then 90
into another state to throw it away
in gaE.bling or in getting drunk.
The'second tuntiIc+ n, = = 4 = a...srzs,ss IS
three miles south of the first, and is
$500 feet long. The cutting and
grading is now done to the mouth
of this tunnel, but the excavation in
the tunnel is just begun
S. B. Huff is general manager and
has charge of everything south OF
White river. He says it may seem
singular to some people that there
The reason is, the 81 ,-rey goes ;hf15 soafH
east down Pin Rod 5o1low from the
first tunnel, and this branch runs in.
to a creek, and the creek runs into
White river. So the railroad survey
had to turn and go from the mouth
of Pin Rod hollow up Cricket creek
to the hills, where the second tunnel
is being made.
Work on this tunnel has been
somewhat slow, but the manager, S
B. Huff, is there now devoting all his
energies to the work, and from now
on the progress will be more rapid
There have been very few accidents
at either of the tunnels in Arkansas
a model camp of railroad survey
ors is that at Bransom. This camr
is in charge of w. HaydOck, engineer
for the BransOn division. He SAYS
that when a railroad survey is made
and the line located" that only
about One-ffth of the engineering i:
| done. The plan of the bridge Ove1
White river has not yet been made
and it is not yet known whether tn,
foundation will be cement or stone
A camp of graders will soon be es
| tabhShed at BranSOn. This is a fin,
location for a good town, as it i
near the river, has many natura
advantages of location and has tele
phone connection with Forsyth
The engineer for this division saw
the depot has not yet been located
There is some disagreement as to tn
amount of damages to be paid b,
the railroad, etc There are lots O
men in the world who have givel
free land for depot purposes and thel
come out away ahead.