The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-07-23

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is progressing favOrably. All the grad.
ing between AuWra and Gnlena Is under
contract except one mile, and this has
not been taken because there Is no wa.
ter near by. II I. thought that the
trains will In running to Galena In less
thnna year, but they will no, 60 through
the tunnel for less than u year and n
half.
The work at the tunnel Is being done
nt both ends, working both night and
day shifts.
The openings ut both ends Of the tun.
mel are made on the same plan; that Is,
a curved surface at the top like an arch
The opening IL not more than eight or
ten feet This is the first excavation.
The second excavation Is made below
the first opening, and makes the tunnel
deep enough for a train To run through.
The first opening requires the mos, skill
and Is much more difficult To excavate
than the second.
The drilling Is done by machines, and
the operators are called machine men.
There ARE Two men for each machine,
and three machines at each end Of the
tunnel, which are run by steam. About
two hundred men work In the tunnel In
the daytime, and II smaller force for the
night. Nearly all the tunnel men ca,
at the railroad boarding house, where
they charge four dollars II week for
board.
The wages run from one dollar and
scvcnty-iivc cents a day to three dollars
and half. Out Of each mans wages
comes fec Of scvcnty-fvc cents each
month toward the hospital fund, and II
he quits before the end Of the month
his wages are discounted ten per cent.
II he works on TO the end Of the month,
there Is held back ten dnys wages or all
the money due him on the previous
month before payday. This is TO make
the men give notice that they are going
to quit work. At one camp west Of Ga
lena II man IL dockcd ten per cent when
he quits work before the end OF the
month, and then has TO go to Auror,,
sixteen miles away, to draw his money.
The hands most needed nrc hand drill
and machine men and teamsters. As
several machine men have been killed
In tho tunnel they are often short Of
men, and sometimes have Ia wait until
new man comes.
The advantages Of railroad NE very
readily seen. and will be more fully
realized later, when the trains are run.
ming and the whistle is heard. A farm
In Tancy county that was offered ten
years ago for pony recently sold for
six hundred dollars, and claim Of gov.
ernment land that was offered for COW
and calf could not b. purchased now for
less than five hundred dollars.
The mineral lands Of the county have
raised the price Of land, and the railroad
will help keep It up and raise II. A
bic mine with no shipping facilities is
ut a disadvantage.
On this line OF railroad are three ,un.
ncls. II is certainly great undertake.
Ing TO build railroad from Carthage
to Ba,esvllle, Ark. Ifa person walks
along the survey, and goes into the
camps and sees the crippled men md
crippled mules, ard oil the tools, dyna.
mite and food to he used, he will say,
at takes money and lots OF IT," and 80
II does. 1t takes time, II takes money,
II takes work ind energy, and 1t takes
human life, yet 1t is necessary nnd must
be done. While II IL sad 10 sec man
crippled In working and earning his
living In an honest and manly way, yet
II Is necessary for the progress Of the
country and the development Of its 70.
sources thnt the railroad be built, and
II certainly cannot he built without
work, and lots OF II.
The scenery along White river Is
beautiful To look at, and people will
soon come u the river by railroad 10
10 SEQ II, instead Of In a mail hack as
they do now.
The surface OF the country around tho
tunnel Is remarkable. To man from q
prairie country II would look like the
Rocky mountains: to nm ordinary man
1t would seem strange that nilroad
could he built ut all.
The expense Of construction will be
more heavy in Stone county than 10 any