The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1904-12-22
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'sws2aper Man.
Springfield e,ocrat.
To pc haze not personally
watched q i,n of the White
liver br he Missouri Pacific
it must appear that sNork has pro-
1grcssed zoe anu yet II they could
hut see what has been and what is be.
done it would .,ot surprise them
AT work appears to move SO slowly,
The first hundred miles of the road
f""m Rat -"i''o followed the winding
f., the greater portion OF
I nc rOadLo being cut out OF the
bluff ranging from 80 to 400 feet high.
This was l.. cs 'ilv very slow and
eXpens VI wk >, the most cX-
Ncl &c pa rs y,, TO come.
I otter Tho L.w town which is
about 90 mics IN Bata in and about
mil" ,"st of Iellville, the road
ses - .erand runs almost direct
Ncs through Marion county, thence
northeast through Boone county to the
Missouri line. A very expensive steel
bridge was build across the river, which
is many feet above the average height
OF the river, From this bridge it goes
through tunnel 100 feet long. Thera
are many cuts, fills and tresties Tor
several miles 10 where il crosses Geor-
ges creek. Here there is tres +,
300 feet long and 10 feet high. A few
miles farthur, at the crossing n
Crooked creek, is another tunnel so
feet long, then two more steel brid $
cross Crooked creek. Passing on wos,
up Sugar Orchard creek through & Q
little towns OF Zinc and Keener, wj,l
here and there deep cuts and heavy
fills until the head Of the creek is
reached, where it comes to what is
called Oregon Flats; here there is to &c
a cut almost one mile lorg, which v II
average about 10 feet deep. The trao E.
is now laid and construction trains are
being run TO this point from the sou'I,
There will be II temporary track bui
over this hill, while steam shovcs
make the tremendous cut. Leaving tho
Oregon Flats, ii goes down Cheathau
creek, whore there are treslles laj
feet high, Most all OF the grading is
done on the route except at few diff
licult points.
AT Omaha, twenty miles north OF
Harrison, the third tunnel is reached.
This is the most difficult work on the
whole line. The tunnel is 2GO0 feet long,
and most of the way through mud and
bouders, which ncCcssitatcd timber.
ing almost the entire distance. An
opening about eight feet high has been
cut through the entire mountain, and
about 80 feet has been cut the required
depth, - feet. !. is estimated that by
working with full force day and night
this tunnel can be completed by next
July or August. There was u noun
tain slide at the west approach years
since which filled the cut and wOuldhave
required $4,000 to have moved it, so it
was decided to extend the tunnel
through this slide, which will make
the tunnel 320O feet long and will cost
the company S3j0,0O0 or more.
Three miles further is another tun-
mel 34OO feet long. This was through
solid rock and has been completed. A
few miles farther across the Missouri
line, is another tunnel 1900 feet long.
There will be another bridge across
White river and also one across the
James. The road is completed from
Carthage south to Reed Spring, Stouc
county, Mo.
IL is estimated that this road will be-
completed and trains running through
by August !, 1905.
This road, IL is said, will cost the
company in the Deighborhood Of $72, 600
per mile. The expenditure OF money
certainly indicates that the company
has confidence in the mineral resources
Of the country.
1t passed through the great mineral
belt of North Arkansas and with the
completion Of the road will follow the
development Of some OF the finest min,s
the world has ever seen.
II is said TO be the policy of the con.
pany TO build spurs TO the various mir
ing campswhere the tonnage willjustily.
A survey is now being made from Yell.
vile to the Morning Star, where there
arc now six oreig concentrating plants
awaiting the coming Of the road. Sure
ly, the future Of this country is very
bright.