Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
E-EASTERN RAILROAD

|
ger had the pleasure, in company with
Wilford Dennis, who is interested in
the road. of passing over the new rail
road, travelling from Kerr's station, or
Ranlett, as the station will be named,
to lone, on the construction train. The
train consisted of two fiat cars. return
ing empty to lone for more material in
the shape of ties and track iron. The
locomotive was the 65-ton mountain
climber just brought out by the COM
pany from Ohio 1t is built for heavy
haulage, and not for speed. The
wheels are all geared, for pulling. Its
maximum speed is from II to Is miles
per hour. 1t will seldom reach that
velocity, IA miles being about the gait.
Unless one passes over the route it is
impossible to get an adequate idea of
the amount of labor involved in this
undertaking. 1t is continual uphill
pull from lone. For the six miles be-
tween lone and Ranlett there is scarcely
a hundred yards of natural grade.
Cutting, filling and trestle work is the
order throughout. The steepest grade
is b per cent. Curves are numerous,
as was unavoidable without enormous
expenses in leveling mountain sides.
These are all provided with an inside
track, SO that it is next to impossible
to meet with accident in running off
the track. The work of completing
the line for construction work to Ran
lett's was finished last Saturday, and |
track was laid to quarter of mile
east of the point where the line crosses
the road close to Kerr's station that |
day. Here a temporary depot will be
erected, and freight received to this
point on and after February l.
Between Ranlett and Mountain |
Springs the r5ad winds around the
high bluffs of rock to the north. Here
the heaviest grading and highest
trestling was encountered. There are
two trestles, one about so feet high.
These trestles are already framed at
lone, and will be put in as soon as
track laying reaches them, thereby en-
abling the construction train to deliver
the material 1t was estimated that
week or more would be needed to erect
these trestles. In front of Mountain
Springs much difficulty was encounter
ed from the nature of the SOIL Heavy
bodies of water had to be controlled,
and several Thousand dollars had to be
expended in drainage to make the road
bed solid for traffic. This trouble has
been fully overcome, but it serves to
illustrate what unforeseen difficulties are
liable to crop up in railroad building.
The route had to be changed at this
point, after thousands of dollars had
been vainly expended in trying to open
up the route along the original survey.
In the neighborhood of Cyclone sta
tion another large cut aud filing oc-
ours. This was more than half COM /
pleted at the time Of our visit, and |
about a week would see it finished.
From thence to Martell's the route is
level, and little work in
the way of grading will be necessary.
The company have sent out the fol-
lowing circular:
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26 1905.
Amador Ledger, Jackson, Cal.
conference.-the have the honor to
inform you that on and after Feb
ruary 1st, 1905, the lone and Eastern
Railroad Company will be prepared to
receive and promptly transmit freight
of all classes in either direction between
lone and Ranlett stations. Ranlett
station is about miles east of lone.
On and after March 10th, 1905, the
lone and Eastern Railroad Company
will be prepared to carry both freight
and passengers between lone and Mar
tell station in either direction. Martell
station is about II miles east from lone
by railroad, and 2 miles from Sutter
Creek and jackson, respectively, by
wagon road.
Respectfully yours,
lone AND EASTERN RAILROAD Co.