The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-31

u Big Four The new Indiana Harbe
d Line will join this same division
. little farther east The build ne /
j this cutoff involves the constructio
Of what viii be a notable reenforca
\ concrete area bridge across the Sal
/. Fork Of the Vermillon river Il vii
:, he q three trca rncura. coatail nj
! one lo1foot and two S0foot archie
!. and will be 90 feet high above the be-
! Of the river. The new line W Il 80 IN
!, der tn Wabash and also under a trol
:, ley line ANA o street This involve
some heavy cutting, The material from
! which i being hauled across the rive
aud dumped from a trestle 81 fee
high 10 form the approach to the Yer
! million river bridge This piece d
work VIII involve 100000 yards 81
earhwork and $4,000 yards Of mason
Inv.
Steel Vaduct.
Another relocation stretch of about
equal length. involving 2Qa. zoe yards
of carthwork begins about TWO and
ionehaIf miles north Of Marshall June.
ion and extends three ane one half
miles south. The new line will in
clHde a steel yiaduct over Big Creek
about four hundred feet long and Sg
fleet high. the plans for which have
| not yer been made From Snyder to
Walnut Prairie about thres and one
half miles Of offset locaj on involving
I75,000 yards OF earthwork and 1000
Yards Of masonry is being done 20 re-
duce the present / per cent north
bound grade
A similar stretch is being done at
West York, Between Robinson and
Fiat Rock, there viii be about siX and
ine-half miles Of relocation, and on
aeh S de of Lawrenceyilla there will
relocation stretches amounting in
al to about four m les This work
axes The line through the Lawrence
Vile bottoms. where much trouble |
from washouts has been experienced /
To avoid such difficulties on the new I
the from this source. about 2.280 feet
II reinforced concrete trestle VIII be
built there being three structures ap-
1r0ximately ] 800 feet, TOO feet and
a4 feet long, respectively The ma
ter ais 10 be handled will approximate
9oa10 yards Of earthwork and 10000 /
ards Of masonry The work will in 4
elnde a crossing Of Embarrass river
At ST Francisville there viii be /
abouT three miles Of relocation. iuvolf /
ing 10000 yards Of excavat'o on To re-
luce excessive curvature and The pres
at grade Of per cont each way,
Tho Vincennes branch. which starts
here. will nave to be extended a short |
distance west and a new Y put IN for |,
connection 70 the new line
Beginning about a mile north Of Mt. T.
'armei and extending beyond Keeus-
burg. there will be about ten miles Of
'tfset location for grade reduction.
South Of Cowl.ng about one mile Of
-elocati3n will be done Starting a.
irayville there will be a stretch of
about three miles Of offset location.
another stretch of SIX miles from Cal.
in south and a similar stretch from
Carmi 70 Stokes. all for grade rcduc-
ion The last named stretch will j1iu
he Stokes-Texas City reIocat on.
which i about twelve miles long and ,
The lCagesf relocation on the line This
makes about eighteen miles Of con-
nuous new work on this section. The
primary purpoSe of the relocation
work here is 10 avoid Gosset Hin
about five miles north Of Texas City
the present line climbs over this hill
1n ] "a per cent grade about TWO d
niles long northbouud. and has four
heavy curves, two being four degrees.
and lwo three degrees The new line
will run around this hill. pass ng
about mile to the east of the pres "
mt line
The plans cutliaed In the preceding
paragraph involve some heavy work. ,
he Mount CarmcLKeensburg piece
having about $4,000 yards of earth "
work and LOO wards uf masonry. tnc '
GRANVILLE offset about 10000 yards ri ID
arfh and 5000 yards of masonry; the
'armi Stokes offset about l95OOlt D
ards Of earth and $500 yards Of ma
onry, and tho Stuhc=.TcAas city 70 '
ooaiion about 5l1oou yards of earth a
md G00' yards of masonry. Do addi b.
un to VIVA has boon enumerated fc- b
he entire linz There will De numo-ou. .s
hort stretches of Offset location work g.
Ter grade revision and natteniug OF .
'urycs. The total estimated amount ID
IF materials involved in the entire q.
work is 100000 yards of earthwork n
md 10000 yards of masonry. D.
The Zinc will BE gravel balias.od. the b.
ompany having a large gravel pif az q
Vest York 10 WI be laid with eighty 81
'ound and nine y-pouud rails The u
crmcr VIII include about seventy five s.
niles Of oirhryp0uui rails taken q
rom the ST Lon'- division Of the road. a
The remainder Of tbe work viii Dc o
aid with new Underground rails .r
Perhaps tho most Interesting fes- d..
ures nf .he work win Doc the concrete -
iridee The TermiIioa river bridge i.
Do sywm atrical rhracarcd double \.
rack mciu-c. fhc aigbiv-fosf arcles b,
banking the 1oofoot central arch. A i,
hryecentercf arch is used thc small
n ones being so feet high above the -
"a a