The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-14
COMMENCE WORK
ON BIG v|ADUCT
Structure ~ Feet High Will Be
Built Over Oregon Short
Line Yards.
CROSSES AT NORTH TEMPLE
WALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND
ROADWAY FOR WAGONS.

Work on the viaduct over the Oregon
Short Line yards on North Temple street
has commenced. Huge poles have been
driven into the ground on the west side
of the yards. These poles are sunk nearly
twenty feet and will support the foun7
dation for the viaduct They are placed
in order from the western edge of the
yards on North Temple street to the CEN
ter of the block between the yards and
Fourth West street. The incline lead
ing to the Viaduct will commence at a
point near Fifth West street This Will
be made of dirt for some distance.
The viaduct will be twenty-five feet above
the yards. Sidewalks on both sides of the
platform, with a wagon road in the CEN
ter will provide enough room to prevent
congestion. The viaduct itself will be
about 1000 feet long. On the east end
another descending roadway will reach
almost to Second West street
NO Grading Necessary.
The pile-driver completed it's work on
the west end of the viaduet site yester-
day afternoon, and will now commence on
the east end. When the poles are in
place a concrete foundation will be laid
This done, the structural steel framework
of the yiaduct itself will be put into pO-
sitiOn. A large force of men is hurrying
the pile-driving TO completion. Little
grading will be done on either side of the
yards as the street is level When the
framework is riVeted into place and the
flooring laid on the high platform, the
viaduct will be practically completed. The
rOadwayS leading to and from the plat
form will be thrown up in quick time.
When all is completed the viaduct will
reach from Second TO Fifth West streets.
The roadways will provide an easy ascent
and descent for wagons and pedestrians.
Walks, guarded by rails, Will be built
from one end of the viaduct to the other.
Will Prevent Accidents.
This viaduct will furnish path from
one side of the yards to the other above
the tracks, thus eliminating the dangers
of loss to life and property. When the
new yards are completed several dozen
tracks will lead TO and from the depot
across North Temple street. Engines and
trains will be passing over the crossing
constantly Were pedestrians and wagons
forced to cross the tracks, many COLI
sions and accidents would occur.
The Viaduct as planned by the Harri-
man engineers will be made of structural
steel This is but one of the many i'm
prOvements now under way in the neigh
bOrhoOd of the Oregon Short Line depot
and Yards The flume running under the
lowered half dozen feet. This change
was necessitated by the four-foot drop
in the new grade of the yards. A gang
of fifty wOrkmen is making these
higher at the depot than they are at
First North street.
A grade has been started at point
near First North street. This has been
completed as far as North Temple street
and will be carried to a point near First
South street The flume running under
the yards at North Temple street is be-
ing lowered to meet the new drop and to
permit the wOrkmen carrying the grade
toward the depot. Trains are passing
over the high portion of the yards while
the east side is being lowered. When the
work on the east side is completed
tracks will be laid and train operation
transferred.
Roofing Iron Arrives.
Each day sees marked progress in the
erection of the new steel freight depot
The last bolts are being frightened and
the last rivets hammered on the north
end of the building. Galvanized iron roof
ing is arriving and being unloaded. This
will be thrown on the steel framework
within a few days. The roof of the build
ing extends over the platforms on both
sides. Guttering is being strung along