Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-05-15
MAKES REPORT
PORTAGE ROAD
Earnings For April
Show Deficit
of $500

Ao'oi' .'...... .... $2b6.y6
Disbursements.
| Maintenance of structure. .$125.S3
, Maintenance Of equipment. 1912. rs
| Conducting transportation. . 4O5. SO
Ao'ai. ..'....... 1888. ~
| The report has this to say regarding
details of work and prospects and
conditions in the territory tributary to
the road:
! 1.-The canal contractors, Messrs.
Smyth and Jones, on account of higi,
water have been compelled to dis
continue work on all except the lower
rock cut, the water coming over the
cement wall. They have some forty
or fifty men still taking out rock from
the fill and are dumping it into fill at
the lower end of the ship basin.
Work on North Bank.
The North Bank contractors in this
vicinity are doing considerable
| amount of work on grades and fills.
Two steam shovels working night and
day shifts, they are also expecting two
more steam shovels shortly and will
put night and day crews on these also.
They are able to send a train OF eight
loaded cars out every five minutes to
be dumped on the fill. This Is very
quick way Of handling dirt.
1.-THE river is still rising to some ex-
~
rise with check now and then on ac-
count Of cooler weather until it reaches
its highest stage the latter part Of
May or the first part Of June.
1--WE have succeeded in unloading
some forty cars of rock along the pill
ing at the long trestle where there is
the greatest danger of the water doing
damage and will get fifteen or twenty
on this end Of the same bridge as some
Of the piling have but a small penetra-
ton at that point. will cut the force
down again In week or ten days, we
being delayed considerably in our work
on account of the heavy sand storms.
at two or three different times the
wind blew so hard that 1t would blow
the sandboards all down and land some
four or Ave feet OF sand on the track
at various places, we then being COM
PEELED to clear 1t off and set the boards
again.
Haul Grain This Fall.
ut Is my understanding that the new
Open River Transportation boat will
be started shortly at Cello and will be
ready for hauling the grain this fall.
She will be built for these waters and
can no doubt make better showing
than the other boats that are not
| adapted to the shallow water in the
fall Of the year during the time grain
is moving.
II have advice that Mr.. Donald will
be up in the first part Of the coming
week to prepare and make survey
OF the extension OF the road into The
Dalles. II we can get the road ex-
tended into The Dalles it should be
self supporting as such freight as lum-
Der and wood could be scowed up to
that point and loaded onto the cars
direct. then there would be no ques-
ton Of prompt handling of freight from
Portland and The Dalles to up river
| points.
mfr. william Nelson, the railroad
| contractor, will start camps at the
| mouth OF the Deschutes river the conn
ing week and has other camps estab-
,ished further. up. understand this
| road is intended to reach southern and
| central Oregon and win be an outlet
| for an immense amount Of grain and
Al kinds OF farm products. It is pos
e,h,e we can make connection with
them they being but three and one half
miles above M. II such . connection
4 arranged this road should be ex-
tended to The Dalles In order that We
can handle the increased amount OF
hu.,ness. our facilities at Big Eddy be-
| Inr inadequate for any great extent q
| tonnage.
| Poor Fishing season.
.Fishing 20 far has been very poor.
~ vheels OF Mr.. Taffe and Mr.. sue
| e.rt catching but some two or three
hundred pounds per day. 90 far -
have hauled but . small amount. they
ecrv,.rdinx what few they have had 70
i auefert's cannery via the Q. =. = -.
.yve have also finished furnishing
/ .A.a,n Tor 9myth and Jones on aecount
| a. the higA water and with the eoats
4 1lAA mn business for the coming
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