The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-13

HUNTINGTON is ONE TERMINAL
AND LEWISTON THE
OTHER.

by Mrs. Stradley, arrived In the city
last evening from Huntington and will
leave this morning up Snake river to
inspect the surveys and join the sur
veying crew now working between
Pottsburg landing and Eureka, opposite
the mouth of the Imnaha river. En-
gineer Stradley has charge of the work
on this division, says the Lewiston
Tribune.
When seen last night Mr.. Stradley
said: There is no special significance
in my visit at this trip. I am merely
going over the work already done and
have chosen this route because it is
less hazardous han the route in from
Huntington. There are no contrac-
tors with me and l have not been in
formed that any of the contracts On
the line have yet been awarded.
All Finished but IS Miles.
Cali of the surveying work has been
! closed down with the exception Of
about Is miles between Pittsburg land
ing and a point seven or eight miles
| above the mouth of the Imnaha in the
vicinity Of the old Eureka mines. A
crew of 20 men is engaged in running
a location in this direction and 1 think
they will make a connection with the
line run from Charleston about Christ
D,1rinr tho finoo tho c11rVoVinQ
has been in progress about IS survey
ors have been employed and they are
just now closing their work.
May Work From Both Ends.
1T is the intention of the engineer
ing department to have the cOnstruc-
ton to begin from the Huntington end
of the Snake river road for the sake
of economy. From Huntington the road
| will come down the Oregon side of
| Riparia branch be completed into Lew
iston at the time the Huntington-Lew-
| iston road is started it is possible the
work will also be commenced at this
end. 1t is good policy to build rail-
| roads from both ends for it i'm
mensely in time and cost.
so far as 1 know, as yet, no con-
tractors have been over this end of
| the line. The condition is peculiar in
| ors ran up the west side of the river
from Clarkson to a point above the
mouth of the Imnaha. Here the sur
vey stopped. The O. r. & n. survey>
ors under Engineer Coob, ran a line
up the east or Idaho side of the Snake
to a point above the mnada river,
now the better of cheaper side wiis
undoubtedly be chosen in tying onto
the Lewiston-Riparia branch. If there
the Oregon-Washington side of the
river 1 should have been with them.
! What has been going on with the u.
R. & N. people I do not know. They
might have taken some contractors
over the line.
1.-The only contractors I know any
thing about were those of the Utah
Construction company, who looked
over the survey from Huntington to
miles. The Utah Construction COM
! pany has done a great deal of work
for the Short Line, but the press dis
patches announcing that they had
been awarded the contract even be-
fore the route was surveyed were not
authorized. Railroads are not built in
that way.
May Bridge at Charleston.
eff the road is built into Charleston
the river will be bridged to a junction
with the Clarkston-Riparia branch Jus.
north of Charleston. If the line is built
into Lewiston the Snake river will be
crossed in the vicinity of the head of
the two surveys from this end. The
river, you know, must be crossed some !
where.
L uOu L kIlOW NOW dIL1lOuS the COM
pany is to build the road. I have seer
locations made a number of times and
the company has never even called
upon the contractors for bids. Wheth-
er or not construction is commenced
as soon as our surveys are completed
depends entirely upon conditions sur
rounding the road"
Mr.. Stradley expects to be absent
from Lewiston about a week, figuring
that it will take MIN that long to
reach the surveying crew and make
his inspection. He will return to Lew
iston, rejoin Mrs. Stradley and then
go back to his present headquarters
at huntington.