The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-10
MAKES DIRT FLY.
Right of Way of Topeka & Northwest
ern Busiest Place in state.

Marysville. Kan. July 10-The Advo-
cate-Democrat says: Everything is a
hustle and hustle along the right of
way of the Topeka & North western.
More new camps are being established
every day and practically the entire
right of way is occupied with gangs
busy throwing up the grade.
Representatives of the AID. made a
trip Sunday to the place where the new
town is to be located on the Walker
place. On the way out Fred Pierce,
who IS with the surveyors gang, was
picked up and he steered the crowd to
the point. At the Walker farm a gang
of graders have been at work for some
time and fully a mile of grade has been
completed with the exception of chang
will o5viate the necessity of building
three bridges. The gang that is doing
this work also has another mile of work
to do in the opposite direction.
A few miles south of Home City Bar
ker Bros, who had just arrived from
Wyoming with forty men and a full
compliment Of tools and horses, were
just esta blishing camp. This gang also
has two-mile tract of grade to make.
They expected to get started Monday
morning. Along their section of the
route there were a good many cuts and
fills, but none of them very extensive.
Barker would not make any definite es-
innate as to when the work would be
completed
The steam shovel has arrived and will
be installed just south of Home City,
between that point and Frankfort, where
there is a big cut and a big fill. The
train that hauled this outfit consisted
of twenty cars. loaded with material OF
every description, but mostly dump
cars.
Engineer Haycock, who Is in charge
of the field work for the division run
ming ten miles southeast from the juno
ton IS of the opinion that it will be some
time in July. 1907. before trains will be
running over the new road
superintendent Richardson, Of this
city who is the engineer in charge of
construction, stated that the entire
right of way would be the busiest place
in the state in a very short time.
That the company intends to use the
road for heavy trains and fast time is
evidenced by the thorough manner in
which the grade is being built. Moth
ing is left undOne to make the grade
stable; no unnecessary bridges are be-
ing built, but on the contrary stream
channels are changed wherever posi-
BILE to obviate the necessity of building
bridges.
of workmanship. The entire route
through Marshall county IS practically
straight On the ten-mile section south
of the junction there are only three
slight curves. and these are of such a
LFlHlnk nature Illdl they might Deter
be called swerves than curves. because
in no place does the line leave the d.
rect routes of due northwest from the
county line to the junction.
The diagonal route Of the line natur-
ally cuts the farms badly through
which it passes and also crosses all the
public highways on a diagonal. There
is not a road crossing between Marys-
vile and Frankfort that is on a right
angle.
It was heard along the line Sunday
that contracts had been received from
the graders to have their work ready to
turn over to the company by the last
Of December. This means that track
laying will begin before very long and
that the company wishes the entire
right of way to be ready for steel by
the last of this year.
It has also been heard that while the
original surveyors were working in this
neighborhood they ran line northwest
from Marysville to Endicctt, Neb..
which cuts Herkimer, Bremen and
Hanover off the route Of the sthrough
line of the Union Pacific. The rumo1
finished this line would be built as il
curves between Marysville and EnGi-
colt and gives the road practically q
straight level limo from Topeka tc
Hastings Then when the line is built
from Hastings to Kearney it will be
practically las the crow flies" from
kansas City to Kearney, where con
nectfon is made with the north line OF
/ the Union Pacific.