The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-03-15
SURVEY BEGINS
ON INTERURBAN
ENGINEERING CORPS BEGINS
WORK MONDAY MORNING.
Satisfactory Progress Made During
First Day-o. A. Proctor Chief En-
sineer, Has Charge Of Party-Pres-
ident II. n. Mayberry Will Live
With the Road.

The first physical step in the build
ing of the Nashville & Columbia Inter
urban Railway was put forth Monday
morning, when a surveying party
headed by d. A. Proctor. Chief En-
gineer of the company. drove the first
stakes at the corner of Franklin turn.
pike and Douglas avenue, and then
started due south along the westerly
side Of the turnpike, says Tuesdays
American. The first days work show
ed more than a mile Of the right of
way marked of. 1t is expected that
with average weather conditions the
survey will have been completed to
Mt. Pleasant within sixty days.
BY the time the survey party has
reached Franklin it is believed that
the work of preparing the road bed can
be begun. Contractor Patrick Hirsch
left for the East Saturday night to
complete purchase of and to place
orders for supplies, implements and
power.house machinery.
President H. H. Mayberry went out
with the surveying party Monday
morning, and, to quote his words. he
intends to live with it until it is run
ming"
Mr.. Mayberry expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the first days
survey. With favorable weather" he
said, and with no untoward circum-
stances, the survey should be COM
pleted to Mt Pleasant in about sixty
days. The construction of the road
bed will be commenced as soon as pos
sible, probably by the time the sur
vey is completed to Franklin, or to
Columbia at least l am going to live
right here with it until it IS done, You
may find me occasionally at the Of |
fee, but the rest of the time you will |
find me right here with the men who |
are doing the work. Now that it has |
been definitely determined that the
nterurban will be built | am going
to see that it is done right.
The Nashville & Columbia Inter
lrban Railway is going to be high
lass interurban railroad, with a one
ind one-half grade, guaranteed speed |
If sixty-fve miles an hour is called for
n the contract, and when the road is
and in operation it will be
factor in the development of the
ountry tributary to It, There will be
ew curves in the track and these will
ot be short or sharp ones. The sur
ey runs out along the westerly side
{ the Franklin turnpike, where you
ow see us at work, and at Browns
reek, three miles or so from the
tarting point. the turnpike is left and y
lie road continues on due south over
rivate rights of way that we have
,quired. If the people along the ter
tory to be traversed continue to
eet us in the same generous, fair
,irit that has been maifested so far,
e construction of the road will con-
1ue from now without an intermis- d
on" Ell
The offices of the road, in the First ~
ationaI Bank Building, have been u
ded to materially, practically the az
tire eleventh floor having been &C. ~
pied by the offices of the President, :"
g other officers, the counsel and en-
leer and the contractor. The Office
Contractor Hirsch is now being
ed up, and on his return from the
st It viii be ready for him. It is
pected to occupy the entire eleven
floor within very short time.
An up-to-date power plant viii be
,cted at a cost of $3.50, 900, and one
the purposes Of Mr.. Hirsch's VISIT
New York at this time is to place
orders for the machinery neces.
y for the plant. The location of
plant is not yet decided upon. but
win be located where II WIN best
We the entire road.
}. A. Proctor, the chief engineer,
been engaged in interurban road
lding for fifteen years. During that
e he has laid off twenty-five roads,
zen of them being in Ohio and
and the others in var
J parts of the country. He is re-
ded as one of the best in HIS fine,
his connection with the Nash
2 & Columbia Interurban Is
rec of congratuIation among the
ctors. He has with him a trained
Is of workers who have been with
in numbers of other contracts of
kind, and they are efficient and
'getic workers, who will carry the
k through in the shortest possible
, with the highest degree OF exact
and thoroughness.