The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-12
ENGINEER VIEWING THE {. &P.
Railway Officials Will Probably
Await His Report Before Start
ing Reconstruction Work

Assistant Superintendent A. r. Ran.
dolph Of the Eureka & Palisade Rail.
way Company, accompanied by w. E.
Condor, a civil engineer, arrived in Eu.
reka from Palisade at 1:l5 O'Clock
Thursday morning. Mr.. Randolph
brought all the letter mail that had or.
rived in Palisade up to the time of his
departure from there-1:30 p. m. Tues.
day.
Engineer Condor, who was sent mp
from San Francisco by President NJ. L.
Requa of the L. g. p. Company to make
q report Of the necessary work to be
done in demonstrating the washed out
portion Of the line. made a thorough in.
spection Of the road and the general con.
dition of the line in 1908, and is there.
fore familiar with the work that will
have to be done to put the railway line
again in shape to handle traffic.
Mr.. Randolph stated to the SENTINEL
that he was unable to give out any in.
formation at this time Is to when the
road would be ready to operate again;
that his present trip over the road was
u Of inspection entirely, to permit
OF Engineer Condor making q report to
the company OF conditions and what
would be necessary in the way Of ma
terial for the repair of the washed out
portions Of the line. While Nj. Ran.
dolph would not say that reconstruction
work would not be started until the Of
fcials Of the railway company had di-
gested Engineer Condon's report. the
SENTINEL CLEANED from his conversation
that the work would not be commenced
until the engineers report had been put
before the stockholders OF the railwa y
company.
1t is understood the conditions in Pali-
SADIE canyon and in Pine valley are bad,
but Mr.. Randolph in following the line
OF the track with o hand speeder and
hand car relays from a point below
Mineral Station. starting Wednesday
morning. made the SO miles into Eureka
that night. The only portion of the
road In this distance he found that
would require any great amount of new
work was at the Diamond slough about
eight miles north of Eureka. He came
across the slough late Wednesday night
and then estimated that there would be
about 1000 feet of track that it would be
necessary to repair at this point. Sew
eral parties in Eureka that have 4.
amined the breaks at the slough did not
figure this amount of repair work neces.
sary. and Mr.. Randolph said he hoped
that a view Of conditions at the slough
in daylight would reduce his estimate.
He reports there is still considerable
water running, and that the usual
Spring freshets from ordinary sources
have aot yet appeared, but he does not
anticipate any unusual conditions from
the Spring thSw.
Mr.. Randolph and Mr.. Condor started
back to Palisade Thursday afternoon.
the mail that had accumulated
here since Tuesday.
From Mr.. Randolph it vas learned
that the Southern Pacific expected to
have its line repaired between Palisade
aud Battle Mountain so that trains
could pass over by next Tuesday. The
company is not trying to replace the
damaged steel bridges, but is putting in
temporary ones and "shoefiying" around
the breaks.
The line east from Palisade is again
being operated, but for the present
only a stub train is being run to Cobre.