The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-11-11
Palisade Correspondence

Palisade Correspondence
Palsade, November 10.
During the week things have begun to pick up wonderfully in
this old town, and before the end of the month t is expected this
will be quite a lively little burg.
Chadwick d Sykes, the contractors who are to rebuild the E. &
?, are hustlers and are making every effort to get everything ready
for as early a start as possible.
When the main line was washed out the flood waters also did
considerable damage to the E. &P round house, shops, tracks in the
yard, etc, and during the week men have been at work ~straighten-
ing out and repairing this part of the plant.
Engine No. 5 has been repaired and is now ready for service.
The contractors now have 80 men employed, and this force
will be added to as fast as the work can be laid out for them.
The track from the round house and shops down to the river
has been put in order and the bridge gang will complete the tenn
|porary bridge across the Humboldt river this afternoon so that the
engine can cross in the morning.
The Southern Pacific has had a gang replacing its crossing
across the E. & T. tracks. This crossing was taken out by the S.
F. about a year ago to save the wear and tear on its rolling stock,
when it was thought the rebuilding of the I. & P. was mos. in
definite.
The material for the reconstruction of the E. & P. is arriving
here daily, but it is not expected all will be in readiness for rush
ing the work for atout 10 days or two weeks.
The contractors have their outfit cars nearly in shape for use.
We had a high wind here last night and it is splitting a little
snow this afternoon.
A message was received here this morning announcing the
sudden death of Joseph Treveni at Mineral Hill. No particulars.
Traction Engine Fails to Work Satisfactorily
The traction engine that arrived here early this week from the
East and was intended to be used in hauling freight from Palisade
to Eureka until the T. & P. was completed, was taken off the cars
Tuesday. On Wednesday its distillate tanks were filed and it was
given a trial run. 1t worked beautifully here on the level roads
and everything appeared to portend a successful journey on its trip
to Eureka.
This traction engine has a rated drawing power of 10000
pounds at its drawhead. On Thursday two big wagons loaded
with 13 tons of distllate for the Windfal Mining Company, besides
the supplies for the engine, we're coupled on to the traction engine
and the start for Eureka was made. 1t appeared to walk off with
its loads on the level roads with little or no trouble, but when it
struck a piece of road where those gentle up and down hog-wallow
conditions prepaled, trouble commenced. Whenever the engine
came to a raise and it had to get down and lift, its front wheels re-
fused to stay on the ground, and it was found impossible to remedy
this defect.
To shorten a long story-when the traction enginean its loads
reached J. P. Raines ranch in Pine Valley, about z miles from
Palsade, it was determined to abandon further effort to take the
loads on to Eureka with the engine at this time, and the traction
engine is to be brought back to Paisade. Whether this means an
abandonment of further trials with the engine has not been learned