The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-18
CULEBRA CUT
NEARING GRADE
IN EVERY PART

Culebra, April 1S.-Excavation in
Culebra cut. has been prosecuted un-
til there is about 5000 lineal feet of
distance left, exclusive of the drainage
Channel, in which the excavation has
not reached grade in some part. This
section is confined to that part of the
cut between Cucaracha slide and the
northern limit of the slide on the east
bank, opposite Culebra village. Be-
tween Gold hill and Contractors hill, a
part of the drainage cut is down to
grade. .u.-s
On Saturday, March 29, there were
thirty-two steam shovels working in
the canal prism in the Culebra cut
section; thirteen of these We're work
ing on slide material and the remain
der in removing material at the bot
tom. This number is exclusive of the
steam shovels engaged in terracing
the banks and In miscellaneous opera
tions.
At the present-rate of progress, it is
estimated that about 5,500,000 cubic
yards of material maybe removed by
Oct. l, the date at which operations
by steam shovels will probably be sus-
pended. This leaves between 100000
and 100000 cubic yards, based upon
the recently revised estimate, that will
have to be taken out by dredges IL the
water is let into the canal on Oct. L.
manner will probably be increased by
slides at different points along, the
banks between now and the end of the
year. Work on the Cucaracha slide is
progressing. On March 20, five steam
shovels removed 11,343 cubic yards of
material. This is the largest amount
of excavation from single slide in
one day.
Cristobal April 1S.-The plan for a
permanent railroad connection from
the Cristobal yards to a point in the
vicinity of the proposed coaling plant
ON the island on the west side of the
French canal opposite dock No. II, has
heen approved. This connection VIII
he established by means of a bridge,
wlth.a span of the vertical lift or bas-
ctle type, to permit the passage of
vGsselS using the canal
In establishing connection with the
island, approximately 6,S56 iineai feet
OF track will be laid, involving the use
of $1,000 cubic yards of material to
bring it to grade, and the building of
about 1900 feet of temporary trestle.
The bridge over the French canal will
he about 800 feet in length between
the east and west abutment piers
A number of Sinch spherical bombs
and grape shot have been dug UP by
the 1S-inch pipeline suction dredge
NO. eXCaVaIlng near the inner end
OF the slip, west of the new pier IL at
Cristobal. About a dozen of the larg-
er projectiles and a peck of the smaller
balls were found in the stone box OF
the dredge on the night of March 20
and the morning of March %, and it
is estimated that greater quantity
went through the discharge pipe into
the reclamati tion fill east of e street
Colon A hand axe of type used fifty
years ago was also caught in the stone
box. The dredge was excavating at
about Is feet below the surface of the
sea.
Colon, April 1S.--Accortling to the
figures of the quarantine service the
number of persons who landed at the
rort of Colon from alien ports during
the month of March was 4,9T4, con
gisting of LIB cabin and 1851 steer
age passengers The number of per-
sons who embarked for alien ports
in the same period was 1924, consist
ing of zoos cabin and 1919 steerage
passengers The number of persons
who landed over those who embarked
was 1850, Two thousand seven hun
1red and twenty four of the persons
arriving in steerage were from Jamai-
ca and the West Indies; III were from
Costa Rica, t83 from Colombia 8a
from Europe and 80 from the United
States.