White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-11-04
ELY.KEYSTONE GRADE
WELL UNDER WAY
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viously made by the Lincoln Con-
struction company, which has lain
idle since its completion two years
ago.
Through Lane City the grade is
finished except as to possibly rails
ing it slightly more and surfacing it
with crushed rock. This takes a bee
line across the fiat from the elevation
at Bob Brady's Country club to the
grade made by the county where the
white railing starts above the fiat
where the town is situeted. The grade
cut down five feet.
From there east the team grading
is continuing, it being we'll along
toward completion to the Boston-Ely
mine. Two teams and scrapers
were working there.
From the mine to the lower rail
way tunnel the major part OF the
rock work on the project is to be
done, and It probably will be here
that the winter tie-up will occur.
though 1t is possible that with ar
exceedingly mild winter it might pro-
coed. This will eliminate two rail
way crossings and a third will be
eliminated at the lower end by an
overpass that will be finished this
fall.
An eXasEerating delay in the con"
crete work of three ~cuIyerts and this
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l.. Hoffman, of Reno, who has the
s%ubcontract for the concrete, had or
dered the structural steel reinforcing
material from Pueblo and was as
sured ten days previously that it had
been shipped. Thursday he received
a wire from the Reno Mercantile COM
pany. which acts as his agent, saying
1t had been shipped yesterday"
Meanwhile Mr.. Hoffman had got
ten all ready for it.. He is screening
his crushed rock and waiting to start
mixing and pouring his concrete, but
it will be at least two weeks from the
date of shipment before the stee;
will arrive. His getting the work
done this fall therefore will be by
a scratch, and had it been shipped
when the first message was dis
patched none too much time would
have been allowed.
The upper two of the culverts ar.
within a few yards of each other on
the two sides of the point under
which passes the upper railway tun-
mel, close to where the big blast was
set off. The men excavating for the
"ulvert foundations were called out
10 assist in removing the debris after
The blast.
These two culverts will have open
ings of three by twelve feet. The
lower one, down near the overpass
will be 10 feet in length, it running
~diagonally under the roadway.
The overpass pier foundations have
been e%xcavated and forms in ready
for the pouring. These are about six
feet deep and tho piers will be raised
above the old roadway another four
or five feet, which will elevate the
bridge sufficiently above the railway
track in the cut where it is situated
above The lower railway tunnel,
which Is within half n mile OF Ely.
The 110-foot culvort will carry the
water where the wash channel
passes by the north side of the road
ut this same point and it will make
practically 4 double crossing. The
culvert excavations had not been
started.
There Is plenty Of natural crushed
rock in the slides near by and This
is being screened and made ready.
The sand has been shipped from
Salt Lake and Mr.. Hoffman said 1t
was expected any day. This sand IS
costing him $1,000 a yard laid down.
4 yard weighing about 270G pounds
The grade below the overpass will,
be the steepest on the route and will
require a heavy and deep fill. It is
the intention of the contractors to
finish it this fall, though the weather
will be the governing factor and 1t
is in nowise certain.
With the project completed there
will be but ore surface crossing be-
tween here and keystone, which will
be at the west end Of Aultman street
IN town.
James Vandiver is resident engi
neer looking after the work for the
state highway department. He super
yised the work or tho Illipah project.
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