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Show OjTtHE UTAH NORTHERN. Editorial Correspondence! Looax, Aug. 6, 1S72. Yesterday morning was bright Bod beautiful as I took passa.ee on a "traw-k," "traw-k," of the U. N. R. tho "ma-chino" "ma-chino" being freighted with Mr. 0. R. fiivago's photographic apparatus, that gentleman, his assistant, two employes of tho line and the writer. Shaking out three reefs from a pole-brake we started down grado southwards to inspect in-spect cuts and fills, and photograph salient points. The Wasatch rango on the cast of tho lino roso grimly and grandly, piercing with rugged crest tho lisht clouds that moved lazily before the advancing sun ; whilo beneath lay Bear river valley bathed in a flood of golden light, yellow grain fields nodding nod-ding greetings to the bright green of the river bottoms, and tho Jlalad mountains in tho distanco seemed slumbering in a dreamy haze. It was a pioturo of quiet beauty that a poet would delight to rovcl in ; but as tho duties and exigencies of a daily paper soon knock tho poetry out of any person per-son engaged on it, I thrust asido the grouping of active fancies that presented pre-sented themselves and settled down to tho prozy duty of gathering facts and figures to jot down in my note book. now T1U CAMERA SHOT PICTURES. Down grade wo rattled at a 1:10 rate until the eye of tho photographio artist ar-tist caught a view that would make a pioturo. Then a halt, and the "dark room" was erected like magio, while the odor of chemicals impregnated the atmoephcro for an indefinite number ol fquare rods. The camera was pitoneu in a suitable location, tho artist eye measured points aod distance, and the bright sun in a few minutes impressed a perftot picture of the scene on the sensitized plate. Then away again till another point was reached, with the photographic business repeated; and so on, taking views, until the moroiog train met us, when tho "trawley" wa hitched on behind the train and towed into port; or in other words, taken up to the end of the track. From this point, after having refreshed re-freshed tho corporeal system at the camp of Sir. Thos. Lewis, in charge ol track-laying, the serious business of the day commenced so far B3 carriage riding along the grade and beside the track, walking where the carriage could not go, and otherwise obtaining a knowledge of tho amount of work done on the several 11EAVT CUTS AND FILLS. Starting south of Bigler's bend, I found first in order of heavy work three cuts made by the Mendon.Paradiso and Hyde Park contractors, each from 6 to 8 feet deep in gTavel cement. The Mendoo cut is SOO feet long; that completed com-pleted by the Paradise men 600 feet; and the Hyde Park one 1,400 feet. Coming to Bigler's bend, Hanson's cut and fill are reached, 1,000 feet in length, the cut S feet in depth, the fill G feet, through clay cement ; very heavy work. Next to this comes a dcop cut through a high knoll, made by Matthews & Bassett, of Providence, Pro-vidence, about 500 feet in length, through clay cement. Then follow a cut and fill, worked by Mr. Williamson, William-son, of Wellsville, 1,500 feet in length, the fill from 6 to 14 feet, and the cut Ili feet deep, ia clay cement. Ballard !i Davidson, of Logan, follow with a 600 feet fill, 23 feet deep. Then oome a cut and fill, in gravel cement, by Mr. Smith, of Logan; the fill 25 feet in the centre with a slope of 40 odd feet; the cut 23J feet in the centre, with an upper slope of 51 feet Mr. Hanson, of Logan, has completed a fill 13 feet deep, 500 long, and a heavy cut through loose gravel aod cement, Tbo same gentleman and Mr. Jessop, of Millville, have finished another cut 15 feet deep and 400 long. The Oxford men have uoco a cut and nil, the cut 350 reel long, 12 to 14 deep; tho fill 3S feet in the centre; lower side CO odd feet deep, in looso earth. Next comes what is known as tho Fisher fill, 4S feet in centre, with a 6lope ol S4 f, et and 400 feet long. The Provi dencc men folLw with a cut 500 feel long and 8 deep. Nxt is a fill, 200 feet long, 25 deep, by Messrs. Usher & Hi'gans, of Richmond. Sorensoo's cut, 400 feet long and 12 deep, is tho next piece of heavy work. This brings us to, by far, the worst fill on the line so far as it has been worked, which is known as Cottonwood hollow. The fill is 400 feet in length, 8lj feet deep, and on the loierside 100 feet. There is a culvert here 246 feet long, 3 wide, and 6 feet high in the clear, the side walls 3 feet thick of solid masonry and nicely arched. The cost of the culvert was close on $5,000. An idea may be formed of the other figures given here from the fact that this gulf requires about 45,000 eubio yarr'g o;' earth to fill it, and the work is being pushed energetically under the enterprising contractors. Bishop Kos-kei'y, Kos-kei'y, of Smithfield, and Mr. G. L. Farrell, of Logan. When this fill is completed, and a cut finished on which Col. Kicks, of Logan, is working about six miles of grade will bo ready for the iron beyond where the track is now laid. The following cuts and fills occur along tho grade from Cottonwood hollow, as tar as work is dono . Koek cut by Mr. Saulsbnxy, of Wellsville, ..HO tr-et long, s deep. Another mck cut, by Mr. Watson, of Logan, ouu teet long. 15 deep ; and a fill 7nO feot loD, 12 deep. Sand cut by Mr. So-renson, So-renson, of Mendnn, 200 feet long, 15 deep. Fill by Franklin contractors (Kl fr-t long 25 deep. Cut by tho llydo .lark contractors SOO eet long, and 9 to 10 feet deep, lhoy have also two heavy fills, each 1 'St' loDS 20 dcop. Fill by Mr. bhnmway, 410 feet long. .ecp' byr-Mr- Hancock, ooo tret long, 12 deep. Fill by Col. Ricks, o Logan, 4u0 feet long. 60 deep; he also has a cut 600 feet long and about 20 deep, through cement and gravel very heavy work. -Cut by -Jr. Htubea, ot Mecdon, 400 feot long, lu deep. A evniint cut by Mr ;'t,4:-V ff'long, 9 deep. Cut in v .nd,h"d clav. on the summit, by ;oa I fin tf"1-;.,ee' long, lu deen: sYh inlDkl""uen, 1,000 ,Ly 5 deep. d.vly eared imo r.w,'I,,: "k,:" "! " . 1 ""'lion, ami tiikinn tu,ix pay io stock in the j; bt thi ootomuuication has stretched Kyond the designed limits, el it man be brooch t to a tomh fcLiupt termi- nation. U S. |