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Show Notes by the Engineer in Charge, Snow, Accidents, &c. Editor Leader - Winter still holds supreme sway in this latitude, and reminds us of this fact by sending us first a snow storm and then a big wind to pile it in heaps, and fill our canal; and in a cut? thirteen feet deep it is no small job to get it our again. But we take comfort in the assurance oft repeated, "winter's back is broke," without inquiring when or how the accident occurred. Talking of accidents, to-day a heavy log on the [crib?] work crushed the toes of Peter McShane, one of our best hands, but the brave fellow bound it up, and went to work [breaking] rock, as he could sit and hold the drill. Mr. M.D. Hammond, our contractor, has here, among other [items], a ?? pair of mules - trick mules, Bell and Queen. They are practicing on ground and lofts tumbling - have not yet reached the flying trapeze, but probably will soon. Two days since, while "snaking" a heavy log 20 feet long, alongside the head gate excavations, some thirteen feet deep, one end of the log fell into the pit and drew down with it Mr. John Bingham, who was heading a mule and lost the animals, all falling to the bottom in a [pile], yet strange to say, all three ?? - all the parties escaped unhurt. Mr. ??? had a narrow escape, the log almost falling upon him as he was at work below. I believe no animal except a mule-and that well trained-could have fallen such a distance, harnessed to a heavy log, without getting hurt. The ??? are willing to bet their last nickel, that Bell and Queen can beat anything in the Territory by the end of another month's [prathe?] - on lofty tumbling and summersaults, mind you- except, perhaps, the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, At the present time he probably stands unrivaled in the last named performance, [and s on?] will be in the first. In addition to Mr. Hammond's employees there are many sub-contractors pushing the work in narrow places, ? we expect to have the water in the canal by June 1st and reaching as far, at least, as Willow Creek. To reach Eagle Rock, twenty-five miles, will probably exceed that date, as will also the Sand Creek branch of the work. X. Camp Hammond, Idaho, Feb 21. |