| Show iff DF CASEMENT END OF TRACK april editor daily deseret news railroad rall Bail road matters have just taken a decided po in reference to junction etc al all ail wor work kupon upon the central pacific linebe line between the eastern base of the promontory and ogden has ceased and the world work on the U P is being urged towards the summit of the promontory with all possible speed but fifteen miles more grading rema remain u for the taeup UP to the summit and their 1 ne no from that eminence to the tho hopeful ton to tov tom n of ogden becomes the purchased inheritance of the central pacific ba by this new arrangement the UP IT P loses alf all ail their work west of the promontory summit which has probably cost several hundred hundred thousand dollars the 0 P grade rade between the promontory and og den en will w R also be abandoned at least fo the present possibly to such portion of their grade as may be on better aroun ground nearer the settlements or otherwise more mor advantageous the ties and rails of the T V P will be removed the central at ah events has the field to ogden I 1 j thus has terminated the grand railroad raili ralli contest which during the past yet yei Y I 1 has been an absorbing question in and civic circles the stars verily havel 1 e an ili this instance fought for empire in th west the prodigious powers of ea eastern basteri sterl prowess and achievement a consolidation of all that combination of private capi cap tal governmental aid and engineering science could achieve distinguished ill in the highest degree the operations of tiit tilt th union company their rhear construction 0 4 pinales piles of railroad through a moul moui gainous region of our dautry com eom du try within tl period of a single twelve month is x work astounding as it is unparalleled yet even this would have been far ow done by that careering champion of rai ral way construction but for the interpol in terpo tion t on of comparatively trivial obstacles aele aclo such as the non arrival of mat material erlat at th front not that there was yas vas any inaus elenas in the general construction si ply some somo alight inadvertency in single department or on the tim part of company agent q or contra contract et or but fr ff which it is confidently asserted in qua here where sv they ought to know that hatzl miles more of road bit mit might have bee built capt clayton elaston clay elay ton just now ow me that his tra track in layers lasers ers have ave been eni ehl em aloyed ili in their direct wor won work not at over on 01 half alf their thor time no impe impeachment 1 ashment ach ment e 0 depreciation of the en engineering abi abl abilities of superintendent ree beed 5 would for a m i ment be entertained by any one acquah ted vi with ith the masterly manner mannen in whid chiu he has performed the duties assigns him his divis division loil 1011 and section engh engli t eer the norths the bissells the smith the seymours ey mours ahe ahe Mor rises the true dales the gillises gillisee Gilli ses the brattoni Brat tons the ba bin gesses and the sharmane Sh armans gentlemen a al and well up in their parts stand up wi wit him beyond reproach reproach h and so may th remain forea forever e r the tho casements are probably the olde and most successful track layers in anth t or iny any other country 1 mr bir guilford buckeye I 1 son of old erin their man ye ger r of track laying has been with thai tha for 0 seventeen years they laid the traci tract of the cleveland columbus and cluck nati the cleveland and erie erle or lai lat shore the phi philadelphia ladelphia and erie erle e b sides those of one or more western road and now have crowned their heir career i the track of the great union pacific tl casements are ohioans Ohio ans and sin singular gulai enough enough their engineers and overseen bel bei believe eve eye are all from the bue Buc buckett Bucke keyt vt state the paraphernalia of their immen and complicated establishment as ft tl pioneers ion lon aers of final construction 9 been een the subject of comment and CD en gium from the eastern press T sym symmetrical metrical proportions and effects precision they attained today to day upon t verge vage of forming a juncture with thi admirable rival the central forms tm tru an interesting interesting episode in utah history par far par in front of ahe boardl beardt bo ardi train nia may bay be descried the advance the track laying forces a group of soil twenty men armed with with picks shori short road grages spike mauls 0 they work irl in sets of two ft man on ca side the track who scientifically ba W tie every fourteen feet these are ca cat L the joint tie men 1 next come comet fillers who bed the intervening t F the iron men fol foi follow loir ten in five stalwart fellows to each rail TF a aloud loud away she goes from thor thel man 1 the two rails each weighing doo goo I 1 pounds ands are drawn forward froal frol true truc r Kand 1 an dl at a t the word id down own a bj witha precision only acquired baw aa PI practice matice one at each side iii in iti their pla on the tho ties following the iron men comelle comel comei he liea ilea head d who guage the width I 1 the broad guage five feet between rails and drive six spikes into each rail the I 1 baek back spi keral yand land next who finish spiking the rails and screw up the nish fish plates plats heavy iron el clamp in s one on each side ahe the rail rall thoroughly hughly bolting bolting tile the joints a recent excellent invention much superior 1 I old chair splice I 1 the spi kers I 1 are preceded I 1 by jy a seb aset set of spike peddlers one on each bidd pidd the track it will be observed that casements entire force is worked I 1 in sets two men co composing a akset set Th the echain chain gang or bacr baer ack back fillers 11 immediately L I 1 succeed the baek back spiken spikes ll 11 these az fill in the theearta earth I 1 tamping if under the ties Ws doing a preliminary ballasting business nea next i follon 1 1 ck liners 11 who wilo with bow bars palle track h in perfect line in rear near ear ord oad dl directly direct IY 1 in ewt of the liu ilu huge 6 dutli I 1 relied the bo aiding boarding cars are re ily liy back iron men y who load the rain rall lupon rai ral pon trucks from the side of the gra lere heyard thrown from theila upon which they are shipped from th theart kte apte East as th but hie fhe fie ell eli end is not yet water carriers polished young gents with pail and cup in ill hand stand ever near to cool the parched tongue of the fever ish llah tracklayer track layer the tall tali tailpiece tail piece riece of all is a quaint t little fellow with a limber ba taek tack and india rubber joints who auto maton like picks up the loose bolts spikes tools etc and distributes them where they belong it would be an ungrateful omission no not t to mention champion tom I 1 the noble venerable full blooded american equine who pulls the front truck in coo co opera tion with the iron men hellas he has been een the motive power of the tho iron men from omaha and very truly practice has made him perfect in his cli Ili nole noie role zole 11 talk of animal instinct there is scarcely a person here who claims for him less sa sagacity acety than that of his mud sill co la laborers tore gore rs I 1 should freely award him the palm over the human form who mauled hauled him witban with an iron bar as I 1 look looked edon on while the faithful tom lugged with bercu herculean force to drag the rail laden truck out of a gap between joints the front of casements train is a tru truck ck laden with such sundries as switch stands targets chains bolts screws timbers for truck repairs iron rods steel bars barrels boxes coal shovels picks crowbars straight edges wrenches chairs ieves levers leves hammers felloes spokes old harness sledges spike mauls mauis cable rope cotton waste spare coats mattras mattresses ses an indefinable lot of dunnage wagon wheels rockers sand boards reaches etc ete etc with a blace blacksmith smith shop in full blasl blast blast in rear in charge of chas burgess and P H mcgrew car and saddlers shop the third is the carpenter shop and washhouse wash house with frank ner a niale male descendant of wm penn as washerwoman 71 the fourth is a sleeping apartment for mule whackers whickers 11 fifth a general geheran s sleeping leeping car with bunks for men me n sixth sitting and dining j g room forem for employees P plo pio 1 seventh long dining room at t tile the tables of which men can be comfy comfortably seated sealed eighth kitchen in front and counting room and telegraph office in rear ninth store car tep ten tenth eleventh le anth twelfth thirteenth i benth fourt fourteenth fifteenth and sixteenth all 0 i slee sleeping pil cars S seventeenth evan and eighteenth captain alli aill clay tons cars the former his kitchen the latter his parlor pailor where mrs mys C presides prep with the dignity of atrue a true lady NL sleep sleeping ing car twentieth supply car twenty T arst first and twenty second water ears cars this immense lin mense train is attended by two engl engi engines neS N 08 and wm cain a railroad expert from cleveland ohio conductor of the former george mccamish engineer the redoubtable win wm ariles EL miles conduct conductor olof of the latter with samuel bradford engineer capt DB B clayton la Is general superintendent in for the casements mr guilford gui Gul lford iford is foreman of the iron gangs or track layers jaines james mcelheny foreman of tie layers charies oharles ff foster foster wagon master col A T wilcox Hn financial ancial manager malaier ma 0 ij more house clerk elerk T B duniy duffy storekeeper store keeper J R bresee asee physician and surgeon mor for the outfit yacob jacob jacob F gilbert glibert chief steward with 16 assistants chas 33 sharman civil engineer for the end of track having seven assistants chas 13 crall telegraphic operator george calking calkins draughtsman I 1 you anncil sketch of look nook r inq miles west of 0 bear river eiver with a portion of casements train also of the main portion of the trestle work over bear river biver with a water tank had ifould an engraver il should have sent you woodcuts wood cuts of the tho scene possibly our last glimpse of this mammoth model and inimitable armament of railroad construction it will soon have fulfilled its mighty destiny but twenty miles more remain to unite unito the two lines and the casements will do the giants half then their leviathan outfit will roll baek back over its first trod den iro iron n pathway pa th wa y th through F 0 1 I tile the valleys and 1 kenyons an on SN whence henefelt it came ian fan and at take a e a 1 last f farewell a rei rev ell eil of utah jj j j r 6 V SANON SA sox NON 1 18 |
