Show 4 CENTRAL PACIFIC RA A eo respondent correspondent of the S I 1 F lilus dris speak s 7 of this road the work on the tho great grat central paci effic rall Eail roady f to see which was one of the chief objects of the excursion is p progressing ro much more rapidly than the public generally are aware the present terminus of the road as before stated is 19 gour dour our miles this side of dutch flat bub but the intention is to run cars to crystal lake twenty miles further on by the of september and the company expect to reach the summit of the sierras before winter sets in watson who conducted the first train over the road ia is sanguine of being able to run a passenger f rain into virginia in eighteen months month or two years from this date the wo of the entire route from sacramento 10 lo salt lake that portion between colfax and aud dutch flat flab is already built and there are antwork at work on the road roid between colfax and the summit of the tuie mountains in no place will the grade bemore than feet to the mile nor that only for a ft distance of four miles beyond datch flat i tue the baltimore and broadh roa road dh has asa 03 a 1 grade of ilg feet to a mlle mile and the central pacific company are allowed by government to reach the same grade and curvature as that road the road can be built bulitt on the east side of af the sierra sierras ras rap much easier than tharl on this side after descending to the truckee river 1500 feet the remainder of the route to virginia sacramento inia lnla is as easy of construction as from sacramento to newcastle New rew catle catie which is only feet above the level of the sea between colfa colfax and dutch flat are several deep ravines that had to bo be crossed by bridges but after getting beyond the lattu place the mountains are larger and by gindin winding around them there are fewer bridges to iro be built and gulches niches to be filled making tho the work much less expensive one of the bridges between colfax and Secret town is a quarter of a mile in length and from 50 to feet high another of about the same dimensions is just being completed between Secret town and dutch flat almost the entire work of digging is done by and the directors Director of the az road say it would be impossible to build it at present without them they are found to equal as good as white men and less inclined to quarrels add and strikes rd they i ey are paid 30 per month and boarded and a cook is allowed for every twelve tw elv emen men they theado do not accomplish so much in a given time as irish laborers er s but they are willing to work more hours ours per day and are content with their lot so long iong as they are promptly paid if the work on this road continues to progress as bast fast as it has done during this si season there is little doubt that tho the oars ears will be running from sacramento to salt lake inside of three years |