Show A I DIFFICULT CULT TASK NO RAILROADS IN FAR NORTH walt I 1 4 gild 4 T ur use to f alg topless to ar at ro bi g off 11 1 issie la is almelio special letter wier HE alle pass a ft plow 7 ukon railway li Is a line from guar alaska to k art got 81 1 iciek dominion ol 01 canada this line will be constructed in three divisions by aa as luany compa u die alto incorporated P under separate fp arate and slid char chat ro ne 11 pacific and nd arctic railway ard davig rig don uloa company will build the gnip 1 from to the summit of j hit hitt pass at the international koun bour dary dory a di ot at li 19 CU this comiano la is of course incorporated la it the states beleen the in ter national beun dery and the sixtieth parallel which iv 1 the dividing line betten erit ah ab co embla and the dominion of catado the road will be built by the british columbia yukon railway company incorporated by special act of the col colonial legislature at 1 letoria nem and the elx fix parallel the od toad will be b built by the yukon trading and transportation company ancor paroled lu itt special act ol 01 the canadian pa parliament diament at ottawa all the c eon booti a t traction rue tion work ot of these those three I 1 local systems wil be carried by the pacific Clu contract tract company s if 11 graves of h i r li fe president preil dent of thi this company ian i fess 1 10 1 e I 1 earb ct of the ahr it iccil e m A il 1 earned E C hawkin hawkins for ape formerly r ly ot denver ie Is the chief engineer and superintendent ot of the white whits pass and yukon company john hislop Is the assistant chief engineer and F it 11 biting 1 Is g the division dir lilon n D gincer and superintendent of the guay division diT lilon flork ork wf was commenced on the our ur toys ot at the road early in april anu and track laying was b 1 gun in in the early pan part of 0 june at the date me tl information tor for ame article was forwarded aug 19 twelve miles ol 01 road had ben been completed and put into operation wf this carried the line to a point civo lillei beyo beyrau a noted rock cuttin cutting at porcupine I 1 HI R 1 which will be referred to again presently the road starts at the wharf in nay gusy where there Is t thirty teet feet of water at the lowest spring tides aa As at present constructed it extends through the business buil nesi center ot of the town along broadway Uro adway in order tu to properly protect franci alas rights the construction ot at the first mile ot of the road wae was rushed through in one day by an extension of 0 the terminal is cill another branch of the road will be run from the wharf through the border ot at the town along the toot rit of the steep bluff to the eastward the line croe crosses to the west fide ride ot of the river at a point me rne and one halt miles above the rusins rusl ns center ot of the town it the river and to gain elevation make makes a loop up the narrow valley ot of the east fork ot at river aa as the tint first loop from at the exit irom from this loop tae line encounters enco untera heavy rock work at a point seven miles from known as porcupine Porcu pice hill previously referred to ahe elevation ot at thia this point li is toto ething over feet a above a level and mot most of thi this elevation elev li 1 r reached rached ached by the road in a litt little more 0 than three mile miles at this see loop the line leave leaves the river and ascend bends toward the summit of at the pass at a point about fifteen and one bait hall miles tm there will be an iron truss bridge ot at teet feet pan span the elevation elation el of the pass at the summit Is 2 2580 teet feet and the elevation of the track 2865 feet there being a cut ot at fifteen feet for a considerable di distance the distance ditt dis anci from to the summit on all an air or if line Is fourteen miles the work hae has been very interesting late resting from aa an engineering enil point of view by virtue of the fact that almost th tb entire way from three miles beyond guay guly tc the summit Is entirely ea kocl roc and there are some heavy cuts there will be bit one tunnel about teet feet long on the entire route to the summit the heaviest gradients will be 3 9 per cent and this gradient Is obtained without a switchback th the maximum curvature will be sixteen de do grees which tor for a narrow gauge track Is not at all excessive there will have ban used when the summit ell alit Is reached about 2 tons of d dynamite y judson and common black blasting I 1 powder so that one may imagine that some owe heavy blasting work Is being done I 1 the gauge ot of track ie Is three teet feet and the weight of the steel tee that la in being laid Is otty fitly six pounds per yard T rail rall lall lali upon sawed ties six inches by beight eight inches by six and a half teet feet angle antle bars bare being used for joint splices everything Is to being done in the most substantial manner and the road la in completed as the work ad advances vanceL on 1 I 1 1 t 41 1 I 1 I 1 M AT THE SUMMIT OP OF WHITE PASS this side aide of the summit there haa has been a shortage ot of gravel for ballast it being necessary to the supply from the river beds but beyond ft it summit there are somi very fine arl vel yet dev deposits wh h will enable the compani cOmPI LIft to provide an art excellent road bedl bed work on art the interior from the summit ou mit to the lakes baa bas just julit commenced and upon this division the work wll will encounter mainly avel and sand tan with light rock work in places af As at present comple td the haq roa ft I 1 in operation beyond one of 0 them a I 1 j difficult points h the pack to naza during the dys deys a of hea ir 10 I 1 1 I 1 f A v I portacio port it atio ti 1 weald would be 1 ti to ourt expected i the that t by the h MU tm ot at a 8 1 to in the t entire road all lt f ew t peeled aaa 18 uVe operation rAtiOn from mm giju to tha the summit of 0 white tau u n road la JIB BOW now and hai has ba been to tor sot tiro ilmo carrying carryl BK freight rl ht and as boot the coaches arrive pt daida daiwa lir ger brattle will bip bielita ixtla lita have already been ken made mad anith lib wk so 0 o that recht carried to the tb the th line as a now to in 9 u eastlon erat erst loa lon will ie to taken and a aard ard through the tb pass to the lb where whore it bagu bI gU the first con come indent of art rr i celet bl alaris aris wre were sharp d it r a suit south a low ew dia days ago arid nd the th fit IT lii bt buei atts la Is now being strictly a traded 0 1 A largo barge left beatt a on CA AOL if it te having bemid otildia a quantity tr ol 01 ta nl 1 ial lumber ten flat can cars lo 10 0 eat o 0 one baggage aad and passenger ai at d 4 41 oai passenger coach abe ti latter art are th 0 first passenger paa ienner coaches that hill 1 o li 0 rire five la in alaska 1 they should there about alf aig 27 and will be b imin ma placed la in erl servi e tats I 1 locomotives with the two ain there will make ore fire loc joe not leg 11 i burvice and preparations are ar adov ing made tor for letting a u contract tot or it th construction ol 01 alveral 1111 HIll large con oil dated locomotives for or tilary there aie are at present under cont con itne tion in seattle thirty box can cars as gil twenty hat flat cara cars one ot at earli each elm clam will 1 b be 4 et u up il complete upon if its trucks analil ape and abl p d but the remainder will be framed and shipped in libri lla acks down condition tv tr trucks being leibi id let up ready to be placed under the th ein can a ai soon as a they are unloaded at fu SW there to 1 a round house d at Sk aguay and machine hope above are in coune course f eoa col st ruction to be equipped with er ery y auch such aa As lathes drill presses plu plat en era wheel presses etc ete with a faw 1 P pant 1 in t in 0 o itt orasto the th olam w I 1 |