Show BUSY lOUSY DELVING BELVING IN SLIME AND MUD Laborers at New Harriman Depot Site Have Disagreeable Disagreeable Disagreeable Dis Dis- agreeable Task APPARATUS SET TO WORK Steam Shovel and T Two vo Pile Drivers Started With Increased Forces There is a l mess around the site o othe of the tile new depot for tho the Oregon Short Shor Lino Line and the Salt Lake Route noute and antIll's It Its It's going to be messier before the foundations foundations oun a. a are arc finished 1 So far Jar as comfort goes this wa was about the worst time of year that the building could be started and amI if U any workman had any ony Idea that labor on the foundations was sas going to be bo a snap it required only one glance to erase crast that notion from his mind The men have to walk around round ankle deep In a a. soft sticky stick mud which becomes becomes be be- comes cones worse orse an and worse the longer the thc they work There Is enough frost t In the ground to prevent the horses from I sinking slaking in vcr very deep In most places but where the scrapers have been bee at work wont the animals plunge o In up to the hocks Despite the rubber boots with which tho tIo wort workmen men are ue equipped the task is dirt dirty from beginning to end The soil is a 0 black alluvial lal mud full ol of It would decaying organic matter 1 grow almost anything but It Is not I Just the nicest stuff to travel tra on when It Is wet ct Worse AVone the tiLe They Go Two feet below the surface Is the height of ot water that permeates the subsoil In izi that region res nn and under that the work will wm bo lIo something like lIko digging digging dig dig- ging g In a swamp That's what the of- of refer to when they talk talle about conditions getting worse the farther down thc they go The floor of ot tho baggage bag bag- gage mall and express rooms will be bt three hrco feet reet below the present water level evel and the floor of the long Ions U- U shaped tunnel will be nine feet farther falther down lown The steam shovel sho will bo ho al almost almost al- al most doing the work of ot a n harbor e b before It gets very much o 0 oi that hat tunnel excavated What can be done to alleviate these conditions will be done dOlle A sump ha has been built at one aide side of oC the proposed excavation and It Is the purpose to keep the bottom of this well far below th the I level el excavated that all the surplus water may be drained off the thc site Into the sump sump from which It will bo oe ral raised ed by oy a centrifugal pump and ana discharged ed Into a ditch running under the tracks and ana out Into the city's sewer system The centrifugal was wag in operation yesterday yesterday yes yes- es and proc proved Its Us capacity sufficient sufficient suf suf- to take care of oC the water as ns fast tast as It Is drained Into the tho well Ready Remly for tor St Steam nm Shovel Sho fr Tracks were laid lala for the steam shovel sho yesterday and the bl big machine was put in operation for a while It IB is still a little worse however for Cor the use that has been gl given gln n It at Lak Lakeside anc an and some parts have ha been lost The delay however howe will be brief and It Is ex expected expected ex- ex that the gang will wm have pretty steady stead work ahead 0 ol of It for today and hereafter About 1000 carloads loads of dirt Urt will win have to be removed for tor the tho foundations In addition to tho the cars that were taken out last Jast fall tall in bringing the depot site down to the level leel of the tracks In addition l to the dirt that Is Isto Isto isto to be removed there thera will be bo a considerable considerable con con- sl amount spread around the depot yards to the east of ot the tracks where driveways will wIH be bo built and ana the remainder of the tho ground round parked so a ato as asto asto to add acid to the thc attractiveness of ot the bu building ii ding Tho The two pile-drivers pile were rere busy yesterday yesterday yes yes- ester es ter ay too A carload of oC toothpicks of Oregon Orgon fir arrived from during the night and there were sufficient suf suf- to keep the two 1 machines bus busy all d day Hundred Watch Work ork A large crowd that gathered all day dayto dayto to watch the machines at work wort testified fie lied fied to the n number of oC unemployed men In the ell city It Is stated that a trainload trainload train- train load of plies piles is on Its way from Pocatello Pocatello Pocatello Poca- Poca tello making tile the present available supply sup BUP- pI ply about Others will be oe brought along as needed Ea Each h stick stick and and they arc are pretty ones too too costs costs the railroad about 3 U exclusive sive s1 of ot freight which of ot course the railroad does not have to pa pay To creosote the tho piles costs about as much more and only creosoted piling will be oe used under the heavier parts of the building It Is not known as yet et Just how man many piles will be necessary but It Is estimated that at least worth orth of or lumber will be oe sunk beneath the ground before the first of ot concrete of ot the foundation proper can be laid This Is of or course exclusive of ot the cost of ot bringing the sticks here her and of ot driving them as well as of ot the cost of ot excavating for the toun foundation As to the num number er of piles to be used that will be a matter mattel for exact calculation lation as soon as the pile drives s get well started The machine m is watched to see how stron strong a blow olov Is required to bur bury the stick one Inch deeper In Inthe Inthe inthe the ground round From this b by a formula deduced after long experiment It sis Is 18 known Just how much weight that pile pUe will support nul Bury y Plenty of It may bo be ten tons To make matters sure the engineers stick three or four fOUl more sticks down to support the tho same ten tons of or wall although they are fairly confident that the one stick would do That is what they call a factor of ot safety Better Belter bur bury a few teW extra sticks sUcks than have hae a n bl big crack In the tho wall explains Engineer G. G 1 F. F It It- ItIs Is expected that more moro piling may maybe maybe maybe be required at some portions of the foundations than at others to support an n equal length of wall That of course depends on the character of ot the ground round under each particular part of ot the foundation Thus repeated observations observations will be required to determine how many piles are required for tor any particular section of ot wall vall About out 25 more men were tere n added ded to the forces s yesterday and it was stated that tha the gangs are arc now pretty well filled up It will hardily be bo possible to employ man many more men until the thc work K gets ts farther advanced an and there Is a chance for oth other l' l classes of ot workmen to start |