| Show construction CONTRACTS it is not g generally en brally known that as a rule none of the railroad contractors who do the actual construction get the work at cirit hand for instance none of those at work 01 on the oregon short branch line get their work from the railroad company the firm of collins collin stevens of omalia omaha have the contract for the entire road and the work is sublet to others the mode of payment adopted by the original contractors is is somewhat singular and is adapted to secure them against contingencies that might involve loss they pay at the end of each month for the actual work done with the exception of 20 per cent of the amount wl which ich they retain until the whole of the work is completed by this method the original contractors have the free use of large amounts of money that in point of fact belongs to the sub contractors the contract business for ties tics is u conducted similarly so far as the existence of a general original contracting tr firm is concerned coo coe carter do the tie business for the ogden short branch ox ON me mr kelton road to wood it elver iver a well is leing sunk on the lava a va beds recently the wood river news said A few days ago the laborera laborers struck a crevice in the casing of the shaft and from that time up to date it has been an exciting spot to those whose duties kept them in the bottom the rumbling of mighty waters or the internal disturbance of the earth kept up a fine racket and occasional blasts of air air flit up through the shaft taking hats bats etc to the surface again the draft is changed and anything near the windlass is Is drawn down and into the crevice and away the lord knows where IT WA was supposed aup posed a short tino time ago that the irrepressible stanley was dying latest news from his exploring expedition is to the effect ff act that he lie has recovered from his ee vero vere illness and u is now strong and healthy |
