Show FROM THE GRANGER BOAT ROAD items menil of f interest about the oregon granger oranger it it 11 mr Z ballantyne who is at present engaged i on the construction force of the oregon orem short line road writes to mr k EH H anderson of this office as follows under date of july alth we are camped on a beautiful green meadow about GO 60 miles north of evanston on our left like monuments stand two I large arge mounds between which is a narrow defile through this the railroad is to pass to our right and about yards distant is BEAR RIVER flowing fl ON it with a rapid current be b e cen lanks tw covered with the richest meadows where tile b blue to topped to ed flax and scarlet honey honeysuckle sue k le bloom broom in wild luxuriance while in n tile distance an arm of the wasatch mountains towers high into the clear blue sky ita its side coursed by numerous streams clear as crystal and dotted hero and there therewith avith groves of cedar but to come back to our movements wo we left ogden on june ad d and arrived at carter station june ath we should have been there on the fth but were delayed on the way through gli some sonic misunderstanding with the railroad company from ng rm carter we traveled by wagon wit on TO TWIN CREEK CANYON where we began work on the alt we b have a just completed tn two jobs of work w ork and an as before stated are now encamped on bear river near the ranch of mr samuel richards if the line is not changed on the other side of the tuii tunnel ill the grade will soon be finished f to the mouth ortwin of twin creek carion callon a distance of nearly miles from granger the tunnel is at the surn summit mit between the heads of twin creek and hams fork and is to bo be 1600 feet long it is b being ang worked by the railroad company themselves and it will require a about bout a year for completion to avoid any delay in ill the transport from this reason a track has been built which winds up and an I down the ravines on cither either side and is now finished OVER THE ME SUMMIT r this point is f feet act above the tho sea I am informed that a large quantity of iron is deposited at granger and track laying will sooil commence thimas this Th isas as stated by the HERALD in time was done a week ago ED As before hinted it is rumored that the company in intend tend ch changing aneg a part art of the line on the other oth side sa s1 oah of the tunnel A aa to the tru truth th of this report I can say nothing if it is not changed the iron is expected to be laid over the summit in two months it is generally believed hero that the C P company has nothing to do with THE opposition LINE and that it is simply a bluff to extort money from the U P company As our readers know from well authenticated communications in former issues of the HEALD mr B is somewhat wrongly impressed on oil this matter ED I am told that theu the U P co have secured the right of way over the disputed point from the riar authorities of wyoming and if so I think they are safe to get through however the surveyors on the oregon gran granger er road here pay no attention to ee the opposition organization they have availed themselves of every opportunity to run across their competitor and the U P workmen plow up the stakes of the utah wyoming concern whenever they happen to bo be in the way As to who have secured CON CONTRACTS tracts DOWN BEAR RIVER there is some uncertainty accord ing in to the best information I can obtain crismon Wei lets contract reaches to station 2660 which is about two miles from here and 18 miles from bear lake valley As to the other contractors there t e re is still more uncertainty but the matter will be known in a few days it is quite certain that the contracts aeLs already taken reach beyond montpelier THE FIRST PAYMENT was made about the thelast last of june and the second estimate which includes all our work thus far finished was taken about the first of july and jt it is LS expected the company will pay about the fifteenth our party arc vire all in excellent spirits NO ACCIDENT nr lias has befallen anyone notwithstanding in g tho the rumors current at homo home T the he weather is delightful for working there being a constant breeze during the heat of the day A heavy frost fell a few nights ago and nd I learn this morning from a reliable person from bear lake valley that THE TIM WHEAT CROP and that portion of the oats now in tho the head were merely ev arely injured thereby in a few days wo we expect to bo be in an montpelier liei |