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Show progressed under some difficulty, owing ' to the congested condition of tho shop, where a largo force of regular mechanics mechan-ics Is kept at work unmindful of the gallery construction force. "Foreman Marriott, in charge cf tho airbrake department of tho shop plant. Is now moving In the west end of the new gallery, and the tin shop, small machines and electrical workers will all bo located In the gallery next week." VIADUCT IS MOVING ALONG STRUCTURAL IRON NOW IN PLACE HALF ACROSS YARDS. Bridge Should Be Completed by First Day of May Air Hammers to. Aid in Riveting. Contractor Dundas and his force of twenty-three expert Iron workers are pushing viaduct construction along rap-Idly rap-Idly and tonight the great steel struct lure will reach the center frelKht house tracks, more than half way across the wide Southern Taclflc yards. Engineer Campbell, under wnoo nupcrviwion tne work I progressing, la especially pleased pleas-ed at the rapid work being done. and. replying to questions from a SUuidard reporter, said: , "Contractor Dunda and his men are doing splendid work and within two weeks, or by April lat, at most, the steel erection will have been accomplished. The predion force Is at present ahead of tho riveting crews, but another batch of riveters will be put on with air riveting rivet-ing hammers Monday and this will enable en-able them to keep up with the Btecl workers. "Of course, after erection Is completed, complet-ed, there is a great deal of work to do in the way of decking tho viaduct and completing the top of the structure for use by foot paxengcrs and teams, but this will be pushed through as fast as a good sized force can do the work and, under ordinary conditions, the big structure struc-ture Hhould be ready for general use about tho first of May. "The viaduct will be painted black when completed and will be a handsome I I Ktructure In Its entirety. 1 "I want to. say at this time that there I h not been a single error made so far. from the plans and speclHcatloin drawn, and It has not been necessary to ream out or change a hole In any of the steel structural work. Everything flts nicely and for that reason the i-reel Ion of the structural Iron Is proceeding so rapidly. 1 "You may add that tho new gallery In j the nouth machine shop la also going i along nicely, and, barring tho deplor-j deplor-j able accident of Tuesday, no one has b-en Injured In the erection of th l.lg 1 ;'$-foot gallery, although the work baa |