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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1910)
4 HE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, APJUT, IT, .1910. 5 DESCHUTES ROAD SOON TO HAVE 32 MILES OF TRACK BUILT With Completion of Trestle Over Simmons Creek, Work Will Progress Rapidly on 20 Miles of Grade Now Ready Harriman Officials Assert Lines Differ Only in Minor Details. xv -vrx .f 5 1. x x-- 1 ;, X V i IS .X- X-- ' v, I x Vif-jV X i .xxx. .' as -..x- --7 v. ft. 1 1 1ST 7ZGVZ-T ?CS7Z5- iSS JZZE1& OJZXcZ&Ar ZTPfOOVr A' I " ' 1 1 'Ml Ml ' Lt ...... . Jft. . ::.0tf6t4Sv.-.x4vX t-Jfa.f.tvrfh.jafiy 'ft KrO S A- t , ! 11 H - J- " V 5 J 5X- S? S f-.-xxf -, . WW , .;i,M-:- -.-ii 3xA t 2 -s . "i y. yl y7T.V V 1 -1. ?yX .- Jf - ' 1 iSx f - rf X" .X- j.- y., -X-. .- GRASS VAL1.HV. Or.. April ll". (Staff Vrroiileiice. ) Trat.kJaylr.fr on th DeH'liutRF Railroad, temporarily JialtPd Lv an liicompletetl liltch trestle vr '.limions ciek llvn miles from the luoutU or the lcscliuto i-ommenced again Jam Tiiendav. and tho Harrnnan roaxl now- lias a straiglit sweep of 20 miles of i'oinplcted Kiade on wljich trafk will be lai.i rapidly. The rails' are now over the summons Crek titsJlle and lv 1ho time ihe ii) miles ar covprod other bridges will be In, and wltlnn a mouth It is cxpscted that work trains can be operated to the portal of lunnei '-No. 1 at j lorsx-pnoe Bend. Thih will pive the road about :t2 milee of track. The tunnel at Horseshoe Bend is also rapidly nearinjr completion and track laying will be hailed there only a short time. Possibly by the time the rails reach that point they can be laid through the tunnel and bo extended on to tunnel ICO. 2, which penetrates -what if commonly known a tho Oxbow, about two miles north of Sherar'f" EJridjr?. More than half tlm grading frim 13es chntes to .Madras is now completed and unless the conKtruction fore are held ba.ck by delays in a.pproval .of the right of way along the river where it bound? t he Warm Springs Indian reservation, jrradlnc will be completed to Madras within three months. Tunnel and bridge vork will hold up the completion of tho work another month but the prospect now is that track laying will be complet ed to Madras within four months. WMh tho exception of tho 12 miles tlirousrh the Vrm Pprtng-s agenry, the work Is fully covered, and Is protrress insr rapidly, but the construction forces re becoming restive In their anxiety to begin work in the reservation. Un der th terms of the agreement en tered Into some weeks ago by the Ore gon Trunk and the Deschutes Road, Ihn latter will cross from the eastslde of the rivet- to the west side at the northern boundary of the reservation, near the same point where the Oregon Trunk crosses from the west to the east side. tn other words, the two roads eTchanjre sides in the canyon for a distance of 3 2 miles, when the Harri man road crosses back and ascends Trout Creek to the Madras Plains. The agreement is partly based on early action by the Interior Department on the Deschutes road's application for a right-of-way through the reservation. Xo action has yet been taken by the department. Whllo a difference in the character of construction of the two railroads now building up the Deschutes has been the. Bubject of comment, it is main tained by the Harriman officials that th variance is principally one of con struction methods and not Indicative of the ultimate material dlf ference In the railroads. The Harriman roadbed is narrower than that of the Oregon Trunk, but It is asserted that Inas much as practically the entire length of the road, in consequence of tho char acter of the country traversed, will be basaitie rock ballasted, the narrow grade is as good for present needs as the wider. It is also asserted that after the rails' are laid and the road Is In operation the grade can be widened at mucli less cost than during the original construction in such an Inaccessible country. Standard O. R. &. N. construc tion has been adopted In the track work. In the matter of grades the principal differences exist in entering the Des chutes and leaving it. The 'Oregon Trunk by commencing construction at Celilo. four miles west of the mouth f the Deschutes, secures a lesser grade in getting over the jiooay aam site a few miles up the stream. The Deschutes road leaves the main line of the O. R. X. about one and a half miles east of the mouth of the river. The difference in guide In getting out of the Deschutes Canyon Is about two-tenths of one per cent In favor of the Oregon Trunk Line, which follows Willow Creek from its confluence with the Deschutes to Madras. The Harri man road enters Trout Creek and while following a somewhat stiffer grade, reaches the "top of the luill" with a road about six miles shorter than the Oregon Trunk Line. It Is asserted by the Harriman people that two engines will be required to negotiate the grades on either road with heavy trains, and that the lighter grade secured by the Hill road Is offset by the greater cost of construction. While James J. Hill has called a man of National reputation In John F. Stevens, to build the Oregon Trunk Line, the Deschutes Railroad also has engineers in charge who have been en gaged In some of the noted engineer ing projects of the day. George W. Boschke, the chief engineer under whose direction the road is being con structed, built the famous Galveston sea wall. The assistant engineer, H. A. Brandon, who Is in personal charge of construction, is a native of England, and a graduate of the University of Edinbnrg and of Cooper's Hill Military College, England. Mr. Brandon served with the Royal Engineers In Upper East India and worked on the reclamation of the lower Nile district in Africa. After resigning his. commission in the British Army, he built the Jamaica Gov ernment railway and worked on the Nicaragua Canal survey, subsequently engaging In private engineering enter prises In' Central and South America. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Mr. Brandon accepted a com mission In the American Army and served In Cuba and the Philippines. On his return he became assistant engineer for the Southern Paciflc, and while in that position built the noted Lucln Cut- - x. - $Xt JWSW?WV W-3XWx' fix-.-'-, -.-;Vv ? . : Vc- x-. if- aerv Lrxatixaj xx- i - x- . ? iiexSJ7- xxx-. x -x -';!fcrx;5-n?,,j5 ;xt is I! X ,.x ' .'Wi.iffJ'.. - - 0, OTxx..-x :,X5x ; - , y,.x . X X . ' x 7'x,- - v"4 . 1;,V'V'S1,''X x xxx tr, n V' " off across Great Salt Lake. He has been with the O. R. & N. Rince 1906. , Mr. Brandon has established a sort of military discipline among the en gineering camps, along the east bank of the Deschutes, which has had a no ticeable effect In the progress of the work. Wlim the old settler of Central Ore gon travels over the completed railroads in the Deschutes Canyon he will have d-ifficulty in recognizing one of the mom rioted landmarks of early days. Before tho construction of the Shanlko branch of the o. R. & N.. ie main artery of travel to Central ' Oregon was from The Dalles via Sherar's bridge to the interior. Freighters and stockmen In days gone by made Sherar's a stop ping place for the night, a .hotel having been constructed on the west bank of the river near the bridge. At this point the Deschutes Is compressed Into a gorge between rock walls bo narrow that single sticks of timber form the one span of the bridge. In the palmy days of the wool trail this toll bridge used to net the owner $3 to 4 dally. The Harriman road now occupies a part of the old trail down the east side of the canyon, but has replaced it with a new switch-back wagon road that it is said cost the company $15,000. A half mile below Sherar's a little settle ment has been established known as Buck's Hollow. A few shacks built In a row are occupied by dispensers of general merchandise, near beer and meals. In a journey of only 24 miles from Grass Valley, a town with modern brick buildings, residences, water works and electric lights, one is trans ported to a primitive frontier station. The shacks, are furnished with home made benches and rough board bars and counters. A typical sign In a near beer Joint Is "Near Beer, 35 cents per bottle without glasses. With glasses, 60 cents." At 'Buck's Hollow the Har riman road is arranging for switches with the expectation that some traffic from the grain iartds above the canyon will come down the steep three miles of road Into the canyon. eberar'a Bridge and vicinity comprise one of the busiest places along tho rfeute. " - irv- -.in&r--W1l ft 3 I 1. M i'i'nTx fitiriflM--"- -(I '-'... ..Jl: 1 -- w . Tv-.tt w -'-;.-, ...... - 3 & itiiMraiMWIilitl'" i mTnl i C IT -I III BS 3 4. ."572x4 xrlT x5-ff9xVO 7"Z- ions on shore started back to Shearer's Bridge in the hope oJT getting a boat, but the engineer became, convinced that he would freeze to death before they could rescue htm. Then, stripping himself of all his clothing but a flanned overfhirt, he plunged into the. icy water and aftr n. Iouk struggle reached slore. Bare footed, wet anil most scantily clad. h began the tramp to another camp a mlis end a half away. He reached this camp with both feet fror.en stiff and cut and scarred by loose rock. His Injuries, how ever, proved not so serious S3 at first snipponid, for in a few days h" wet again back at work and I? still 'in ths Job. I'atrlotlnm nnd Breakfast Haon. Indianapolis. Xews. The same American breakfast bacon that sells in this country for I; cent per pound sells In Ireland- for IS cents per pound. However, all of the baron, sold In this country is figuratively wrapped In the Star Spajicled Han tier. for only a thort distance north the two railroads ar. boring tunnels through the "Oxbow" side by side.' At the "Oxbow" the river makes a long, detour to the west, swinging back ageJn and leaving a high peninsula that is about one-fourtii mile across at the base. It is necessary for the Trunk Line to span the river, bore through this peninsula, anjl then jump the river again In order to avoid the long, detour. The Deschutes road alfo tunnels the peninsula, and the re sult i that the two tunnels are going in within 200 feet of each, other. Originally the Oregon Trunk Line planned to go around the "Oxbow," and part of the grade was constructed. Then It was decided to tunnel and on the south side a cut and fill were started heading for about the point where 'Oie Harriman road had planned to tunnel. The forces of the -latter forestalled the Hill contractors, however, and the latter again - changed location and constructed a third- cut and fill for an approach to the bridge that will lead to the south portal of the tunnel. All the. hardships overcome by the engineers and contractors in constructing the two railroads up the Deschutes will probably never be told, but the experi ence of one engineer at the "Oxbow" Is typical of frequent occurrences. Last Winter one of the Harriman engi neering camps was established near the south approach to the tunnel, but when the Oregon Trunk Line also began tun nelling It became necessary to move this camp to get out of the way of rocks sent up by the blasts of the tunnel workers. A location was selected about two miles down stream. There were no wagon roads along the precipitous sides of the can yon, and it was Impossible to take the camp lumber over the foot trails. So it was decided to float the lumber down stream. One raft was made up and one or two men boarded it.- while others were snt ahead to aid In stopping It when It reached the campsite. But the speed of the rushing stream was miscalculated and the raf t arrived at the campsito before the men sent ahead on foot. It carried its passengers on down tho stream two miles, where It was aban doned for other camps. Another raft was then made up and was launched with A. B. Moulder, an engineer, on board as? pilot. This raft was caught on, a riffle before it reached the campeite and the torrent bejran pour ing over it. It was zero weather and tnere was snow covering the- shores of the river and canyon sides. Moulder faced the alternative of taking to the water or freezing on the raft. He first tied a rope to his body and tried wading ashore, but got beyond his depth and had to pull himself back to the raft. Then, with clothes saturated, his situa tion became critical. - Moulder's compan- AVcll MeHnina. , New York Sun. If vou think I have a horrid Jlr-'Wit And my temper in Ita worst you ver aiv. If yon think tur llf a barfa-rffl imroMtlcm And my iHnrrrsa. ion worr than any bora. For goodness ffake then my just what tcti think. ' Don't Imagine that my pritl is ever-weening. . Enumerate each vice I've got don't fcrt 1 drink But don't: you dare to ray that I'tn --fll ' meaning. When noin.-n think one of their fr.eTKls is homely They do not voic the thought they think but say They roust confess ahe not exactly comeiv, Aral negatively roa her tha.t'j their -war. Thry mention that lifr style Is very eJhockinr. Tnat all i-cr clothes would benefit by clean ing. And when they finish ur their awful knocking They doti't 'orget to adl, "She's so we.fi meaning. " Lxet any one accu OU of l murder. Let the world say that you always rxat your wife. Let them state you have the manners of t berdor And that you've always led a frightful life: TVwi't bother to deny enieh a.-eu!atine. Don't let them think ffuch vice. you'd M screening. But don't you ever let !i-oiir wife'. relation.? Tell any on tn-r think that you're well meaning.