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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1909,
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Cclilo, Or., Nov. ft. What might be
termed a natural brjdgc site far crossing
a stream of the magnitude of the Co
Iumbia River has been selected by the
Oregon Trunk Lino engineers for bu.ilil
ing tlio connecting link between flip
Deschutes Railroad Company's Central
Oregon road and the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle Railroad. The bridge across
the Columbia will bo located definitely
at the point referred to, unless unfore
seen complications arise, such as objec
tions by the government to the crossing
of the Celilo canal, save a dispatch to
the Portland Oregonian.
The place named is about one mile
West of Celilo station and a bridge can
bo constructed there with every pier on
dry rock, high above the surface of the
water, except during the Spring fresh
cts, or nine months out ol the year.
The site selected has been approved
by Civil Engineer Modjeski, chief en
gineer for the city of Portland, and
the chief bridge engineer for the Oregon
Trunk Line, and, the data has been for
warded to him by the engineers in local
charge bo that the estimates of the
cost of the bridge may be prepared and
plans submitted to the War Department
for approval.
rive spans will cross fivq channels of
the river and several deck spans will
complete the bridge, the distance from
the Trunk Line grade on the South side
of the river to the 8. P. & S. grade on
the North side being 3800 feet. The
longest of the spans will be 320 feet and
tho others will be from 150 to 180 feet.
The crossing of the Cclilo canal, now
under construction, will be at an eleva
tion of 55 feet and the channels of the
river will be spanned at a height of
about 75 feet. The crossing of the O.
R. & N. tracks will be overhead.
Tho Oregon locations are over a part
of what is known as the Celilo rapids of
the Columbia River. Here, except dur
ing extreme high water, the mighty
volume of tho river is choked in narrow
corges dividing rock islands in the mid
die of the stream. To reach one of
these islands for tho purpose of eecur
ing accurate surveys, it was necessary
to construct an aerial tramway. It yi&
possible to reach two islands with a
large rowboat but one lying between
them was so isolated by the turbulent
waters that a boat could not remain
afloat, much less make headway in the
channels. Bents were constructed on
tho islands that could be reached with
boats and a heavy cable was then strung
across the middle island.
The middle Island Is now reached by
a small tram running on tt.is cable,
crossing the foaming waters 75 feet be
low. Three days' hard work was spent
in getting the light wire from one island
to the another. Carrying a telegraph
wire from tho first island reached, a
rowboat mado a score of attempts to
gain the third island with tho end of
the wire, and after numerous break
ages of tho light wiro it was finally
strung across from bent to bent and the
heavy cable was then drawn into place.
Being able to build every pier on dry
rock in crossing the Columbia is consid
ered of immense advantage as well as a
means of promoting economy of con
struction.
Tho first pier from tho South shore
will be located on a rock island hardly
larger than the pior itself. The other
islands aro of considerable acreage in
extent,
The enormous drain on the labor mar
kets af Portland and other Northwestern
pities to supply the sinews of war for the
railroad-building struggle into Central
Oregon is continuing unabated, and bath
Hill and Ilarriman projects aro in the
field for more men.
''W'evogot 2800 men now buy as
beavers on onr line," said Judge Twohy,
of Twohy pros., this naming, "and we
shall have fully, 4000 at work by tjipfjret
of the year. Not only that, but yyo ex
pect to keep all these fprces engaged
right through the Winter and until the
new Deschutes Railroad has been built
to the present proposed terminus. Our
plans are being worked out in such, a
manner that we can continue without
interruption until the road is completed.
"By July or August we feel confident
that wo shall have the road completed
and ready for operation as far as Mad-.
ras(U0 miles above the mouth of the
Deschutes.) Of course, that depends
upon the railroad company. H the Jfar-
rMnnn interest d.esre to. force rpattere,
we eliftll accomplish this without much
difficulty. The company is following qs
closely with the tracklaying from the
Northern terminus of the line, and about
three miles of rails have been laid already
and by February 1, a continuous stretch
of 10 or 20 miles will be completed." I
Judge Twohy explained that heavy
IRRIGATION FOR THIS
SECTION IS FAVOBABU
Plpnty Of Water Oan ga
Stored In Lafceg
P aeasjti
IDAHO IRRIQATIONISTS
favor the ?mm
Crsgpent Laka My Be UsofJ Stor
age Reaeryolr 100,QQ9 Acre ,
MayBa Watered
drafts for labor are being made both in
Portland and in Spokane and that the
various construction gangs would be in
creased in numbers just as fast as pos
sible.
A great deal of preliminary work is
being done on the different sections of the
Deschutes Railroad and Twohy Bros, ex;
pect to keep well ahead of the tracklay
ing crews which will of necessity be
checked fit different points by the de
1 r ' .1 i rni.f.l;
iliuitu tar uruiiju coiiairiciim. iitsiinc
is being laid with 75-pound rails of the
continuous Joint type, the same kind of
rail now in use on the 0. R. & N. main
line.
One of the interesting features of the
rival railroad building now is that where
the early invasion of Central Oregon
was attended by "military operations.'
as Juuge xwony expresseu it, tne com
peting construction gangs are peacefully
blasting out the canyou cliffs, side by
side, wttii only tne narrow river gorge
between them. There hasn't been the
semblance of trouble of any sort for
months.
TRACK MACHINE WORKS RAPIDLY
Dispatch to Portland Oregonian from
Deschutes:
iast rriuay a track-laying macnine
was put at work at the material yards,
one mile east ol this point, ana where
the Deschutes road leaves the main
line of theO. R. &N.
The track is now laid for a di-tance ol
one and one-half miles and tho track men
say that 10 miles will be laid by the first
of tho year
In the material yards are rails now on
hand sufficient to lay 84 miles of track,
and tiea are piled up in sufficient num
bers to correspond, while kegs of spikes,
angle bars, galvanised iron culverts,
bridge timbers and other construction
materials are scattered in pueB over
several acres of ground. Tho track-lay
ing machine, designed by L. C. McCoy,
tne engineer in cnarge ol tue steel con
structlon, was built In the yards here,
and tho workmen are now installing a
holstine encine on a bis flat car. to which
will be added a derrick for heavy bridge
Duuuing.
I no track-layinK macbine.wbicb is
the first of the McCoy design evor built,
it has been demonstrated already, is a
success, it i much cheaper of con
struction than the other machines now
in use in railroad work and reauires few
er men to operate it. With a gang of
3d to 45 men a mile of track per day can
oo iaiu. Aiie itoueno or Harris tvnes.
while faster in operation, requires about
iuu men to woric to tueir capacity.
COUNTY COURT NEWS
In tho matter of the 0. E. Roush gate
way; it appearing that the said Roush
has paid the expense nnd costs of said
gateway and has also deposited 3 dam
ages with the county clerk for the bene
fit of A. S. Phillip, said petition is
granted and the acta thereunder aro
hereby confirmed.
Action on the W. D. McNemar
road
and on the A. .8. Phillips road were con-
The Oregon Trunk Line, however, is ti? ;S,vVer?ew,i
,t ivln i.n i. i..t,,. In J -! Tno rPrt Pn th. V. W. L. Fpote road
J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON
GENERAL MERCHANTS
MADRAS, OREGON
not relying wholly on the bridge site at
Celilo, but two other sites have been
surveyed West of hero, one of which is
in tho vicinity of tho Big Eddy, Engl
neers aro now running preliminary lines
and making soundings near the mouth
of thtf Deschutes. Tho' Columbia Is di
vided thero by an ipland of 1000 acres
in extent, but tho channels are much
wider than at Celilo and tho grade in
reaching tho bridges would not bd so
good.
J,,JvTracy, local engineer In cbarw,
was approved and the
declared a public highway.
same is hereby
v. Clerk to re
quest supervisor to open said road and
to notify eacli petitioner to work one
day openine same.
The viewers report on O. T. McCnll
road waB read a Becond tjine. After
careful investigation and hearing the
court dnds that the road 1b not of sufli.
cient Importance to tho public to justify
mo cxpcutjB inureoi unless tne uamages
and expenses thereof are paid by the
petitioners. No action is tnken nn tli
claim of A. Zoll for $730 damauca nt
thiatime. " '
JJ ra the S, D.PercIval roadi peti
MQpday noon ft. B,. Rogers and hie;
party consisting pf his son, R. Rog
ers, pgjpeer U. U. Stevenson and a
Mr. Ifapnde, all of flojgp, Idaho. aTriveq"
in Madras from, Prpscent J,ake ap.il r!fQ
head waters of the Deschqtes, whero
they have heep examing tie prospects,
fqr oepHripg sufficient storage rpseryoirq
fqr tlip purpose of furnishing water tq
irrigate all the land arth f Orppked
River to Trout Creek, comprising about
IQO.QOO acres of good tillablo land, in
which this section is included.
These men have completed ft survey
oi oreeceni ,ane anu otner lanes in,
that vicinity and report very favorably,
stating that they find a vast quantity of
water which can be controlled by tho
construction of a dam about 20 feefc
high across the outlet of the lake.
The trip from whph thosp gentlemen
have Just returned ha3 beep very tedU
oqs and dieagreeablo, owing to the high
altitude, about 5000 feet, and being neap
the summit of the Cascades, where the
storms have already begun to make
their deposits of rain nnd snow-
A plan of the project has been care
fully worked ant by these men during
their trip and 'as soon as the map3 jiave
been completed and the estimates ipade
for the project it will be placed upon q
sound financial basis, and the work will
be commenced when the permission pf
the Interior Department can be secured
to allow the nee of thesp lakes for tbiq
purpose.
The project is to be financed bvan
issue of bonds which wili be sold to fur
nish funds for the development of thu
work, nnd as soon as the lien to be held
by the bondholders on the irrigated,
lands is paid off by the settlers of the
project, the properties will be turned
over to a water users association, com
posed of the land-owners, who will then
take charge qf tho irrigation works,
It is the purpose to allow the water
to follow the present bed of the Desi
chuteu river to u point at or near Clina
Falls, where a largo dam will be con
structed and the wuter diverted to thn
main irrigation canal whioh will be 60
feet wide and about four foot deep on
tho levul where tho canal leaves the,
Deschutes. It will theu take the most
natural course across the Peuiusula to
Crooked River, where a crossing will bo
made near the surveys of the Orecon
Trunk and Ilarriman railway lines.
There a bridge flume will be constructed
across the river. The canal will thm
follow the high ground arouad the West
slope of Juniper Butte, gojpg through
Opal Prairie and watering the Haystack
country on the right and coverinc tho
little plains on the left before reaching
Willow Creek canyon, which will be
bridged similar to the crossing over
Crooked River, when the waters will be
turned upon Auencv Flair nml thn
ands to the East, opo of the larceBt sec
tions included in this project.
It is estimated the main caual will be
about 50 miles in lencth. and lntemln
will be constructed to water all the irri
gable lands adjacent.
Petitions have been prepared and lofft
at the different sections interested for
settlers to sign, calling tho attention of
tho Secretary of the Interior to the fact
that this section is in need of irrigation
and that it is though it can be secured
moro satisfactorily by vesting the right
to this conserved water supply in an
association under the Carey Act, which
would probably commence and completo
tno project sooner than tho government
could possibly do it.
tion, affidavit of posting notlco and bond
for $300 filed and approved, VieWem
ordered to meet at beeinnl
posed road, view out, review and survey'
same and report thereon at the January
1010, term of this court.
Tho resignation of J. D. Mavcs as con.
Htablo for tho Kutcher precinct waa "oc.
cepted. J, II. Jackson was appointed-
to fill the vacanoy until the next gen
erol electlou, . .
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