CAN'T FINISH BRIDGE
UNTIL EARLY WINTER
Half of Steel Must Be
Transported by Wagon
ONE PIECE GOES TO BOTTOM
Job Estimated to Require Six Weeks
Will Take Nearer Six Months
to Complete
Instead of being able to com
plete the cantilever bridge across
Crooked river, about 20 miles
south of Madras by the first of
August, so that train service can
be extended through Redmond
to Bend shortly after that date,
the fact has now developed that
the Missouri Bridge Construc
tion company, which has the
contract for the work, will not
have the bridge finished until
the latter part of October, if
even by that date.
The steel for the south half of.
the bridge will have to be haul
ed across the river at Trail
Crossing on wagons, so that
work can be prosecuted from the
south bank until the two halves
join in the middle. While the
engineering feat of designing
the bridge may have presented
difficulties, the feats of physical
engineering in actually placing
the bridge seem to be the real
"sticker."
One heavy piece of steel is
reported to be in the bottom of
of the gorge. It was. being
swung into position by the trav
eling crane, when the cables
supporting it broke, and the
steel plunged 300 feet to the
rock bottom. It is said no effort
was made to recover the piece,
as it was so bent and twisted by
the force of the fall that it was
of no use.
A recent issue of the Oregon
ian has the following about the
bridge:
Work on the new Crooked
river bridge of the Oregon Trunk
Railway is progressing at a rate
of speed sufficient to insure its
completion before the beginning
of the coming Winter, and if
good luck prevails, it may be
finished before the end of Octo
ber. On his recent trip to Prine-
ville, where he attended the
meeting of the Central Oregon
Development League,, Carl R.
Gray, president of the North
Bank and Trunk roads, visited
the site of the new bridge and
watched the men at work.
While construction is not pro
ceeding as rapidly as the people
of Central Oregon would likp,
progress there is consistent with
the class of work prevai.ing on
the Oregon Trunk, and is being
done as fast as the unusual con
ditions will permit.
The new bridge will be pecul
iar in its class. It will span the
Crooked river canyon, 300 feet
high and about 320 feet in width,
growing narrower toward its
base, where it is only 70 feet
wide.
A single arch will span the
chasm, the steel work being ex
tended from both walls until it
meets in the middle. The gen
eral plan of support is similar to
that in a stone arch, in which a
keystone is used. I
steel parts in their respective
positions. Other preliminary
construction work also required
considerable time.
When completed, this bridge
will be the longest single-arch
steel bridge in the world. It
will be supported by solid ma
sonry on one side, but on the
other the natural stone wall will
be used as an abutment. It will
be subjected to a heavy strain,
as both the Oregon Trunk and
O. W. R. & N. roads will oper
ate over it.
Trunkcy Buys Store
J. P. Robertson has sold his" in
terest, in his general store at this
place-to his partner, Wm. Trun
key. Mr. Robertson has gone to
Pasco, and it is reported that he
will engage in the mercantile
business at some new point. Mr.
Trunkey has been in charge of
the store here and is well liked
by his customers and all who
know him. He will increase his
stock to keep up with the grow
ing demand of Metolius and will
at all times conduct a strictly
square and uptodate business.
The store could -scarcely have
fallen into better hands. Metol
ius Central Oregonian.
SITE FOR HARNEY
STATION IS CHOSEN
Agricultural College Men Select
Land for Experiment Farm
After a trip of 750 miles
through Harney county, the
Uregon Agricultural College re
gents have selected a site five
miles east of Burns for the head
quarters of the dry farming ex
periments. The land there is
most typical of the Harney con
ditions ot any visited, and a
model station for experiments
will be established there, with
sub-stations in districts where
the conditions vary.
The county has appropriated
$15,000 for the purchase of the
land and the legislature provided
$4,000 annually for maintenance.
The college has not yet named
the man to take charge of the
work, but will do so at the July
meeting of the board of regents,
probably about the 15th. The
best dry farming methods are to
be applied, to discover the crops
best suited to the district and
the cultural work necessary to
make them profitable.
Crook County's Crooked Road.
Crook county's crooked poet
has slipped another crooked
poem over about the crooked
road from Mecca up the precipi
tous north end of Agency Plain.
The following has been found on
the grade, written in a very
crooked hand:
There was a crooked man
Who built a crooked road,
He built it up a sidehill
Where you couldn't haul a load;
He built it very crooked
He built it very funny,
Anl to build this crooked high
way Took a lot of crooked money.
A rattlesnake started out one
day
Along this crooked trail;
And it was so bloody, crooked
He got tangled in his tail.
No farmer dares to use this
road
And you often hear them say,
"If a man were at the bottom,
Engineers first figured that He could never get away,
tne bridge could ne mull in six
weeks, but they did not take into
consideration the fact that the
steel for the south half of the
structure has to be hauled by
wagon from the present end of
the railroad, a distance of over
seven miles to the south base of
the bridge.
Nearly six weeks have already
been required, and not more than
10 per cent of the steel is in
place. Much material is on the
ground, however. A traveling
crane was installed there recent
ly, and is used in placing the
As a matter of fact this road
is crooked, but lest someone may
get the impression that the road
is not a good one, it might be
well to state that it is a firstclass
highway, and was built at a cost
of about $10,000 by the Oregon
Trunk Railway for the benefit of
the farmers, and is fully appre
ciated by them.
WANTED Good renter on my place.
Will Hell present crop as it Btundt).
Eighty. ncres cultivated, 20 ready to
plow; six miles southwest of Culver.
Or will sell.
j-J2-jy!3pd J. W. NICHOLS.
WORK OF ROAD
RESURFACING.
Different Methods by Which It
Can Be Done,
PENETRATING AND MIXING,
Whore tho Traffio Is Not Excessively
He ivy a Mixture of Sand With
Heavy Aaphaltic Oil Makes Goot
Road In a Locality Whoro Sand or
Sandy Gravel Prevails.
One of the Mr problems that con
fronts rondbullders today Is the resur
facing of the highways when the first
sign of wear becomes noticeable.
Tbe voids may be tilled by either the
penetration or the mixing method. Uu
der the penetration method the second
course is laid and rolled lightly, after
which heavy asphaltlc oil Is applied,
preferably by means of spraying inn
chines, using sufficient quantity to till
all the voids, but not to tlush the sur
face. Stone screenings or coarse sand nre
then applied over the whole and thor
oughly compactid. The thickness of
this course Is ordinarily about two
Inches and requires about two gallons
to the square yard of surface.
Under the mixing method the second
course of stone Is llrst coated with the
bituminous material and Is then spread
to such depth that it will be about two
inches thick after rolling.
The additional cost of n rond con
structed by the penetration method Is
about 14 cents and by the mixing meth
od about '20 cents per square yard
above the cost of the ordinary water
bound macadam road, both of these es
timates being based on the use of a
heavy residuum oil.
For Heavy Traffio.
In enscs where the traffic Is extreme
ly varied and heavy loads are trans
ported It Is preferable to use a nearly
pure asphalt, In which case the addi
tional cost la about 25 cents per square
yard.
The above methods are also used for
resurfacing old macadam roads, the
method of procedure being practically
the same as In constructing new roads.
If the old road is worn badly and con
tains Irregular holes the low places or
holes are patched with stone only or
with stone and oil combined, tamped
and rolled Into place, after which the
new top course Is placed.
Another method of resurfacing -worn-out
macadam roads Is to mix heavy
asphaltlc oil and gravel, then spread
ing the mixture on the road to Bueh
depth that it will be about two inches
In thickness after rolling. This meth
od has been used in Massachusetts
with tho greatest success, and some
roads that were treated by this meth
od two years ago show absolutely no
change nt the present time and are in
perfect condition.
In connection with this gravel and
oil treatment it may be well to men
tlon the fact that it has been found In
Massachusetts that where traffic Is not
excessively heavy a mixture of sand
with heavy asphaltlc oil makes an
economical and efficient road surface
In localities where sand or sandy grav
el prevail, and stone Is difficult to ob
tain.
Cape Cod Road.
Six years ago a road of this deserlp
tlon was built ou Cape Cod. and If Is
today In butter condition than It was
the year it was finished.
Similar work has been carried on in
several localities where sand prevails
and It has been found that whore the
work Is properly done the results are
excellent.
Several roads of this description are
now under construction In Massachu
setts, the entire cost of the roads. In
eluding the small amount of necessary
grading; being only about 30 cents per
square ynrd.
Another method adopted In Massa
clnisetls for surface construction Is to
place about live Inches of sandy grav
el on the roads and compact the sam
as much as possible, and then apply
heavy asphaltlc oil. using about thre".
fourths of a gallon to the square yard,
covering It with Just sufficient sandy
gravel to take up the surplus oil. The
oil furnishes the binder that Is lack
ing In the sandy gravel, and the com
pleted road presents a smooth. Iinrd
surface Hint Is hardly distinguishable
from a surface composed of stone and
oil.
In Massachusetts very comprehen
sive experiments have been tried with
all methods of treatment of the road
surfaces, experimenting w'th practl
cally very mnlerlal that has been of.
ferod, In all eases having sufficient
chemical and physical analysis mado
of tlie binding mnlerlal usrd In order
Hint any method or material found to
be satisfactory may be duplicated and
to avoid repeating unsatisfactory con
struction.
Pipeaumg or tlie Kngllsh roads,
X, n returned traveler Hays that the
jf Englishman doesn't know what
& a nit Is. A road In most partB of
tins country without a rut would
look so strange to the average
farmer that It would have to bo
introduced m him
SIGHTED AN ELK.
One Party Lost the O " th
Other Side Won the Match.
Sotnctln.es the autumn is vory hot
in the Itocklcs-hot. still, glittering
weather, with tho thermometer at Ul
0rTS'hunlers on such a blazing an
tumn day sat on the hotel porch . of n
aiiuill mountain town, 'their si
Wero open nt tho throat, and l ey
J. re fanning themselves with t he
big felt hats. But suddenly one of
them exclaimed:
"Look, boys, look!"
They looked whoro tho man pointed,
nnd a wonderful sight met their eyes
On a peak nt the summit of the high
trail, :t.000 feet above their heads,
fltood a superb elk. There he stood
Uko a statue. Ids antlers beautifully
outlined against tho bright blue sky.
"llueks nro scarce enough, but nn
gasped tho turee nuiuei.-i.
elk!"
"AN ELK!" OABr-ED THE IIUNTKIIS.
a Jiffy, forgetting the heat, they wore
tearing in the redhot sun up Hie steep
trail with their rllles on their shoul
ders. Up and up they climbed. Tlie ther
mometer in the sun was about lilO.
Vlnnlly as their red. dripping and
breathless leader peered on hands nnd
knees across a log at Hie top of the
trail he saw a man caluilj chewing
the stem of an unllghted cigar.
"Did you-dld you see-the elk?"
panted the leader.
The other, with a laugh, pointed
with his cigar to where a little group
of campers were unstrapping a pair of
old antlers from the head of a mule.
"Pardon me, old man," he said, "but
we've Just run out of matches, and.
the day being too hot for a trip down
below, we thought we might perhaps
decoy a few of you follows up hero to
help us out."
Pulling Teeth In Scotland.
An old Scotchwoman Journeyed to
London to visit her son. She was
taken with a Jumping toothache and
upon the advice of her son visited u
dentist, who soon had the offending
molar flying in the air. With a sigh
of relief the old lady climbed out of
the chair and asked:
"How mooch V
"Ten shillings, mam," replied tho
dentist
"TIu shillings, is It, ye robber?"
screamed the woman. "Why. I'll ha'
ye know, Sandy MaePherson 'nd haul
me all aboot the smithy for saxpence."
Youthful Pangs of Hunger.
There's a youngster In Boston whoso
appetite Is a constant source of amaze
ment to his family and relatives.
On one occasion this lad was taken
to spend the day with an uncle in the
suburbs. At dinner he nte so much
that finally it became actually neces
sary to forbid him to eat any more.
Later, when the family were taking
their ease on the porch, the irrepres
sible William pulled something from
his pocket and began gnawing It.
"What have you there?'' demanded
his father.
"Only n dog biscuit." came in apolo
getic tone from Willie.
"Where did you get II?"
"I knew I'd be hungry before I got
home." explained the lad. "so 1 took
it away from KIdo."-LIpplneott's.
His Good Resolution.
In n little Irish village there lives a
certain worthy who never could puss
a public house without "calling In Just
to ux the time."
One night, however, he mado up hw
mind to pass by for once. It was a
very hard Job for him, and at Inter
vals he stood still and said. "Stand
firm, resolution, stand linn
After a hard struggle he gained a
little bridge Just beyond Hie Inn. and,
halting there, was heard to say: "lie
gorra. resolution, but yep did stand
firm that time. Ye desarve a reward
so ye do, and. begorra, I'll Just go back!
and trate ye."
Kith and Kin.
"The small bov." wild rtnim.-t i.'.i
son. "Is an invention of Halim. At
least mat Is what my friend .luH,Rm
thinks. Poor .Jack Is the devoted
slave of a fair damsel
Mrlct father n;id an imp of a brother.
iue tuner nigiit (Mil eanie Into the
parlor about :ri0 with
expression on his face and Kiel fully
asked what thev hail
ubout to keep them so Interested so
" 'Oh.' snld .lack
discussing our kith and kin.'
"Just then the Iiiiu'h
from behind the piano.
" 'Yeni. dad.' ho Hmmpi
ingly. ! heard 'em. Ho said, "kin I
kith you?" and nhn flnlfl "irnn MtiMI I h
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