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EEL EE2iLf !;DAY JOURNAL.' PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING. ' AUGUST 21, 1310. mssv -urnum. ells mum wu mumnm Vast Energy snd Immtnse Fund Are Using - r v -v a j J w m at Wl J Cgnter of Transportation of Portland I H - k t! ,v ' -'rvk I ' ' v ,-pr .. .,. "J - - -" H 1 ;-,-'J -a - ,' - a Jill -i v . ' W iPii' Z; .f,-;:: : l ; -v ..-'v-, "'11 1 .v xK;! ;,vlsifii'ii t -.. . tvgfexv- y Jjl rr -ol; 1 K? V v&w1? . w 11 i,v i if " , fy . . . ---i:: i-v - .1: - -- .. .. I I rsn t&& s2r 1 Pile trestle at Glencoe. 2 East entrance to Cornelius pass tunnel. 3 High trestle crossing Rock creek, a short distance beyond west end of tunnel. 4 Power and compressed' air plant atwest 'end of tunnel. 5 , , ' )' Glencoe and Banks. 6 bhoorly line In Holbrook canyon. Trestle -will cross this canyon to east end of Cornelius gap tunnel. Grading teams at work between r By J. u Wallln. NILE th$ newspaper reading publlo is well-icqualtited with the fact that Oregon Is In the midst of an active railroad construction era. tt may safely laid that few. Indeed. In .Portland fiMlly aware of the Immense amount igy extended and capital expend In thin field of ripvrlnnmenf at tha M ' ( vry aoors. been sublet to other contractors who specialise- In certain classes of con struction. Wlokersham Heads Engineers. To carry on this work and other proj ects the United Railways employs a large corps of engineer, with L. B. Wlekersham as general manaser and T. T. K-lns;, engineer in charge of construc tion and F. 0. McCallum, assistant In 8ek of and in the hills that tarallefl eh,.W of Jhe work beyond the tunnel. !' "inamette river, within IS miles of hart of the metropolis, one may fio any day all the scenes that en f Into th construction of a modern !'i. from t,e rUnning of lines by "Mien to the bortnir of a tunnel ugh goli,i rock 150 feet. below the rrw of the soil. "Uh betwppn innft otA 19ft(i ftion at I'fk. the Vnlted railways," at first an "no'ni project, but now part of ' W Hill ytem, is rapidly pushing teei towards the Tillamook 'Wy With th intontlnn ttt Anrnllnr 'H tapping the wealth of thousands ' thoiiKand- of acres of rich agrl u,fU lands and virgin timber.. VUh pvH? ;!lght pf -nother- year it Is be m. this line in its entireity will be In v7, " ""riainiy and l reaiiniy " T the Hrema f .l1r. h, fV C'J hv Isolated from city life li,., " of ,ark of transportation fa- 11 lalei aoaa, BloH; Traffic. flinty roads n-inA Mih., j ,itx.. hv. ...... uivici ntiu iiitHJct f" the hf- ta v... ... 'most places difficult of passage "rjunt of dust in summer and mud L, , lne greatest barrier, how l TO COmmiml...! . . I,;:;. ""'tuiii'n ueiween coun- Um City In thot l-n, i, hi7&Rt'on1 nil's that Pun -! va"ey. 1Hm, I ttu ' Unltea railways would hh w . po nt quickly dispels any N obalin.. re ls where one of the hi cni?.!te ,obst"cle of the road Is r4 of h tt at tl,e expense df hun wiiS T andB of dollrs- Nhinery !l, b(?th ends nienraided by Hir n'oit? bu.s,,y heading for the Febru" :. , ",c" u " hoped to ' ll h. ,, ' year. Tins tun i"ftr. :! 4103.feet;; or about three P trafflAm,u IonK.. and it will Vtot ov' the hill at a trade I enthusiasm aftd one tfiat will ,wculr)y wattractlrt to- the road, h? '01111! Vi1 ,?,'llter tunnel- 0fl h 1Ut' more i,C'1Rrft " Will niii .lF more d ffixi papled lth which they are now KheZ "! is.beir fuo u. el,',''arToniract tor- th. f far. J Prt of , the, road "?f-2!;,X5?,S! that arises after each explosion. The big pump sucks the smoke from the head of the tunnel with' tremendous force through a metal pipe two feet in diameter, blowing it but through an exhaust pipe at- a safe distance from the'mouth of the tunnel. 80 poisonous are these gases that a man standing In front of the exhaust pipe would soon be overcome. Juice Generator Costly Item. Machinery furnishing electrio power for the tuhnel plant is a large item Itself, representing cost of about $15, 000. Its capacity is 600 horsepower, but, divided Into three units, there need ba no waste of energy when operations re quire .less than the combined amount Operations at the east end of the tunnel are carried on by Subcontractors Norgren, Swan & Berg, but compressed air for the drills and electric power ls led across the hill from the plant of Porter Bros. At the east end the work has progressed about 550 feet and to a depth of about 150 feet below the sur face. Here, as well as at the west end, work goes on uninterruptedly day and night, including Sundays. Dimensions' of the Tunnel. The tunnel will be 17 feet wide In the clear and about 25 feet high. It will have a single track but at each end will be a larg'e open space for side tracks where trains may meet Eventu ally, as the timbers lose their life, the tunnel will be lined with concrete. The longer part of the tunnel will be driven from' the west end. that part of the con tract calling for 2900 feet 6f excavation. At each entrance is a tool shop where sturdy blacksmiths, bared to the waist, keep well occupied sharpening drills and repairing tools. Drills from three to twelve feet are used, and the bits are of the hardest steel. To sharpen, these by hand was too tedious a process for porter Bros., and they Installed machines that perform- this work about as qulcMy as it can be told Heated to a brilliant red, the bit is placed In the automatic sharpener, and upon the touch of a lever the hammers get busy at once giving the steel Its desired' shape. Mr. Porter explained trresh air is supplied by a powerful pump, which ! furnishes powe far the compressed air pumps; It takes but. & fV moments to rlear the deep care of the' cloud at black and deathly smoke WRECKING HISTORIC FAIR BUILDINGS Engineer William Meyer, -who pversees the ; tunnel .work, says that when ce two gangs' meet, the hole through the hill will not vary a fraction of an Inch, and says if it does he will take to the woSds and abandon all . claim to hav ing Camp Meyervllle named In his hon or, Meyervllle Is a cluster or comrort able cabins. In which dwell the engi neers In the field and their families. It ls 1 oca t a1 a xhort distance from the big messhouse of the camp at the west entrance to the tunnel, and the houses have all the comfort of city dwellings, Including clear mountain water piped from .nearby springs. The west end of the tunnel is the most Important scene of activity at present, and that part of the work is bt-lng done by Porter & Clarkson. air. Porter of this firm being Johnson P. Porter of the firm of Porter Bros. Here every known modern Invention for tunneling Is brought Into use, and every thing ls operated by electricity and com pressed air. In this work a large com pressed olr digger has Just been in stalled to take the place of shovelmen, and It scoops out broken rock with such rapidity that on the average eight feet of rock is dlolodged and removed every 24 hours. ' Machine Saves Time. Mr. Porter explains that the big ma; chine is not a money saver but expe dites the work, and time Is the essence of the contraot ,he narrow space to which the shoveling must of necessity be 'performed prohibits the employment of a large number of shovelmen. The digger not only scoops up the rock but also dumps it automatically Into cars run into the tunnel by electricity. Mo tors especially Bonstmcted for this work are equipped with a reel of trolley wire, making It possible, to operate them a distance o 150 feet beyond the station ary trolley wire. The wire wlds and unwinds automatically with the move ment of the car. la Jrearljr 800 "eotxon West Side. Digglng'at the west end of the tun? nel has progressed 680 feet from the entrance,'Jto the head of the bench, where men with compressed air drills bore and blast out space for the roof bents. The bench extends 100 feet ,or more In advance of the head, which 1b completed as the work, proceeds. The walls, are supported by fir tim bers, with bents placed at three or four feet on the centers, as conditions re quire. Back of the .timbers are heavy planks, reinforced with a thick layer of slab and cordwood Jammed In as tight as possible to prevent any possible danger from sliding rock, although all loose material is removed before plank- Im fh walls. -r TEeuMeHgffla VV6rk ''orilTcttrartnrttltt'bmflffiEr that ten drills are sharpened by the machine In the time It required to sharpen one by hand. Many BrlOgee Built. Before reaching the plains of the upper Tualatin valley the road will cross several large and expensive bridges. Most of these are nw nearly completed. They are of the famous Great Northern type, exceptionally strong and built to stand the heaviest strain. Highest of the bridges between Bur lington and Banks, the part of the road now contracted for, is that which spans Rock creek, a few hundred feet beyond Cornelius pass tunnel. It ls 1020 feet long and 120 fret high and Is of frame construction. But for a slight curve at the tunnel end It Is practically straight. Rock creek ls a live body of water during the rainy season, but In summer Is more of a meadow where cattle find rich graslng. About a mile beyond the Rock creek bridge Bchmldt's bridge crosses an other deep declivity carrying a small stream of water. This," too, ls of the '- UHV i i -'"2k v L X' I All if v4'?; Jjrh fcl Hi - ' J h i LB' VlltliFri'lf tewMtllHttmw ofcaaiaa!Mici I in in M .nir -- at the Lewis & Clark fair ground fis under way by the Portland Wrecking company. - The transportation-building has been entirely demolished and the ufacturers and European buildings is to follow. Tha property belongs to ie heiraof the Mead festal and ls-belng cleared for the purpose of converting Uio "TanJT In to "eftes for manufacturing purposes. Bpur tracks from the North ern Pacific and North Bank lines will ba extended through the property, making- 1t--a vaHle--for-manufactunnff and warehouse purpose - 1 . frame type; being 1300 feet long, It sur- passes the Rock creek structure In length, but rises only 90 feet above the creek bed. Two miles west of the tun nel ls tho Walbel bridge, a pile trestle 1300 feet long, but not so hieh ns the preceding bridge. This part of the road covers a stretch of land in high state of cultivation for garden truck and grains. The Boad to Glenooe. Leaving Walbel's bridge the road takes a straight shoot over practically level open land to the town of Glencoe, where a low pile typo of trestle brings It over McKay creek, which winds lasily through the town and, at tho same time affords the safety of an overhead crossing. The grade to Glen coe Is being completed rapidly by sub contractors, Hayden Bros., and beyond that trwn the same contractors have In operation a largo grading machine drawn by 18 mules. This machine cuts the soil and dumps It Into wasoijs automatically and keeps an endless chain of wagons circling around It as fast as they can get out of each other's way. The machine loads three wagons a minute, each load representing one and a half yards of earth. This outfit will work towards the town of Banks, nine miles beyond Glencoe, where a steam shovel is now being set up to worlt back toward Glencoe. Beyond Banks the road will cross an other long stretch of level farming . lands until It strikes the headwaters of Gales creek. To get over Into the head waters of Wilson river, the course of which. It ls to follow Into Tillamook, the big Summit tunnel will have to be built with more bridges beyoild. That -part of the road will have profuse wealth of scenic wonders. Before reaching Bay City, the tenta tive terminal, the road will have about 50 trestles and IS tunnels, largest of which will be the one over the Summit 6200 feot from mouth to mouth. At present steam construction trains are being ruu to the farther end of the tunnel crosnlng the hills two and a half miles from Burlington, over a shoo-fly line,. on. a heavy grade, but this Una will be abandoned Immediately upon completion of the tunnel. Connection from the main line to the tunnel will be made by bridging Holbrook canyon, which is followed by the road to the elevation of the tunnel. This bridge will be 550 feet long and 110 feet high. .lohn F. Stevens, president of the United Railways and head of the Hill properties In this territory, states that the road will be pushed through with all possible dispatch, and that the contract for the construction beyond Banks will be let without unnecessary delay. WRITER SEES K S LIGHT WING Henry Beach Needham Makes LittleJVIoney Since Roose velt Left Office. New York, Aug. 2p. Ability to pay alimony on the part of one whe has been the friend of the truly great de pends upon whether the prominent frfend clings to his official capacity or not, according to the attorneys for Henry Beach Needham, magazine writ er, who told Justice Putnam in the su preme court In Brooklyn that Needham could not afford to pay $40 .alimony because his-Income was nothing like what it was when . Colonel Roosevelt was president of the United Btates. The tnnglble value of being member of the tennis cabinet that once held a leading place in public chat was ex plained in terms of dollar and cent to the court. The writer was on of the members of the famous tennis cabinet, in which James R. Garfield hejd a high place. Hey red iRjheBUOf hiaa.ot,lhJtonAr presidents presence, and found no trouble In scraping up enough, coin to frighten the wolf from the door. A year ago his wife got a divorce with ah order from th supreflns "Court rof H Stony of 1 40 a week Zor herself and child. She alleged In court that non of the alimony had been paid. Needham's attorneys said that with Roosevelt out of the Whit House, and forced to make his own living, the trade of magazine writing for him had been so poor that the best he could do was $15 a week. The argument fol lowed -an order requiring the writer to show cause why he should not be pun ished for contempt for falling; to pay. MAN BUYS VILLAGE FOR SUM OF $5000 Chicago, Aug. 20. Auctioneers are willing to tackle anything. They'll sell any kind of property, from second hand carpet tacks up to ocean liners andtioy . one has sold a village. "What am I "bid for the village of Clyde? Five thousand dollar I hear. Going going going, sold to the gen tleman who bid $5000." Thus were the buildings of an old Chicago suburb, the entire real estate of which was purchased- recently by the Burlington railroad. Bold under the ham mer. The structures auctioned off In-" eluded a town hall, th headquarter f the police and fir department several business blocks and 40 residences. Escaped Prisoner Captured. (Snwlnl DUMtob. ti The Journal The Dalles. Aug. 20. -M. S. Taylor, one of the men who escaped from th Wasco county jail last Saturday night was recaptured Thursday afternoon at the farm of H. H. Bmith, IB tnllea south-, west of The Dalles, and was again Aodgad-ia. jail that night, ,T , i i An automobile was driven at twice the speed' of a horse-drawn Vehicle and stopped In one-half the distance In a test before' New Jersey" automobile" u thorltlea. , t n. 5 , ; ' if . rjIWr
