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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
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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
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( 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-
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lalei aoaa, BloH; Traffic.
flinty roads n-inA Mih., j ,itx..
hv. ...... uivici ntiu iiitHJct
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'most places difficult of passage
"rjunt of dust in summer and mud
L, , lne greatest barrier, how
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I,;:;. ""'tuiii'n ueiween coun-
Um City In thot l-n, i,
hi7&Rt'on1 nil's that
Pun -! va"ey.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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