THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.

Southland Times, Issue 1237, 15 April 1870, Page 3

THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.

The Central Pacific Eailroad Companyhas completely rebuilt the 8000 ft — over on© mile and a half — of massive snowshedding which was destroyed by fixe a few months ago. The company has considerably extended the shedding beyond the old limits, so that it now aggregates about 35 miles in length, and protects the track through a large part of the deep snow belt in the high sierra. The TJnion Pacific Company has also been erecting more defences against snow. Through the region of deepest snow-fall on that road, -which is about 150 miles long, about half of the track has been fenced. A writer in the See says the fences, made in part of stone wall and in part of lumber, are put back from the track 15 or 20ft, and parallel with it, over such places as are most likely to cause drifts, the sole object being to prevent drifting of the snow by winds in excess of the average depth, with which the snow-ploughs can deaL If one fence is not sufficient to break the drift outside the track, another one is made further back. The wooden fences are usually made in the form of panels, with the board-covering put on either vertical or horizontal. A part of the panels slant inwards towards the road, and a part away from ifc, the whole fence being usually braced. The great part of this fencing is on the highest portion of the road, lying principally over the Black Hills. Some of it has lately been blown down for want of props.