Notes from the pocket diary of James T. Blevins, member of a Southern Pacific railroad bridge and building gang working in Southern Oregon 1931-1934. Transcribed by Dale Greenley.

1931
Jan. 2--Repairs to pipe hand rail bridge 550D Myrtle Creek.
Jan. 2--P.M. placed plank at county road crossing at Round Prairie--8 hrs.
Jan. 3--Repairs to county road crossings near Dole--8 hrs.
Jan. 5--Repairs to upper end of culvert 553J.
Jan. 5--Repairs to bents, trestle 551K near Myrtle Creek
Jan. 6--Repairs to bents, trestle 551K Myrtle Creek--9 hrs.
Jan. 7--Repairs to bents, trestle 551K in A.M.
Jan. 7--P.M. made out weekly report etc.--8 hrs.
Jan. 8--Repairs to sills bent 2 trestle 535AA, Byers
Jan. 9--Repairs to bents, trestle 509E, Glendale--8 hrs.
Jan. 10--Repairs to bents, trestle 509E, Glendale--8 hrs.
Jan. 12--Repairs to bents, trestle 509E, Glendale
Jan. 13--Sawing and loading wood for outfits, placed lock on turntable, writing in office car, Glendale
Jan. 14--Made ladder & placed at bridge 495F
Jan. 14--P.M. made out weekly report Leland--8 hrs.
Jan. 15--Made ladder etc. for east end bridge 495F
Jan. 15--P.M. made out some monthly timber rolls, Leland
Jan. 16--Made ladders etc. for bridge 497B, renailed sidewalk & hand rail--8 hrs. Wolf Creek crossing
Jan. 17--Repairs to culverts 496I, 497G, 498G near Pollard (outfits moved to Gold Hill #223)--8 hrs.
Jan. 19--Unloading material & preparing to renew deck of bridge 456E Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 20--Preparing to renew deck bridge 456E, Gold Hill
Jan. 21--Framing guard timbers etc. for bridge 456E
Jan. 21--P.M. made out weekly & material reports Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 22--A.M. to Merlin & return on motor car to unload timber.
Jan. 22--P.M put up stove in station office, Central Point.
Jan. 23--Repairs to chute to stock corral, Central Point
Jan. 23--P.M unloaded & hauled ties for bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 24--Hauling material and preparing to renew deck of bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 26--Renewing ties in bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8½ hrs.
Jan. 27--Renewing ties in bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 28--Renewing ties in bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 29--Renewing ties in bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Jan. 30--A.M. renewing ties in bridge 456E
Jan. 30--P.M. making out monthly reports in outfit office car, Gold Hill
Jan. 31--Making out monthly reports in outfit office car, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Feb. 2--Finished monthly reports for January at Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Feb. 3--Renewing ties in bridge 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Feb. 4--Surfacing deck, trestle 456D etc., Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Feb. 5--Finished placing ties & began on wooden guard timbers bridge 456E, Gold Hill
Feb. 6--Placing wooden guard rail bridge 456E, Gold Hill
Feb. 7--Renewing deck of bridge 456E
Feb. 7--P.M. made out weekly report etc., Gold Hill--8 hrs.
Feb. 9--Renewing sidewalk & hand rail bridge 456E--8 hrs.
Feb. 10--A.M. renewing hand railing bridge 456E, Gold Hill
Feb. 10--P.M. to Grants Pass on local freight, put up stove in freight office--8 hrs.
Feb. 11--Repairs to doors in passenger station, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Feb. 12--Repairs to platform at freight room, Gold Hill
Feb. 12--P.M. outfits moved from Gold Hill to Glendale--8 hrs.
Feb. 13--Writing material reports etc. in office car B&B gang #1 at Glendale--8 hrs.
Feb. 14--A.M. framed guard timber for trestle 509D
Feb. 14--P.M. made out weekly report and service monthly time rolls, Glendale--8 hrs.
Feb. 16--Renewing ties in bridge 509D, Glendale
Feb. 17--Renewing ties in bridge 509D, Glendale--8 hrs. (1 crossing of Cow Creek)
Feb. 18--Surfacing trestle 509E, placing guard railing bridge 509D near Glendale---8 hrs.
Feb. 19--Placing guard rails & bolts, bridge 509D--8 hrs.
Feb. 20--Finished renewing deck, bridge 509D--8 hrs.
Feb. 21--Making out reports etc. in office car, Glendale--8 hrs.
Feb. 24--Cleaning up material at trestles 509D&H, loading up outfits & moving from Glendale to trestle 518J and West Fork--8 hrs.
Feb. 25--Hauling timber from West Fork and preparing to renew deck, trestle 518J--8 hrs.
Feb. 26--A.M. renewed stringers in trestle 518J
Feb. 26--P.M. making out monthly reports in office car B&B gang #1 at West Fork--8 hrs.
Feb. 27--West Fork to Glendale & return on motor car for pay checks, making out monthly report in outfit office car at West Fork--8 hrs.
Feb. 28--Finished making out monthly reports in office car at West Fork--8 hrs.
Mar. 2--Repairs to caps, trestle 518J, renewed ties on concrete abutment at west end bridge 519H West Fork--8 hrs.
Mar. 3--Repairs to bents, trestles 520A&C West Fork
Mar. 4--Cleaned out  & extended culverts 521E&G, 523G West Fork, outfits moved to Roseburg.
Mar. 5--Repairs to Lane Street crossing, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 6--Repairs to Lane Street crossing, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 7--A.M. repairs to Mosher Street crossing, Roseburg
Mar. 7--P.M. made out weekly report etc.--8 hrs.
Mar. 9--Repairs to Mosher Street crossing, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 10--A.M. repairs to Mosher Street crossing
Mar. 10--P.M. unloaded timber for repairs to Kinney spur trestle, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 11--Unload old stringers & repairs to Mosher Street crossing, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 12--Unloaded timbers for trestle 572AA, Roseburg A.M. & extended & placed portals culvert 566A, Carnes--8 hrs.
Mar. 13--Renewing section yard fence Winchester--8 hrs.
Mar. 14--Made out reports in car, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 16--Repairs to bulkhead at east end trestle 577A Winchester--8 hrs.
Mar. 17--Repairs to bulkhead trestle 577A Winchester, hauling material etc. for helper bent, trestle 576D--8 hrs.
Mar. 18--Framed and placed helper bent, trestle 576D
Mar. 19--A.M. finished repairs to bent, trestle 576D
Mar. 19--P.M. repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 20--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 21--Excavate around piling for pit plank for sill
Mar. 21--P.M. made out weekly report etc.--8 hrs.
Mar. 23--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 24--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 25--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 26--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 27--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 28--Repairs to bents, trestle 572AA, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 30--Making out monthly reports B&B gang #1 in outfit office car, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 31--Making out monthly reports B&B gang #1 in outfit office car, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 1--A.M. finished writing monthly reports
Apr. 1--P.M. repaired sand bin at stock corral, Roseburg
Apr. 2--Repairs to wing fences cattle guards 565C&D, 570F, unloaded materials for platform at stock corral & framing timber for platform, Dillard--8 hrs.
Apr. 3--Renewing loading platform at stock corral, Dillard--8 hrs.
Apr. 4--Renewing loading platform, Dillard--8 hrs.
Apr. 6--Finished stock platform at corral, Dillard
Apr. 6--P.M. planked county road crossing near Myrtle Creek--8 hrs.
Apr. 7--Made out material & weekly report, Roseburg
Apr. 8--Put up cattle guard wing fences near Edenbower, cleaned up old crossing plank in yard at Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 9--Outfits moved Roseburg to Drain, hauled timber to repair deck of trestle 608CC on wye, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 10--Renewing ties in trestle 608CC, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 11--Renewing ties & guard rails, trestle 608CC, Drain
Apr. 13--Renewing guard rails & bolts, trestle 608CC, Drain
Apr. 14--Making out reports in office car, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 15--Repairs to caps & sills, trestle 608CC, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 16--Renewed culvert 611B near Leona--8 hrs.
Apr. 17--Repairs to upper end, culvert 619B near Comstock
Apr. 18--Finished repairs to culvert 619B, renewed cap in trestle 609E, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 20--Renewed shims in trestle 606A & removed cattle guard 604A main line, Yoncalla--8 hrs.

1932
Mar. 17--A.M. repairs to roof of outfit car SP MW3318
Mar. 18--Hauling S.H. material from trestle 576A Winchester to trestle 573B, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 21--A.M. repairs to deck, trestle 578C, Winchester
Mar. 21--P.M. made out weekly report in office car, Roseburg
Mar. 22--Roseburg to Grants Pass on train 33 to unload material for trestle 474A, Grants Pass to Glendale on train #34 to unload material for trestle 509H--16¼ hrs.
Mar. 23--Unloaded S.H. stringers for repairs to trestle 509H, Glendale to Roseburg on Train #8--8 hrs.
Mar. 24--Repairs to ties in deck of trestle 578C, Winchester
Mar. 28--Repairs to guard railing, trestle 578C, Winchester
Mar. 29--Repairs to guard railing, trestle 578C, Winchester
Mar. 30--Making out monthly reports in office car B&B gang 1, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 31--Made out monthly reports in office car B&B gang 1, at Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 1--Finished monthly reports in office car
Apr. 1--P.M. assisted to repair stock  corral at Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 2--Repairs to deck & bents, trestle 577A, Winchester
Apr. 4--Repairs to stock corral at Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 5--Repairs to stock corral, Roseburg and unloaded material for trestle 567D & 568A, Green--8 hrs.
Apr. 6--Repairs to stock corral, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 7--Repairs to stock corral, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 8--A.M. made out weekly report etc.
Apr. 8--P.M. repairs to stock corral, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 9--Repairs to stock corral, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 11--Repairs to stock corral, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 12--Finished repairs to stock corral, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 13--Repairs to deck of trestle 573B, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 14--Repairs to deck, trestle 573B, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 15--Made out weekly & some monthly reports, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 16--Framing ties for deck bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 18--Framing & placing ties, bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 19--Framing & placing ties, bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 20--Making out monthly reports in office car B&B gang #1, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 21--Repairs to bents, trestle 568A, Green--8 hrs.
June 16--Surfaced trestle 584D near Deady
June 16--P.M. repaired crossing on Associated Oil spur at Edenbower--8 hrs.
June 17--Moving outfits Roseburg to Grants Pass, writing reports, etc.--8 hrs.
June 18--Placed rock riprapping at lower end of culvert 476A near Granite--8 hrs.
June 22--Made out weekly report, material reports etc. in office car, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
June 23--Repairs to deck, trestle 474A, Grants Pass
June.24--Making out monthly reports in office car B&B gang #1, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
June 25--Finished monthly reports etc. in  office car at Grants Pass--8 hrs.
July 1--Repairs to deck, trestle 474A, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
July 2--Repairs to culverts between Grants Pass and Rock Point--8 hrs.
July 6--Repairs to culverts 470L & 471D & trestle 459A, unloaded timber & framed  caps for trestle 456D, Gold Hill--8 hrs. 
July 7--Made out material & weekly reports etc. in office car, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
July 13--Hauling timber and renewing sills trestle 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
July 14--Renewing sills, trestle 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
July 15--A.M. made out weekly reports etc.
July 15--P.M. renewing caps, trestle 456E, Gold Hill
July 16--Renewing caps, trestle 456E--8 hrs.
July 20--Renewing caps, trestle 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
July 21--Renewing caps, trestle 456E--8 hrs.
July 22--Renewing cap & pony bent, trestle 456E--8 hrs.
July 23--Renewed sill, brace post and surfaced trestle 456E, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
July 25--Replacing ties in trestle 456E, Gold Hill
July 26--Repairs to street crossings, Medford, and culverts 444A&B near Central Point
July 27--A.M. moved shelter boot from Von der Hellen's pit to Gold Hill
July 27--P.M. repairs to riprapping at bridge 456F, Gold Hill--8 hrs.
July 28--Making out monthly reports in office car B&B gang #1, Gold Hill--8 hrs.

1933
Jan. 3--Repairs to deck of trestle 608G, Drain--8 hrs.
Jan. 4--Repairs to deck of trestle 608G--8 hrs.
Jan. 5--Repairs to deck & taking down old bent, trestle 608G, Drain--8 hrs.
Jan. 6--Framing guard rails for trestle 608G, Drain--8 hrs.
Jan. 7--A.M. framed guard rails for trestle 608G
Jan. 7--P.M. made out weekly report, Drain
Jan. 9--Repairs to deck & bents, trestle 608G Drain--8 hrs.
Jan. 10--Repairs to deck & bents, trestle 608G
Jan. 11--Repairs to bents, trestle 608CC, Drain--8 hrs.
Jan. 12--Renewed culverts 620D & 621A near Divide--8 hrs.
Jan. 13--Repairs to caps and bents, trestle 616C, Curtin--8 hrs.
Jan. 14--Made out semimonthly time rolls, material & weekly reports, Drain
Jan. 16--Loading S.H. materials & cleaning up, preparing to move, Drain--8 hrs.
Jan  17--Renewed top caps in trestle 605C, 606B&C near Boswell Springs--8 hrs.
Jan. 18--Repairs to surface & line trestles 602A & 600J, outfits moved from Drain to Oakland
Feb. 1--Framed ties for bridge 587G, Oakland--8 hrs.
Feb. 2--Framing ties for bridge 587G, Oakland
Feb. 3--Placing ties in deck of bridge 587G--8 hrs.
Feb. 4--Placing ties in deck of bridge 587G--8 hrs.
Feb. 6--Finished repairs to deck 587G
Feb. 6--P.M. hauled material from Oakland to trestle 590E for repairs to caps etc.--8 hrs.
Feb. 7--Renewing caps, trestle 590E, Oakland
Feb. 8--A.M. made out weekly reports etc.
Feb. 8--P.M. repairs to stock corral, Oakland--8 hrs.
Feb. 9--Repairs to stock corral, Oakland--8 hrs.
Feb. 10--Repairs to stock corral, Oakland--8 hrs.
Feb. 11--Renewing caps, trestle 590E, Oakland--8 hrs.
Feb. 13--Renewing caps, trestle 590E, Oakland--8 hrs. 
Feb. 14--Repairs to ties & deck, trestle 590E, Oakland--8 hrs.
Feb. 15--Made out weekly report & semimonthly time rolls, outfits moved from Oakland to Roseburg assisted to unload timber from train 623 at trestle 578A, Winchester--8 hrs.
Feb. 16--Writing up monthly reports in office car, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Feb. 17--Repairs to surface, trestle 573D, 1 mile east of Roseburg--8 hrs.
Feb. 18--Made out monthly reports in office car at Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 1--Repairs to surface, trestle 573D, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 2--Repairs to caps, trestle 578C, Winchester
Mar. 3--Repairs to pilings trestle 573D, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 4--Renewing caps in trestle 578A, unloaded material at trestles 577A&F, Winchester--8 hrs.
Mar. 16--Renewing caps, trestle 578A, Winchester--8 hrs.
Mar. 17--Renewing caps, trestle 578A, Winchester--8 hrs.
Mar. 18--Renewing caps & splicing piling, trestle 578A&C, Winchester--8 hrs.
Mar. 20--Renewing caps in trestle 578C, Winchester
Mar. 21--A.M. made out weekly report etc.
Mar. 21--P.M. framing ties for bridge 573A, Roseburg
Mar. 22--Framing ties for bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 23--Framing ties for bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 24--Framing ties for bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 25--Framing & placing ties, bridge 573A--8 hrs.
Mar. 29--Placing ties in bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 30--Making out monthly reports in office car B&B gang #1 at Roseburg--8 hrs.
Mar. 31--Finished monthly reports in office car, gang #1, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 3--Renewing hand railing, bridge 573A, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 4--Roseburg sidewalk, bridge 573A--8 hrs.
Apr. 5--Repairs to piling in trestle 573D--8 hrs.
Apr. 6--Repairs to piling, trestle 573D--8 hrs.
Apr. 7--Repairs to bents and hauling material, trestle 573D, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Apr. 8--A.M. renewed sill, bent #21, trestle 573D
Apr. 8--P.M. made out weekly report etc., Roseburg
Apr. 14--Loading S.H. material to ship to Rice Hill for removing turntable
Apr. 14--P.M. repairs to Lane Street crossing, Roseburg.
Apr. 15--Writing semimonthly time rolls, materials, weekly reports in office car, Oakland--8 hrs.
Apr. 17--Removing turntable, Rice Hill--8 hrs.
Apr. 18--Removing turntable & assisting lineman to raise telegraph poles, Rice Hill--8 hrs.
Apr. 19--Removing turntable, Rice Hill--8 hrs.
Apr. 20--Loading timbers at turntables at Rice Hill
Apr. 20--P.M. repairs to trestle 592D near Oakland
Apr. 21--Repairs to caps and bulkheads, trestle 592D near Oakland--8 hrs.
Apr. 22--Made out material, weekly reports etc. in outfit office car, Oakland--8 hrs.
Apr. 24--Unloaded material etc. for removing girders, bridge 608AA on wye, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 25--Preparing to remove steel girders, bridge 608AA on wye, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 26--Framing piling for falsework for removing girders, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 27--Placing falsework for removing girders, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 28--Making out monthly reports etc. in outfit office car, Drain--8 hrs.
Apr. 29--Finished making out monthly reports in outfit office car, Drain--8 hrs. 
May 1--Placing falsework for removing girders, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
May 2--Placing falsework for removing girders, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
May 3--Placing falsework for removing girders, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
May 4--Placing falsework, bridge 608AA, Drain
May 5--Driving out rivets in girders, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
May 6--Preparing to remove girders, bridge 608AA, renewed sill, trestle 608CC, made out weekly report, Drain--8 hrs.
May 8--Drain to trestle 616C, Curtin, with motor & push cars and tools--2½ hrs.
May 9--Assisting to load girders, bridge 608AA, Drain, and turntable at Rice Hill, with Eugene workers and loco crane--8 hrs.
May 10--Loading girders with loco crane, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
May 11--Loading steel girders, bridge 608AA
May 12--Loading girders & lumber, bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs. 
May 13--A.M. loaded S.H. material released from bridge 608AA
May 13--P.M. made out weekly report--8 hrs.
May 15--Moving material from bridge 608AA, Drain
May 15--P.M. unloading material and placing guard railing, trestle 616C, Curtin--8 hrs.
May 16--Placing creosoted caps in main line trestle 616C, Curtin--9½ hrs.
May 17--Placing sash girts & sway braces, new bents, trestle 616C, Curtin--9 hrs.
May 18--Finished placing lumber etc. at trestle 616C, Curtin--8 hrs.
May 19--Loading S.H. material to ship to Oakland, loading signal tool house on push cars to move to Oakland, Drain--8 hrs.
May 20--Made out material, weekly reports etc. in office car Drain--8 hrs.
May 22--Placed sway braces, trestle 603A, spliced two pilings, trestle 606C near Yoncalla--8 hrs.
May 23--Repairs to flume at lower end culvert 597B, placed guard rail bolts in trestle 594E, Isadora, spiked line, bridge 589J, Oakland--8 hrs.
May 24--Repairs to posts under water tank, Oakland, moved into SP MW 255--8 hrs.
May 25--Repairs to bents, trestle 594C, Isadora--8 hrs.
May 26--Placing bolsters etc. on cars under turntable at Rice Hill to ship to Brooklyn--8 hrs.
May 27--Placing bolsters & iron on cars under girders from bridge 608AA, Drain--8 hrs.
May 29--Making out monthly reports in office car at Oakland--8 hrs.
May 31--Finished monthly reports in office car at Oakland--8 hrs.
June 1--Fastened steel girders to car to ship to West Oakland & Bakersfield, Cal., removed from bridge 608AA, Drain
June 2--Repairs to bents, trestle 594C near Isadora
June 3--Repairs to bents, trestle 594C near Isadora--8 hrs.
June 5--Repairs to bents, trestle 594C--8 hrs.
June 6--Repairs to bents, trestle 594C--8 hrs.
June 7--Repairs to bents, trestle 594F&D near Isadora--8 hrs.
June 8--Made out material & weekly reports in office car, Sutherlin--8 hrs.
June 9--Repairs to top culvert 592A near Oakland--8 hrs.
June 10--Made out reports in office car, Sutherlin
June 19--Renewing ties, trestle 582B near Wilbur--8 hrs.
June 20--Renewing ties & guard railing, trestle 582B--8 hrs.
June 21--Renewing guard railing, trestle 582B--8 hrs.
June 22--Made out weekly report etc. in office car at Sutherlin--8 hrs.
June 23--Repairs to caps & bents, trestle 582B near Wilbur--8 hrs.
June 24--Repairs to deck, trestle 582B & to extensions to stone culvert 583E near Deady--8 hrs.
June 30--Made out monthly reports in office car, Sutherlin--8 hrs.
Aug. 1--Repairs to bent & etc, trestle 520A--8 hrs.
Aug. 2--Framing ties for bridge 519H West Fork--8 hrs.
Aug. 3--Framing ties for bridge 519H--8 hrs.
Aug. 4--Framing ties for bridge 519H--8 hrs.
Aug. 5--Repairs to helper bent, trestle 518J, renewed culvert 518F near tunnel #3--8 hrs.
Aug. 7--Renewing ties in deck, bridge 519H--8 hrs.
Aug. 8--Renewing ties in bridge 519H
Aug. 8--P.M. made out weekly report, West Fork--8 hrs.
Aug. 9--Renewing guard railing, bridge 519H
Aug. 9--P.M. renewed culvert 518D near tunnel #3--8 hrs.
Aug. 10--Renewed warning signal at east end of tunnel #3, renewing caps on trestle 515G near tunnel #5--8 hrs.
Aug. 11--Renewed caps in trestle 515G--8 hrs.
Aug. 14--Repair to culvert 516F, Brandt, 522F&G,West Fork trestle 529F. Table Creek. benchmark near East Switch Peak, outfit moved West Fork to Riddle--8 hrs.
Aug. 15--Made out semimonthly time rolls, material & weekly reports, Riddle--8 hrs.
Aug. 16--Repairs to deck, trestle 542B, Riddle, framing stringers, trestle 529F, Cornutt
Aug. 17--Framing & placing stringers, trestle 539E, Cornutt, Riddle to Grants Pass, train 623
Aug. 18--Repairs to turntable at Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Aug. 21--Renewed culvert 552B near Myrtle Creek, repaired Oak Street crossing, Roseburg, returned to outfit at Riddle on train 623--8½ hrs.
Aug. 22--Made out material & weekly reports in office car, Riddle--8 hrs.
Aug. 23--Riddle to Glendale motor car
Aug. 23--P.M. cleaning roof of storage oil tank--8 hrs.
Aug. 24--A.M. cleaning piling & sanding roof of storage oil tank, Glendale
Aug. 24--P.M. to Grants Pass on motor car--8 hrs.
Aug. 25--Unloaded material & excavating at bents, trestle 474A
Aug. 25--P.M. writing monthly reports in office car, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Aug. 26--Finished monthly reports in office car at Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Oct. 2--Repairs to deck, trestle 459A 8 hrs., outfits moved from Grants Pass to Roseburg
Oct. 3--Repairs to culvert 576B near Winchester--8 hrs.
Oct. 4--Repairs to and cleaning out culverts 588B&E&F&H near Oakland--8 hrs.
Oct. 5--Cleaning out culverts 588B&F near Oakland--8 hrs.
Oct. 6--Creosoted deck of trestle 582B, Wilbur
Oct. 7--Repairs to bents, trestle 573D, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Oct. 9--Repairs to Douglas Street crossing and made out weekly reports & etc., Roseburg--8 hrs.
Oct. 10--Repairs to bents and caps, trestle 573D
Oct. 11--Renewing caps in trestle 573D, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Oct. 12--Repairs to surface & line, trestle 584D, Deady
Oct. 13--Repairs to caps, trestle 573D, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Oct. 14--A.M. renewing caps, trestle 573D
Oct. 14--P.M. made out weekly report and semimonthly time rolls, Roseburg--8 hrs.
Oct. 26--Repairs to bents in Drain tunnel 522C near West Fork--8 hrs.
Oct. 27--Repairs to bents in Drain tunnel 522C, West Fork--8 hrs.
Oct. 28--Repairs to lagging in Drain tunnel 522C, West Fork--8 hrs.
Oct. 30--Writing monthly reports in office car at West Fork--8 hrs.
Oct. 31--Finished monthly reports in office car at West Fork--8 hrs.   
Dec. 4--Sawing lagging for repairs to Drain tunnel 522D near West Fork--8 hrs.
Dec. 5--Sawing lagging & timber for bents, Drain tunnel 522D West Fork--8 hrs.
Dec. 6--Renewing bents in Drain tunnel 522D, West Fork--8 hrs.
Dec. 7--Renewing culverts 506C&505A near Glendale & tunnel 8--8 hrs.
Dec. 8--Made out material & weekly reports and repairs to roof on road master's office building, Glendale--8 hrs.
Dec. 12--Renewed culvert 499G near Pollard and covering pipes to water tanks, Glendale--8 hrs.
Dec. 13--Shimmed piling at trestle 515G near tunnel #5
Dec. 13--P.M. loaded cars etc. at Glendale to move outfits to Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 14--Placed cattle guards east of Louse Creek bridge, Merlin, repaired bulkheads at trestle 473C, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 15--Made out semimonthly time rolls, material and weekly reports, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 18--Grants Pass to Roseburg on motor car, inspecting structures [on] account of heavy rains--8 hrs.
Dec. 19--Roseburg to Comstock & return, inspecting structures etc.--8 hrs.
Dec. 20--Roseburg to Grants Pass on return of inspecting trip--8 hrs.
Dec. 21--Renewing culvert 468I about 5 miles west of Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 22--A.M. made out weekly reports etc..
Dec. 22--P.M. renewing culvert 468I--8 hrs.
Dec. 23--Finished culvert 468I, moved to culvert 466K, Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 28--Renewing culvert 466K about 7 miles west of Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 29--Made out monthly reports in office car at Grants Pass--8 hrs.
Dec. 30--Finished making out monthly reports in office car, B&B gang #1 at Grants Pass--8 hrs.

[In the accounting pages below, Blevins sometimes misuses the words "To" and "By," which should distinguish between debits and credits.] 1933  [Income]

Jan. 26	To check S.P. for Jan. 1 to 15	$52.44
Feb. 9	To check S.P. for Jan. 16 to 31	15.12
Feb. 25	To check S.P. for Feb. 1 to 15	62.52
Mar. 11	To check S.P. for Feb. 16 to 28	15.12
Mar. 25	To check S.P. for Mar. 1 to 15	17.16
Apr. 11	To check S.P. for Mar. 16 to 31	60.48
Apr. 28	To check S.P. for Apr. 1 to 15	37.32
May 11	To check S.P. for Apr. 16 to 30	60.48
May 26	To check S.P. for May 1 to 15	59.06
June 9	To check S.P. for May 16 to 31	65.52
June 29	To check S.P. for June 1 to 15	42.36
July 11	To check S.P. for June 16 to 30	34.56
July 26	To check S.P. for July 1 to 15	48.90
Aug. 10	To check S.P. for July 16 to 31	64.80
Aug. 26	To check S.P. for Aug. 1 to 15	58.98
Sept. 8	To check S.P. for Aug. 16 to 31	47.79
Sept. 27	To check S.P. for Sept. 1 to 15	52.84
Oct. 12	To check S.P. for Sept. 16 to 30	39.60
Oct. 25	To check S.P. for Oct. 1 to 15	58.98
Nov. 10	To check S.P. for Oct. 16 to 31	24.48
Nov. 27	To check S.P. for Nov. 1 to 15	53.94
Dec. 8	To check S.P. for Nov. 16 to 30	34.56
Dec. 23	To check S.P. for Dec. 1 to 15	51.59
1934
Jan. 10	To check S.P. for Dec. 16 to 31	47.64
		1106.24
1931	Cash Paid Out
Jan. 4	To contribution to church	1.00
Jan. 4	To Sunday Journal	.05
Jan. 11	To contribution to church	1.00
Jan. 11	To Sunday Journal	.05
Jan. 13	To Kargon Compound (Glendale)	.75
Jan. 13	To Mexican man	.10
Jan. 15	To 35 meals in boarding car	7.70
Jan. 18	To contribution to church	1.00
Jan. 18	To bus fare Grants Pass to Gold Hill, to paper .05	.75
Jan. 23	To haircut, Gold Hill	.50
Jan. 25	To contribution to church	1.00
Jan. 25	To bus fare Grants Pass to Gold Hill, to paper .05	.75
Jan. 31	To 40 meals in boarding car	5.60
		20.25
1931
Aug. 1	By cash advanced on board	3.66
	By bal. due me from July 1.34
Aug. 9	By contribution to church	2.00
Aug. 10	By cash on board .10 to .15	2.00
Aug. 11	By carpenter pencil, Wm. Donefsky	.05
Aug. 16	By contribution to church	2.00
Aug. 16	By Sunday Journal for Bessie	.05
Aug. 30	By contribution to church	2.00
		11.76
Sept. 1	By cash advanced on board	7.00
Sept. 1	By haircut, Roseburg	.25
Sept. 2	By shoe nails .10, soap .07	.17
Sept. 5,6	By buttermilk .05, paper .05	.10
Sept. 6	By contribution to church	1.00
Sept. 13	By contribution to church	2.00
Sept. 14	By donation for relief of poor	1.00
Sept. 15	By paid on board	6.12
Sept. 18	By repairs to shoe, Drain	.10
Sept. 20	By donation to church	3.00
	By Sunday Journal	.05
Sept. 23	By supper, Eugene	.40
Sept. 27	By contribution to church	1.00
Sept. 29	By union dues to Dec. 31	5.00
Oct. 2	By cash advanced on board	4.50
Oct. 2	By balance due me from Sept. 2.50
Oct. 2	By postage stamps (Cottage Grove)	.25
Oct. 7	By handbag, Cottage Grove	7.90
Oct. 8	By breakfast .40, dinner .35, Roseburg	.75
Oct. 8	By haircut .25, fruit .05, Roseburg	.30
Oct. 11	By contribution to church	2.00
Oct. 11	By Sunday Journal for Bessie	.05
Oct. 11	By jitney here for Clara	.25
Oct. 18	By contribution to church	2.00
Oct. 18	By Sunday Journal	.05
Oct. 19	By paid on board	3.51
Oct. 20	By fountain pen from tourist	.50
Oct. 25	By contribution to church	1.00
Oct. 25	By Sunday Journal	.05
		23.11
1931
June 1	To 2 meals in boarding car
June 2	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 3	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 4	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 5	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 6	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 8	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 9	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 10	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 11	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 12	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 13	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 15	To 3 meals in boarding car
	Board $5.92
June 16	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 17	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 18	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 19	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 20	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 22	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 23	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 24	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 25	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 26	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 27	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 29	To 3 meals in boarding car
June 30	To 3 meals in boarding car
	June 16 to 30 To 39 meals @ 17½[¢ each $]6.82
July 1	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 2	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 3	To 2 meals in boarding car
July 6	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 7	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 8	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 9	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 10	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 11	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 13	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 14	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 15	To 3 meals in boarding car
	Board $7.00
July 16	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 17	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 18	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 20	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 21	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 22	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 23	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 24	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 27	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 28	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 29	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 30	To 3 meals in boarding car
July 31	To 3 meals in boarding car
	39 meals at 14½[¢ each] $5.66
1932
Oct. 3	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 4	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 5	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 6	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 7	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 8	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 10	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 11	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 12	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 13	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 14	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 15	To 3 meals in boarding car
	Board $5.40
Oct. 17	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 18	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 19	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 20	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 21	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 22	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 24	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 25	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 26	To 3 meals in boarding car
	Board $4.05
Oct. 27	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 28	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 29	To 3 meals in boarding car
Oct. 31	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 1	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 2	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 3	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 4	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 5	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 9	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 10	To 3 meals in boarding car
	Board $4.95
Nov. 11	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 12	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 14	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 15	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 16	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 17	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 21	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 22	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 23	To 3 meals in boarding car
	27 meals @ .10 = $2.70
1933
Nov. 1	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 2	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 3	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 4	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 8	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 9	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 10	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 11	To 3 meals in boarding car
	Board $2.88
Nov. 16	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 17	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 18	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 22	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 23	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 24	To 3 meals in boarding car
Nov. 25	To 3 meals in boarding car
Dec. 4	To 3 meals in boarding car
Dec. 5	To 3 meals in boarding car
Dec. 6	To 3 meals in boarding car
Dec. 7	To 3 meals in boarding car
Dec. 8	To 3 meals in boarding car
Dec. 12	To 2 meals in boarding car
Dec. 23	To 2 meals in boarding car
	Board Dec. 1 to 15 $3.42

Dec. 16 to 31 = 9 days work $5.60	50.40
	5.04
	45.36
Insurance	.72
	44.64
Omitted overtime Nov. 15	3.00
	47.64

    GLENDALE, Jan. 15.--A Southern Pacific building gang with I. W. Cole as foreman arrived here from Merlin Tuesday. It will remain here for a short time while doing repair and maintenance work in this vicinity.
"Glendale," Roseburg News-Review, January 17, 1931, page 8


    A Southern Pacific building crew, with I. W. Cole as foreman, arrived here Thursday from Gold Hill, where they have been stationed for some time. The crew will remain here for a time while doing some repair work on the Cow Creek bridge west of here.
"Glendale," Roseburg News-Review, February 18, 1931, page 4



F. M. Blevins homestead
Application No. 4140
Final receiver receipt No. 2332
Galls Creek, Jackson Co., Oregon
Post Office, Rock Point, Oregon
Francis M. Blevins Sr. and family arrived at homestead on Galls Creek October 7th 1883, moved from Callahan's, Siskiyou Co., California

Timber deadened the three first days in the dark of the moon in August will never sprout.

Rock Point, Or. Jan. 9th 1888 thermometer registered 6 degrees above zero.
14--Therm. down to zero.
15--Therm 6° above zero.
Jan. 17th 1889 ground covered with snow about 6 inches deep. Last revised May 20, 2026