Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-09-19
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M. r. III H. 0fazeinI nesisuntten.
/ Tile extent OF The Pacific Division reafer.
| ing it Incumbent to organize railroad affairs
/ litfs as cIi the eastern end oi the lime, Gs'n,
/ J. SpTagEe viii be. leIeatfer known as
| eleral Superintendent = which snpercedes
his late Resignation oi !. ,'.tssistallt Treasurer
T and General Agent
On Tic 1Illl ulf.. Atessrs. s;turgis, r. r.
Thompson and Phillip Ritz, Esqs., official
inspectors appointed by the President on be-
lIsilf of tbe Government 10 examine this I5ir-
ision, arrived here, and spent several days in
discharge OF their duties. Their report will
probably not be officially made public till tie
meeting Of Congress.
Judge Il. %. Rice, Vice President and Di.
eector n Pr. H.. left3here on last steamer
for San Francisco, bound East after several
weeks devoted To tile selection Of the N. p.
Terminus on Puget Sound, in conjunction
with Capt. j. &. Ainsworth, associate Ter
minus ohstaissioneI
The track was laid with iron to Nisqually
river OH Monday the 18th inst, and next day
the bridge was commenced, with all reqnl-
sites ready for construction. The bridge
material was framed at the sniIl-yard at Te-
nino, and .piling for the bridge was driven
Simultaneous With the grading progress !; and
it is expected to have the bridge ready for
the iron about tile close of this week.
There are twenty-thrce miles OF track to
lie lail between the Nisqually bridge and
Tacoma, for which seven miles of iron are
ready here to be transferred to the front, 10
be supplemented by the remainder with slue
dispatch.
.st'afp 16' i located neal Galiihrias mill,
within less than four miles of tile Terminus.
~ H It'll # eeHfa itftd II HAT point
with ties incoar.e u rapid distribution along
the line.
For a week past, the graders have been at
work within two miles ,of Tacoma md are
nearing the jumping of place every day.
which is expected to be accomalislied III less
than COUPLE of weeks.
All the camps were consolidated at No. l6
and the force redsiced to about 500 men, who
are as many as can be conveniently employed
on the ..lieme stretch. =
E UASl IN tlSlI toNdtsd ~ Iitati ststiil-
hers mill, there is a ''througii cnt' COM
puted at q, 900 yards, which is the heaviest
work Oh tile whole forty miles. We hear
that it is Intended not to finish This cut till
after tie track il fafa through it to fnwns
when the material from there will be used
to fill where it may BE waited on the line III
on about the terminal point, where "iI may
do the most good
Track-layilg is likely 10 recommence in
the course Of eight or ten days.
a gravel and baliasting train Is lit present
engaged at the new track in the vicinity OF
Des Chuttes river. where for four or five miles
the road-bed will have TO be supplied with
surfaeing material from short distance; but
northward from that poirt, through Yelm
Prairie and across the Nisqnally Plains along
to the Terminus. the track is built ON and of
as fine gravel as ever gIaddened the eye Of a
railroatler.
Another train of seven or eight cars, with
an adequate force Of Cinnamon, is employed
in the vicinity of Olequa (Pumphrey's) cut
ting away the bank at a point that has been
heretofore troublesome in the way of slides
during the East winter rains. At"IIallett's
big cut'' near Skookem Chuck, the same
train are also, iii cue time. to apply some
preventive labor where the mammoth slide
occurred last winter, to avoid likerecur-
renee there. as farrs possible.
Another large locomotive from the eastern
end of the line. designated as ssNo. II, was
landed Kalaina wharf from the bark Web
foot to-day, with tender, etc. It arrived at
SAP Francisco oE tile 18th lIt, via the q. P.
and Central. Another locomotive Of like
size, intended for this Division, designated as
Mo. 11,' is on the way here, said to be now
in San Francisco. and likely TO be shipped on.
bark Rival, but we are nor in possession OF
any advices about it other than the fact offts
icing en- route. 4,
Car axles and wheels sufficient for NUM-
ber OF cars were received here short time
ago and the shops are now employed upon
two passenger and two baggage ears. which
are intended to be equal to any cars sstnrned
out on the other side''--as Foreman Curtis
terms the Atlantic slope.
AT the Terminus Progress is the motto.
every effort being strained to render the site
in habitablc condition at the earliest possible
moment. Gen. james I'ilton IS Chief Engi-
neer of town-sIte, Captain r G. Eastwick is
Draughtsman, and Mr. =. $ Smith. late q
this place, is superintendent Of clearing the
town site. building railroad wharf. grading
avenues. etc.
Our pioneer contemporary at Taeoma, tire
Tribune, makes the following report OF pro
gress OF the Terminus town site up to last
Wednesday the 2oth:
ssAbout one hundred white men and forty
Chinameii are at work. The white men are
principally engaged in the clearing at boring
srnmps and logs and burning them. and the
Chinamen occupied at grading The latter
have made 4 commencement OIL the Pacific
Avenue. and are making the sand fly at
lively rate. They are working about half
| var up the bank from the beach, and are fill
Ing loo abutments in very solid manner.
The tract cleared of has been all burned
over once. The men are now clea'ing the
logs and stamps remaining, and though the
iol, il big one, d rapid impression Is made. .
MrpAL has been struck 70 commemorate
the entry of the Italians into Rome. II i TO-
be distributed to all who have rendered merl-
torious services IN obtaining The Independ-
ence. liberty and anilv OF Italy, The King