, 1876-02-14
RAILWAY NEWS.
Montnnn Grants n Conditional
x Subsidy OF B3,6OO,0OO
to the Northern
Pacific.
What Vioe-Prcsident Stark Has to Say
About the Completion Of
the Road.


something ApoMt ClccFlnE ~ Nalla-''
Miscellaneous Notes.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Qon. Stark. Stco.PsoHllent Of the Northsrn
Pacific 1saIIro,d Company, arrived In this city
Saturday on hts way to New York. llo las been
spending tho winter at Helena. 81. T., whevo he
| hsa hcen urging tho iMsoronte Of tho railroad
will, the Legislature. A TRIBUNE reporter. cAi.-
Ing upon lln at tho Grand Pacific yesterday af-
tar,oon, found him ID tubant franc Of mtnd
caused By TIM reception Of a telegram from
uolona announcing that tho aubaldy bill In be-
half Of tho Northern pAcitic hod Al last passed
tho Legislature. In response to tho reporters
guorlos, Gen. STARK stutcd that tho bill Ind
passed the Council by yo:e OF II to l, and Tho
House ly 4 vote OF a TO s. -.
Mint is tho amount Of subsidy I" gunrloa
tho reporter.
slhrco and hnlf miillonR. tue amount boiag
rnised BY Territorial bondn running twenty-five
-. 1t is understood here that tho grant ia con.
ditipunl."
$50 it Is. Tho bin granting tho anbsidy pro-
vides shst tho Ta1osh company shall rAise
! enouRh money outside 10 compoto tho road to
Dozosnnl.. What wo orlglnally asloI WA That
tho Territory Etgo us outright 81 0G0, 600 with NO
conditlons hut perhaps this ia just AZ we'll"
"You spoke ot Dozotnan MS tho proposed ter
rnin,1s Of tito liue. Many peopl0 IN this part Ut
"i}ozoman .s situatet 900 mica west Of Bls-
1narck. and 120 miles distant from Helena."
"W,ll shs road Le pushed through 10 I1olena Z"
Tint In impossible yet to tell. Il IL still m
open question with us whether to run the road
through Ilo!ona Or Door Lodge: II We go
though 1lclena. tho route beyond that will bs
difficult to complose, Oh, on account ol tto nature
tunuelsng aud grading, or olxo long dctour
must be made"
"nov many mi:cs Of track aro now completed
| On tho entiro route :"
| Ono of those begiua ut Dutntu md rnuB to bis.
| marck, distance VI $50 miles. Tlon, on tho
Pacific Division tho road Ia finished from Puget
| Sound to the Columbia niyer, distance Of 105
miles," ....
"How many miles aro yet to DO comp1oto17"
1.-The gnp botwoon tho two terlninl IL about
| 300 niea In .wid.h."
"la t1ero any immediate prospect Of extend:
| Ing tito Pacific Division z"
":rhers is a very good prospect. In fact, ne
| gotlat1ons ate now pending for continuation
| Of tic work ou that portion Of the road.'
Concerning tho work hotween ldsnsrck aud
Dozenlan. how lopE will it take tu put tla part
| Of tho line ready for operation ?"
"As near as can Judge from proeens appear
| anreB, 1t will tako about ttlruo years"
is tho couosrs 20 Lilly ~ to hinder acEi-
! ouBly the progress Of thu work 7"
"So; tlesG 10 nothing but tcyol plain boz
tueon tho two points, or, At least Until We strike
| sho Valley Of tho Yoltowstono aud that ia As
easy for Thanksgiving ~ tho gcuoEality Of river
bottoms. The cIliof obstruction TO tho work
comes from tho 1ndlana."
"iou spoke about condition attached to tho
subsidy grant, that the Company il 10 ratso
enough Monoy to complete the proposed o1ten-
! zion. What 10 you estimate will ba the amount
! required to be raiHed!' ......
IL figure it at about eG, ,00o, 900, and am
now OH my may to New York to eee about no.
gotlatiny for loane to that amount"
The General III hls journey from I1elsna had
rough t,rno. a stago-sido Of 500 niies in wnLsr
naturally could uos afford 4 mail u yast
deal Of pleasure. 1lo reports that
ho h. encountered sa can., conailcFaele n ] snow on
| dry and unpleasantly dnsty. Work on tho Do.e-
1 man extension will be commenced lmmedintely.
and tho last zoo miles Of tho road from Lnko
| Superior to bismarck, uhlch has not boon III
| operation during tao winter ssason, on account
| OF tho froquent snoH-bloe!sajeb wlll be imma
| d,atoly placed in running oeder aud trains will
bo run regularly hctoatter.
| CREEPING RAILS.
6csing tho following iten credited to 30 high
an authority as tho Scientific An,ericaIl wo sont
II to Joseph i. Tucker, Esq. the General Bu-
porintendent Of tho illinois Central Railway, 30
letting statement OF whateyor observations ho
| might lave nade upon tho subject. Tho 1l!i-
uos Central hAs 704 miles OF track, nearly all OF
II varying only few degrees from duo north
and south. mud, lad the Item been basel on act
ual observations, it surely would hayo boon no.
| tced by tho manaKers Of that road. Tho fol-
1 lowing is the paragraph:
The osser'ngn Of F'i!rcsa ss. hss :tsasted
s1plan H. W. offer point on tho fsct tbas on nea
Ennulng north and rou'h, tho wcaorn rail "c1cola
movement Of hs rail towards ha south is s.oss
married ~ o,is tstl than IN thp ether on tho eno
tnt In fha pnRfn FAtj I'm
both Of thtse points, NO think, 10 espIhIuel by
the no'iou Of Tho earth - turns from tho writ
bioxs aud esory lido that frs|. tio influence,
se ns poaa nasy 'Gn 4s.. !: ss asa %
rni most heavily. Tho western Ea he,nR relieved Of
g1s nsssa s an s
eastern rs!l wear out tEst and but think that
this catth motion u t!'s true cauxc. Tho practical
| bc stronger.
Mr. Tucker submitted 1t to l.. II. Clarke, EBq.,
Chief Engineer Of the road, WHO has had cliarge
Of u for tho last twenty years." Ills reply Ia as
follows:
rtr,n,z,,deas: As resards cseeping o ra.ls on the
Illinois central Hatirosa. have 10 saf sh.t
which tr4us noye; on single track u beth dtrectlona
tho movement being down tho grsdca whesa tho ros
sooat eqaa! in eithef Affection. ih.ss ns,ss ooserye
t,at tha csseIn r4!l wesss ont tho szcst Who has
observed That Ie 6taument - published Is cprttct1
| L. IL. GLAayE.
OF course this almost nottles tho mattor. If
so Able and experienced ap engineer Aa Ms.
Clarke. WHO haa managed tho longest nort, aud
| 4outl iino nj railway in tho world for twonty
years. cannos cosroborate tho statements Of tho
Scientific AtHer1can ION will 10 ready to accept
ihem au correct. True, there is foundation for
them in thOory; but tho effects must be inQnt-
tesImaly small aud therefore may DO neglected.
They certainly hayo not beon obserycd on the
| Illinois Contrhi.
| TO ths Editor NJ The Chicago Tribuns:
GLEswoop. Feb. 7.-In your Saturdays papcF.
Jan. 90, WAS au artico taken from tho Scientific
american, entitled Creeping OF Rails" It
notices the fact t,as on lines running north and