Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-06-13

next fifteen days, probably, and twill
be hurried to completion with that en-
ergy which has given Col. De Graf, the
head Of the firm, the name of the rail
road building king Of the country, and
if no unexpected delay in securing iron
is issncountered, it ia probable the line
will be completed aud the cars running
long before the time specified in the
contract.
20 THE RIVER
The Be6t0n will le4ve for Benton on
the 18th. She will carry the engineers
who 20 up to look the upper Missouri
over With view to determining the work
to be done under the, zappFupriadon @
improving. .theuppeE Missouri a l9See1
detachment fthe Northwestern mounted
police viii also 60 up on her.
: The Nellie Peek returned from Butord
Monday evening and Is loading as else
where stated.
The Mead left 6r the Yellowstone last
evening. carrying Gen. Terry and gstad
to Buford, and q handsome Yellowstone
trip.
The river is at a stand still but is still
unusually high The Chambers, Far
West, Benton, Western and Nellie Peck
are in port.
The Far West D Loading for the Yel-
,Iowstole; the Nellie Peck fer Buford,
md the Chambesssw1ll commence load
ing tomorrow for up river.
The Fontenelle is past due, and the
Kendall, Weaver and Victory were exc
pected some days ago but Will NOT reach
Bismarck for several days.
The work Of putting in the Sherman 8
steam capstsn is progressing Is rapidly
ss possible, and it is expected that ev-
erything will bs ready to get up steam
sometime this forenoon, in which case
she will leave for sp.river.-ioxS City
Journal TIL
: TIE valuable portion Of the Carroll
wreck was brought down to Yankton
ion the Black Hills and stored in one Of
the leree wsrehouses.-8iouS City Jour
nal.
The following clipped from the st.
Louis Times Of June 9th shows some
thing of the magnitude Of the river bus:
ines above Bismarck though it speaks
of but one of the three lines:
A private letter from Capt. J. II.
Resney, Secretary of the Yellowstone
Transportation Company, with head
!qu1rtefs at Bismarck, furnishes some
valuable information which the public
VII be interested in. The mammoth
c91tratt which this company has taken
t6s6nvsy Government feig ghts ID the
Upper Yellowstone aud Big Horn rivers
issh6ing satisfsctorilycarr on under
very favorable circumstances. The Dr.
per Missouri and Yellowstonss are now
In excellent navigable order, with pros
poets that it will continue until the
bulk Of the freight is carried. Ten
steamers and many bsrges are now on
the line between Bismarck and the forts
on the Tongue and Big Horn rivers,
and fully two thousand tons of freight
were on the way up the river, or deliv-
cred at its destination, on Thursday
last. The Savanna with. two barges
was ready to leave on, Friday. with six
hundred tons, while the Fanchon, AZ
kansas, Victory and Tidal, with barges,
ave1s daily expected back from their
first trips up, and all Of them would be
satonce LANDED and sent up With sixteen
hundred tons moro. Four small boats
are to be kept on the Yellowstone to
run between Fort Buford and the Big
Horn, and others will assist them in
case low water renders their services
necesssrE. The nev barge built ct
iBismarek Was ready to=take on her Cur.
60 Of two hundred tons on Saturday,
and the Arkansas will tow her up. Al
stoeetber, s0apt. Reaney is highly en-
coursged with the present outlook, and
he is satisfied that the .Yellowstone
Transportation: Company will be- able
.t0carry oat their contract to- the satis-
fSction Of the Government, Is ven Is
to oil concerned. The prospects for
long boating season is good, and, even
if the water should fall provision has
.hsep made for pu1hing g'ahead the small
81 boats and bsrges, 50 thst by the first
of July the freight to be moved will all
be aaoat.
The Sioux City Journal notes the de-
faftnresof The Sherman on the. evening
efJuhUtth, s5yfLxts~5 s~i.5 -
TIE Sioux City Journal of June 9Th
says: "The rise still continues, and
the stage Of water now stands at about
ten feet shove low-water mark. The
bank is being badly washed in many
places, that portion above the mouth
Of Perry creek having already melted
seriously. The track of the Dakota
Southern, along the bluffs about mile
west of fstown, is undermined so as to