Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-10-10
NORTHERN ! i PACIFIC !, i:
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IRREGULAR TRAINS TO MANDAN
saai2 sii atAErTER MONDAY. -

REG ULAR TRAINS TO MANDAl
sd9i2 NJ "A krTER MOEDAY.
Meeting Of the Locating Parties
Bevond the Little Missouri
,Bly's Baby Mine--President =
;ssa III Billings Report. aze@i1 .
4l TRAINS FOR MANDAN.
. On and after Monday next regular trains
will run between, Bismarck and Manda1
carrying express matter and the U. s
mails. The transfer crosses with supplies
4 every half j hour and the newSapproach t
river on the west bank is complete sue
b, cess Small villages are springingsup al
@sslong the line of the extension and early
in the spring Of 1881 regular trains will
he running through to the Yellowstone
Emf grafton both east and west ofrBis
marck win be very large next season !. ant n I
everything Indicates lively. season fol
.Mandan and the making ofa great whole
sale point for Bismarck, which, will in
less than ten years contain population
of2O,O0O and do q bu siness almost if not
quite equal To- ST Paul or Minneapolis.
.BLY,s COAL MINE, g.; = --zs.sy
forty miles west, is now way station on
the NortAerR Pasifcll Track { isss being
laid at the rate Of mile day and no
railroad can ever, boast of more fayora.
bic circumstances surrounding its build
ing. The grading extends nearly to the
Little Missouri the bad lands, in that
district can be worked during the winter
providing there is not q heavy fall of
snow. It is nothing but sand and is easy
dirt to handle. The contractors would
rather work during the winter season
even if they don't much more than cover
expenses as they will keep their men here
ready for the spring opening. Chief en-
gineer, Gen. Rosser and 1hos. Doane,
consulting engineer, have been out to the
Little Missouri and s#sz
LOCATED THE CROSSING. +.
The bridge will be 600 feet long and will
have a good foundation on either side.
The locating party coming east from the
Yellowstone have met the, gong west
;and are now coming east The en-
gineers on the extension are using coal
from the s.Baby Mine.' It burns we'll
hut would hardly do for long trips as it
burns out rapidly. Mr.. BLY, will soon be
able to lay the coal down in. Bismarck on
the car al ST.. .225 per tom. IF stoves can be
procured that will burnt, it will emuch
cheaper than wood. ID J9as %! ste e
EXTENSIVE STOCK YARDS --------.-. -----z-5.
s;havc beensbuilt at Mandan and It is ex-
pected that. large quantities Of Montana
cattle will be shipped from there. Over
twenty cars were loaded at that point this
week bound for. Chicago. J. The N orthern
Pacificare purchasing new stock cars,
and making arrangements for the cattle
trade. -,a,,ggs ,s,t,29rsii5 rrsFs5IiF3sfg5#
PREs1DENTsb1LL1Nas' REPORT,
made at the recent annual meetlngfo the
board of,directdrs, shows the earnings for
the road for tile ten months ending June
3Oth, 1879, to have been 81, ,167, ,281.82.
The gross earning for the same months
last wear. were $974, ,2238 q, ,s4an, increase.
this year of 1920, ,O2353 The operating
expenses, salaries. legal expenses, rents, I,
printing, etc, being ideGucted leave bal
ance Of $348, ,305. 20 as the net earnings
over all for the ten months.
THE DIFFERINT DIVISIONS.
The Missouri. division extends to the
Yellowstone river, 200 miles. The Vel
lowstOne is the next division, about 3O4
miles in length, chiefly IN the Yellow
stone valley ;ahd it is proposed to pro-
coed with the surveys and final location
there, SO as to put portion of it under
construction early next season, in advance
al, NJ .<,f suic
ion. Ssft fs3tii 5tFH S'A+ta
The next, following the Yellowstone, is
called the Rocky Mountain division,
about 200 miles; then Clark's Ford divis-
ion, about $50 miles !; the next. is Pend
d'Orcille division, about 210 miles The
last extends from Lake Pend d'Oreille 10
.the navigable waters of the Columbia.
The construction of the Pend d'Oreille
division issabout to be commenced. .5as
THE GREAT WHEAT REGION.
The lands belonging to- the Missouri
and Pend ID Oreille divisions of the road,
have been explored, and are found to be
valuable; the former embracing large
extent of sfrstclass agricul lands, and
nearly all the remainder, including what
have Seen heretofore called ..the bad
\ lands,' being remarkably we'll adapted.
for grazing purposes; ana the later, De-
ing in the great plains of the; Colnmbia
I river are. for the great part, TO he ranked
among the best wheat producing lands il
the world. ta2rs s2 Rs'i7sl'7s 4 '''as'fs|
Grading has commenced from the Col
pmnia river eastward toward Lake Pend
d'Oreille. Twelve thousand TONS bfsteel
rails. with the fastenings, have been con-
: tracted for, deliveredsa tide:water,1 in the
months of December, January and Feb
ruary. ,t- ..ss- ,-yg. II Il,
division completed there will be gap
.Letween them of something over 800 miles.
i while this is being filled, I'll i. expected g
3 mail routeI will be- lestab abllshed, and stages
! run between the approaching rails. The
.,s.,d :, los osaarnods hv the construct will