Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-02-08
BISMARCK, .. 7: SATURDAY FEsRuARY 8 ,s7e .

than Central Iowa or Southern Dakota
can ever hope to enjoy.
: While wood is not plenty, there is
enough for present use. Coal is abundant,
the country being "fnll'' Of Ignite. the
veins in some instances, on the Yellow
stone. being 20 feet thick, and in this vi
cinity from eighteen inches to nine feet.
Anthracite is retailing a. Bismarck this
year at $3.50. Oak wood commands $6
per cord: cottonwood $3.50. .a
This county was first made accessible by
the opening Of the N. P. r. r. in 1872, and
the first public surveys made in 1873. The
demands OF the Government fOt ttranspor-'
tation of army and Indian supplies has
until the past year called into use all the
available teams in the country, and agri-
culture has, until lately, been neglected,
except by a few This state of things is,
however, changing rapidly, and another
season will witness an activity in farming
operatlons only exceiled by that in the
Red River Valley" s5a1 .73-s ,=,'.-
-@ls TRADE COMPLETE. .. ,
Trade in all its branches, it will he seen,
is well represented al Bismarck, and there
is certainly little room for new houses,
but occasionally an opening for the pur-
chase of an established business may he
found, or an interest may be secured. in
houses already established Bismarck has
two banks but there is room for capital III
outside speculations. and tn'loans that the
banks do not handle. Money brings
readily ..,,.fsg;.
g TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN PER GENT.
and in many instances higher rate Of in
.terest even on real estate security, and it
can be placed on long time at twelve per
cent The usury laws. Of this Territory
forfeit only the excess of twelve per cent.
Openings for trade will be found at nu-
merous points on the line west OF Bis
ma. OK, Us the road is extended. and for
tunes will be bull, up, butthe 'old timers
who know when and wheretto strike, will
stand by, far the best show in these
specula,ions. :a@ocs s4f .o--.7 q
The work of extending the North Pacific
is now IN progress. One ehundred miles
will surely be built this season and per
"haps more Grading, however, will not
commence befors April: Now the work
of bridge building, forwarding ties, etc,
is going gson. zd OF 30 a,G6fsa
rsgs THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
? Mr.. Bellows. of the firm OF Walker, Bel
lows s. Co., contractors for the extension
iof the Northern Pacific, left Friday morn
ing for The east, While here he let the
contract tor all the pile bridging as far as
the tenth crossing Of the Heart river, but
made no arran selnents for grading: He
will return to Bismarck the first of April,
and either sub-contract the entire line 10.
Gated, or else proceed with the work him
self, whichet er shall seem advisable at
that time. ~ 49, ,,s +.s.1 ks5s-gf s,.4
rs At present Gen. Rosser, has about fifty
men employed in getting the track across
the river on Natures ice bridge. He is
paying $1.25 per day for laborers, and the
contractors are expecting to pay that sum
for labor in the spring. The first Of April
there will be, wanted at least
re-" . FIVE HUNDRED NEW MEN, ~
and that number can readily obtain en-
ployment at from $1.25, to $3.50 per day.
Teams will be paid $500 per day on the
start, but contractors expect that prices
will range somewhat higher as the work
goes westward. Good bridge carpenters
will receive from $3.50 to $500 per day.
and THE TRIBUNE learns that the contrac:
tors are already offering the higher figure
for the Heart river work which is now go
ing forward. @aahs fn,i odT .,, -
Gen. Rosser is receiving countless appli-
cations for positions in the engineers
corps, but has one reply for all sapplica-
.tions-tAe. engineering force Is complete,
and no transit.nan, chairman, axman,
cook or roustabout need apply.
,aHItis generally thought that the contrac-
tors have taken the work for the proposed
hundred miles at @.15ff ai..a@'i z.sa1 ....s X
...-g' +, ..lg TOO LOW A FIGURE, s71a1" -
and various are the prophcsics of failure
to connect, on their part. OF one thing
the pbblic can be assured, however-thc
hundred miles west will be constr ucted
whether Walker, Bellows & Co. "bust'' or
not. a ,1a2 azs5t SIa6.isiaf.lf o. AS- ~
The first installmcntt of: fivc,car loads of
iron from Springfield, H., will arrive this
afternoon, and Gen. Rosser expects to
break one Of the shafts of the Lords day
by laving track tomorrow. It is apity to
keep the workmen from worship, but the
necessities OF railroad building know no
Divine law The General Will extend the
track distance of three miles from the
western shore of the river, and push the
material for the use of the contractors out
that far 5sa y2.,!s ssrr .,y4 s.,t =,
: Plans for the Office of the chief engineer
have been approved, and during the
coming week the General will commence
to erect the building on the site of the :,
FUEURF CITY OF NANDAN, sas.
but TIE sale of lots in the new town will
not commence before authority shall have
been secured from the railroad authorities
in New York. II ea /, ss7 .i
THE TRIBUNE would not recommend
parties to bring in horses or mules for
sale but probably two hundred - tea,ns ans
about Bismarck, in addition to the
thousand or more now freighting to and
from Bismarck, Or en- gagged in contract
work. A man and team can count upon
about $3.50 per day. and in some instan-
ces, perhaps as high az $3.50. If teams
are brought here with . view to sale, they
should be 5.g .ft.r