Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-05-10
MANY MILES BEYOND MANDAN .
SUCH rs THEEXTENTO OF WORK
llN THE EITENSION.

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Ton Mile Contract a. Soft snap---
Villages OF Workmen Along the
Line---A Trip Fifty Miles West
WORK FOR THE FERRY. Nv
The rush, for Mandans and the extension
continues. # you don't believe it go down
to the steamboat landing and scan the
crowd that packs the steamer Denver
when she arrives and departs Capt.
Horn loads her until there is not room for
another pound of wagon, horse or box.
Twenty-Five wagons appear an average
cargo There is no discount on the Den
ver's paying now. From the river to Man
dan the grade has been completed and
track laying will begin on Monday. Win
ston and sLemay will follow up that bit
with the track on Smith s ten miles In
afew days, as 1t were, the track will be
laid to the
Smiths ten mile contract at thirteen
cents will pay HIM from So 500 to $4,000
Itis all easy work. The "big cut" as it
is known in the. supplementary contract
with Walker, Bellows s. Clark, IS ten
miles from Mandan. 1t is a thi1ty-fve
foot cut and is the heaviest Gen. Rosser
expects to encounter on the fist one hun
dred miles, Mr. Clark, who is superin.
tending the work on it, in person, finds
it all fine sand and therefore easy scraper
work PlOws are useless. With the '.flll''
he has about two hundred thousand yards
of dirt to move. To do this he has about
12O teams and one hundred and eighty
men in his service. There is aregular
little village at the base of the bluff. Mr..
Clark says he will complete the job by
the 23d inst If he does it will be one of
the quickest pieces of railroading in the
history of the country. 1t is equivalent
to twenty miles Of the ordinary grade on
the line. Clark is rusher.
West of Clark arc Prescott and Hollem-
back with their camp and twod dozen teams.
Col. Jones is with this camp. They are
handling three miles at thirteen cents.
They have considerable fill of sixteen
feet Next comes John Rowland with a
few sections, and farther on Frank J.
Mead with profitable mile nr two.
Is THE ENGINEERS tt%
are having their hands full Lees party
and Dobbins' party, twelve and twenty.
Ave miles out, are humping themselves to
keep ahead Of the graders and perform al
the work required Of them. rs: n. Keith's
party is fifty miles out, locating the line
through. a beautiful valley twenty five
miles long. Gen. Rosser was with this
party on Tuesday, assisting the boys to
get into the valley at the least possible ex.
pense. The difficulty was solved. .Rosser
named the valley Curlew. The creek
passing through it has been known on the
military maps as bud Creek. This name
is slander. and the change is q very hap
apy one. .-.s.er ~r.. .s..s,.e.
the ESCORT ls's 2
with Keith's party will be strengthened
:5y the additionof Lieut.. Fuller's company
.of the Seventh Cavalry. Thus far Capt.
Badger and Lieut.. stevens with company
A Of the Sixth Infantry, have been suf
hcient protection. They have not been
called on to do any bloody work except in
the way of staying theshy antelope. Last
monday the rank and 1fAe brought in six.
They only Kill FLOR meat and not for fun.
1t is too much k1ike work. Capt. Badger
is maklng>atdrst class trail ;aleng the line.
Anong tAepaints of interest are Badgers
creek, Badgers camp and Badgers trail.
WhenlKnller's company neaohes the front,
<Col. Poland will probably join the expe
= dition as commanding officer.
THE INDIANS
have kept aloof from Kdith;nnd have not
sven come in sight ThIee months rations
might be IN iDdncsanent, hEthey don't
nem to act as if the game was worth tie
powder, Capt. Badger was informed on
Monday that e party often indians had
peaceably and wtahest threats gone
through a,aNpttIiaVr sReeaa belonsing to the
Fort &eogh Atage 1ine Yhere were pctri
ttiea a.a,Amps E1sttes aaaasefiesxslleys and
aiopiAg .hillsides, occasional scrub oaks,
half eaten up by the seaxers, lazy creeks,
pyramids by the stagge road t. guide the
Haveller ii aAa0w Aosn, uelics of the
6tanley eAap fhat Nas stssek 20 hard in
rs BY . he'll storm. Dsteh hake ovens,
loulders and hasr bottlaa, bstno lpdians.
A feV DUCKS. chieikene, Anfeeslnp crows
and prairie dogs make up tie roll Of liv-
Ing thiaea.
thae M, Keith has located s. good one