Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-03-08
RAPIDLY REACHING The FRONT
THE RECENT BLOCHADE IN
RAILROADsSUPP i8


Pacific this season, was raised this week
and three mails came at once on Thurs
day. During the afternoon Of that date,
General Manager Sargent, Sup't Towne,
General Roadmaster Taylor, Master Me-
chan1c Farrar, and IT. Clark, Of New York
City, one Of the contractors on the west
side, came through in the directors car,
attached to mixed train. A few min
utes later another train arrived, and be-
fore Friday noon five more, bringing mis-
cellaneous freight, piles, ties and railroad
iron, put in their appearance, and under
Gen. Rosser's management were rapidly
snaked over to Mandan. The storms and
consequent delay have almost ruined the
scheme Of transferring 4 aE
NINE HUNDRED CARS OF MATERIAL
over the Missouri before the ice gives
way. The only hope nowrests in a:change
Of weather and a suspension Of the wear,
and tear on the ice from the current un-
derneath and the suns rays from above,
Mr.. Sargent reports that he will rush the
material forward from date, and will keep
the Missouri division employed in receiv-
ing. and unloading. the, q numerous trains.
Gen. Rosser intends to use horses in pull
ing trains across after the ice is too thin
for locomotive He will therefore keep
up the transfer to the last moment He
will, however, have to suspend in time to
TAKE UP THE TRACK, q
which will require two days, at least. Last
year the ice went out on tile 18th Of March,
the earliest record since '73. The chances
are favorable to a. later date this year.
There is not at best, any reasonable pros
pect that the ice. Withhold up until the
material for the first twenty-five miles is
all over, The company have let the con
tract for transfer boat, to arrive here
about June This boat Will carry six
cars Meantime, tie DR.. Burleigll, Den
yer, or some other boat will llaveto be
chartered to ferry over&April and May.
BEcoM1Na CIVILIZED. 9
The telegraph line has been completed
to Mandan via Lincoln, and an Office es,
tablished in Gen. Rosser's car! MI Gtri(i-
ley, one Of the crack operators of the St.
Paul office, has been placed in charge.
The engineer corps have been running
sound lines on section 81, that lock as if
they were laying the ground work for 4
paper city. In that belief several parties
have dumped lumber on a 'front.' block
and IN face Of the protest OF the: railroad
company have commenced build ing. The
two houses at Sheridan City (re-cnristened
by the Legislature, Gray City, were
on wheels yerterday, moving west behind
a string of bull teams Mand;sn is rail
road section and Vice President Stark,
chairman of the land com lnittee, gives
due notice that the company propose to
have l., and jumpers may govern them
selves accordingly. All old sections are
the company's, and they are fr
w. NOT IN THE ToWNsITE BUSINESS,
as they once were. They want to control
and manipulate their own sections ac-
cording to their own jud sment, and as
they intend, to the in1ere SITS of all who
regularly purchase OF, them, The govern
ment sections arc, the peoples. They Will
make no, effort to rope alay of them into
any townsite they may lay out. 4i'
PILE DRIVING
has been going on rapidly. Cottonwood
piles have been pressed into the service IN
consequence Of the non arrival Of the piles
from Minnesota Win ston and Lehroy
are driving as high as sixty per day. They
find four feet Of frozen sand IN the. Heart.
1t is all ice and frosted sand. Winston
says 1t is the hardest pile driving he has
encountered in m any years. He was three
days makingaone hole The upper cross
ings on the Hea rte 10 not ofersuch stub
born resistance, and by the liveliest kind
of;work the piles go in. Some Of them
crumble, howe ver,5 5sunder the weight that
is let down OIL them There is scarcely,
enough water in the Heart to supply the
teams; thus there will be no trouble on
thatriver Mr.. Clark, Of the contractors,
has come to stay. He' will build an office
on the west side and stay with the boys
until tile first ofsNovcmber. He says lie
is ready to build more than one hundred
4 The ENGINE housetis completed. Three
engines ere on the. .Mandan side, including
the little St. Cloud.
E551 3s AsFLAT FAILURE:
a Water appeared on the Heart river ice
yesterday. It came from the prairie.
There was a foot Of water on the Mis-
souri, at this point, this morning. Gen.
Rosser expects to ottake up tile track on the
ice, tomorrow, If the present untavorable
conditions continue The winter transfer
of material by rail will therefore terlni.
nate. On account of the n0n-arrival of
material the transfer business will be set
down . flat failure. 4 9f 5
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Bright Prospects.
Western Enterprises -
The mining prospects for the Hills are
looking brighter and bettef every day;
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