The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-13
FROM OMAHA.
Some Items of Interest Concerning Railroad and
Other Matters.

special Correspondence New Northwest.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 5.-A special meet
ing of the Directors of the Union Pacific
Railroad was held in New York, January
"a. Its purpose was consolidation of the
old Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific
and Denver Pacific company into one Grand
Union Pacific Railway Company, with gen.
eral Offices at Omaha, Nebraska.
SPRING FREIGHT COMING OVER P.v.
had a talk with Jay Gould and Sidney
Dillon about the Utah and Northern road.
They said emphaticaly they would build
the road to some point at or near Gaffney's
Salisbury as fast as men and money could
do it. They also said the track would be
LAID across the Pleasant Valley Divide and
cars be running over the mountain into Red
Rock valley so as to haul the spring ship
ments there. .s-.-
GAFFEEY's THE OBJECTIVE POINT.
A point at or near Gaffney's will proha-
bly, be the terminus for the season. and no
doubt you folks will have to put up to get
it from there. do not think the company
will make an unreasonable demand, and
they can and will run roads to all principal
points in Montana If proper inducements
are held out.
THE PORTLAND ROAD.
Surveyors will at once be put on the
route from Ogden to Portland for broad
gauge road, aud no doubt considerable
portion of that line will be built this year.
think the route will be through Boise
City. 1t seems to be the purpose to make
the Utah and Northern q Montana line and
make western connection with the broad
gauge. In doing so it must 60 through or
near Deer Lodge city.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
think the progress of the Northern Pa
cific will be slower than you anticipate,
from the fact that they are trying to build
the road from the earnings and sales OF
land along the line. These have been
source of great reyenue so far, but the
country they are IN now will not offer the
Inducements for such large farms AS the
Dakota CO untry did.
COMING TO MONTANA.
Montana is talked OF everywhere. and as
soon as the railroad reaches you capitalists
will visit the country with view to invest
ment. Leadvile is still the centre of at
traction for capitalists. think Mr.. Dillon
President Of the Union Pacific Company,
will visit Montana this season. Mr.. s. s.
Il. Clark, General Manager of the compa-
ny, has had such arduous work that he il
completely broken down and he was CON-
PEELED to 90, or rather TO be taken, to Flor
ida for rest and recuperation.
had q pleasant call from A, j. Davis,
Esq, of Butte, to-day. He is looking well
and seems to be unusually pleased about
something.
The Union Pacific Company started a
special agent to Montana to-day to contract
for the seasons business. His name il
Fred Mcconnell. lie has been connected
with the freight department OF the compa-
ny for some years aud understands bis bus
mess thoroughly. | hope the Montana
people will iakr good care OF him. '--
Yon will have quite an Influx Of people
nth Montana this year. hear Of ms oil
ony of 12J people, all good citi gems, going
there. We have had an open winser and
very little cold weather.
OMAHA PRosPERING.
Business IL booming along and money |
almost q drug IN the market. Farmers
have had large crops to sell, havs realized
better prices than ever before and are pay.
ing off their debts, which leaves q large
surplus OF money in the west Omaha is
growing very rapidly and viii soon be rs
good market for western merchants AZ
Chicago 10 to-day.
Hon. Samuel A Barbour and wife and
Charles Turnsr. Of Montana, passed
i through here going westward, Feb. 1s