The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-08
RAILROAD NOTES,
As They Are Picked UP Pro-
miscuously.
WAsDERER

The Northern Pacific, which has become
one of the colossal enterprises of this coun-
try, will, when complete, extend from Du-
luth and Thompson, on Lake Superior, to
| Puget Sound, and also Mt a point at or near
| Portland, Oregon. There are now completed
and in operation 99I miles, and Dol miles
more will be completed by July LIST next. In
addition to this mileage there will remain to
be constructed !, 4l0 miles, which will give
the completed line total length of 1909
| miles. The preferred outstanding stock of
the company is $4,000, 900, and the common
stock $40 00O0.-Chicago Journal
A correspondent of the st. Paul Pioneer
Press heads Fargo communication thus:
Jay Cookies Prophecy-He Foresaw the
Future of the Great Northwest, but the
World Ridculed His Visions of the New
Empire-His Dream of Empire Has Already
been realized and His Prophecy Verified in
the Dawn of its Development-But Decade
has Passed since he Prophesied and the Wise
Men of the East Laughed him to Scorn-
Now They Recognize the Precision of His
Foresight by Seeking Investment for their
Hoarded Wealth" 1t is predicted by this
writer that the Northern Pacific railroad will
succeed in Importance the Union and Central
Pacific roads with their $4,000, 900 of bust
ness annually.
The Yellowstone Journal states that track
laying has been stopped at Glendive, and
that "a force of men are making ties on the
Rosebud for the railroad.
Whether the N. p. r. r. shall strike us
here, or Helena, we doubtless are both des-
tined to have railroads soon. Montana is evil
iently just upon the threshold of the era of
railroads. With its broad and fertile valleys,
its increasing population, and its growing
material interests, IL affords one of the most
promising fields for railroad building and
operation of the great West. Capitalists and
railroad men are not slow to perceive this,
md the next decaIe will doubtless make an
era of the advancement of the iron horse to !
smoke through every valley, skirt every hill
and mountain side. The future business of /
the country requires it, notwithstanding ad- !
verse opinions railroads have come to be a |
necessity to the development of any country. |
Foreign countries see this. Mexico, so long
under tyranical domination, sees and acts |
upon this principle, and is coming out of her
former religious thraldom. The past ten
years history of Colorado illustrates the
fact what railroads can do for a far away
country. Cor. Dillon Tribune, 3D.
Bedford correspondent informs the Her.
aid that the Northern Pacific surveyors are
now busily at work east and west of that
place. The Chenoweth and Van vliet par
ties made in that neighborhood connection
with their preliminary lines, and directly
after, by order of Colonel Dodge, were turned
back over their respective surveys to estab-
lish the locating line. The Chenoweth party,
working back west, win consume ten days OF
! fortnight in reaching Helena The twenty
i've mile grading contract down the Deer
Lodge from the mouth of the Little Black
loot will probably be extended to seventy
i've or one hundred miles, and the strong
working torce now there kept constantly en-
oloyed through the summer and autumn 1t
3 also likely that tunnel force will attack
he main range from both sides as early as
September, completely armed and equipped
or that important piece of work. We ven
ure the guess that Colonel Dodge will have
his full complement of machinery, tools and
upplies for tunnel operation laid down in
Benton before the end of July. In that event
lis working forces may be expected to be ]
Employed in gouging out pathway through
he range before autumn has fairly. set in
Herald, July1.
The graders OF the Utah & Northern Rail- ,
Dad are within two or three miles of Silver
Bow, and steady progress il being made in
he "on to Butte march. The terminus is
low substantially located at Melrose, which
We are informed is putting on the airs of
hriving little town.
Col J. T. Dodge, engineer-in-chief Of the ]
socky Mountain Division of the Northern
'acific railroad, returned from his West Side
rip on Monday. The Colonel is full of bust
ess, being constantly on the move looking
tier the various surveying parties in the
ED, etc, but .his does not hinder him from
,akIng his headquarters in Bozeman-Bore-
.an Courier.