The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-08
rHE NORTH ERN PACIFIC
Engineers at Work-Four Routes Across the
Main Ro~ky.Rsnge

w. poted m Last issue the al rival OF Col. >.
II. Dodge, Engineer of the Rocky Moun'+"h
Division OF tpe Northern Paci NC Raj 'road:
and NeSs,s. Chruowi,h aid Watson, en"i-
neer aud ,opogtapher Of .he saTe Company.
On Saturday hey weJt down 40 L:,i'e Back
foot and met ,hs surveying ph " which has
been working down ,ae BELL Gaze ana de-
youa MiSSouia the past W B.er. Ii copsis's
Of ~i.tepn or righ,ren men. The pave ajaih
comm uced ope. "a, OBS at The mou'h OF Lit
~. n .ick :not aud will make working surveys
The Rocky NORMAN Division extends from
Mouth Of Lutte Blackfoot TO Eepsons Land-
ing on the Yellowstone, but temporarily
Col. Dodge has also charge Of portion oil
the Clarke'- Fork division, extending rom
Little BDackfoot westward. Hetraversed the
Hoe nearly Ia Bear NOAH and re.urped here
| his week After traGsacting some preiiini-
nav business he will go 10 Bozeman, exam
| N. that por,iou of hisdiv:sion, aud probably
thereafter make hr:.dq IA, sers at Helena Tor
| The summer.
| The location of the Rocky Mountain divi"-
| .on Of the Northern Pacific Il one oil great
| Importance 10 various portions OF Montana
| anil Of extreme Importance to the company.
rb. interest of the several localities il TO Ne
| cur. IL to them selves; of the company To
find the most direct and practicable route be-
tween Mile, CITY aud VI ,ssoua. IL il proba-
bile the Ca,iotte pas route will not enter into
| the problem. Ii h fair To assume II favorable
| concession can be had of the Grows for right
| of way over their reservation that the valley
| routt. IN tbs Yellowstone To point near
| Il ,z.Inau will receive most favo able con>id
| er,tiou and the road would cross Into the
| GaIlatin valley from that point. This would
leave four passes of the IN ain range 10 Ut
considered by the eugincer,. Looking from
the West Side, the first Of these passes east
ward of Mis,ou'a il up the LiItie BiacStoo
and theuc. down Ten Mile or Grrenhorn
which would tahe tue road by Helena, up tbs
M.souri to the Three Forks and thence nj
tls Gallattu. The secoud IL the route whici
Coionet Roberts' engineers started TO exam
inc in ~ or 70, but were misles and did no
reach. 1t !. approached by Dry Coaonwoo'
Greek, which empties into the Deer Lodg
n miles south of this town and heads to tn
-outh, where 1t Is separated from the sout
Fork Of Boulder by 1. low divide, dow
which there il au excellent route to the de
I frsou near the Three Forks. The thir
j. by the head Of Deer Lodge valley TO silye
. | Bow Butte aud theuce across the Pipeaton
. | Pass to the Jeffrison. The fourth L. the De,
Lodge Pass, on which the line ha' been loo
= .ei siuce i;72
, or three route, tue Dry Cottonwood an
boulder l. the shortest, IL direct roul
can he obtiiu-d from Boul l.
:, Valley 10 the Threr Fork. the P'psst'ne Il
n next; the Ltd. Biacktoot and .i~na tni''
it md ths Dear Loizs pass route the longes
loves, and a,sst. Each Of the Other" pr
vent considerable engineering obstacles b.
IL IN believed all are practicable. 1t Is one
these four that wilt be .eiected. Should ii
ROAD from any cause dsheci north from u
Yellowstone Mt or below Shield River, u
Little Biackfoot rout. will mot likely be :
let Il should it com ria Boz nmah one
the other rout !, ha, better chance, aud,
tue engineering iithcultie~ ar not too gre'
the dir.ctness of the Bju! Ter route will col
+" mend 1t very favorably. Al! the other. ha'
y been surveyed and this latter will BE- with
few weeks.