The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-15
RAILROAD NOTES,
As They Are Picked Up Pro-
miscuously.

Mr.. Cakes, who represents Willard in the
Northern Pacific Co., accompanied by .
number of prominent railroad men, are
coming over the line of the road from the
West. 1t Is expected they will arrive here
July IS.
The high water suspended track laying in
the vicinity of Glendive. The Bismarck
| Tribune says the road was completed within
/, four miles of Glendive when the workmen
| had 70 stop.
| Last Saturday afternoon the track Of the
| N. r. r. X. was laid into the town Of Spokane
Falls. A gentleman who was present informs
US that the event was made the occasion of a
| general .jamboree," lasting till Sunday
night The track is being laid right through
the town toward the east. 1t is expected
that the track will be laid to the Pen
! d'Oreile lake, sixty miles more, before snow
| flies. The carpenters are building depot at
| Sprague to be- 25xS0 feet in size.-Wdla Wd,la
| Union, july I'd.
Speaking of the Northern Pacific to Call
reporter, in San Francisco, recently, Titus f..
| Cakes, Vice President of the company, said :
1.-THE road as at present completed, repre-
| SCENTS about ! 900 miles in the Fast, from the
Great Lakes to the Dakota border, and about
100 miles on the Pacific Coast. Starting from
| Portland the line runs to the Dalles, along
| the southern shore of the Columbia; thence
TO Umatilla, along the Columbia river. At
Wallnla the road veers to the northeastward,
passing north of Dayton along the Snake, to
Spokane Falls thence to Lake Pen d'Orielle.
Across the Cascade range, from the Dalles to
Umaiilla, distance of i5s miles, nothing is yet
done, and but little from Umatilla to Dakota
A large force OF Cinnamon are engaged upon
the work. From Portland, the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Coinpanys road will be
a connecting link, by way of Reading, to this
city. The latter road is owned by the North.
ern Pacific, and it is understood, win be OPP
Grated by 1t. From Granger, on the Union
Pacific, connecting line is expected to run
through Baker City to Umatilla. 1t is esti-
| mated that $4,000 900 will be expended in
completing and equpping the road. The
capital of the company represents Si00, 000,-
600, and the bonded debt will reach $50, 00O,-
| OOO.n
1t is reported that negotiations with the
Crow Indians, for right of way Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad over the reservation, in
| angurated by Col. j. IT, Dodge, has SO far pro-
crossed satisfactorily, the Indians manifest
ing most conciliatory disposition and
friendly spirit. The interview with the Grow
nation was held at their camp near the Big
Horn, Col. Pierce and Major Pease repre-
senting the railroad company, and John KEEL
Ter his wards. Major Keller has returned to
the Agency, Col. Pierce to Bohemian, and, 1t
is rumored, Major Pease has proceeded to
Washington, To lay the result of the negotia-
| tions before the Interior Department. -Boze-
man Courier, tn
We are informed by Mr.. Morgan, of the N.
p. T.. r., that twelve of the twenty miles
grading in He'll Gate valley is completed
ready for the ties, and work is progressing
steadily on the remaining eight miles. There
are $50 men and 100 teams with scrapers now
engaged on the contract, which will be CON-
plrted in five or six weeks.
There has beer considerable said about
"fifty-mile contract" next below the twenty
mile contract. 1t has not been let in that
way, but the company has contracted with
Mr.. Dunn to continue work on down the
river. after this twenty miles is completed, as
long as the weather will permit. With an
ordinary season the grade will, therefore,
probably be completed to or below Bear
Mouth this fall 1t Is not improbable ar
rangements will be made in the meantime
for rock work in the canon below.