The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-28
WORK ON THENORTHERN PACIFIC
ROAD.

ROAD.
The eastern division of the Northern
Pacific Railroad is the Wisconsin, 122
miles long, extending from the Thomson
junction, ON the st. Paul and Duluth
road, to Montreal River, in Wisconsin.
Construction eastward from the junction
to Superior City has commenced, and
will be continued if it can be done this
season, to the crossing Of the Wisconsin
Central Railroad at Ashland or some
Joint south. The location of the entire
division will be made before next Win
ter.
The work on the Missouri division,
which at the close Of last Fall stopped at
point LIS miles west of the Missouri
river and AZ miles east of the Yellow
Stone river, will be ffnishod to the Yel.
low Stone in the month of May.
The whole line Of the Yellowstone di-
vision, 698 miles, from Glendive to the
mouth Of Shields river, has been def
nately located. The maximum grade is
263 feet. Work is vigorously prosecut'
ing and the track is expected to reach
Miles City, rs miles up the river, in the
month of July, and during the season to
be up the river at least 200 miles. A
force of 1000 men is employed on this
and the residue of the Mississipps di-
vision.
In the Rocky Mountain division, 1913
miles long, Immediately west Of the Yel,
lowstone, three surveying parties are in
the field to finally determine which
mountain pass the road shall 90 through.
This work will be completed, the line Ice
Gated, and grading began during the
summer. If il shall be found necessary
to tunnel the mountain summit, prepa-
rations to do so will be made next Fall,
and prosecuted through the Winter, 80
as to have the tnnnels finished when the
line reaches them. m ....l. ..li-
In the next division, Clark's Fork, 2S2
miles, locating parties have been in the
field during the winter; 100 miles have
been definitely located from the eastern
and going west; grading will be com.
menCed from that end by the latter part
of April, and, not much later, work will
be begun at the western end coming
east. .....
Beyond is the Pend d'Oreille division,
209 miles. 1t is expected that the track
will be completed from Ainsworth, on
the Columbia river, to Lake Pend d'Ore.
lille in the month of September. The
work has been delayed by the difficulty
in obtaining ties and timber, first by
reason of low water and then by floods,
00e hundred and eighty.four miles are
graded, and the track is being laid rapid
ly, the material to carry the road to the
Lake being on the ground. A steamboat
will soon be launched on Pend d'Oreille,
to be used in the work of construction.
From the Columbia river westward,
the continuous, short, and straight line
is the Cascade division, 250 miles long,
terminating at Tacoma, on Puget Sound.
To do work on this and the Pend d'Ore'
lille division the papers Of Washington
Territory recently contained ADVERTISE
ments for 1000 laborers 1t is the con-
struction of this Cascade division, the
most important portion of the whole
Northern Pacific road, which the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company has
sought to defeat, first, by Mr.. Henry Viii
lard's efforts to buy up majority of the
Northern Pacific stock; second, by his
injunction proceedings to nullify the
com pany's "residue" common stock. The
surveys of the pass through the Cascade
range will be completed by June 1st. 1t
is surprisingly favorable. As soon as the
location is finished, the, division will be
put under construction. Before that,
work from Ainsworth, going up the Va,
kima Valley toward the range will be
beguA. Ties in large quantities are cut
ting on the line Of the division, and ship.
mehts from New York and Philadelphia
of steel rails and locomotives to Tacoma
have begun. t'a1 '''.I. ,, ''.,Co,,' .u,oy. ,.l
From Ainsworth to Puget Sounds the
River division, down the Columbia. At
Kalama, on the Columbia, forty miles
west Of Portland, starts the 105 miles Of
road which the Northern Pacific has for
some years had in operation to Tacoma.
Surveys and locations are now being
made to connect with Portland these 105
milesof operated road. This forty-mile
link put in, the trade Of Oregon can have
cheap and unobstruCted outlet to the sea
through the deep waters Of Puget Sound.
Of the more important local work, pro-
vision has been made to relay 100 miles
of the road between Fargo and Bismarck
with steel, and for the construction Of
two or three branches as follows
In Dakota fifty miles will be built Of
the Northern Pacific, branch running
southwest from Fargo. and known as the
Fargo and Southwestern Railroad;
Also, the Cseselton branch will be ex-
tended northward to point undeter.
mined, about so miles iie. 81
Also, survey and location will be
made for a branch from jamestown
northwest toward theqMouse river Coun-
try. In certain contingencies Cohstruc-
tion Of this line will be begun and press
ed forward this season. 1-dI lta3no
Also, a survey for q spur toward Fort
Buford, from some point west, of Bis
mRrCk, will be made this summer.
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