The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-22

Aalno0d Racket.
The Northern Pacific adverlises In
ID. Walls Walla papers for nfty
house and bridge carpenten to go to
the ftoot.
The Bososnan tunnel II icing I'd
vanced, bat less rapidly than the
Nullan tnnnel The ground h very
damp, requiring close timberlng.
A number Of new engines are en-
rostc from the East for the Northern
Haei0c, to be used On the Sound,
Pend d'Oreille andC lark's Fork divi-
slons.
A new telegraph wire h to b
stretched along the line Of the North.
EN- Pacific Railroad to accommodate
the rapidly increasing telegraphic
business along TIE line.
Owing to the frozen condition ct
the ground and other difficulties en-
countersd by the construction paIty'
the Arunf Courier thinks the North.
esn Pacific track will hardly reach
Boeea,an this winter.
During the past month over 1. Co.,
0oopoands u freight wese received 1t
Dillon BY the Utah and Northern.
This h the largest receipt Of freight
for any one month since the town
was founded.
November 18th the new sche.lule
Of time on the Northern Pr
eide coaeh line between Helena
and Boeeman went into effect. Dur
the winter 1t will require two days to
make the trip each way.
Prestdsnt Dillon, General Manager
Clark Of the Union Pacific Railway,
and party, under the chsrye> Of Sup
erintentlent Egbert, arrived ut Ogden
BY special train on the 9Oth. aud pro-
ceetled to Salt Lake City.
General Land Agent stone IL en-
gaged In laying out . new town ut
Townsend's, near Ceutreville, and
about forty miles southeast Of
Helena. The main street from the
Northern Pacific depot will be eighty
feet wide. and all other streets sixty
feet wide.
The west.boun.i passenger train
which left Bismarck at $50 sunday
evening struck q bad joint In the
rails when q few miles west Of Glen
dive, and the smoker aud baggage
car were thrown from the track and
badly demolished. The train was
running about twenty miles an hour.
A few train men were hurt slightly.
Within the last two years there
have been built at the n. T.. shops In
Tacoma TOT cars, to-wit: 4Ol dat ears,
81 box Cars, $50 coal CARS and ) mail
and baggage can. OF these, two Of
the mail and baggage cars. all Of tho
coal hoppe's, 1s7 Of the flat AID .
considerable number Of the box cars
were kept on the Pacific division. the
balance having been sent to the Pen
d'Oreille division. All Of the rolling
stock OF this latter divi~ion, except
the locomotives and passenger
coaches, were made ut Tacoma.
There will he IL bridge crossings In
the % miles Ut railroad east Of Mis-
soula. Eleven Of these bridges are
over what IL known u; the Deer
Lodge river. Below the mouth Of
the big Blackioot the stream IL
known - the the Missoula river.
The first bridge over the Missoula is
about six miles above town, and will
consist Of two spans Of lOl feet q
inches each. The second crossing r.
about three miles above town and
will he . two span bridge, Ia feet 6
inches to the span. A bridge over
the big Blackfo foot will be.one span Of
lup feet. The plans and charts Of all
these structures are under the
efficient supervision Of Nj. H. J.
Howe, who has also maps Of the tres
tie work over MOrentx aud Okeeflie
gulches-tl,c former heing III feet 10
inches high and the latter, O'Kset'e
xulcl,. |, OOO feet Long,. Misso,'i;0".