The semi-weekly miner., 1882-08-02

4N w. - =,
1An1nAD 1DVvA
n 1fon1ana hon 1oeoe a ~
0o0OoOa
A 1eeo q ggodess Will beg1n wesk
p ~ botte0 below NeAdoV's Mill,
Dess0as, iss ~ dnyA
Abeut three- -i6usthe q Tie roate of
~ Nosthesu Paei1e b now oPsn By
NIL.
Dootoa expects TIE Canadian Pa-
eiAe h 90 year, and the Northern
Haei1e IN two yeass.
The Ncethsrn Raei0e has 600
Ne. ard l, - hessese employed II the
eoostrue4io0 Wogk west a 0isso0)a.
Two thoC and Chinamea have
arrived q Pcstlaad 70 work Sog tbo
Nostbesn Pacific road at >l.& pr
day.
Tmek b .bsing hid at the sats of
two ni)s per day % the Northern
Paci1e this s1de Il Cabinse Land
Ing.
Some II the cootgaetess o. the
Utah 1 Northern ase finishing up, q
have completed and are moving to
ether lines.
Within the last month . rock and
gravel cut at Cabinet Landing, 100
fsst loog and usesssitating The ~
moval q 5000 Guide yards, was In
hhed.
There b hardly . stretch Of ten
miles at any ose plees II The gap
betweea Tie two e0ds Of the Moth
en- Pseiac in which hbocesD ass not
at wosk a. tunnels, cuts OF grades.
According b present sstinates the
whole u the gsads % Clasks Fork
division of TIE Noethesn Pacific, ex-
tesding from . fsw miles west of
Nullan tunnel 70 The junction o( the
Pen d'OFeille and TIE Nissouls river,
. distasee of $50 miles, viii b con-
pleted this season..
NJ. Hermann Trott, acting land
agent q The Northern Pacific, he's ~
eeived . letter addressed to him per-
soually BY representatives of . Swiss
colony. They ars said to possess q
cash capital of>l0o. 900. = portion con-
trihuted By capitalists who desire to
assist their poeees eoaotrymen In
obtaining homes In the West. The
letter made inquiries asto lands, etc.,
the answers to which. viii pr,bably
result In osyantzation "fthe company
and forwarding q the emigrants to
Montana.
Work = pgogreost1G on the western
extention of The Manitoba railroad
from Grand Forks.
Friday laet the 6vst passenger train
esnDaed the Big Horn aud caJule - lar
- Pompey's Pillar, twenty-five
miles the o1her side of Billings.
The Fargo Argxs interviewed Chief
Enxineer Andenon, Of the Northern
Pacific, reeeutly and learned from
that RentIeman that the work Of con"
xtructiOn o. the Benton branch
would be commenced ~ soon - the
route IL determined upon. Mr.. An
rers0n says the Rad will probably
leave the main line at Bll1inGs.
The Northern Pacific thrOngh its
attorney, Grey, hes answered the In
terroGat0vies of the house judiciary
committee. He says the cost Of com
struction and the equipment Of the
l.9O miles II road cnlp)eted May ]
h 963. .5OO, ON amount OF meuey real
i1ed from sale of land Of the gOvern-
ment grant. 81, ,5O0, 900 covering the
receipts Of 80, QUO acres.
The Rirer Press says thar men of
Norhern Montana are disctRsimg .
line Ut railway toc0nnect the Canada
Pacific with the Missouri river. Such
line must, In the near tcture. have
it's existence. Its l0utheTn terminus h
. matter open TO debate. As matters
stand 1t present the most likely route
woulal ue through. the midst 0t the
Sun river aud adjaasut stock country,
connecting with tho system Of rail-
ways centering In Helena, thus rsasa'
ing through our own Important stock
ranches and farms.
TIE Beuton papess aay It 10 pretty
&c, tain that the Arrow Creek route IA
Benton will not be adopted, and for
several eutstantial reas,ns. The Ju-
di,h route will ultimately be adopt
es)-and thence across the Judith b.
sin. bet ween the Snowy Judith
mountains, to the Yellowstone river
at or near . point known ~ Froz.-tO'
Death. This is one Of the routes mark
ed out for this party to survey, but
We venture to say that the latter pan
Of Il. from the basin TO the Yellow
stone, will not be adopted by the
company. The Benton branch will
come through the Judith Gap.
The revised map Of the Northern
Pacific, just got out by Genesal Pas
senger Agent C.. K. Barnes, speaks
volumes 1or his industry In bringing
; out every detail to . nicety. Tle
road 10 not only delineated faithfully,
together with jts connections east,
: sooth and west, taking In the tier ol
States fronl the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, but the illustrations give IN
prominent relief ~ idea Of the pro
ductive capacities Of the countries
trayensed BY the line. The pictures
Of mining and graxing In Montana,
harv.stinx IN Dakota, and lumberins
on the Columbia river. partially
summarize the resources Of the
country, while the grand scenery IN
/ the National Park and other attrac
tions are duly presented in picturinel
, In the other PORTIONS Of the map
The whole map IL Of value tn any one
interested In the development Of thu
Northern Pacific system, and II,
tributary States and Territories.
; The important work IN hsnd nexl
to carrying the Northern Pacific
through Montana. b the construction