The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-15

00llro0d Racket.
The Utah and Northern will have
three eide tracks at Deer Lodge.
The end Ut the Northern Pacific
sajlrund track b within nity mikes III
Booensan.
o. TIE llrst ot November Nosthsrn
RAd0e stock Va qut,ted ut. Conn
noo, Ss!; pss'ssrsd, 80.
The Northern Pacific has COM
menct,d the construction Of = freight
depot a. the south aide Of the rail-
mad track At Fittings.
A Nosthern Pacific llsilroad round.
hoase, With stalls for - engines, win,
be erected IN the spring upon the de-
pot grounds at Bozeman.
Rufus Hatch says the bismarck
Northern PArilic railroad bridge over
the Missouri river Is the finest rail-
road bridge IN the world.
The old Jay Cooke stock In the
Northern PAciIi: railroad, which was
way down 1t one time to ten cents o.
the dollar, reac!,ed par On the 18th Of
September.
The Northern Pacific Railroad has
recently established . through ex.
press 10 Bozeman from Eastern cities.
The rates arr quite low In compari-
son with previous charges over other
routes.
Mandan l. IL become = division
end on the Northern Pacific. The
headquarters VI the Missouri division
will he established at that point.
Round houses. car shops and division
headquarters will he built.
The MssIrt"Iu'aM II Of the opinion
that II the Utah 4 Northern should
build its Helena and Dillon line, It
viii build . branch from Centerville
to the Springs, or through the Isarker
and Montana distSicts to BENTON.
In round numbers. the Northern
Pacific's railroad bridge at Bismarck
cost seoo, QUO; the approaches, protec-
ZION dykes, rip-raps, etc., $l0y 900
more. The bridge Is considered by
scientific men and experienced ex-
perts the best structure III the hind
and the very lowest cost.
Tue Oregon Short Line Railway
from Granger, Wyoming, to Baker
City, Oregon, will be iS6 miles. II the
present survey ed route Is used. The
road /. completed 200 miles, leaving
320 miles to buil<l. The grading Oh
100 miles of this Is nearly completed,
and q large f;'rce Of men and teams
are engaged on the work.
Probably the largest and best paid
army in the world H. that composed
Of the railroad employees IN this co,,n.
try, they numbering about ,:sO, 'A0,
with 4x,, OCO ut work on railroad COM
or l,0O0,0 men In all.
This IL about One-eight VI the work
INK force Of the country, reckoning
only adult males.
The pile driver was put In position
Monday, and b driving piles far the
wagon brielg. connecting West Deer
Lodge with the old town. The
bridge will lie put In wide enough
TOR wagons to pass abreast, and It Is
contemplated to put on . side walk
for foot passengers beside. Mr.. l..
f. Dakin has charge Of the work.
which h sufficient assurance that It
win be we'll done.
Rufus Hatch. accompanied by q
party Of capitalists, will make this
Territory another visit this month.
N,w Nosthwcxt: O'Neil's track layers
will probably complete the laying Of
the L. 4 n. track to moutl, Of Little
Blackfoot by Monday next. The
road north If Deer Lodge will not
Ike surfaced" this year. There are
places on the line requiring
rip-rapping Immediately, aud the
trains will probably he
put on that work Ut once.
The engineer party in charge OF
the survey Of the branch railway
from billings to benton will start
out In . few days. They will survey
from billings to the mouth Of the
river, . distance Of about
seventy-live miles, ~ u good line has
l,een found from the Musscl-
shell to Benton. .\lx,ut two months
will b. required tn complete the sur
vcy. 1t is generally believed that It
wilt tc finally decided to have the
Benton branch diverge from the
main line ut Billings, instead Of II
point nearer BOzenlan.
The Northern Pacific surveyors
having the line for the branch Of the
Jamestown Northern To AOOse river
and tho boundary line, have returned
to Bismarck, where they await or.
ders. It Is presumed that they will
be ordered to proceesl with the Bu-
ford bramcl, Of the Northern Pacific
from bismarck. This proposed line
hae been indicated on all the maps
issued Of late BY the Northern Pacific
Company. aud there Is no doubt
graiin1 will lie commenced early
next season. This will open W a
vast tract II farming land, anil prove
one Of the main lines hest feeders.
1t u the in,cntion, ultimately, to