The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-03-21
Railroad Racket.

The Northern Pacific reached Boze-
man Thursday evening last.
The new depot at Deer Lodge will
be completed in a few days.
The earnings of the Northern Pa
cifc for the fourth week in February
increased $1,000.
The U. & n. north bound trains
are coming in heavily laden with
passengers and freight.
The passenger fare from Helena to
st. Paul has been fixed at SOS, and to
New York it. will be about a hum
dred.
Work will next week be resumed
on the incomplete grade r Last
Chance gulch. A fortnight or more
will be required to complete the job.
Gallatin county had its first rail-
road accident a few days ago, a
heavy locomotive, together with the
ties and rails, going into the ditch at
a sharp curve.
Pullman palace sleepers are now
run through from Portland to Pend
d. Oreille, and will be extended east
ward from time to time as road build
ing progresses.
The n. P. bridge at Pend d. Oreille
Is progressing rapidly; but there is a
strong probability that the track
layers will be delayed at this point
pending the completion of the bridge.
After passing the Pend d'Oreille
river, track laying progress will be
very rapid to Marents' gulch, and
it is altogether probable that by the
time the n. p. road arrives there the
Marents' gulch bridge will be ready
for its riders.
The Helena Herald says: Win
ston Bros, having got the steel rail-
road track into BcZeman, have their
men at work putting down sidings
to accommodate construction trains
bringing rails and other material
from the east side Of the Belt divide.
Commencing next week, some extra
swift track-laying will be witnessed
for thirty miles down the Gallatin
valley.
The Boise Statesman says: 1t is
now pretty definitely settled that a
branch road will be built from the
canyon up this river to Boise City,
and that the depot grounds Will be
located north of town. The umo
and town talk that the main line is
to come this way, and that work on
Indian Creek, fifteen miles south of
here, has been stopped, has no :oun-
dation.
Late information reports fifteen
miles of washout between Portland
and the end of the N. P. track.
There arc sixteen miles of new rails
between the end of track and the
washouts, and. therefore, but that
distance of track carrhe laid until the
breaks are repaired and more rails
brought forward.
Mullen tunnel is in 1865 feet, full
size, from the east end, and a heading
from the west end is cut out for a
distance of about 1900 feet, leaving
800 feet to be done before daylight
will be let through the range. SUI
perintendent Muir considers it safe
to predict that the tunnel will be
completed and ready for the track by
the first of August.
We r in receipt of the initial
number Of the Montana ChWchman,
published at Virginia City, Rev.E. G.
Proutt, editor. The CHurchman is
devoted to the interests of the Epis-
copal Church and to the teaching of
the gospel, and will be valuable Is d
gatherer and dissemination of church
news. The number before us is a
neat specimen Of Typography, and
evinces All editorial ability deserving
of great success.
The management of the Pavilion
desire to correct the impression that
some people are under, that lady Wis
itors are charged an admission fee
after l o'clock p. III. The rule ap-
plies only to a charge for skating af-
ter that hour.
Information is wanted of George
Chemicals, who is supposed to be
in Utah. His wife is
now III this city, and will be thank
full for any info. nation as to her hus-
bands whereabouts. Utah papers
please copy.
Fred Bestenbostel one of the par
ties to the fracas at the bal mdsQue
last Thursday night has been in
dicted by the Grand jury for assault
with intent to kill. He gave bail in
the sumo of $1,000 and was released
from custody.