The new North-west., 1883-01-05
RAIL ROAD NOTES.
As They Are Picked Up PromiscuousIy.


The next terminus Of the western portion
of the Northern Pacific will be at n. Lynch's
place, upper end of Horse Plains.
Leesburgh Is the name of IL new railroad
town about fourteen miles this side of Weeks
vile. Heavy rock work will be- done at that
place.
The Benton branch of the Canadian Pacific
is a settled fact, and surveyors will take the
field early in the spring On to Benton is the
cry from north to south.-Record.
A Y and side track are being put in at
Thompson Prairie, about a mile and n half
below Thompson river, and there is a pre-
vailing impression that a station, with ma
chine shops. roundhouses, etc, is to be
dropped there. Speculation is therefore rife,
and ranches are being seized on.
The Chicago Tribune says: The roads of
this section are more an more inclined to
abolish free passes, though hone dares to
takes the initiative yet. About twelve per
cent. of the entire Passenger business Is said
to be free, aul all the ruadS suffer immensely
from the deadhead system. \ prominent
General Manager said ye>terday that until
all passes of all kind, AMI all free or reduced
transportation are abolished, IL is useless TO
talk of curtailing this great and growing
evil.
An arrangement recently made provides
for the running ofthrough Pullman cars from
New York City 10 Portland, Oregon, over the
Pennsylvania. Che go, Milwaukee & st.
Paul and Northern Pacific, to 90 into effect
rs soon ii the connection is made across the
continent during the coming summer. The
contract for this system of through cars was
recently closed during an eastern visit of Mr..
Pullman. 1t will be the only route over
which through cars will go from ocean to
ocean.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company
pays S. ,0J0 taxes in Missoula county. This
represents only the tax on onpersonal property.
If the roadbed, etc., had been taxed l. would
have brought the amount up to s2l 600. There
was some doubt rs to the proprety of taxing
anything except the personal property, and
inasmueh rs there was suit in progress in
Custer county with regard to that very ques-
tion, it was deemed advisable to wait for the
termination of the suit before taking definite
action concerning the taxing of road bed, etc.
The largest engine ever built for railway
in the Untrd States passed through Ogden
ON Tuesday last. This locomotive il the first
of twenty-five now being built and designed
for use on the Southern Pacific road. The
total length Is 90 feet / Z inches; the weight Of
the engine, in running order, is $4,000 lbs :;
the weight of the tank is 63,000 bs.; the ca.
pacity Of the tank is 5000 gallons Of water
and six tons of coal; the diameter of the cyl
Under Is nineteen inches, with thirty-inch
stroke. The engine is calculated to haul
nineteen cars, or 3SS. tons, up a l05 foot grade
and on an average eight degree curve, which
is the same load that two ordinary ten
wheelers take.-Pilot.
Mr. j. +. FAINT, who has just gone on the
Deer Lodge and Ogden line, making five
Messengers now running, left the Wood
River country Dec. 2Ith. The iron was then
laid on the Oregon Short Line to point u
miles west Of Pocatello, and to within 80
miles of Wood River Junction. Track was
being laid hy 200 men at the rate Of one TO
one and one-quarter miles per day. The
grading was completed TO Wood River
Junction excerpt three or four days work
Wood River Junction is 1o5 miles from
Boise and grading is going on along the en-
tire distance. The company gives free trans
portation from all points on their lines west
of the Missouri river to persons who propose
to work on the road.
Pen d0reille lake is commonly reported to
be 60 miles long, but Superintendent Fordycs
states that IL is 45 miles; 30 miles Of this dis
tance being east Of the bridge and 10 miles
west. The bridge over the neck Of the lake
is s,400 feet long, and the channel. at low
water, is one-fourth OF mile wide. The
length of piling ON which the bridge Is con-
structed is 100 feet, the same being some dis
tance into bed of sand and gravel. At low
water the depth OF the channel is 20 feet.
| This year the water rose % feet, and spread
out the entire length Of the bridge. The first
train crossed th. bridge on the 10th of last
March. The sand Of the lake is excellent for
glass and fre-brick. The Montana line Is two
miles east of Cabinet Landing and 30 miles
eat OF the town Of Pen doreiIle or Sand
Point.