The semi-weekly miner., 1884-08-02
THE BUTTE q ATLANTIC 3. r.
Articles Of Incorporation Filed.

Ie9terday articles Of incorporation Of the
Butte 4 Atlantic Railroad Company were fled
In the clerks ONCE of Silver Bow county. The
corporation Is composed ofsome Of the substan-
uai citizens Of Butte, Dillon and Virginia City.
Ihe road IL to beg n at Gallatin station and
run to Butte with branches from the main
line to Dillon and Virsiuis City. The main
Line u to be u miles long. The surveys have
been run and the estimates made. It follows
The route the Northern Pacific railroad should
have taken and would have taken but for the
ppo.ed commercial advantages Helena had
over Butte. About Is miles Of the road will
have grade of l16 feet to the mi Q. The bal
q &c 'fthe grade will not EXCEED in any place
6 feet to the mile and large part Of 1t will not
be more than ten feet to the mile. The curva-
ture on the whole route is good. The elevation
Of the p s. through which the road IL to 70 Il
6, '95 ct above tide water. This is $40 feet
lower than the Union taciHc summit at her
man. The pass is traversed by wagons during
the entire winter season, and it ID believed that
there will be no necessi y of having . snow
shed on any PIT of the route.
There viii. be about sixteen miles of heavy
work crossing the main range Of the Rocky
Mountains. This will consist principally of
open rock cuts aud one or two high tre>tles
No tunnels will be necessary. The cut at the
summit it IL estimated will not exceed 10000
cubic yards of rock. but this Is mainly soft
granite and easily worked. The remainder OF
the work will be for tn most part light EN-.
hankment with occasional small rock cuts in
the bluffs There will be three truss bridges to
crOss the Gallatin, Madison and jefferson rivers.
II WILL be much more easy and econ0mi
Cal line to operate than Is the route the North.
IN Pacific took to get over tie range. On that
route there ars eixhleen miles with a grade of
ll6 feet to the mile, and about eight more with
grade of 100 feet to the mile, while between
Townsend and Helena there are about twelve
miles wi grade of so feet to the mi Q. In
order to get up the range expensive cuts and
Ills. high trestles were necessary. And in
order to 0per to the road successfully during
the winter, snow sheds and fences must be kept
in repair and snow pows kept going across the
range ahead of almost every train, because of
the drifting snow. On the proposed road there
will be no necessity for a snow shed and 1t is
thought that the snow plows may be dispensed
wi except lmmmediately alter heavy storm
uf snow.
The proposed road has advantages over the
proposed extension Of the Wickes branch to
Butte. The country be weeu Wickes and Butte
is q very rough one and the construction OF
tn railroad would require tunnels, high trestles
deep cuts, short curves. heavy grades, aud IN
WIN er it is doubtful if the read could be oper.
aled on account Of snow that falls In the
country through which it would pass.
The country to be traversed by this Butte and
Atlantic railroad abOunds in natural resources
agricultural and mineral The Gallatin, Jeffer-
son, RUBY and Beaverhead vale 8 through
which the ad and its branches are to run are
all fine agric altural valleys from hve to twenty
i've miles wide and have been cultivated many
years. The Jefferson valley Is Que of the warm.
est il Lot the warmest in the Territory. Spring
opens out here sooner than IN any Of the neigh
bsring valleys The Ruby and Beaverhead
va leys are but branches Uf the jefferson with
he same fertility aud resorces.
This road also opens some very promising
mining camps At the head of the Pippstone
ire So. 9 leads that are considere very goUd
They are rich as far they have been prospecled.
A number of new locations have recently bee.
made in this district, m'st Of them silver but
some OF god. This road also opens out the Pony
district MarveL us stories of the richness of
this district are ginning to circulate. The
oranch to Di Ion passes through Silver Star.
The road also will be great help to Butte in
the Way Of bringing in wood and coal. The
Utah Il Norlheru has the monopoly OF the coal
.ade but this road will bring in coal fiom
Bozeman and places on the Northern Pacific
~oad which will red Ice the price nearly half.
This corporation was not formed for mere
bluff or newspaper notori-ty. 1t is com
posed of some OF the most sub tantial business
men of Butte. Dillon and Vlrginia City. Il is
their intention to lul this road through. Fina
surveys AMI all pre- iminary work is to be done
this tall aud winter, and as soon as the 50 ,son
permits next spring the work will be pushed
through. The advantages of this ronte have
presented themselves 70 thee m n. 1t Is the
>hortest possible route from Blu le to the eastern
cities. This rJute will save 80 miles over the
route by way Of Garrison and 27S niles over tue
way by Pocat llo Besides it brings the U. p.
aui N. P rvads into direct cou petition here IN
Butte. All govd citizens of Butte bid the gen.
tlemen who have taken hold OF 1t God speed.