The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-07-03
LIVINGSTON MONTANA, SATURDAY, JULY 1886
Railroad Notes.

i Railroad Notes.
The Manitoba line is being EXTENDED
west from Devils Lake at the rate of tw'
miles per day.
The first train from Montreal to Van
couver, via the Canadian Pacific, lef
Montreal Monday. The 5000 miles wer'
made in l38 hours.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul railway ha.
filed $5,OO0,000 mortgage in Burleigf
county. Dakota. which means that it,
lines are to be extended to Bismarck. and
the Rock Island is following fast after
them. Both lines have surveyors in the
field in that direction.
It was learned in st. Paul from semi
official sources that new brick depot and
hotel on the Northern Pacific right of way
at Billings is project on the eve of con-
summation. The rapid development of
the city and its tributary territory would
seem to warrant this improvement.
G. S. Fee, general ticket agent of the
Northern Pacific, has issued circulars at
Fort Keogh to the effect that all officers
with their families and attendants, and all
enlisted soldiers, will be furnished in fu-
ture with unlimited tickets at one half
rate from all places east of Walla Walla
Junction to St. Paul.
The annual reunion meeting of the
members of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers located on the northwestern
roads was held at Madison, Wisconsin, on
Sunday last. Over five hundred engineers
we're present. The next meeting will he
held in either Fargo or Brainerd, as the
engineers of those places may determine.
The date is also left to them.
The contract has been let for grading
the Minnesota and Northwestern from
Freeport to Chicago, 100 miles, to Shep-
ard, Winston & Co., and the line is ex-
pected to be completed by the first of
next season. From Dubuque to Freepolt
the Illinois Central will be temporarily
used, and also the terminal facilities of
the Wisconsin Central in Chicago.
The Chicago and Northwestern railway
is extending its Elkhorn valley branch
rapidly through southwestern Dakota into
southeastern Montana. Trains are ex-
pected to be running into Rapid City to-
day, from which point the line is being
surveyed and let in the direction of Fort
Fetterman. The company is after the
cattle shipments of Montana and Wyo-
ming.
At recent meeting of the stockholders
of the St. Paul & Northern Pacific held
in New York, the following directors
were elected: Robt. Harris, Edward D. |
Adams Frederick Billings, c. B. Wright,
c. H. Coster, Thos. F. Oakes and Jas B.
Williams. The following officers were
chosen from the directory: Robt. Harris,
president; E. D. Adams, vice president;
Geo. S. Jones, secretary and treasurer.
A fracas was occasioned at Missoula
one day last week by the attempt OF man
named Merriam, who is designated as
'scab" by the Brotherhood of Brakemen,
to run train out of that place as conduc-
tor. The Brotherhood men set upon
Merriam's brakeman and beat him pretty
BADLY, and in the excitement Merriam
ired few shots into the crowd, when an
'fficer took him to the lookup and the
rain was run by another conductor.
Articles of incorporation of the Mon
ana Union railway company were filed
With the territorial secretary on Monday
asst. This is the company now engaged
n widening the gauge of the Utah &
Northern between Helena and Butte. The
ollowing are the incorporators: Charles
francis Adams, Jr., Frederick L. Ames,
J. R. Galloway, Robt. Harris, BENJAMIN
,. Cheney, J. Lewis Harris and N. j. T.
Jana. 1t is expected that through trains
'etween Helena and Butte will begin run
ing by August 1st.
Independent: Col. c. A. Broadwater
eturned yesterday from his trip to ASSN !
boine, whittier he went on a tour of in
pection of the route of the Montana
Jorthern railway, which is to run from
Ileat Falls to the Canadian line via Fort
'enton and Fort Assinaboine. He seems g
cry we'll satisfied with his trip and says I
nat two surveying parties are now in the
eld north of Great Falls. The line will
e located as fast as possible and will be
ut under contract Immediately there
fter. Within sixty days 1000 men will
e at work on the Northern, and before
1e end of the year the road will be in
purse of construction or under contract '
lear to the international boundary. Upon S
'e Montana Central about 1,40O men are \
DIV at work, and grading is in progress -
: the grade completed nearly to Great
alls. It does not seem to be generally >
nderstood that the branch of the Montana b
entral system from Helena to Marys Y
lie is in course of active construction. !
rading is going forward very rapidly .
I'd force of men and teams is strung
ong the route nearly to Marysville. It is h
'nounced that this division will be ready Il
r the iron within sixty days. O
The Crows as Agriculturists. Il
Yellowstone Journal It is learned II
ON J. l.. Cox, one of our stock inspec- y
rs, who is now stationed at the Crow tt
,ency, that the Indians are meeting with b
eat success IN their agricultural ven Il
res. Among the older men of the tribe
any of them nave excellent gardens,
Ill cared for, from which they will be p