The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-12-11
Railroad Notes.

There will be i've tunnels ON the MOI
tana Central line between Helena and
Great Falls. One is 800 feet long.
Ten cars of steel rails have been re-
ceived by the Montana Union. 10 be used
in relaying portions of the track north OF
Stuart.
The office of the End vice president of
the Northern Pacific will be removed to
Tacoma Jan. Is, 1887. General Anderson
will fill it.
The Cascade division of the Northern
Pacific is nearing completion, only SIX
miles being unfinished, and by early
spring the road Will be in full operation
to Puget Sound.
Miner: A party of Union Pacific civil
engineers, under direction of n. c. Ray,
have been ordered to Beaver Canyon, to
change the alignment preparatory for the
broadening of the guage next spring.
The last spike was driven last Friday
in the road connecting the Northern Pa
citic and Northwestern roads at Oakes,
Dakota which will give direct communi-
cation between north and south Dakota.
The Union Iron works of San Francisco
are constructing steel screw steamer of
thousand tops, and to cost 100000, for
the Canadian Pacific Navigation CON-
pany. It will be used as feeder to the
Canadian Pacific on Puget sound.
A company has been incorporated to
build line from New Orleans, La, to
Bismarck, Dakota. The new road will
be the New Orleans and Fort Scott rail
way, and is part of the Kansas, Nebraska
and Dakota railroad recently organized
The Northern Pacific has issued a cir
cular giving synopsis of the game laws
in effect in the different states and terri
tories through which the road passes, and
instructs agents to refuse to transport all
game which is not authorized by the diff
ferent laws named therein.
Bad Lands Cow Boy: Owing to the
number of cattle killed by trains lately in
the Bad Lands the railroad compay is
considering the advisab1l1ty of putting ON
track riders between here and Glendive.
So far this winter, the losses would have
more than twice over paid the expenses
of the riders.
A special from Pacific Junction, Iowa,
says: A movement is about to be made
by the Union Pacific that will be one of
the utmost importance IN its effect on rail
roads all over the country It is the
adoption by this road of the twenty -four
hour o'clock scheme on its entire system,
beginning with the new year.
River Press: Word was received in
the city last evening that the surveyors
coming from the east are within eighty
five miles of Fort Benton, and are rapidly
working this way, not only running a
preliminary survey but are actually To-
eating the road. They have written to
one of our business firms to secure con-
siderable quantity Of oats for their teams,
indicating that they intend to fight it out
on the line all winter if necessary. 1t is
probable that they will be here in few
weeks Mr.. Barclay, who was chief en-
gineer of the Gait road, and who is we'll
known here, is in charge Of one of the
parties; and Mr.. Roberts, who we believe
was at the head of the Northern Pacific
survey that ran a line from Billings to
this city some years ago, is also with
them. AS the country is most favorable
for railroad construction, they are moving