Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-07

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exla1siaa e TIE HaHlinaa & Dakgls lire
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lral1e Sect = fEnn Ipswioh % Banudla.
Daks % miiss. vita Qna in1Grrnediate
zla15on, - Hc1soe. haIf-HaF betu1en.
his eonFietss ~ line fuE So mzlzs
49, Of the 3ameg River lina a. Absrd1Gn
and 80 mii2 from is eastern tarminus
Is HastznRa.
GhisaRo 4 NurthueEasrn-Fhe sxtsn-
siou 81 the James River VaIisg Braneh
of IA Dakota Cenfral fruu Columbia
neEtn % Oakeg. Dieksy county, Dakosa.
u1sfe & Uaeia TIE James River Valley
tEan1h e tns huEthsrn Paciie, vas
opsBed for tEafdo Sepf %. naking lhs
branch is miiae long from Haron nsFih
20 Cakes. where L viii meet the James
River Valley line of ~ Northern Pa
enc. 1hls vii oompiate' 9 NORTH and
a1uth hns a railroad All the way frem
taRkfon 10 Devils Llaks. anolt $50
miiss. worked ~ three eanpanieA 1he
stations and distances from Columbia
On the extanaion ares HonRhton. III
milesi Heaia. 0A5s Lndden, - 81;
Oakea. 9363
s. Paul, Minneapolis q Manitoba
On aha Dsvii's Ilake extension the track
- no9 down for ITO miles from Devils
Lake. and within II miles Of the ssesnd
cxoaaine q M0uss River. whioh 10 70 BE-
ne terminus thts year, and where .
hzldEe u. o fest lonR q required. There
= - miles further On the BeFthoid In
dian reservation, peEmisgioR % cross
gRadlna - 50 b done Tor 90 mIlss west
OF ths reservation, 10 tbs Montana linz,
this year. Az RaRby Janofi0n, 50 miles
vest Of DsVll's Lake, branoh north 70
the Manitoba hse IL being graded and
- % have 80 miles o. traok laid shis
year 1hs Devils Laka exlensicn has
heaa opened for traits 20 TogneK, Oak.
Is miles Uest Of Dssil's Lake and 492
miles from 81 Paul The advantages
OF tue route selected for this ,0ad IN itl
further extension 60 Halena, Montana,
are taus described By Ohisf RnginssI
Dodge:
The route Of the Montana Central Il
the best and most feasible that can ever
be b0ilt from Helena eastward. Ii
maximum grade going east 10 between
here and silver Greek sammis, and 4
emily b fsef per mile. No other grade
on The Montans Central or the Montana
NoFthsF1 viii excsed IS feet per mile.
Beyond the Marias the Rradea will be
much MOTE Favorable still Its hiehssl
sRmmit east Of hers 10 1913 feet Below
Bozeman sammik, an altitude which ID
ooasidered By competent engineers %
Be equivalents 60 over nine miles 10 dis
ianoe. Although 0ogupying some OF the
most crooked canyons IN Montana, ia
sharpesf curves are two degrees less than
tha1 a. the east end Of the Bismarck
bridge, and many others on imporsmni
linea- To accomplish this ID Il buildinr
hva tunnels through protesting bluffs. L
driving ths NissouFi ont Of the bed
which q pre- empted ages ago. With
theas advantages, which are secured b
the moat liberal use Of money, q roatl
/ VII be opened from here 10 Sc. Paul and
, 20 Lake Superior By Whioh freight car
Be- transported at rates which will b.
! very welcome 10 eur oonpstitors and
! very probable 10 the people Of Thu
Territory"