Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-07
RAILROAD NOTES,

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other Road from Billings to Cook,
City.
The Rocky Fork & Cooke City Railroad
bridge over the Yellowstone Is completed
and the road will be speedily ironed.
Intending travellers can always find ou,
how the Northern Pacific trains are run
ming by applying at the local office, where
full reports are received and kept open fol
inspection.
The Northern Pacific flyer No. 1 due at
Garrison at 11:O3, was twelve hours late
yesterday. This was the first serious de-
lay OF the season, and was caused by q
blizzard in the Red River Valley.
The Northern Pacific has just placed on
sale round trip tickets from Butte to New
Orleans and to Jacksonville, Florida, ct
$146.O5 and $168.3O respectively. The
tickets are good until juno 1, and the sale
will close on April 1.
As an instance OF the good running con.
dition of the Northern Pacific, dispatch
received here yesterday says car of bob
seds shipped from St. Paul January may
be expected in Butte Saturday or Sunday.
these times OF snow blockades.
The Montana Central met with DELAY in
reaching Helena on Wednesday,, the train
which should have arrived not getting in
until IL O'Clock yesterday. The delay is
understood to have been caused by heavy
snow at Silver City. A storm has been
raging about Assinaboine since Christmas,
and it is reported the snow has fallen along
the Manitoba from six inches to two feet
with the thermometer as low as ~ below
zero in some places.
j. W. kendrick, who is expected to sue
ceed General Anderson as Engineer-in
Chief OF the Northern Pacific, was Assist
ant Engineer on Construction at Glendive
in the spring OF 1881, and had charge of
some heavy bluff work there. During that
year he received several tempting offers
rom Mexican roads, but in each instance
the Northern Pacific made it worth his
while to stay. He has been for several
Years Chief Engineer of the St. Paul &
Northern Pacific. and is man OF consid- |
'ra BILE administrative ability. He is inter-
'sted in several mines not far from Helena.
Yesterda y Agent McCaig received dis |
'atch announcing the opening of the Cas-. |
ade Division of the Northern Pacific for !
In ftic on the 3rd instant. The overhead |
inc at Stampede Pass was obstructed by |
now for a few days. After the tunnel is |
ompleted there will be little or no delay |
rom that cause. He also received letter
rom Chas. s. Fee, dated December 80,
tating that a careful examination of the
rain reports, showed that since the first
all of snow. sixty days before, no train on
he main line OF the Northern Pacific had
een delayed one hour by snow. Consid-
ring that the running time between St.
'aul and Portland was shortened one en-
ire day at the opening OF winter, the re-
ort is satisfactory in the extreme. Up to
'ecember ~ no connection was missed at
t. Paul, and arrivals and departures at
hat city and Portland were made with
reat regularity.
TO COOKE CITY.
Frederick Billings. ex-president Of the
'orthern Pacific, and Herman Clark, the
ontractor who built over 800 miles OF that
Dad. are endeavoring to obtain from Con-
ress right OF way across the Crow Reser.
alton for a railroad from Billings to
coke City. This road was q pet scheme
Mr.. Clark's in 1882, and after he OBJ
aimed controlling interest in the Billings
ownsite he made strong efforts to induce
~ u.
ut General Anderson, who had no interest
| Billings, but did want to build town at
orsyth. didn't want any branch from
filings, and wouldn't have it. Clark COM
eted his work in Montana and after
ards became SO deeply Immersed in his
eat contracts on the Croton Aqueduct,
nd his water front property on Staten
land, that apparently ceased to value his
ontana investments. He still owns, how ..
'er, controlling interest in the Minnesota !
Montana Land d improvement Co.,
THE ORIGINAL OWNERS
the Billings townsite, and OF the big irri-
ting canal that runs from Rapids, 40
lies down The valley to Billings. Freder-
k Billings also owns stock in that
mpany, and in two banks in Billings, be-
les over 80 sections OF land in that a
ighborhood. Both gentlemen are mill il
naires several times over, and with their t
sociates, will do wonders in developing il
e great resources south CT the Yellow Il
one, once they get fairly started. It may -
expected that they will wake up power.
influences for the opening of the Crow II
servation. Their railroad scheme is ls
ally the Billings. Clarke's Fork and Cooke 81
" project, which was inaugurated nearly ri
o years ago by Thos. Hanlon, Geo. V.
MS, Geo. b. Hulme, Philip NJ. Gallaher =
d others. The only opposition it met 81
tn was from rival interests in Montana, Ell
d the right OF way would have been sc. F
red from Congress last winter +;
t for some skulduggery by 81
Ow Agent Williamson and .
9 or two others. If the 1ight-of-way is !,
cured this winter there will be race for =,
arke's Fork Canyon by the new road :,
d the Rocky Foyk & Cooke City road. II
e cany on is 80 narrow in places that it ;,
rdly affords room for two tracks. The ",
ople OF Yellowstone County are to be T
ngratulated on having this project taken q,
by such strong team. IL
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