Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-11
SHORTENING UP.

The Northern Pacific LAYING Ont T.. c,t
offs-surveying Il Line West From
Ohehey-Prospects of the Gallatiu
Branch.
h fact that a party of Northern p.c;f,
engineers have struck out from Cheney into
inc Big Bend country indicates that the
work OF shortening the main line is about
10 commence. Cheney is the point of Iii.
Vergence from which the original emf of
was laid six year ago. The short line cn+
Nest aci oss the Big Bend country, STRIKING
the Columbia Just below the south end of
Moses CouIee, and thus avoiding that oreot
oostrnctlon to r%ailroading. Crossing the
1T passed up the Wenatchee
"here the company own large deposits Of
excellent coal, which will be OF inca lcnla bio
vaiue to the ~treeless prairies of the Rio
Den country. At that time the CROSSING
OF tne Cascade Mountains had not heen
uennltely settled, but the short line yvos
laid TO Snoqualmie Pass. was
THE STAMPEDE PASS
which was since chosen for the ..ross,,
'ne : ascade Division, lies but thirty miles
southeast OF the Snoqualmie, and can be
reached with equal facility from tho
Wehatchee, so it is not likely that q SECOND
tiossIhg OF abrupt Cascade range will ba o.
tIn Inc new line will connect with
Sascaos DIVISION somewhere between
affoo4 ours ana the big tunnel, and will
ehect a great saving OF distance cntt;no n -
.he great bend south to Pasco and ~. ~
up the Yakima. The identify ~ tLoo.uh
1 Eetlng parties who have been rnnn;no
mes through Ceur d'Alene Pass hos nnnnns
en settled in the minds Of the n,bi;,
no .neih were supposed to belong To
:oI'nern Pacific, and others TO 49,
Z".Io"; however. it is certain that the !
soronern Pacific has had that nass snr,
seyed more than once, aud in the 1;abt nf ;
PRESENT OPERATIONS ,
,es' OF Cheney it seems beyond question :
nat II the great detour to the soutb 10 y
Ut on the short line would he co,+nuo, =
ast through eur d. Alene Paas ona y. i
ne Mlssoula River to Missou,. rt: t
me would cut off the great bend ,o LIS t
,aru around Lake Pend l. Oreil,e an n I
QUO deve:ope a heavy ira f1ic IN a th n
MIS- s promising mining camps alono y
49, nouia River, as well as in ths
"stu AIenes. This line alone wo,T
'on ,h1r ro the Northern Pacific tbat ~
= UoIu very difficult, il at all possible
otner traDscontinental to heat .or il
IN 1 ho OF 6revity, but a further .av a
ne maze by the construction of +hs
.ct;no butte to Gallatin, again con
1.ths with the main line Soma. ho.nn
:. Invest OF Butte. 1t has beo,n ~ b,
a~n o railroad men eeneram nson to ~;
- original plan OF the Nortbern q g,
vi i's lengthy bends to the nor. acme ~
NO VERY STUPID PIECE
engineering after all. Byf o]lo,v;n Is,
a;nes Fork and around Lake psnd y, he
cue, they cut through the Rittsr
nge' instead of climbing over it 80 H'o'
f ortn mile of distance. thsv :
ine sonty sections OF land. The douhis
3 hest .n"ard and northward acrnae In
re then part OF Washington Terr;tnra WI
ran;di, tremendous land grant tia
!. Ina increasing in value. WA
media. was built there wss 'uen ,
- aa LANCER OF close no \
n,oa anu when such competit;on ohhpetl, Tut
pt 10 would be possible - 'uouid pa.
Ea.s across the bends. ou"d tur
u soHce line from Lake nslne a "
Nooottuoo. The time has arr;1oa 'or TO Da,
ths sh ae. facitic, to retain ito mnen
At tahr'est OF transcontinentarIoslt ion
/ II has aavantage of the sho. oads, q
mt - 'eit open, and Il ia au GUS -
a nj, Huo 20. The line from Rntta .oenntiy mel