Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-02
rHE soRrHERs PACIFIC BR4soH.
A Profile that shows Its Location to BE
DifEsrent From That Previously Unr
dersto0d.

A Profile that shows Its Location to BE
Different From That Previously Unr
dersto0d.
The proceedings for right OF way into
town, begun by the Northern Pacific Com.
pany on Wednesday, consis in the filing Of
Q complaint as stated yesterday. The suit
is entitled The Northern Pacific and Mon
tana Railway Co. VS.. James W. Forbis ct
81. The complaint is accompanied by two
profile maps, that pertaining to the suit
showing exactly the lots which theroad de-
sires to have condemned Tor depot pur-
poses and Il it's line Of road from where it
crosses the Montana Central. The other
profile map shows the location OF
the road from the City of Jefferson
in Jefferson County, a place about
eleven miles north of Boulder, on the
other side OF the mountain from
Wickes. Jefferson is a little over fifty miles
from Helena N is a station on the Hell
ena, Boulder & Butte road now completed
to Calyin's. From that point there does
not seem any necessity, OF even possibility
OF building a branch east to the main line,
the country east being mountainous.
The statement 10 set forth in the complaint
that the road is intended to be operated
from Jefferson to Butte, and if this is to
be accepted as final the object OF the com
pany at present ia simply to complete the
line from Helena to Butte. This would
simply give the Northern Pacific an indie
pendent line into Butte. But it has a
heavy grade where it climbs the mountain
at Wickes and would have no advantage
over the Mullan route in that respect.
Colonel Sanders approached Mayor Ham,
ilton yesterday with a view to feeling the
sentiment of the Council on the subject oi
granting the Northern Pacific a franchise
to enter the city limits. The Mayor re-
piled in q guarded way that he would be
able TO tell better when he knew where the
road wanted to get the franchise, though,
as q general proposition, be could say that
the Council was favorable to anything that
savored OF bringing new enterprises into
the city.
A gentleman well known as q railroad
contractor told q reporter yesterday that
he had been aware OF this intended move
on the part of the Northern Pacific fol
more than a year and he did not believe
the ultimate location OF tine depot would
be on Arizona street. He thought it would
be further west than there. Oneindividua
is reported to have made large purchases
in the placer ground south of town on the
%supposition that the Northern Pacific
depot would be on Montana street. Tht
latter would have the advantage over g
location at Arizona street in that
passengers coming up from there would
not have to pass through some OF the Least
reputable parts OF town, in addition tc
| which Montana str ct is o broad thorough
l fare which can accommodate a great dea
| OF traffic without difficulty. All the condi
| lions are in favor of Montana street, ano
| the gentleman in question is confident thai
it will get the depot. His faith in it wal
mistaken even when assured that the pro
file accompanying the complaint in th'
proceedings for right Of way defined Ari
iona street as the western boundary of tn,
depot grounds.
The fact that the complaint sets out thii
locality with circumstantial exactitude
and specifies the parties owning interest il
| all the lodes crossed by the proposed
Northern Pacific route from it's crossing o
the Montana Central, against whom it pro
fesses to commence condemnation proceed
ings, does not prove beyond peradventur,
that the road will come into Butte Their
and nowhere else. If Improperly cannot b.
condemned at a reasonable figure tn
Northern Pacific may forego the independ
emit luxury OF a seperate depot. and verify
Colonel Sanders statement to a reportel
on Wednesday that it had one already
| built in the Montana Union depot a.
South Butte. This would be regrettable al
involving the expense of hauling freight
and passengers hall a mile further thai
would be the case were the proposed ioca
ton on Arizona street adopted.