Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-20
LITTLE PIPESTONE PASS.
Board of Trade Meeting to Get a Survey
of a Route Over 1t.

In pursuance Of the cali issued, a meeting
OF the Board of Trade was held last even,
ing at its rooms over Clark & Larabie's
Bank to consider the subject of a correct
railroad survey through Pipestone pass
and to discuss the ways and means for
obtaining it. Before the meeting came to
order, Judge Knowles explained to several
gentlemen how it was that Engineer Keith q
report on that route for the Northern
Pacific railroad was not adopted. He also
quoted figures to show that the grade over
the Little P~ipestOne pass is less than that
encountered by way of Mullau. He and
Colonel Dolman and Mr.. Maillet were of
the opinion that if the branch intended to
be built from the Northern Pacific to the
main line was to come in by way of the
Little Pipestone instead of, as now con-
templated, from Three Forks to Boulder
and then into Butte, it would bring
into Butte as a market much
more effectually the products OF the
rich farming country of the Jefferson val
ley. The route by way OF Boulder was pro-
nounced by the gentlemen practically but
little improvement over the way round by
Garrison, owing to the distractions ia the
way OF coming in from the Lowlands. Also
that the Pipestone route would open up to
the mills and smelters OF Butte a better
mining camp.
Judge Knowles began the business of the
evening by a formal statement that tn nro.
cure the survey needed would require q snm
OF $4,000, OF which a fourth had ALREADY
been promised. He stated that the Ans.
conda Company had a large interest in the
coal helds at Rocky Fork, the road
TO which from the Northern Pa.
cue main line at Laurel had al
ready been finished by the syndicate that |
had bought out the old COMPANY. IT, was
necessary to it that the coal s6ould oct
here by the best and quickest route. which |
It also needed to ship out its matte by.
With this as q potent factor in their raj. |
there is every reason whv tho
Board OF Trade should undertake the snr.
Vey to show the practicabiIitg of the routa
and and its superiority over any other
that region, and if it were accom-
piIshed he had assurances from an in1n-
entail gentleman that he could lay it before
people in New York by whom it would he
Board of Trade.
On being appealed to by the gentlemen
rs to how the necessary money was ~ ha
'aised, Judge Knowles said that he tbonaht
should be authorizet nv fhe
5oard to approach merchants. real cat ~
men, mine owners and all classes in fact
md invite subscriptions,
Mr.. Malilet said they had been proceed.
ng informally hitherto. The President
nd tice-President of the Board be,ng
he nominated Judge Knowles as
hartman pro tenn, which was agreed to.
. W. Forbis acted as secretary.
On motion OF Mr.. Caplice committees
'ere appointed by the chair to solicit sub
crlRtlons; The chair appointed: For
Valkerville-J. K. Clark, William .. Hail
For the city east OF Main street-P. 7
trophy, ABB Heyman. John O'Rourke'
ieoff. Lavell. :
West of Main street-R. D. Leeeat. W
'inkham, Henry Mueller and A. ". Bar.
ard.
For South Buttt--Sewall Davis, Y
They are given until Thursday, the 21st
,stant, to report.
In order to announce officially to the
ubilc the object for which the subscrip-
are to be raised, the following resolu.