Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
THEY WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
The Committees to Raise Funds to Sur
vey the Pipestone Pass Route.

The Committees to Raise Funds to Sur
vey the Pipestone Pass Route.
The committees appointed at the meeting
held in the Board OF Trade rooms last
Friday evening to solicit funds for a sur
vey OF the Little Pipestone Pass route
have met with unexpected success. Several
of them went out yesterday, aud in half a
day have received subscriptions that prac-
tically assures the accomplishment OF The
survey. Judge Knowles and Rod Leggat
went out through the district west of Main
street and raised something over seven
hundred dollars. P. j. Brophy and John
O'Rourke took the east side, and by even
ing had a list with $685. promised. The
other committees have not been heard
from, but these gentlemen say they have
by no means exhausted their respective
fields.
Mr.. Brophy was questioned as to what
am ouat there was now subscribed.
with the $500 promised by a we'll
known man to whom Judge Knowles re-
ferred last Friday evening we have nearly
81, 800 promised. Then there are other
committees to hear from. They are good
for the balance. We could raise a thous-
and among the mining men alone"
well, now you have the funds l suppose
the next thing is to make the s~urvey?"
Exactly. Understand that this Pipe
stone pass has never received justice. l
knew Keith, the engineer OF the Northern
Pacific, who made the survey for the road
over it. He lived here a couple OF years
and was q thorough engineer. OF course he
was Colonel Dodge's subordinate and his
figures were submitted to Dodge. We claim
that the actual figures of Keith's survey
never came before the Northern Pacific
board, that in fact they were cooked before
being submitted to the directors. What
influences were brought to bear to bring
this about it is idle to discuss. Enough
that we have very decided opinions on the
subject"
well, suppose you survey made, what
then? Do you expect the road to change
the survey already made over the Boulder
for this one?"
swell, it just stands this way: The di-
rsctory of the Northern Pacific have never
been in possession OF the facts about that
route. We will go ahead, and with Just as
good engineers as are to be found any
where we will have the survey made and
submit it to the Board of Trade of Butte,
and the Board Of Trade will have it pre-
sented by men OF influence to the Northern
Pacific directory, aud then it remains for
the company to act as it pleases."
swell, suppose that route built, would it
benefit the Northern Pacific more than it's
proposed route by way OF Boulder"
Certainly it would. In the first place, it
will open up the Jefferson valley of Mad
ison county, one of the richest agricultural
sections of the Territory. All Madison
county would be benefited, and as all that
section is tributary to Butte it will benefit
it and the railroad that is the means OF it.
Madison has as rich mines as any section
that would be OF great benefit to Butte
when opened up. In fact the mineral
section through which the road would run
would be OF immense advantage to it
alone, infinitely superior to the Boulder
route in this respect"
"All this, l suppose, you would lay be-
fore the Northern Pacific directory in favor
Of the Pipestone route:9"
Why, OF course; that's the object prin-
cipally in view"