The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-02-01
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation
Co. 10 Go Through Montana 10
Meet the Union Pacific.
TWO TUNNELS PROPOSED.
Projectors OF the clark's Fork Road
Have Plenty OF Capital Back OF
Them and Work Will Be
Commenced Soon.

A Missoula dispatch yesterday stated
that w. 7. Watson, locating engineer OF
the Oregon Railway 4 Navigation COM
pany, had arrived Mt that point with his
corps OF assistants, having connected the
survey OF that line with the Union PacI6c's
survey from Garrison. The work iust
finished by Mr.. Watson extends distance
OF 12b miles across the Ceur d'Alene coun-
try In Idaho from Mullan, from which
point he started. The route SURVEYED By
Watson Is sixty miles shorter and Of easier
grade than former surveys OF this company
IL will require two tunnels from Mullan,
one OF which will be $500 feet long. pene-
trating the Ceur dAlene range OF noun
taIns; the other In the Bitter Root noun
tAins will be only few hundred
feet long. The eastern terminus II
the Oregon Railway a Navigation
ton Territory, from which point the ex-
tension is staked out 10 Mullan. In letter
10 friend In this city Mr.. Watson ex-
pressed the belief that work on the long
tunnel would begin very soon. This will
Involve an outlay Of something like So, ,OO0,-
Oncc mo.o tnt DnlluRs, Clafks fOrk *
Cooke City railroad project is being re-
vived This corporation has had check
cred career and has met with many re-
verses since II was first inaugurated. Its
bill for right OF way which was intro
duced In congress In 1886, was delayed In
passage for several years for want of O
champion, while the bill for the Rocky
Fork right Of way went through at once.
The original incorporators had but very
u hn
tleman who now says the completion OF
the road Is q certainty, was one Of these.
MT. Symns. OF New York, who has the
reputation OF being an adventurer. got into
the b., q. II. Il q. G, scheme, leading the
projectors 70 beliye he could WELD great in
huence. With him and the fact that the
Rocky Fork people and Its Washington ad-
themselves, had given the other road
black eye, the scheme fell through for the
time, the incorporators felt discouraged
and were out OF pocket good
deal OF money, while Mr.. Gala
CHER expended his all, amounting
TO Abeut $1,000 This gentleman has not
been idle. II appears, but has associated A.
company, who represents vast amount OF
capital, II IL said. His father, also, Is
New York millionaire. With such back
Ing as Mr.. Gallagher claims 10 have there
10 no reason 70 disbeiieve his statement
that the completion OF the road In the near
future is certainty. The route IL pro-
poses TO take Is one OF great resources, and
was explained In dispatch from Billings
PaRqiBse .J Puy ysa6Pdslsdisi JiNp rJir nIsTsiis
ling, Clark's Fork n Cooke City
road large beds of petroleum exist.
On the emgrant trail through this section
many an 0ld-tlme pioneer used this petro-
leum 10 grease the axles OF his wagons. Be
sides this, natural gas has been discovered,
and good grades OF marble and granite,
suitable for building have been found. All
these resources, which only require the
magic hand OF capital 10 bring them out.
have all along been known 10 the roads
projectors. which justify them In putting
In q railroad which will result In the de-
vel0pment OF the mines and other resources
which exist In that section. In connection
with this line the Midland Il Southern
route has been surveyed from the Union
Pacific In Wyoming through the oil fields
and thence southwest 10 Three Forks.
The information received over the wires
yesterday from Washington thst Delegate
T0ole had secured the right-of-way
through the Crow reservation for the Big
Horn Southern railroad. adds another TO
the list Of lines that will be constructed In
the near future. This Is a Northern Pacific
extension, and Is surveyed from the main
line down the Big Horn river into the oil
regions of Wyoming and on 10 Lander, the
pIpse nj terminus of the branch.