The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-02-08

causing CONSERVATION among the ten
ants and excitement in the town. The
settling it is thought is not yet at an
end. A few feet from the scene OF the
disaster and in direct line is the Gem
etery, and fears are entertained that this
will yield to the excessive cave IN. 1t IS
thought to have been caused by the ex-
travagant robbing Of the pillars in the
mines.
An explosion of gas occurred in the
Nottingham shaft of the Lehigh q
Wilkesbarre Coal company, at Plymouth,
Pa, Saturday. Five men are imprisoned
in the mine and there is little hope of
their being taken out alive. 1t is not
known when those outside will be able
to reach these men, though it is firmly
believed they are all dead. The Noting
ham shaft, which was the greatest an
thracite coal mine in the world, is nearly
a total wreck. It had at one time an
output of 1900 tons per day, and netted
the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal COM
pany nearly half million dollars of pro-
fit per year.
The traffic department of the North
ern Pacific has issued circular to all
lines interested, protesting against the
issue of tickets by the Union Pacific
reading to Portland, and thence west
ward over the Northern Pacific The
circular calls attention to the fact that
while it is true the motion to dissolve
temporarily the restraining order against
the Northern Pacific issued short time
ago was denied, the question as to the
right of the Union Pacific to use the
track and terminals against the latter
companys wishes remains yet to be de-
cided by the courts. The Northern Pa
cific therefore requests other lines to
take no steps in preparing through tick
cts reading via Missouri river gateways,
Portland and Pacific division to points
north of Portland, until the case is
finally settled
A terrible fire occurred on North street
Boston, early Sunday morning, result
ing in the death of at least six persons.
The fire originated in a clothing store at
225 North street, and quickly communi-
Gated to the floors above occupied as an
italian boarding house. So rapid was
the spread of the flames that retreat for
of ho
Others jumped from the windows and
received serious injuries. Five are
known to be dead and another was dy-
ing when removed to the hospital. Only
one of the five victims has been identi-
fed, Mrs. Della Scanlon, aged 45. The
other dead are three men and one child.
Seven badly injured Italians were taken
to the hospital The building is four
story brick structure, and the three up
per stories were filed with lodgers and
boarders, there being some families of
SIX and eight persons. It is impossible
to give correct list, but the number of
casualties given is believed to be cor
rect.
To Change Park boundaries.
Representative Eaton has introduced
the following memorial in the legisla-
, ture:
To the Honorable the Senate and House
} of Representatives OF the United
States, in Congress Assembled:
Your nlemorialists the first legislative
assembly of the state of Montana, would
most respectfully state the following
facts:
One of the largest and most promising
mining districts in the state of Montana
lies very near to the northwestern boun-
Diary of the Yellowstone National Park,
: but not within the limits Of the same.
The district is rich in silver, lead and
gold, and is known as the New World
mining district, and the town which has
sprung up at that point is called Cooke
or Cooke City.
Because of the large amount of lead
in this district, railroad transportation
is vital necessity to it's practical devel-
, opment, and must be had before the
large number Of property owners of the
section can realize on their holdings or
| its wealth be added to that of Montana
and the world. More than 800 bona fide
mining claims are opened in this dis
trict, and some of them have had many
T. thousand dollars expended on their de-
!. velopment with gratifying results, in SO
far as the amount OF ore thereby ex-
posed is concerned.
In mountainous country, such as
that under consideration, it is obvious
: that when possible a railroad should fol-
low the depressions of the country made
by the water drainage, and that any
l other location of railroad will, in COM
parison, be extremely costly and difficult
I to construct.
Cooke City is drained by Soda Butte
creek, which empties into the east fork
of the Yellowstone river, and which in
5 turn empties into the Yellowstone river
itself, and the only practicable route for
railroad, without the expenditure of
an enormous amount of money in it's
t construction, is from Cooke down along
, the streams mentioned to connect with
the National Park branch railroad at
Cinnabar, on the Yellowstone river,
distance from Cooke to Cinnabar along
i, the route mentioned Of about sixty,tWo
miles.
Almost the entire length of the pro-
posed railroad route outlined above lies
4 within the geographical limits of the
5 Yellowstone National Park, but is very
near to the northern boundary thereof,
and is far removed from any object of
. interest as natural curiosity, and con-
J. sequently tourists never visit or see the
| geographical portion of the National
Park above referred to.
Should the streams before mentioned
: be made portion of the northern boun-
9 dary of the Yellowstone National Park,
not only will practicable route thereby
be opened, SO that railroad can be con-
structed to tap the mining region of
Cooke, but the additional public benefit
will at the same time accrue in that the
boundary of the Park at that point will
! thereby be made physical one, known