Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Railroad News.

cieved this week for contractor Fitz-
geralds general supply store in this city.
A number of carloads await transporta-
ton at Dudley.
| Gillette & Co. of Kansas City have
the contract for the mason work on
the B. & M. from Dudley to Deadwood.
They have large number of men now
on the way in.
Contractor Higgins grading outfit are
expected here to-day from tile Cheyen-
ne Northern where they have lately
been employed. Tney will 40 TO work
near Tigerville where Higgins has an
branch.
Four grading outfits were making the
dirt fly on the line south of this place
"a Wednesday, since which time a
number Of others have doubtless been
added, as graders have since been ar
irving at Dudley at the rate Of one
hundred and fifty day.
The Gillette corps of b. & NJ. survey
ors, having finished their labors in this
vicinity, departed on Wednesday for
Newcastle, where they will await orders
from the company. Mr.. Gillette and
his party have host of friends in this
place, who witnessed their departure
with much regret.
Contractor James, whose outfit of if
teen teams passed through this place
Saturday for work on the B. & NJ.
grade near Tenderfoot, sent several
teams, down the line yesterday to work
on the grade south of Bradley Flat,
a point nearest to Hot Springs, which
the company evidenly desire to reach
at the earliest possible day.
Contracts for running the the three
tunnels on the B. & NJ. branch north of
this city, have been let as follows:
The third, or last tunnel on the line
from this place to Pat Gibbons. of Or
leans, Neb. and the two first to J. w.
Skinner & Co, of Kansas City. who
have hundred and fifty workmen on
the way in, and who are expected to
to arrive here to-day.
c. III. James. q sub-contractor on the
Custer and Deadwood branch of the B.
x NJ. located at Tenderfoot five miles
north of this city, was at the Kleemann
on Tuesday. Mr.. James informed us
that he had expected to commence grad
ing on Monday, but on account of certain
changes to be made in the location of
the line, he had been delayed, but would
probably commence operations to-day.
Mr.. j. has fifteen teams On the ground
Railroad rumors from Hot Springs are
rife and exciting. We submit few of
them, current at the time of going to
press for the truth of which We do not
vouch, and yet it is entirely probable
that there is goodly sprinkling of truth
contained in the mass if one were only
able to pick it OUT Rumor says the
Northwestern have graders employed
on the line of their right Of way through
the town Of Hot Springs. This is be-
lieved to oe reliable. Rumor says the
b. & NJ. had party cross sectioning a
, line through the town on Monday, and
that the Northwestern grade is being
made upon this line. Rumor says q
large party of Northwestern surveyors
fully equipped, and possessed of supplies
( sufficient to run them month, arrived
at Hot Springs on Tuesday and com
menced surveying line up Fall River
, in the direction Of Custer, which We
| would be greatly pleased to believe, and
which we ardently, oh so ardently
: hope may prove correct. II is further
reported that the Northwestern will lei
a contract at once for grading line
from the Springs to Buffalo Gap, Smith
wick or Oelrichs. There is evidently
some intention on the part of the North
, western to make an effort to proven,
! the b. & M. from cutting Of her south
ern Black Hills trade, and it is even
more evident that the b. < NJ. is de.
termined to bag as much of it as pos.
, sible, and it may result in very excit.
ing race between the two companies
with Custer as the objective point We
, await further developments with nn
speakable interest and immeasurable
. anxiety.
One hundred men arrived at Pied.
mont yesterday for work on the Home
stake extension. Another outfit is ex
, pected in day or two, and work oi
construction will be vigorously pushed.
; A carload Of material arrived by last
evenings freight. Track laying will
begin June at Piedmont. Rails will
: be delivered in May and % ton loco
motive in June.-Times, 20.
The route between Whitewood and
this city has been thronged with con.
tractors for the last three days, examin-
ing with profile in hand, the formation
height Of fill and depth of cut. to enable
them to bid inteligently. Not less
than twenty-five contractors have been
shown over the line by Engineer Doty
From Whitewood to the tunnel the
grade is 1872 feet to the mile 2} per
cent grade, from the tunnel into this
city 1t is SO feet, II per cent grade
Times, 20.
The B. & NJ. railway company has re.
, Gently filed with the Register of Deeds
| ofthis county their amended articles OF
: incorporation. BY them the company
is authorized. to extend its road from
, Dudley north through Fall River,
} Custer, Pennington, Lawrence. Meade,
Butte, Harding and Ewing counties
crossing the northern boundary of the
state about twenty miles east of the
northwest corner of the state, in ali
: about 250 miles. The company by
: these amended articles are also per.
mitted to build one hundred miles oi
D branches or spurs in the counties
! named. This very strongly indicates