Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-10-19
COMING OUR WAY.
Tom Carter Secures an Appro.
priation for tn: Prelimina-
ry Survey Of Tongue
River.
To the End that Miles City may
be Protected from the DAM
gers Attendant on
Spring Floods.
An Officer of tire Engineer
Corps Detailed to Enter
Upon the Work
at Once.
GOOD NEWS.

GOOD NEWS.
The Long Wished For Improvement o.
Tongue River to ome at Last.
The inrosds that the TOrgue rIve'
has been yearly making upon the
Miles City bank of the stream has fo'
years past been source OF disquiet "a
our people. Many times aud In vsri-
Gus ways have We sought 10 be re-
'ieved Of this menace 10 'ur prosperi.
ty, but heretofore our .ffrts though
energetic have been OF no avail. IL is
now however, the privilege Of this
paper to announce to the people 4
Miles City that the day of d-liv.ran".
Is at hand.
The following letter was Received
Yesterday by Potmss'er Ssyd.:
st. Louis, No, Oct. Is. $50.
Postmaster,
Miles City. Mcn'ans.
Sir:-Having heen direct.
ed ~ the war d-psriment tn M Ike an
examination Of Tongue river. Mont.
with view tn determining The prsc.
ticabili'y and Approximate cost 't
Strengthening the enamel of said riv-
er, Immediately west Of Miles City
and north of the Northern Pscific
railroad track. and not know ing Whist
partirs are affected by the stated work
of .,rs. s.ghfenirg the channel, and
trusting upon y"u- accommodation. I
hsv. the hnnor to ak fhst you will
refer this letter to such ciIizens ri
Miles City a. may he interested, In or,
der that thev NAV inform me "a som
a. practicable of the situation AID ren
ION for the river IMPROVEMENT and
thus aid and { cilifata proper exami.
nation of the mstter.
Very Respectfully
vonr cb't Ser yant.
CHAs. +. POWELL,
Capt. Corps Of Engineers, Y. S. A
1t is rarely II ever that we have
been the medium of ronveyin' mors
acceptable news to our resders and th'
people Of Miles City generally. Will,
"a we have said. many efforts hav,
been made In the pat IN induce tn.
general government To help Us in thi'
mstter, all of which were withou
avail, the credit of Initiating this las
movement for our relief belongs I,
Prot. Louis Bach, who last spring cir
cu'atsd petition setting forth tn
unfavoraole conditions under which
we existed In this regard, which wa
largely signed and forwarded to Hon
T. II. Carter. Once in Nc. Carter
hands the matter wss not allowed b
rest until he had tackled on to the ap
preparation bill sneciai appropriate
of s., 900 fo- preliminary survey ar'
report. He at frat tried to get an ap
preparation .or the work of straight
ening the channel hui encountered Q
much opposition to the proposition a
an appropriation for the improvement
Of an unknown river that he cleverl
vacated that position and asked for a
appropriation for preliminary survey
and secured s.. .OO0. The appropriate
secured, his active hard again pushe
the matter until an officer Of the IN
ginppr corrs was assigned 10 the dut
aud the survey becsme an assure
fact. Tn" letter above quoted will 4
laid before the council on Monda
evening and without doubt. corr !
pondence will be at once opened wit
Capt. Powell, In which detailed irfo
nation will be given him, and ever
effort made 10 facilitate the worl
Following the survey, which nee
not take much time. will come Cap
Powells report rs to the amount
work TO be done and the probable cos
and the whole thing will he In Wssl
ington on Mr.. Carter's return ther
for .iIm to take up and secure the pece
sary appropriation for the work. II
appropriation Of 5000 for the prel'm
nary survey ana the SIC. 900, or SIS 0
more that will follow for the straigh
euing Of the channel. the ripra
ping Of the banks and the nlIlug
Of ground already washed away. "
all be expended right here iu Mi
City and every laborinG man a'
merchant will gst bic share OF II.