Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-31
Railroad News.

Contractor Donahue's grade outfit Of
forty teams passed through this place
on Tuesday for work on the B. & NJ.
thirty five or forty miles north Of this
city. They came from Utah.
The Crawford Clipper says: "Seyer-
al train loads Of workmen and grading
outfits have passed through on the b. *
NJ. within the past ten days to work on
the new line between Dudley and Gus
ter.
A large crew Of men went out on the
line with pile driver this week, and
soon several of the canyons will be
spanned by bridges ready for the iron.
Dudley Reporter.
John Barker came in from Newcastle
Wednesday night. While absent he Sc
cured contract TO do all the stone work
on the Burlington and Missouri from
the Cheyenne river to fifteen miles
north of Tigerville. The work is to be
completed by November /. He and
Evans will complete the contract on the
Utah Northern by June Is, when Evans
will join him on the Deadwood branch
of the Burlington and Missouri.-Pione-
er-
Contractor Caple and Chute of Min
neapolis arrived at this place on Saturday
| with about one hundred teams for work
upon their d. & M. grade contract Of
seven miles extending from second
street, this city to he head of Tender
foot. They went into camp on the
city Park in the north east corner OF
the town, and commenced grading with
in the limits of the City on Monday.
There is large amount of rock work
| in their contract, in the drilling Of
which, four steam drills will be employ
| ed.
The work Of grading the Homestake
road is progressing rapidly. A large
force of men and teams is employed.
The new passenger engine is expected
to arrive any day as 1t was shipped from
Pittsburg on the 18th inst. This new
engine is Mogul and weighs twenty
three tons. 1t is more powerful en-
gine than the Moguls now in use on the
road. The wheels are larger which
gives it greater capacity for speed. 1t is
supplied with coal furnace and q
Westinghouse air brake. This locomo-
tive will be used in the construction of
the road from Piedmont to the present
terminus.-BeltH Herald.
The bridge which will span Sheep
canyon is at present being framed in
the yards at the depot and is heavy
piece Of work. requiring one million feet
of lumber in its construction. It's en-
tire length is seven hundred feet, and is
one hundred and thirty-seven feet from
the bottom of the canyon to the top of
the rail. 1t is expected that the frame
will be ready to place in position by the
first Of June. When this bridge is COM
pleted it will not be long until l4S will
cause the new steel to ring along the
line 10 Custer.-Dudley Reporter.
Greatly increased activity is reported
on the line Of the Custer branch of the
b. & NJ. south Of this city where more
than two thousand men are now said to
be employed. Operations are being
pushed with the utmost dispatch all
along the line. Mears has completed
his contract on the first Ave miles out
Of Dudley, upon which the track has
already been laid. We learn that it Is
the intention Of the company TO have
the road completed to Bradley Flat,
twenty five miles south Of this city, by
July lst, after. which time the bulk Of
Custer and Hot Springs freight will
doubtless be shipped to that point. 1t
Is also reported that arrangements are
being made to put on daily stage line
from that point to this city a. soon a.
the road reaches there. 1t is generally
believed that the road will not be CON-
pleted to Custer before the middle OF
September. Notwithstanding the great
effort being made to hasten its progress.
Its completion to Deadwood during
the present year, Is daily becoming
more doubtful.
BURLINGTON CONTRACT.
A dispatch from New York to the Sc.
Louis Globe-Democra under date Of the
nineteenth says the Harvey Peak Tin
Mining, Milling and Manufacturing
Company. Of New York, and the Har-
ney Peak Tin Company, Of London,
have just closed contract with the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road company to build q road through
the joint properties Of the companies
for twenty miles, with side tracks and
switches TO the various tin mines and
other enterprises now under develop
ment. The road is to be running to
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