Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-30
THEORIES AND ANTI,IPAIIO>s
Concerning the Advance of Railroads frou
the south and East

" nlon-tfatlOi IN nfrthrrn wyoming
will probably reach Miles City in the
course II time, any information in re-
gard to the present operations of these
corporations l. If interest to this Sec
'ion of he country.
/ The Burlington and Missouri ap.
pears to be making the most active
demonstrations. from what We can
learn in the rorthern Wyoming pa
per-. and n this roan 10 undoubtedly v
honked for Buffalo, 1, il scarcely prob.
ahlp that IL will make the detour nec-
-sssry to reach Mii-- CITY. Ia fact. II
il now stated on authority that the Il.
d VI. has the option on the charter al
the big Horn southern - which lat
ter corporation has, il will be r-mem.
he red, the only right of way. north aud
south, scr"s- thu Glow reservation.
and ~ j. the opinion Of ihos. whu
/ claim To nave rrnsons for thinking 20,
that the B. d VI. will. after reaching
Buffalo and sheridan, adopt the lin.
of tie Big Horn Southern tof which no
survey has Yet been made to re-rh
the Yellowstone Mt eIlher Custer Stp-
tion or Billlrg..
On Friday Last the little citv of Ruf.
fslo was visited by sele.r parry of
Burlington" officials who drnpI ei IT,
, on IN. town qui'. un-Xppct. dly and
spent day or two Ia lmkng up mat
'er aud things ~ general. As II usuaI
with such p.opls, they We're very re-
trent IA To the pup 's-- "f their writ
aud the intentions at the road, bur
the Echo assumes. and rghtfully W.
think, that the l00-mile extension of
this 10 ID from Newcastle west, which
Is now under progress, l. to be further
supplemented aud that ii is not IN
imrrnbahl- guess that Buffalo m,y b.
reached this year.
This early activity on the part ( the
r. 4 NJ. lraus the people In northern
Wyoming and western D.kots to
query what the Cheyenne a Nort rthern,
and the Fremont d Elkhorp, propose
to do about II, and 1t remains to b.
seen how long these roads will permit
such bold stride INTO this hitherto
unoccupied territory. The Chev.nn.
4 Northern IN q di-tinctivsly norrh b
and south rosd, and hiss 10 other nli--
sion than the trsyerslng Of Wyoming
aud eastern Montana to the Csnsdian
line, Since the extension # It's line
To Weud over some two years ago. u
has materially increased it, live stock
shipments by drawing to it both Wyo.
ming and Montana shippers. but with
the Burlington irav.r-iug the terri.
tory from winch these shipments
crne, IL cannot hope to retain ib s
business unless IL IL in the field ~ an
equal competitor. 1t would seem that
the poverty Of the Union Pacific COM
pany, If which the Cheyenne 4 No tn
arn is n feeder, j. the only con.idera-
tioD that Will prevent consid srablr
extension Of tre road this year. But
what Of The Fremont 4 ElkhoIn? This
road appears TO be conducting itself 20
quietly that our Dskoia aud Wyoming
exchanges ARE very much In the dark
a. to iis intentions. II Is known thai
some weeks ago II had Il surveying
party in the field prospecting q line
from Wbitewood, OAK, (the present
terminus) on the north side Of the
Belle Fourche toward Alzsds. and
since then we have heard, though not
from the best authority, that the ATTY
had surveyed three crossings Of the
Little Missouri, one at Alzsda and one
each, above aud below the town. Last
year the Fremont 4 Elkhorn was re-
ported 10 have run n line westerly
from Whitewood to Sundauce, south
OF the Hills, and their starting in thi-
spring on = survey north OF the Hills
would indicate that they have abAn-
doued the former survey. II 10 this
road we think that Miles City will
first welcome from the southeast. II
Il enters Montana In the southeast.
ern corner Of our county, As nov
seems most probable, Its natural des-
tinatiou ON the Yellowstone would
seem to be Miles City, the valleys Of
either Pumpkin creek or Tongue river.
and particularly the former, OF ring
. route more than ordinarily free
from the engineering difficulties en-
couutered In the "badland" sections OF
the country. BY extending Ia line
Into Montana - far and - rapidly %
the Burlington does into Wyoming. II
will cut on the beef shipments OF east.
ern Montana from going 10 the Bur-
llngton, ooufiuing the latter's territory
to small section Of Wyoming, which
II must dispute with the Cheyenne 4
Northern, while the Fremont and
Elkhorn vii occupy . country wholly
its own except what opposition u may
meet In the Northern Pacific. 1hs