Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-10
Railroad News.

Tuesday to the Wallace Smith building,
on the corner of Washington and Fourth
street, in which will also be located the
Office of the right-ofway men, and the
telegraph Office.
The Pease corps of B. & NJ. surveyors
passed through this place on Tuesday
for Niggerville, seven miles north Of this
place, were they went into camp, and at
last accounts were awaiting orders. 1t
is believed that there is clash Of in
terests at that point between the b. &
M. and the Northwestern, where the B.
& NJ. is said to have run their line over
prior survey Of the latter company,
and it is believed that slight change in
the route will be made in the interest of
more perfect railroad harmony.
About 200 men and 40 or 50 teams
are working on the Homestake extern
sion down Elk creek canyon. The
men have been arriving in groups all
the week. About so arrived at Tiiford
yesterday, and Immediately repaired 10
the camp above Doyle's mill. We IN.
derstand the work will be pushed to
completion by August J.
The contract for the construction Of
the railroad from Whitewood to Dead
wood has been awarded to ID. ID. Streeter
& Co., and from Buffalo Gap to Mime
kahta Hot Springs, TO Messrs. 0'Rourke.
Work upon both lines will commence at
once and be prosecuted vigorously to an
early completion, which must be on or
before Sept. lst, lS90.-Times.
Operations on the grade of the Hills
branch of the B. & NJ. have thus far
been largely confined TO the first eight
miles on the South end of this route
where the combined forces of number
of sub-contractors are now employed. 1t
is evidently the object of the company
to complete the grade and lay the
track to Sheep Canyon, eight miles
out from Dudley, at the earliest possible
day, so the timbers for the large bridge
at that point may be transported by
rail. This bridge will be the six hum
dred feet in length, which is by far the
the longest on the line, and its height
from the bottom Of the Canyon will be
between eighty and one hundred feet.
grading force is now employed on
section 80, fourteen miles south of this
place, the nearest point to Custer
where any grading has yet been done.
1t is expected that number of ad
ditional grading outfits will be distribut-
ed along the line during the coming
week. Cross sectioning was completed
TO this place on Wednesday.
Gillettes' locating party of surveyors
came in from Custer Thursday evening
and went into camp here, having finish
ed their labors onthe Deadwood branch.
The party, which consists of twenty
men, left Friday afternoon for the north
west to commence the work of perman-
entity locating the line of the Buffalo
and Sheridan extension. They will
commence work on Wind river. abou,
thirty-fve miles from Newcastle. Nc
permanent route has yet been fixed up
on between here and that point, and
the grading up to this date has all beer
done on Donkey creek and the Belle
Fourche, about fifteen or twenty miles
in all. Owing to the rush for tn,
completion of the Hills branch the worl
here has been somewhat delayed, bu
now lively operations will begin. Cross
sectioning parties will soon follow witt
hundreds of graders close in their wake
and by the 18th of this month thing
will be hummirg in and around New
castle.-Democrat
The following items of railroad new
are taken from the Dudley Reporter:
| Active operation upon the new b.
from Dudley to Deadwod was commenc
ed on April 10Th, and since that tim,
nearly every train has brought a new
outfit of men and teams to this poin
Grading was commenced at once and a
this time there are probably 1000 o
1900 men employed on the work.
Mr.. Mehrs has full force of me,
and teams at work on his contract whicl
formerly included the first five miles
This gentleman has got the finest lot O
teams we have seen in the west, ant
consequently his work is being move,
in very rapid manner.
We are informed by Mr.. Sowash tina
corps of B. x M. surveyors commenc
ed work at Hot Springs Tuesday at fly,
o'clock in the morning running tn,
line and cross sectioning and that
large force of graders commenced worl
at once.
The several side tracks at the yard i
full of cars loaded with railroad sup
plies, timber, ties and telegraph poles
The yard master with large number o
men are unloading as rapidly as pos
sible.
CONTRACTS LET.
| Omaha, May ga contract wa
awarded today for grading the F. Z.
M. v. railroad from Whitewoood :,
Deadwood, also from Buffalo Gap :,
Hot Springs. Work on both brancha
to begin at once and work TO be com
pleted ready for rolling stock NJ late
than September LIST TO Hot Springs, ans
not later than October LIST to Deadwood
sPEARFIsH EXTENSION.
Engineer Andrews of the F. E. & M
| v. who, doubtless is better informed
concerning railroad routes to. IN ant
around the Hills than any other of tn,
thousand and one c. E.s engaged grid
ironing western South Dakota, arrived
from Fremont yesterday, and will q
once organize patty for work on Z
main line extension northwest from
Whitewood. A car load of supplies
will arrive today, and Mr.. Andrew,
| will take to the field, probably. tomor.
row. His first work will be for the dis
coyerv Of a feasible r0uta In gnea "A an