Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-03-21
Railrca, Eows.

John Early returned yesterday from
his trip north with The Gillett party OF
B. & IA surveyors. The party is now
over in the Big Horn basin, at or near
Lovell's ranch, and it is the general i'm
preston that a branch is being surveyed
from the main line up the Big Horn
river and Clark's Fork to National Park.
Sheridan Post.
The Rapid Journal of The 18th inst.
says: "a gentleman who arrived in
this city last evening from Hill City
states that party of Burlington and
Missouri surveyors have started and got
about ten miles on the way running
line from Hill City to this city. There
are fourteen men in the party. The
gentleman who brought the information
is friend of one of the surveyors but
stated that they could not obtain any
particulars further than they are work
ing for the Burlington and Missouri and
that they suppose from instructions so
far received that they will run a line
direct to Rapid City"
A late Pierre special to the Sioux City
Journal says: Three men arrived
overland from Rapid City to- day with
the information that the contracts had
been let for the bridge approaches at
Pierre by the Burlington and Missouri
railroad, and c. d. Crouch, railroad con-
tractor, arrived at Pierre to-day with
important papers relating to the con-
struction of the Burlington and Missouri
from Rapid City to Pierre. Rapid City
guarantees to raise 100000 to aid the
construction Of the Burlington and Mis-
souri,, provided Pierre helps The work
commences on the Duluth, Pierre and
Black Hills road at this end of the line
within two weeks. The ferryboat, Jim
Leighton, Captain Horn commanding,
will be put on the river as soon as the
ice breaks and rumors are rife that the
boat will be used 20 transfer material
for railroad building TO the Hills. A
meeting of citizens was called for the
first of the week when aid will be voted
the railroads. 1t is certain that the rail-
road will cross from Pierre to the Black
Hills this season."
RAILROAD PREDICTIONS.
A few months ago it was predicted
that there would be little ifaDy railroad
building in this part of the northwest
the present year. Now it is as con-
fidently predicted that more miles OF
road will be built in this section this
year than in any year prvious. Whetll-
er Rapid Citys action has had anything
to do with waking mp the railroad COM
panies may he doubted, but Rapid City
has at least done we'll in getting early
into the field. A gentleman Of promin-
ence in railroad circles recently said
There must be rush before long on
the part of a number of railroads to
push from the Missouri river to the
Black Hills. This rs the best and larg.
est field now unoccupied in all the north
west. While the Hills has two roads il
has no direct line east, and no matter
what people may say TO the contrary,
direct eastern lines are certain in time
to carry the Black Hills trade. Here
are now not only the Milwaukee and the
Northwestern pointing toward the Hills
but the Northern Pacific, which by Oct.
ober next will be on an equal footing
with the Northwestern at Pierrei
There is tae Midland Pacific, with PROD
fe6}Sfd WITH II Say tfsy a
not intend 10 build this year. but don't
you believe it. The Sioux City and
Northwestern don't believe will move
this year, but even this project may as
sumo better shape ere long. Speaking
of the Milwaukee, it has been said the
company is not in condition to build
Don't credit this altogether. There is
a little friction in the company, but the
progressive members are in favor of
pushing westward and il Is nonsense To
say they cannot get the money neces-
sary. won't attempt to say when the
race to the Hills will commence, but de-
pend upon it the time is not far ahead,
and when it does commence there will
be several starters. This was the ex-
preston of gentleman whose name,
were the Journal at liberty to disclose
it, would be sufficient to indicate to
people throughout the northwest that
there are good grounds for his predic-
tions.--Rapid Journal.
RAILROAD PROJECTS.
Don't be hoodwinked-Herm hap
pens TO be located in rich fertile valley.
which is the only really feasible route
for railway from the east to the very
heart of the tin district. No finer nat
ural railway route was ever discovered
into mountainous mining district, and
it is altogether reasonable to suppose,
Judging from the past, that railroads
seek the most feasible and chepest route
in endeavoring to reach a certain point
and in this case the roads that come
direct from the east will be seeking the
the mineral and coal and oil feds which
lie directly west of Hermosa. Accord
ing to the CUSTER CHRoSIcLE the b. &
NJ. Railroad company has decided to
build an air line from Custer to New
castle this spring. This rumor is given
credence on account of the
fact of it being for some time an open
secret that the company was eontem-,
plating the construction Of this line,
which has already been surveyed. and
known to be exceptionally desirable as
an eastern outlet for coal and coke, be