Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-02-07
Railroad News.


Is. & NJ. Buffalo extension within two
months.
The B. & NJ. now runs a refrigerator
car between Omaha and Deadwood,
which leaves the latter place every
Tuesday night.
The b. & M. will issue tickets from all
stations in South Dakota to persons
wishing to attend the annual meeting
of the society of Black Hills Pioneers
at Dead wood on the 10th inst, at one
and one fifth fare.
Travelling Passenger Agent Greeyy, OF
the Union Pacific, is looking the field
over, says the Pioneer, with a view to
putting on a through sleeper from Dead
wood to Denver, via Chadron, Douglas
and Cheyenne. This will give a short
route to Colorado.
The new freight rates on the r. & NJ,
from Omaha TO Deadwood, are as fol-
fows. First class, Las; second class,
81 80 third class, 81 LIS; forth class, ST.;
fifth class, 95 cents; class A, 80 cents
class b, 65 cents class G, 55 cents; class
ID, 45 cents; class +, 80 cents.
General Manager HoIdredge of the b
& NJ. is credited with making the state.
ment to- prominent Nebraska City
man that the proposed Nebraska City
Ashland cutoff would not be build this
year. and that the company would not
build any more road'fn this state for
the present.-Omaha Bee.
The F. Il. & NJ. V. r. r. Co. has fled
its rightofway with the officers of the
land office at this place. II commences
at point on Redwater, on the east line
Of the state and follows the last sur
vey through Sundsnce to the coal fields
six miles west of town. This is a
move in the right direction and it is to
be hoped they will continue right along
with the work.-Sundance Republican.
The Deadwood Pioneer says: The B.
& NJ. contemplates running one of those
elegant chair cars from Edgemont 70
Deadwood. The run from Edgemont TO
Deadwood and return is mae wholly by
day and chair coach with large
windows is always preferable to a sleep
for a day ride, but the question is will
the travelling public eeit and appreciate
it. A considerable saving in sleeper
fair could thus be made, and the chair
coach will be much lighter to haul over
the mountains.
Reports are current that the Burling-
ton & Missouri railroad will build their
connection from Cheyenne to Alliance,
| a distance of seventy-fve miles and also
the line from here to Longmont, Colo,
which is less than one hundred miles
distant, this would give Cheyenne a
competing line from Denver through to
the Black Hills country and it will un-
doubtedly result in the building of a
shop plant at this point for the Burling-
ton & Missouri, which would be another
great thing for Cheyenne.-Cheyenne
Commonwealth
COMING HILLwARDs.
The stockholders and directors of the
Duluth, Pierre & Black Hills Railway
company held lengthy session last
Wednesday. The old officers were re
elected. The directors then passed up
on work already done, and decided on
plans for completing the grade from
Faulkton To Pierre next season A
April lst, engineers will be put in the
field to cross section, and grading will
be resumed.
The Northern Pacific company is
anxious that the grading shall be com
menced as early as possible, so that the
line may be bridged and ironed. The
ties and rails are now being purchased
for the line. In this connection it is
noticed that the latest Northern Pacific
maps show this extension from Oakes
to Pierre and from Pierre to the Black
Hills, which is something OF an indi-
cation as to who is behind the building
OF this line.
1t is believed that there is an arrange
ment between the Northern Pacific and
the Burlington to continue the line from
Pierre to connect with the Burlington
in the Hills, giving the Northern Pacific
an outlet to Duluth.-Pierre special
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