, 1891-09-24
A CONNECTING LINK.
The Big Horn Valley Railroad Com
pany Incorporated.
The Northwestern and Northern
Pacific to be Connected.
William W. Dudley Figures as One
of the Incorporators.

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Horn Valley railroad, the Bald Mountain
Placer Mining company and the Bald
Mountain Townsite company were yester-
day filed with the secretary of state. The
capital stock of the Big Horn Valley rail.
road is placed at Sc. 900, 900, divided into
10000 shares of 800 each. The incor-
p~orators are: VIM. W. Dudley of Rich
mond, Ind. Edward W. Dawson of Balti-
more, Nd; Louis T. Mischener of
Shelbynelle, Ind. Eten B. Crane Of New
York; Norman f. Howe of New York;
John w. Hobart of Adams, Vt; Carroll
I. Hobart of Red Bank, N. j., and John
T. Sinclair OF Philadelphia.
The trustees for the first year are: VIM.
w. Dudley, Eben Il. Crane. John W.
Hobart, Edward w. Dawson and Louis
T. Kitchener.
According to the articles Of incorpora-
ton the road will be built from some
point west of Casper in the county of
Natrona in the state of Wyoming. and
running thence through the Big Horn
valley TO or near the head waters Of
Clark's Fork river. in the county of Park
in the state OF Montana"
II this road is built at once. as It very
likely will be, it markes the beginning of
an era of prosperity in Wyoming. The
road will open up several of the most fer
tile valleys IN the state. will tap rich oil
and coal fields and some of the best min
ing districts. The road will in all proba-
bilitv make a detour to the west through
Lander or else a branch will be built
there. This would give the Fremont
county towns railroad connection with the
outside world, and open up the rich At
lantic mining district. The Popoagie oil
wells and those of the Bonanza district
would no longer remained plugged.
A railroad through the heart of Wyo-
ming would bring capitalists into the
country who would investigate and learn
for themselves what the chances are for
profits on Investments in the state. A
special reason whv this road. If completed
at once. will attract the attention of capt.
t%alists to Wyoming Is the fact that it is
the link that will complete the most direei
route from Denver, Omaha, Chicago and
all eastern and southern points Il
the Yellowstone park. Connecting witt
the Northern Pacific near the park ant
the Cheyenne & Northern at this end. the
road makes an almost direct route from
Cheyenne and Denver. The country
through which the road passes make.
a trip over it most desirable regardless Of
the park. In a private letter written last
summer by Judge Homer Merrill of Raw,
Inns to parties anticipating an overland
trip to the park via Lander the judge. at
ter mentioning the Sweetwater river. In,
dependence rock, Atlantic and South
Pass mining camps, the Papoagie OF
springs. the world renowned Hot SPRING
and other points Of interest, says: Pass
ing WashakIe's needles and Fremon
peak through a country with magnificent
scenery and game of every kind and de
scription IN abundance. with every stream
filed with trout would be a trip never tc
be forgotten BY the participants. A mag
nifcent country" he adds, land nothing
like it in the world" The papers of the
Big Horn valley say the coal and oil fields
alone would support such a road. The
length OF the new road would be about
351miles.