The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-08-27
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VOTh'S
, snecial from Wenatchee, Wash, to
: post- Intelligencer says: Parties COM
' dawn from the summit say nearly all
!, grading on the railroad is done ex-
!, through some rock cuts. Reports
:, the east are that the track will
'.b the bluffs of the Columbia about
|, and this place by Nov. l, and will
!. ,et further than the Icicle this sea-
1cicle counts on getting the end of
l~ai,ision. being at the beginning of the
Cn,v Grade, where the helping engines
n be required.
|corepty.six carloads of steel from the
.,,t Northern material yards went out
rm spokane Saturday to the scene of
rcLlaying. -Four miles per day is the
.,ore number Of miles of track being
id.
General Manager Mohler of the Great
lorthern railroad said at Spokane
lcsntly: Track is being laid at the rate
three and one-half miles per day, and
[sr favorable portions of the country it
M, an uncommon occurrence to lay
mr. miles per day. The end of the line
NOW tifty-tive miles west OF Spokane,
i the work is being pushed as rapidly
nossible. The iron for the bridge
" the Columbia river will be ready
T - Il, "a fau, l,x,, ,-l u...
inr will not be interrupted by any de
in the construction Of that bridge.
Ee operating of a new road is always
tended by a great deal of work, but
will have things running smoothly in
short time.
Helena Independent: The probable
kprare cost of building the Pacific ex-
Snsiou of the Great Northern will be
FNMOa mile by the time the road is
Min through to the sound" said p. +.
|yrue. one of the corps OF engineers, re-
fntlr That will he IA much smaller
NM than any of the transcontinental
ALWAYS were ever built for. 1t is a
|reat deal cheaper than the work on the
Eorthern Pacific, and infinitely less than
he Canadian Pacific, which, you will re-
rember. was famous in the annals of
history for being "a high priced piece of
public construction"
According to the Tacoma News both
he Great Northern and the Union
Pacific are working hard for California
trade. The News says:
The Great Northern proposes to dip
lown into California buiness by running
! steamer line between San Francisco
Ind the Sound, and later on it is con
identity believed, President Hill will
barry out his original idea of blilding
rom Butte, Mont, via Boise City, down
10 San Francisco. Thus both lines are
keaching out for California trade and
but Of their competition and the evident
@esire of the merchants to help them
elyes relief is sure to come.
THE TRANsCoNTINENTAL LINE.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press contains a
pecial from Buffalo to the following cf-
The Lehigh Valley transportation
company and the Northern Steamship
company, the lake end of the Great
Northern railroad, were practically con-
FOldated today, and it will be under
bne management, beginning Sept. J..
lOhn Gordon, general manager of the
Northern Steamship company, will be at
bead Of the consolidated company. Gen
kal Manager w. p. Henry of the Lehigh
Eaney, has resigned. This will give the
Reading trust a direct opening to the
aciiic coast over the Great Northern,
Ehich is now being extended to Seattle.
The new company will have by far the
best fleet Of steamers now afioat
30 fresh water. Eleven of them
Pre- Of steel, all built within
few years and of the highest
Glass of marine architecture. 1t all there
wll be eighteen boats. and they are
worth not less than S3,50O,OO0. John
Gordon, the head Of the consolidated
company, is an old Chicago line man,
having been agent of the Anchor line in
|hatc city before coming to Buffalo three
years ago to take the management of the
llel new Northern Steamship company.
From a railroad point of view the con
%sCldatlon of the Great Northern and
Reading interests will have an import
ant bearing on trunk line interests. For
some time the Erie and Great Northern
nave had close traffic arrangements
winch Of course will be terminated. The
Ellie will be compelled to make other
arrangements for lake shipping bust
ness.
President Hill of the Great Northern
ioa1 denied yesterday that there IS the
slightest truth in the report that he has
purchased or IN any n gained con-
ud Of the Oregon Railway and Naviga-
TnOn company's line, says the Pioneer
rtess' This matter was of the greatest
psslble interest to the representatives OF
we other western roads. as in case 1t was
uue the Great Northern road would hold
ue Key to the western situation and
you'd be in a condition to compete with
te rates of the Northern Pacific. The
DUicat Northern would have a through
"e from the Atlantic to the Pacific
vast' Mr. Hill said he would as soon
naVe thought of purchasing the Suez
BUTTE-ANACONDA ROAD.
reference was made above to the
treat Northern scheme of building to
Sah francisco from Butte, via Boise
tly' In this connection the following
rom the Butte Miner is of interest:
Inc signs of the time now point and