The Holt County sentinel., 1894-11-16
LINE To BILLINGS
The Burlington Extension Now
Open For business.

On Saturday g Cr.ober %, lSoi.the Bill
ings branch Of the Burlington i Mis-
souri, River road vas opened up Tor all
k,nds Of business. This nex line by Its
with the Northern Pacific
line ut Billings, Mont, opens up new
ield for commerce TO- the various cities
situated Oh the Burlington system. In
addition to affordlng a Few route for
passenger travel to the Pacific slope it
Affords to the shipping public unequslled
freight service between Chicago, Peosi ia,
St. Louis. Kansas City, st. Joseph. At
Leavenworth, OmaE ard Coun-
ell Biuffs. az we'll as all Burlington
Route points and functions with eustern
and other connections via direct route
to and from Bozeman, Helena, Butte,
Missou,s, Mont, Cosur
D'Aleue Mining d,s,rlct. Idaho. Spokane,
Tacoma. Seattle, Wash, and Portland,
Ore., and all points in the great north
west reached by the Northern Pacific
and connections.
The new extension into Montana starts
FROM Lincoln, Neb., proper, and takes q
Course, running through
Grand Island and Broken Bow
Ssb. The line has been opened to
Wyoming, fer the two years
past. The line passes through the ex-
treme southwest corner of South Dak0tH
before entering Wyoming. Here branch
line from Edgemont runs to Hot Springs,
Dsadwood and Spes,iish in South Da.
kota.
The completion OF this new line by
the Burlington opens up to settlement
u new empire in the northwest aud a
short route TO the Pacific coast AID tc
the states lying along the Canada line
The extension of the Burlington pass
ss through historic ground. 1t opens
for settlement hundreds Of thousands ol
acres OF land which need only water t.
make 1t blossom as the rose. Already IT
rigation di .ches have been put in in ant,
cIpation of the cOming OF farmers snC
planters. and a scheme il now ready fol
the irrigation Of much greater body
which will add to the ti!lable land oI
tie United States enough farming prop
srty to start new empire in the north
west. The road runs through a countr.
rich in coal and other minerals an,
from the one division alone there hav,
been shipped this year 5000 cars Of ca;
tie to the Chicago and Omaha markets
1t is one Of the richest stock rn:elpg sec
tions in the west, and hundre is of thou
saads OF head OF cattle grow fat on th,
"biue stem" grass which grows in abund
aace on the plains and In the valleys.
Sheridan, Wyo., has been the termi
aus of the Burlington for two years.
". . built from Alliance, Nab, west as 6
part of through line to connec. will
the Northern Pacific, and the extension
sf the road from Sheridan On WAS begul
IN March last. The Burlington con
meets with ;he Northern Pacific at Hunt
Icy and runs its trains into Billings
thirteen miles west on the Norther
Pscific tracks. Billings is to DO tn
western terminus, for the present a
least, and extensive yards and repal
shops are to be- constructed. Nowher
IN the northwestern country has a roa
been built which had So few natur,
obstacles to overcome. Following th
course OF streams the line runs almos
direct. with few curves, and, for mour
tainous country remarkably easy grades
tho 1870 miles which separates Hunilr
and Sheridan. Il passes through th
valleys OF the Little aud Big Horn, +. hcr
Caster made Lis famous stand agains
! tho Sioux, ACROSS and down the Bi
Horn, to the valley Of the Yeliowstou,
| on the banks Of which Huniiey is sliu.
ted.
The road is pioneer in the countr
through which it passes and 1t is lik,
wise Il pioneer in the class Of construt
ton wh!cl has marked its buiidlns
The road lis to be n.ain line, and II la
| been buI.t with q view OF running ia,
trains upon it. Throughout the entil
construction steel rails weighing sixt,
four pounds to the yard havs been use
and every r.ile OF It is to be bailaste
before 1t ID openej for traifi;. Natur
has provided nearly all the motsrial fe
| ths construction OF ths road. Back
the time when the earth was form .
and when volcanic fires were changIn
the aspect # things out in that countr
there Was burned IN natures kIins
sort OF ter8-cotta, WITCH Is pow beiU
used as ballast along the greater po
| tlon OF the road. GsolosIsts say tina
burning coal transformed overiyIn
| stratas Of red clay into this terra cot.i
| which Is eusliy obtained in many of tn
hills along the way Taking ad,antag
OF this proyislon Of nature the roi.dbe
Was bailasted as rapidly as the ruad va
built Towards the western end OF th
line, however, where a long haul ~ouI
b, necessary IN order to get the mater
Ial To the roaibed, there are ex,enslv
gravel banks, which have been utiiize
for ballast on that portion Of the track
ST. Joseph has oe.n brought ueare
hy this road TO the great mineral ant
aiming country in the northwest than
has eyer been before. Yellowstone Par,
is from twelve to twenty four hour
nearer to this city, dn,! there ID an equa
gam from the southwest to Tacoma
S.s:tle. Portland and other Pacific coas
C ties.
Il would rather trust that medicin
than any doctor know or" Says Mr..
Hattie Masnu of Chiffon. Carter CO
do in speaking Of Chamberia,p's Cole
Cholera and D.arrhoea Remedy. Fo
sale By Clark o. Proud.