The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-05-06
nrRLlNGrON EXTENsIoN.
~ WIN Bs Pushed 90 a Connection ut
the northern Paoine.

n WIZ Bs Pushed 90 a Connection with
the northern Paoine.
General Manager Hol1fses, ia COMPANY
with the eastern directors Of the road. az
rived In Sheridan last Saturday Afternoon
direct from Boston sftsf The annual meeting,
and officially gave out the news that the
extension Of the B. a Al. from Sheridan 20
a eonneetion With ths Northern Pacific a
Billings vas 10 be made - once. The con
tract haa been lei 90 ktlpAtfiok Bros. a
Collins, who have built the road from
Grand Island, Nebraska. west 20 that pOint,
aud they have aubiot portions Of 10 20 such
we'll known and responsible men 40 Dunlay
a. Hobhans. Mcdonald Broa.. Mike ElmoTe,
J. l.. Bean aRd Others and work will be
commenoed a. soon az these men can get
their stock and tools on the line.
IA is we'll known by everybody In thia
part Of the country - least that the grade
vas finished year ago 10 Pass, on the
line Of the Crow reservation, ana the worh
Of ironing this par. Of the rosd-about
twenty -hvs miles-Will begin by she lOth OF
10Th OF May. The ties are now banked a.
the mouth OF Five Mile on Tongue river.
and the steel has been purchased and IL en-
foute.
Lately the contractors have been int
tuning the directors OF the Chicago. Bur
lington a QuincI TO oomplsts the work and
tho connection TO the Northern Pacific.
General Manager Hold eye Of the BurlinR-
ton road has seconded the plea OF the con-
tractors, urging that the burlington road
should do something to atim ulste the effort
10 b ina good times aud 90 give employ
msnt to some Of the idle men who are
facing starvation.
The nervous situation In money matters
had prevented favorable consideration Of
tho IropositiOn from this end Of the line.
until fnAly 10 has been decided that sa an
net OF humanity, and for the beet interests
Of the countrf. - we'll a. the Dad. 10 would
DO wise move TO make the large invest
msnt requi edo continue the Is. a NJ. TO
the No them PAclhc-the contractors
agreeing 10 bear their 20 ton by sooep ting
less for the work than they received last
year. This forward move made in the
teeth Of hard times and general doubt md
uncertainty. means reluoed wages, yet not
TO tue starvation figures.
The contractors are Offering 81. % day
for common labor and Sl40 per day for
wheel scTapsr holders anu SIG per month
aud board for teamateTs. 4 he entire work
lies IN the Indian reservation, where no
whisky mills can exist. Free trsnsI orta-
ton will be given the men 80 the work.
+. obably 1000 or 1900 men will be needed,
as the work is 10 be com pletsd By the 10Th
OF October.
Close trafic arrangements have been
made between the b. d Al. and the North
ern racine ana Wnon the Burlington fohu
shall be mrleted 10 the Northern Pacific
fair exchange of traffic will be maze.
Six thousand car loads Of shingles we're
shipped from O eRon last wear 10 81 Paul,
thence TO Omaha for the Nebraska trade.
After the 10Th OF October next all this traffic
aud trade will come direct to Sheridan,
which. by its location will be the dis
.ibutinR point east.
The main line Of the Blu lington system
will be pushed from Sheridan west 30 the
Yellowstone National pafk, either through
10 or south OF 10, to Bose. and thenoe 20
San Francisco. The Montana branch, now
under construction and TO be oOmplsted BY
Oct. 10 next, makes direct connection with
all tho Northern Pacific points including
Portland aud Puget Sound cities and by a
further advance OF 255 mile 20 Great Falls
dii ect connection with the Great Northern
will be made for all western points. The
distance from st. Paul 90 Billings by the
Northern Pacific is 1872 miles; By way OF
tho darlington from Omaha 10 Billings,
$40 miles Thus bV the new line Omaha IS
seventeen miles nearer Helena. Butte and
ali the Pacific coast towns than ~. Paul,
The distance from Helena, Mont, TO {.
Paul Is !, 100 miles; BY way of the Union Paci-
nc from Omaha 20 Helena is l.503 miles; by
the burlington, under the new route
through Sher dan, lll3 mics, saving OF
800 miles for the burlington.