The weekly tribune., 1894-05-11
THE BURLINGTON ROAD.
Items Of Interest Concerning This
Railroads Extension To Great
Falls.
The Burlington Will BE Completed
Into Billings On the 10Th
Of October.

General Manager Holdrege, in com
many with the eastern directors of the
road. arrived in Sheridan Saturday after.
noon direct from Boston after the annual
meeting. according to the Sheridan Post,
and officially gave out the news that the
extension OF tho b. & M. from Sheridan
TO a connection with the Northern
Pacific at Billings was to be made at
once. The contract has been let to Xii
patrick Bros. & Collins, who have built
the road from Grand Island, Nebraska,
west to this point, and they have sublet
nortions of it to such we'll known and
re.nonsible men as Dunlay 4 McSh8ne,
McDonald Bros, Mike Gilmore. j. L.
Rean and others and work will be COM
menced az soon as these men can get
their stock and tools on the line.
II is we'll known to everybody in this
mart of the country at least that the
grade was finished year ago to Pass,
on the line of the Grow reservation, and
the work Of ironing this part Of the road
about twenty. five miles-will begin by
the 10th or 18th Of May. The ties are
now banked at the mouth Of Five Mile
on Tongue river, and the steel has been
purchased and is en- route.
In connection with this news the
Omaha Bee makes the following COM
ment:
Lately the contractors have been i'm.
portuning the directors of the Chicago
Burlington 4 Quincy to complete the
work and the connection to the Northern
Pacific. General Manager Holdrege OF
the Burlington road has seconded the
plea of the contractors, urging that the
Burlington road should do something to
stimulate the effort to bring good times
and to give employment to some Of the
idle men who are facing starvation.
The nervous situation in money mat
ters had prevented a favorable consider
alton of the proposition from this end of
the line, until finally it has been decided
that az an act of humanity, and for the
best interests OF the country, as we'll as
the road, it would be wise move to
make the large investment required-tO
continue the B. Il M. to the Northern
PaciRc-the contractors agreeing to bear
their portion by accepting less for the
work than they received last year This
forward move. made in the teeth OF hard
times and general doubt and uncertain
ty, means reduced wages, yet not to
starvation figures. The entire work
lies in the Indian reservation, where
no whisky mills can exist Free trans
portation will be given the men to
the work. Probably 1000 or 1900 men
will be needed as the work is to be
completed by Oct. Is.
Close traffic arrangements have been
made between the B. & M. and the
Northern Pacific and when the Burling-
ton road shall be completed to the
Northern Pacific fair exchange Of
traffic will be made. Six thousand car
loads OF shingles were shipped from Ore
gon last year to st. Paul, thence to
Omaha for the Nebraska trade. After
the 18th Of October next all this traffic
and trade will come direct to Sheridan,
which by it's location will be the dis
tributing point east.
The main line OF the Burlington sys-
tom will be pushed from Sheridan west
to the Yellowstone National park, either
through it or south Of it to Boise, and
thence to San Francisco. The Montana
branch. now under construction and to
be completed by October 18th next,
makes direct connection with all the
Northern Pacific points, including Port
land and Puget Sound cities, and by a
further advance Of 225 miles to Great
Falls direct connection with the Great
Northern will be made for all western
points. The distance from st. Paul tO
Billings by the Northern Pacific is 892
milee; by way of the burlington from
Omaha to Billings, 875 miles. Thus by
IN hr,o ho In
nearer Helena, Butte and all the Pacific
coast towns than st. Paul. Tho distance
from Helena, Montana, to st. Paul IL
l.130 miles; by way Of the Union Pacific
from Omaha to Helena is ,503 miles; by
the Burlington, under the new route
through Sheridan, Lib miles, a saving
Of 800 miles for tie Burlington.
The Sheridan Enterprise gives large
space to news connected with the Bur
lington Montana extension. Among
their notes the following is extracted:
Engineer Pease went out on the line
the first OF the week, and will superin
tend the work OF the surveying party
Mr.. Pease is one OF the competent mer
in the employ OF the b. & M.
The tracklaying to Pass will be com
menced about the latter part OF May
as early as the grade can be got in shape
The Sheridan Milling and Mercantile
company supplied Fitzpatrick Bros. 4
Collins commissary with 10000 pounds
Of -four this week and expects to furnish
in the neighborhood Of 1900 pounds pei
day during the work OF extension.
Dunlay Bros. Il McShane have taker
two miles Of work on Pass creek-sec
tions "a and 35 counting from Sheridan
Mike Elmore's camp will be located OF
Pass creek, and he will grade tho two
miles Of the work joining Dunlay Bros
x McShane on the east.
K, B. & G. will put their outfits nndel
Riley & Collins at the channel work OF
the Little Horn.
Mcdonald Bros. and T., l.. Murph!
have each "subbed" mile on the Littl,
Horn channel work.
John Doyle has taken mile OF worl
ON the reservation abOu! ten miles be
yond Pass
Waltse & Ree,e will be located twelve
miles west OF Pass.
The great contracting firm Of halley 4
Coushing have secured y big alice OF th'
work--sbout twenty-five miles-locate(
on and beyond the Big Horn. They owl
splendid outfit and will chip it In from
Omaha early next week.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
Tho state Encampment Will Meet Il
Helena, MAY 10 and II. 70