The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-19
PROSPERITY COMING
Castle People Feel Confident That
They'll Soon Fave a Railroad.
THEN THINGS WILL BOON
The Montana Railroad Company
Has Been at Work All Winter
on Construction-Ne ws
From Bozeman.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Bozeman, April left the Castle
railroad has never before been an as
sured fact with the people of this COM
munity, 1t is beginning to dawn upon
them that II is rapidly assuming the
form of a railroad and that present
indications are indicative only of an
answer to the prayers Of the people of
the most promising mining camp in
Meagher county. The camp literally
died after a birth which. for over a
year. suggested to the people of Mon
tana only a second Butte. after nu-
merous rich properties had been opened
bringing into the camp many business
men who invested large amounts of
capital there, after the camp had been
laid off into city lots and those lots
disposed of the whole thing died for
want of a matter of rs miles of rail-
road. Everyone believed the mineral
wealth OF Castle to be such as to war
rant the building of this road. the
mines of that section had been devel-
oped to an extent which proved be-
yond doubt the presence OF rich min
erals in that district and now there Is
every reason to believe that Castle will
again be heard from as one OF the
most industrious mining camps of the
state and that in the near future.
The Montana Railroad company has
been at work all winter upon the Cas-
tie road, some 40 men having been en-
ployed upon the rock work in the can
yon above Baker in this county, and
now the company is preparing to place
large force of men in the field. Dean
& Marler, contractors. have placed a
large freight outfit to hauling supplies
from Manhattan, Ia miles west of here,
to the point of operations four miles
above Baker, and as soon as sufficient
supplies are upon the ground work will
be commenced with as large a force of
men as can be handled there The
work in the canyon during the past
winter has been, some of IL, very diff
cult, as IL was necessary to blast out
immense quantities of rock to get
through the narrow gorge. but this is
now almost completed and the COM
pany is about ready to push its way
rapidly into Castle, which is hard
ly IS miles from the present terminus
of the road. John Nesbit has been
operating crew Of men with a pile
driver for some weeks past and this
week the crew reached the canyon
above Baker. having finished the driv-
ing of the piling for all bridges from
Toston to that point The road is to
be a narrow guage, but these bridges
Will all be standard bridges. the full
length of the line. Ties are on the
ground for a narrow guage roadbed,
and IL looks very promising for trains
to be running over that line before the
summer is well under way.
Then IL Is said that the financial con-
dition of the Montana Railroad COM
pany is much improved. they having
placed themselves upon a cash footing
the past winter and If the cash is
ready for the workmen and for the
supplies needed Castle can get ready
to celebrate.
A. G. Lombard. chief engineer for the
road, is preparing for a trip East and
the supposltion here is that he will en-
deavor to find a market for the new
road and this would hardly be found
unless the Northern Pacific. the Bur-
lington or the Union Pacific possibly.
should decide to make this road a part
of some of those great systems.
The opening OF this road is not going
to be productive of great good simply
TO the mining town of Castle. but will
likewise benefit the coal prospects and
rich farming lands of the Sixteen Mile
country in the western portion OF Gal
latin county.