The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
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W.. b. L;ewellyn and George Tiffany,
two New York capitalists, are in San
Francisco. They are said to be in the
west OH an important railroad deal.
having in view nothing less than the
building Of a railroad from Portland to
Tacoma and Seattle, a distance Of 14O
miles. Bonds have already been placed
in New York to raise the necessary
money for the construction Of this
road. It is common gossipthat Level
Ign and Tiffany are agents for the Van
derbilts, specially commissioned to
build a line for the Union Pacific into
Tacoma ad Seattle after it secures it's
old entrance into Portland by control
ling the Short Line and Oregon Rail
way Navigation company. The Union
Pacific's programme is to get into Port
land, Tacoma and Seattle in order to
compete with the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern roads. On ce in control
Of the Short Line it will be- ip a posi-
ton to extend one of the latter's bran
ches from Salt Lake to Los Angeles.
When and how it will get into San
Francisco is a matter of vague specula-
ton at this time. All the prominent
railroad men in the west, however, are
convinced that the Union Pacific will
before long have terminals in Los An
geles. San Francisco and Tacoma and
Seattle.
1t is reported on good authority that
a corps of engineers recently sent out
by the Montana railroad are surveying
a line down the Musselshell river to-
Merino and from there will proceed to
Billings. Does this mean that we are
to have a new railroad or is it merely a
bluff?
There are all sorts of railroad rumors.
As spring approaches. just the time for
railroad building to open. these rumors
come thick and fast. The latest is
from the Big Horn Rustler Of Basin, i
Wyo., which says: ''Rumor had it
this week that the Burlington railroad
was unloading steel rails and ~scrapers
at Hunrley. the terminus of that line
in Montana, and the intention is to ex-
tend it through Pryor's gap across the
Basin to Thermopolis, and thence to
the Oregon Short line where a junction
will be made"
Not since that railroad was built
through Wyoming and Montana to Bill
five years ago, has the Burlington
experienced such snow storms as it did
last week, and it has beer years since
such a storm swept over that section.
The passenger trains were greatly de-
rot being able to make connec-
lions with the eastern trains at Lin
colin, special trains were made up at AL
lance and run into Lincoln. Freight
connections were about twenty-four
hours behind time and cars from this
,ity were handled with extreme diff
The trains are N Go more run
ling on scheduled time and no more
rouble is apprehended.
The big "hog'' engines, the new
locomotive power on the Northern Pa
'ifc, are causing no end of trouble or
annoyance. They tip over so easily it
s almost a daily occu rrence to be ,
roubled SO. At Bridger the first Of !
week, one OF these mammoth pieces :
machinery jumped off the track and |
mate came from the Red Lodge train
Q assist 1t back. The NJ late while at I
empting to perform its e rrand of mercy !
oppled over also. Thr zee other en- !
ines went to the rescue and after No. :
had flown the track they succeeded E
n regaining their lost positions. 4
4 . -
y. McClaren, a B. & M. freight '
rakeman. had both feet frozen last
at Grow Agency. He has q
AIKEN a lay.off and gone to Nebraska :
nd Missouri for a visit. i
4 q
Roadmaster Ellis, formerly of the s
'ellowstone division, has been ordered 8
the Pacific division and will have t
lpervision Of that part of the road s.
takes in the Cascade mountains.