Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-03
May BUILD
UP TO DILLON
N. P.'S Branch to Twin Bridges
May be Extended
UP BEAVERHEAD VALLEY
Robert RautOul Has Looked Over the
Proposed R0ute--The New
Train Service.
UP BEAVERHEAD VALLEY

1t is more than probable that the
Northern Pacific will extend it's Gaylord
& Ruby Valley branch, which now con-
meets Twin Bridges with the parent line
at Whitehall, up the Beaverhead valley
to Dillon. The news of the intention of
the company to build this road was par
TALLY confirmed this morning. although
the source of the confirmation is but
semi-ofticial. At the local offices all
knowledge of the Northern Pacifc's in
tention is enied
Robert Rantoul, whose headquarters
are in st. Paul, and who looks up tom
mage statistics of proposed routes, and
who is generally in the field when a new
railroad is to be built, has been in Dill
Ion and the Beaverhead valley several
days. While he was in that section he
went over the ground carefully and con-
ferred with prominent business men Of
Beaverhead's capital. who have been
straining their efforts towards the end
that now seems in sight-a connection
| with the Northern Pacific, which means
a competitor in freight business with all
the attendant advantages.
1t is said that Mr.. Rantoul came away
from Dillon more than satisfied with the
loIidSe Inquiries secured, ana the outlook
for business for the new line. He is not
in the city today and the story of The
extension could not be absolutely con-
tirmed.
The route up the Beaverhead valley
from w Bridges to Dillon is an ideal
one. The grade is so light that the water
hoWs sluggishly, n nowhere in the
state could a road be built at less ex-
pense. Very few cuts would have to be
made, scarcely any at all, save in the
vicinity of the Beaverhead rock. where a
roadbed for a few miles was graded in
the early days when it was thought the
route down the Beaverhead would be
taken by the then Union Pacific.
The branch from Whitehall to Twin
bridges which was completed last sum
mer. is said to be doing a volume of bust.
ness three times the amount of the esti.
mate furnished the Northern Pacific of.
ficlals by the exports of the road and or
the strength of which the line was con.
structed. If the branch to Twin Bridges
has done this it is reasonable to presume
that the extension to Dillon will do fully
as well, if not better.
The official announcement of the in.en.
ton of the Northern Pacific tc
~inaugurate a. double train service be.
tween ST. Paul, Butte and Portland wa:
received in Butte last sight, and the new:
of the proposed betterment of service
given in the Inter Mountain several day:
ago, is confirmed.
AS stated several days ago in the In,
ter Mountain the new schedule will 81
into effect March y. one week from mex
Sunday. The schedule will be as follows
No. 4, east bound, will leave Butte a
1:35 o'clock D. M, arriving at st. Pau
at 7:30 o'clock a. M, the second mornin.
making the run in AZ hours.
No. 2, will leave Butte at 9:05 o'clocl
p. M, arriving at St. Paul at 2 o'clock +
M. the second afternoon out of Butte
This train will make the run in 40 hour
and SO minutes, a reduction in time @
three hours and five minutes.
No. A, will leave st. Paul at S:55 o'cloc
a. M, arriving in Butte at Sis O'Clock /