The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-04-20
SOON REACH nERIsO.

m0DfMua hagbrDhd WDb sSfgin Laying
Track on Its Extension This Week.
Tracklaying will he commenced this
week on the extension of the Montana
railroad from Mariinsdale TO- Merino,
d distance OF twenty -fogy miles, says
the Helena IndependenE Ths giade
has been ItacficHll completed, and q
crew of mSn VIII begin laying steel in
two Or thrkehays. The track will be
completed Within thirty days, when
through rates to Meriuo will be made.
Robert Rautoul, general manager Of
the Montana road, said yesterday that
the extension would give the road
much tbs larger part Of the businoss
of the Judith basin.
when We return to Meripo,' he
said yesterday" We will be much the
nearest rail point from Lewist0wn and
UU0a Il 10 about fifty miles from
Merlno 10 Lewistown aud forty.six 10
Utica. while Great Falls is 1870 miles
from Lewjst0wp and 100 miles from
Fort Benton to Lewistown. Already
LewistoWD merchants are beginning to
appreciate tha advantage Of u shorter
rail route, Tor the Montana road il get.
ting it's share OF business through Mar.
tiDsdale, Helena merchants are i'm,
proving their opportunities IN that
field also, and while tbejr business ~
by no means what IL should DO or what
II eventually will be, IL has been grow,
ing ever since we made rates TO Mar
tiDsdale,
Manager RaptonI said that the COM
papy expected 40 complete its liDe W
Merino In tins N tukscare Of The wool
clip Of Fergus noiAty apd The Mussel'
shell county,
The Northern Pacific proposes to IN
crease the Importance 0f Billings ps d
wool market, and the Montana road
will lend its ASSISTANCE toward that
end, Praetirlly glkvool shipped oyer
tho Montana EQpd this season VIII No
first sent to billings under D through
rate gRteemPDt, aud after being ware
housed there and sold Will bo sent east,
Mr., Rnutoul slid yesterday thpt
thcre was Fyey indication Of u large
y.a. Wool hllP helilP this season fhap the state has
VIbere w eYey reason 10 expect that
the total clip will be heavier this year
than last said MI, Rppiopl, pVbere
Arp more sheep IN rho state than last
year, and I thtnk that tho average Of
deeees will be heayief Tho wool
was unusually light Last season, Ver-
gps county ~ tho heaviest wool prodnc,
ing county In thH state, and our rOnd
expeets to hapdle y large part of the
clip this sens0n, " think that Bill.
ipgs viii be the biggest wool market
IN the stAte ibis yepr, The Northern
Pacldp will concentrate pll tho wool
from the territory " repches IN this
state nv that point, and there Will Ne
tho usual additions from Wyoming md
from the territory reached IVY Tho Mon
tana railroad, The Northern Pacific
warehouses; NJ Townsend, Columbus
and Merrill VIII not receive wool ~
formerly, hnF MI clips going 70 those
paints will be loRded op oars and
shipped ~ Billings, whore the company
hns bHilt nn enormous warehouse rAp-
nble pf taking care 0f MI TINT viii be
received, " ~ expected that che
amount NJ wool that will gp thropgh
HilIinRs This ypar VIII pSppfd s,OQ0,'
900 ponds, and mny nqnal 10000, 900
{ All the buyers IN the country hnye
hpen notified of this arrppgpment, and
Their agents will be governed nnnord'
inaly Buyers naturally favor \ con-
of wool nv n eentrpl ppipr
~ " fanlitntps matters for thnm nn1 ~
nn advantage 70 Tho owners ~ we'll,
iIhe bpylug seasop Will npon M
Billlpes nhont lnne ~, " II lhp epplI-
paF mnrkat IN tha stplp, Tile lrnal
gsns. valIs market, 9n,la understand appp' two
Mr. hanfqpl sNid Yesterday thaf
Mpfin0 promihed ~ hp \ thriving plppp
IN tllf nnar future, 4 town N hning
Ind pHt pl thn pupph NJ fVwn Dot
Wilson, n we'll kppwn nattlpmnn
The place viii ha nalled 1.-TWO nnf =
u nlrppdy h0asFs NJ several houses and
before tha spAr pnds WIN hp n prplpnv
IiNnH trndina point