Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-08-08
HEAD
ED FOR FORSYTH,
Rancher says Railroad Surveying
Party is Now on North Side and
COmIug This Way Work
done as Sc creteiy as
Possible.

The air is full of railroad runnors
and the fact that a number of survey
ing parties have been running lines
both North and South of the Yellow
stone over a wide stretch of territory.
has given fresh impetus 20 the gos-
sip Of new outlets. II has been given
out that the Burlington is to run an
extension from Billings TO Great Falls
and that the work of construction is
old topic but it has been given renewed
interest by Senator paris Gibson. who
in an interview, replied as follows to
a question:
well, l do not care to be quoted on
that point, but in my Judgment the
road will follow the survey made in
1891, which, after leaving Yellowstone
county, will follow the Musselshell to
Merino. in Meagher county, thence
north over the table lands of the Ju-
dith basin, through PhiIbrook to Uti-
"a, u ooSliiS Vclll CIcGE III STANFORD,
and thence through the canyons be-
tween Badly range and the Highwood
mountains to Belt creek, striking the
Neihart branch of the Montana Cen
trail near Belt.
The presence of a Chicago & Mil
waukee surveying party in Miles City
ftat. n = tod
Everett, 5. d., to that polnt has given
the old cattle town a renewed cour-
age and the Milesians hopefully look
for the day when their property will
take an upward jump by reason of the
construction of a southern outlet.
Forsyth has done very little in the
matter of building air castles, but has
always held an abiding faith in the
theory that this point offers better
outlet either north or south than any
of its neighbors. While there has
been some little talk in times past of "a
road to connect with the Montana rail
road and 4 survey was made last year,
nothing ever came of it. There now
comes from an unusual channel enough
information to warrant the attention of
those interested in seeing another rail
road come into Forsyth. This time it
is not an anonymous ''prominent rail
road official who lets the cat out of
the bag in a two column interview. nor
does it originate from any local "boom-
err but the news was brought in by a
ranch hand, a cowpuncher who neith-
knew nor cared much about the mat
ter, but saw enough evidence to con-
firm the belief that the long forgotten
railway is to be revived. According
to his story, a large surveying party
is now on the north side and headed
this way. The party is now said to
nearest point of communication. As is
usual with preliminary survey parties,
they are quite reticeut in re-
gard to the object of their work or the
route followed. One of the party, how
ever, told him they were engaged in a
railroad survey and were running "A
line to Forsyth. The mail and sup
plies are brought in daily by another
cowboy and the work is being conduc-
ted as secretly as possible.
While this Information comes in a
roundabout way, it is known that d
number of the big lines have greedy
eyes on Montana as Il prospective field
for development and there is consider
able rivalry among the big ones to OBJ
tain control of the most desirable sec
tiOns.
There is just as much likelihood OF
Forsyth being chosen as Il terminal as
any other towns along the road and
the presence of the survey corps seems
to indicate that, we now have Just as
much right to gamble on the future as
our neighbors.