The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-20
IT IS ALL
SETTLED
According to a Great Falls
Newspaper
kAllSPElL TO JENNINGS.
The Main Line Of the Great Northern Will
Be Changed-Survevors Have
Reported.

| news, Is not an original observation,
but it applys with force to what the
Great Falls Tribune has to say about
a proposed change of the railroad line
between Kalispell and Jennings. The
people of this city have been wonder
ing what is going to happen for the
past month, but with no satisfactory
answer. It has been understood that
the surveyors are still hard at work,
but the Tribune has it that their work
was finished and their report made
nearly a week ago. This is what the
Tribune says:
In the state of Montana, and partic-
ularly in the northern part of it, the
Great Northern railway will spend a
larger amount of money during the
next few years in improvements than
in any of the states forming that vast
area traversed by the road and known
as the Northwest Already much of
this work has begun and there is
| very large amount of it in store, some
| of which, it is stated on good authori-
ty has not yet been announced. Aside
from the work that is now under way
| near this city and at different points
along the line of the Montana Central
the greatest undertaking of the road
| is the building Of the branch from
Jennings, west of Kalispell, to Fernie,
B. c., and which is to be the outlet
for the Crows Nest Pass coal. The
survey for this branch have been let
for the entire distance, The work of
building the grade has been started
within the present week and before
many weeks have rolled around, it is
| stated, rails will be laid on the south
ern part of the line. It is the intention
of the company to push construction
forward as fast as possible, in order
that a greater amount of Canadian
coal may be had for use along the
line, both east and west of Kalispell.
In connection with this same work
there is expected an announcement
regarding change in the right-of-way
of the main line Of the road between
Kalispell and Jennings. At the pres
ent time the right-of-way between
these two points is of very heavy
grade. So great is it that for all
heavily loaded freight trains pushers
have to be employed for almost the
entire distance east-bound.
The plan now in contemplation is
the abandonment of the line as it now
is between these two points and, in
stead, build a new track, starting from
Kalispell westward and running
slightly northward on the other side
of the mountains on the Kootenai
river, where it will join the line from
Jennings to the north. The detour
will slightly increase the distance
over what it is now between the two
stations, but will furnish almost a
level grade and at no point will the
grade be as much as per cent.
During the past two weeks a corps
of engineers has been in the field max
ing q supplemental survey for this
main line change and on Tuesday
completed it's work. The report,
which has been sent to the head Of
fees of the company at St. Paul,
shows, it is stated, that what the en-
gineers have been sent out after they
have located and, therefore, the an
nouncement of the intention of the
company to begin the construction of
a new trackage is expected any day.
Along the line from Spokane to
Havre at several points there are Sec
ton gangs at work, Strengthening out
kinks" in the road, all of which,
while short, will materially decrease
the mileage and permit of better time
being made over the Montana divis-
ions.
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