Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-09-04
COMING IhiS WAY.
Corps Of Railroad Surveyors Commenced
Operations.
lGreat Falls Thbune.l

lGreat Falls Tribune.l
\ corps Of engineers belonging to
some railroad company is leading
for the Judith country. Just whom
the members OF the party represent
or what is their business no one
knows, as they are living up to in
structions they have received and
proclaim they do not know where
they are going or what they are To
do.
The party is n new one In this part
OF the country. Ii arrived over the
Great Northern and disembarked Mt
Fort Benton. There they were seen
by several parties, and an effort was
made to communicate with them,
but they proved not to be sociable.
After getting their instruments to-
gether they crossed the river and
headed for the judith country.
There Is "A well grounded feeling
among those who know OF the ad-
vent OF the party that they have
some connection with the Burlington
road, and that they are in this part
OF the country for the purpose of
making some kind Of asurvcy. There
are many rumors rife as to their pur-
pose, but IL IL safe to say that they
are in the main guesscs. One oi these
Is to the effect that the party IL in
structcd to make II new survey for n
line through the Judith from Billings
To Great Falls, touching at several
local points On route. However,
there Is, so iar as can be ascertaincd,
no basis for this report other than
the many representations that have
been made within the past year that
the burlington was to he built here.
Nj that IL known of the party is
that it Is in thpscction Of the country
Indicated, Hnd that II il engaged in
some Kind oi railrond survey work
This proceeding with railroads isnut
unusual. When n railway cumpnny
has amy intention OF extending tie
first thing done Is to make what is
known as u preliminary survey. This
SUI vry, when completed, Is reported
tu headquarters, and as u usunlthing
there are several other surveys made
before the one selected is adopted.
There can he little doubt that the
corps, now In the field for the first
time in this part Of the state, has
something to do with the new line.
II Is the only proposed new work
that has been spoken of, ana it is
even intimatcd in strong terms, by
those who are In a position to know
what IL going ON and what Is To be
done, that the corps that arrived In
, Fort Benton Monday belongs to the
Burlington and that it's orders areto
begin the preliminary survey of line
northward.
a later account says:
The Burlington railroad has begun
the work of surveying n line from
Great Falls to Billings. An advance
corps, of n party Of engineers to fol-
low ON In n few days, spent Thurs
day night In camp on the west side
aud yesterday morning started out
ON their way south. They are ac-
companied by a man named Busby,
an old timer In Montana and who
last year worked Mt the Black Eagle
track. He IL in the capacity Of guide
over the country To he travcrsed and
met the purity ut Havrc four days
ago and will remain with IL until the
: work IL finished.
The party numbers three, other
= than Busby. They are travelling ina
wagon, to the wheel of which IL Mt
toched n cyclometer, and a complete
record Ofthe country over " hich they
travel IL being kept.
This party is an advance and will
bc followed, two Of them said, in n
few days Ivy another composing an
engineers corps. This latter pnrty
will take about three weeks. Ii IL
also stated that the first survey will
be but II preliminary one. and thatin
all probability there will have to be
several Of them made before n route
IL found.
The advance party arrived In the
city from Fort Benton and got In
about 9o'clock Thursday night. The
first thing they did was to pitch
camp on the west side, not far from
/, the American brewery. Their work,
they said, started In at Great Falls
and would be toward the south.
They had not doncanything between
Benton and Great Falls and stated
, that In getting off at Benton they
were acting NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., which
In all probability was for thepurpose
of attracting as little attention az
possible.
An hour after camp was pitched
two Of the party, accompanied by
Busby, came ovei to the city and
spent several hours here. They ad
> mitted that they were Of a BurlIng-
ton advance corps. but claimed to
know but little Of their work, asthey