Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

West and Northwest
For the railroad supremacy of tho west
the moneyed kings Of the country are to-
day waging one Of the most interesting
lights ever witnessed by a public which
is immensely interested HiH and Har-
riman and Gould with the vast fortunes
Of Clark and the Armours and the Rookie
tollers, and their crowds pouring millions
into the work which Is soon to yield mil
| lions In return, are the central hrures ia
the battle for the control of the situation
in the vast agricultural west, and for the
transcontinental business which all stlu
reckon on Ia spite Of the construction of
! the Panama canal
win Hin building or planning to build
lines from Guernsey 20 Salt Lake aud up
the North Platte valley. and from Fiun-
mic to Thcrmopolis and feeders out OF
Cheyenne and immense work around Lin
coin and Ashland and with a line lust
! hnished from Sioux City to Ashland the
Northwestern building from Pierre to
Rapid City and having just finished
a line from Casper to Lander with
intentions OF extending to salt Lake: with
the Union Pacific talking of line from
! Wolcott to the northwest in competition
with the Encampment road. and with the
/ Milwaukee and Western Pacific building
TO the coast, the railroad map is sure to
somewhat changed within tho next
par
Union Pacific Extension.
The Union Pacific has its line up the
prth Platte valley about ready to run
cars. This beautiful stretch OF couu-
is practically undeveloped and great
etches OF grazing land are waiting for
tiller OF the soil Tho building of this
means the settlement OF this section
he country by farmers, who will TO a
e extent become intensive farmers, and
all be in way tributary to Omaha.
Burlington's line built this summer
vorland reached the rich Wind river
try on the north the same as the
hwestern extension from Casper 60
er reached It on the south and "a
race was made to see which road
be in the best condition for the
ng of the thousands which would
TO go to the government drawing at
servation The line from Pierre To
City will open a rich grazing couu-
Itch has been hanipered by the lacl,
road facilities and with the North
and Milwaukee both building
h that section of South Dakota both
: nc agricultural and grazing interests will
be stimulated, and Omaha will reap the
benefit.
NiIwHulSee'S Great Project.
The largest single undertaking by one
road is the construction of the Milwaukee
road from Dakota TO the coast, with Seattle
as its western terminus. The scenery along
the new route means IL must become one of
! the most popular routes i'm the country for
ltranscontinontsl travel. The beautiful yell
iowstone valley will be penetrated. The
Standing Rock Indian reservation will hc
one Of tho points Of interest. The Rocky
mountains will be along the right -of-waS.
but will not form an impossible barrier
The Bitter Root chain. along the western
liue of Montana. will be pierced and the
high peaks of Idaho will be among the
sights the tourist will sec
In general way the route lies about
fifty miles to the south of the Northern
Pacific railroad, and opens up a vast couu-
try now scarcely settled. From Glenham
and Evarts, in the north central mart Of
South Dakota, now the western terminus
of the st. Paul road. rails have slready
been laid up 20 the point where the road
crosses the Missouri river twelve miles to
the north. The first eighty miles will ira
verse the Standing Rock Indian reserva-
tion. passing through Borman and schnRisse
counties in South Dakota. and. cutting
through the southwest corner Of North Da-
kota. will open up NettinEeT and Bowman
counties.
Tho Milwaukee officials are not alone IN
their anxiety to have a line 10 the coaFt
for that Is what Is thought TO be the de-
sign Of the Burlington in it's contemplated
line from Salt Lake 20 Guernsey. and that
Is thought to be the ultimate desire Of the
Northwestern, which is working to the
west each year. They realize that a rail
road without a connection OF that kind ~.
3 ga
chance Of holding its own when the Pan
anna canal is completed The, directors
hope 70 have the Milwaukee built as far
at Butte Mont. by January /, 1903
Giants In the Contest.
Where the next jump by one OF these
railroad giants will be no one seems "a
know. II is known that mon OF two or
three different roads are surveying from
Denver 10 the north. and that numerous
surveying parties are IN Wyoming south
of the Yellowstone. but where INN and
Hartman and Gould VIII Jump to next
spring is guess
These men are the central faures In the
west and one hears of nm building thai
road, and Clark building this one. and
Hartman fighting Hill for control OF this
and that strategical point. Each have
seen the possibilities of the west ana are
now spending all the millions they can
get their hands on to have the best road
for the handling OF the wonderful tonnage
which the west Il producing yearly ana
which is increasing yearly. When Harrl-
man was asked II he had confidence in
the west and saw any great future there.
he replied, Certainly / believe IN the
west, and IL is there my work has beon
done ] believe in large through lines
working with others along the line OF
least Resistance in order thar t,su.,,o-,-
ton may be produced az the least cost
and eventually sold az reduced charge
III has been my fear in the matter Of
rate control by tine Interstate Commerce
commission that IL might Interfere with
the legitimate accumulation OF profits
! necessary in order TO improve the means
, OF transportation and thus make possible