Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-05-15
Former President of Montana Rail-
road Has Responsible Position
in Big Company.
MONTANA COMPANY RtORGANIzfD
N. S. Gum, Former Vice President
Takes the PresidenCy--A New
Board Is Selected.

A large number of men and teams
are now owrking on the Milwaukee
railroad construction out few miles
from Harlowton. Seven carloads Of
suppries arrived at Harlowton the
latter part of the week and work has
begun in earnest along the Mussel-
shell. All doubts Of the absorption Of
the Montana railroad by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul, known in the
east as the st. Paul and out here as
the Milwaukee, We're set to rest last
week when President Harlow of the
Montana made the formal announce
ment of the purchase of a majority Of
the stock of the Montana r. r. COM
pany by the Milwaukee company. Mr..
Harlow has taken responsible posi-
ton with the larger company and the
smaller company has been entirely
reorganized. The following article.
taken from the Montana Daily Rec
ord' gives the details Of the changes
which have recently been made:
AS had been foreshadowed for a
number of months in these columns.
the formal announcement was made
last evening by President r. A. Har-
low of the Montana railroa. that the
road which he SO pluckily built into
the judith basin when he was younger
in the field of promoting had been alb
sorbed by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad. Mr.. Harlow also
also announced another fact which
Will be welcome news to his friends.
He will assume charge of the Mil
Waukee in this state and have general
supervision and direction of all it's in
terests during the building period of
eighteen months, which it is expected
Will be required to complete the line
in Montana.
This control has been secured by the
purchase of the necessary stock of the
Montana road, although the inferen- e
drawn from Harlows announcement
is that there is minority of the stock
still left in individual hands and the.
corporate organization of the road
Will remain intact. At least a new
president and board of directors was
elected to adjust matters to the new
condition of things. The new officers
and board of directors consist of the
following:
President, M. S. Gum: secretary. T.
"A. Mapes; treasurer, F. w. Sharpe;
board Of directors, NJ. S. Gum, T. A,
Mapes, F. w. Sharpe, H. H. Pigott
and J. Welch.
Mr.. Harlow has just returned from
meeting with President Earling of
the Milwaukee, who has been going
over the tentative and completed sur
Veys in that portion of the state
Actual construction work is about to
begin at one point of the survey,
Where, just to the east Of Harlowton,
large gang of men is preparing to
throw dirt in establishing the grade.
1t is the intention, however, to let
contracts for the construction as fast
as the surveys are definitely settled
upon and the contracts will probably
be for small distances of from twenty
to forty miles in order to insure COM
pletlon of entire construction work in
the prescribed eighteen months which
the builders have allowed themselves
to finish the line.
w. H. Penfield has been annointed
constructing engineer in charge of the
work from Lombard to the eastward.