Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09

be an overhead crossing OF the Northern
Pacific. the distance between Terry and
Forsyth being ninety miles. In this dis
lance the river is crossed three times, the
first being about five miles west of Terry,
the second about eleven miles east Of Miles
City and the third about six miles west of
Miles City. Miles City, being large place.
an effort will be made to establish division
terminal there.
Gliding away from the valley of the
Yellowstone at Forsyth the Milwaukee
will follow Porcupine and Home creeks to
the Musselshell valley which valley is fol-
lowed for a distance Of about 100 miles to
Harlowton, where connection will be made
with the Montana railroad.
Country Wen watered.
The country between Forsyth and Mus
selshell creek is we'll watered and adapted
to grazing, but when Musselshen creek is
reached a fertile valley springs into view,
one which is well cultivated at present.
The bench land on both sides Of this valley
affords splendid grazing opportunities and
the prosperous ranchers now control the
valleys. These lands are available to farm
ers and stock raisers.
AS the Milwaukee is building a trans
continental railroad the Montana road will
have to be practically rebuilt to accomo-
date the heavy traffic which Will traverse
this road. At Summit station, forty miles
west OF Harlowton, the Belt mountains are
crossed at an elevation of $500 feet.
The Northern Pacific is again crossed at
Lombard overhead and the Missouri river
also is crossed by a Fsix-span bridge, 6O0
feet in length. The Missouri and Jefferson
rivers are followed to Whitehall, on the
east slope of the continental divide. The
road then runs TO Butte, the largest mining
| copper camp in the world, through Pipe
| stone pass, at a maximum elevation Of
| $3.50 feet. Here some expensive railroad
ing was required for two tunnels, 24sO and
| 1880 feet in length, and three steel trestles
| from 100 to 160 feet in height and from 400
to 600 feet long are distinctive features
which required the greatest engineering
| skill in construction. The road then glides
down the side of the mountain into Butte.
The Milwaukee follows TIE Deer Lodge,
| He'll Gate, Missoula and st. Regis rivers
/ to a point about four miles west of saltese,
! Mont, where the ascent of the Bitter Root
mountains begins. To cross these noun
tains 4 tunnel $500 feet in length carries
the train across at an elevation Of 42OC
feet The drainage of the st. Joe river
is then followed to within q few miles of its
mouth and the Idaho-Washington state line
is crossed just east Of Tekoa, Wash. Hero
white pine and cedar are found in album
dance.
/ A well settled and splendid agricultural
country is traversed from Tekoa to the
Columbia river, which is crossed by a
bridge of fifteen spans, having a total
length of 2750 feet, exclusive of the steel
trcstle approaches, 1000 feet I'm length, al
each end OF the bridge, The steel in this
bridge will weigh 10000 tons and the grade
line is eighty feet above the low water
mark the piers being of concrete.
Twenty miles west Of the Columbia river
johnson Creek summit is encountered and
tunnel 8,4OO feet in length has been bull
to cross this, and at Snoqualmie pass 6
tunnel two miles long will be required, blu
for the present the cars will be run ovel
the top
Between the Columbia river and Puget
sound are vast forests of fir. red cedar