East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-01

Spokane, Oct. THAT the Pacific
coast extension of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad will not
use the lines of the Union Pacific Is
stated with apparent authenticity in a
recent issue of the New York Herald.
Furthermore the exact route to be
followed by the st. Paul road is given,
and seems to be borne out by the sur
veys and construction work now un-
der way
Local railroad men who have fol-
lowed the developments in the new
line substantiated the facts as pub
lished by the Herald. r. H. Croswell,
division engineer of the Northern Pa
cific, stated that while he was not Of
ficially informed in the matter, he
considered the details as given by the
Herald to be substantially correct.
The Harld says:
actual construction work is now
| actively under way, especially In
Washington, between Seattle and Sno-
qualmie pass. The line here follows
the Cedar river, and work will be
continued during the winter In build
ing a tunnel through the mountains.
| Subcontractors are at work on TO
miles of the grade east of the pass.
"In accordance with the plan adopt
ed by the company in other states, the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way company of South Dakota has
been incorporated at Pierre, S. D.,
with s4,OOO,0O0 authorized stock, to
build from the Missouri river to the
| eastern border of Montana.
"Details of the proposed route
from Glenham, N. D., to Butte, Mont.
distance of 731 miles, have now
been given out officially by the COM
pany. From Glenham the line will
run west 1Smiles to the Missouri
river, which, will be crossed IL miles
above Evarts. The line will cross into,
| North Dakota in Morton county.
near the western boundary line of the
Standing Rock Indian reservation,
continuing northwest through Het-
finger and Bowman counties, North
! Dakota, entering Montana iE Custer
county. d.
Crosses Yellowstone Three Times.
"The road will cross the Northern
Pacific at the Yellowstone river. fol-
lowing the river, which it crosses
three times, via Miles City to the
mouth of Porcupine creek. At Har-
lowtown, Mont, connection is made
with the recently acquired Montana
railroad. Grades of this road will be
revised. and it will form a part of the
main line from Harlowtown to Lom-
bard. where hte Northern Pacific is
again crossed. From Lombard the
route is south along the west bank OF
the Missouri river to Three Forks.
and thence through Pipestone pass to
| Butte.
Contracts have been let for build
ing the line from the Bitter Root
mountains, between Montana and
| Idaho. to the Columbia river. The
route will be down the st. Joe river
to a point below Ferrell. Idaho:
thence to Tekoa, Wash; Rosalia and
Lind, from which point it will follow
the survey of the old Northern Pacific
cutoff to Ellensburg. The line will
run northwest to Snoqualmie pass,
from which point into Tacoma and
Seattle the route has been definitely
located. The Tacoma branch will
leave the main line at point near
Belt Junction, paralleling the North
ern Pacific into Tacoma.
"It is expected the road will be
completed in two and a half years.
"These details prove conclusively
the incorrectness Of recent rumors
that the st. Paul interests intended to
use the Union Pacific lines for a great
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