The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-10-13
R0iI6(f' News

Although no, definite encouragement
has been officially made by the Mil
waukee rolsi Sot its route west from
Missoua. the fact that several hundred
men are now en- route 20 Saltese't ~ en-
gage IN fuel work For that road Isl an
indication that the surveyors have /
practically decided upon crossing the
divide at or near Rainy creek ak,ut
-four miles above Saltese The road
will parallel the Northern Pacific from
Missoula to that point and then make
detour around Rainy creek to get the
grade. At n point already selected on
the mountain side. the railroad people !
will construct a tunnel nearly two
miles in length through TO the ST. Joe
River. using the north fork of the
east fork to get water grade 10 81
Joe and St. Marys, and then on TO
TekoA. where contracts have already
been let for the building of the line
father west
During the last few days contractors
have been quietly engaging men aud
supplies in both aissoula and Wallace.
A large quantity Of shovels and other
implements have been purchased from
the Missoula Mercantile company and
a larger quantity from Spokane mer
chants A gang Of fifty men left Wal
lace today for the purpose If construct
. ing Il road tpur and half miles long
20 the portal ~ the biz tunnel that will
he driven through the mountain A.
many men AZ can b. secured IN Mis-
soula will also b. sent 70 Maltese 10
work on tie road TO drive this big
tunnel IA will b. necessary t. install Is
com pressor to furnish air for the men
and to operate the drills that will be
used in driving the tunnel II is stat
, ed that the Chicago. Milwaukee and
St Paul people have located as quartz
: all of the ground through which the
tunnel will be run. and II is expected
! that in the two miles of Tunnel some
good quartz lodes will bee opened up.
: II j. also said that Nelson Bennett,
who successfully constructed the great
tunnel through the Cascade mountains
for the Great Northern, has already
secured the contract for the tunnel at
Saltese, and that 10 win. according TO
the contract, be completed by the lat
ter part Of next year Anaconda
Standard.
The FIRST passenger train to cross the
Missouri river on the Pacific coast ex-
tension Of the Milwaukee railway ar.
rived on the west side Oct Ord On
the train were Messrs r. ID. Sewall.
r. W. Adams, NJ ID. Rrame. Schoheld.
T. III. Straight and other officials OF
the road
They took teams to drive along the
line as far IA the Little Missouri river
They will locate townsites as far as
the line is surveyed. wskpala will be
the first station west Of the river.
There will be other stations on the
Standing Rock reservation, but no
townsite. ss according TO the recent
act of congress. there is no way OF
securing title to Indian land for
twenty five years
Indian names will he used for sta
tions on the reservation. IL is expect
ed that trains win bee running to Wax
pala. which is nine miles from the
Missouri river In forty days, and that
track will be laid about fifteen miles
farther north this fall, 40 as TO handle
freight for Fort Yates and points north
this winter
The determinations J. Pierpont
Morgan cooperate the Cipcinnati,
Hamilton and dayton railroad indie.
pendent Of the Pere Marquette and the
Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville was
shown at the annual meeting 81 the
stockholders OF the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton and Dayton railroad. which was
held in the Cincinnati offices Of that
corporation tofay Lawrence Max
well. Jr.. counsel for Mr.. Morgan. en-
planned TO the stockholders the steps
which are afoot TO set aside the lease
OF the Pere Marquette and the act OF
Mr.. Morgan through the receiver.
Judge Harmon, in dissssociating the
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville
4 railroad from any participation with /