Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-05
ROUTE OF NEW HILL LINE
BurliAston in Wyoming VIII 60 Over
South Pass to Salt Lake
CERTAIN NOW ROAD WILL Be BUILT
Maps and PIats DesignatinR Right
Of-way of Big Horn Railroad
Company Are Filled
at Lander.

That the Burlington intends to build In
the spring in Wyoming, as outlined in The
Bee last week, is demonstrated by the illng
Of the maps and plats designating the
right for the Big Horn Railroad
company. as the Burlington's southern ex-
tension from worland to Denver is known.
These have been filed in the land office at
Lander together with an official statement
of the company as to the projected rail-
roads in the state. This shows not only
north and south line, but a western ex-
tension to Salt Lake City az well.
The line extends from the present ter
minal at worland to Thermopolis. following
up the Big Horn river. from which point
It enters the reservation on unsurveyed
land, runs southwark through section s. Of
township 4 north, range 96 west. leaving
the reservation at lot 3, OF section 10. about
one mile north Of the mouth OF Muskrat
creek
The line runs west 10 the Big Horn river
until just before II leaves the reservation
and crosses the line Of the Northwestern
railroad near the station OF wahaba some
six or seven miles from shoshoni and about
ten miles from Riverton.
Over South Pass to Salt Lake.
From the point where It, crosses the
Northwestern line Il runs in a south
westerly direction to the Sweetwater river,
near Graham's ranch, east of Myersville,
where Il lntersects the Burlington line,
running westward from Guernsey UP the
Sweetwater and over South Pass to Salt
Lake City.
| The announcement OF the Burlington's
route west from Guernsey comes a sur
prise. as It was believed the company would
go direct from Casper on the Platte river
TO Thermopolis. Instead the line follows
up the Platte to the mouth Of the Sweet
water and then UP the valley of the Sweet
water, over South Pass, down across the
Red desert in sweetwater county and will
probably cross the Union Pacific somewhere
near Evanston in Uinta county. The route
chosen will give the Burlington water
grade all the way from eastern Nebraska
to western Wyoming and It is expected to
form for Hill one OF the finest transcon-
tinental lines in the Rocky mountain region.
| Contract for AthOl Hill Spur.
The contract for the Athol Hill cut-off
will be let by the Union Pacific Saturday
and active construction work will be begun
before January is, according to present
plans of Union Pacific officials who are
exceedingly anxious to get the work COM
| pleted. Some of the contractors have been
in Cheyenne and went over the ground in
spite of the four inches OF snow which
covered the land. Among these was ID. d.
Streeter of Kalamazoo, Mich. who was one
| of the contractors on the Union Pacific
when the road was first built.
| II was Streeter who established the cele-
brated Pilgrim stage line between Cheyenne
and Deadwood in the Black Hills. which
existed in 1875 and 1876. At that time the
| Union Pacific brought trainloads of people
to Cheyenne from the east to outfit here
! for the Black Hills, where the great mining
| excitement existed. The stage service was
entirely inadequate to handle the thousands
Of arrivals and so the Pilgrim Route" was
esta blished. ..gs7.. -rt
when the train arrived a four-horse team
pulling big freighting wagon would drive
up to the depot and the passengers for the
Black Hills would be induced to deposit
their baggage therein, each passenger be-
! ing entitled to thirty pounds They would
ask what stage they could take. but would
be put of in an evasive manner until the
wagon was loaded, when they would be
! told TO climb on. After hesitating a few
minutes the tenderfeet usually piled on
after their baggage. were driven to the big
! hill north OF town and there told to get of
and help push the wagon up the hill. From
that point on they were compelled to foot
IL the entire distance to the Black Hills
hence the Pilgrim Route"