The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-31
PAC|E|C COAST
RUN()l REVIVED
c. Y. DIXIE, MILO BUTT THE
PIERRE LINE NOM At
BELLE FOURCHE.
Party OF Northwestern Officials Re
Ported ut Butte and Helena
Montana.

The rumor that the North Western
railway intends to build TO the
coast at an early date, taking q west
ward course out oil Belle Fourchc,
was revived again this week, when
Chester T. Dixie, who for some
time past has been located at Pierre,
in the capacity of superintendent of
The P II. c. & \. W. Ry., was trans
fcrred to Belle Fourche recently.
The shifting Of MI. Dike's scene
OF operations is worthy OF more than
passing notice, as that gentleman has
been the Ncrth-Western's construc-
tion engineer in every Important
piece Of work entered into by that
company in recent years, with but
oW exceptions, and would be al
most without a doubt the person
laced in charge OF 50 great an uI-
dortaking as the extension Of the c..
:. W tracks the rest Of the way
tine continent
Some time ago considerable noto-
Rely was given the item that w. G.
arland Of Relle Fourchc had Sc
I@d Z contract FOR = large number
Of ties, part of which were to be
cliyered in Belle F0urche. The
deal was presumably made with the
Nanth-Western people and immedi-
atciy started the talk OF the Pacific
Coast extension TO be built north
west from that city Reports of en-
gincering parties making surveys
along what is considered the prob
able right OF way OF the new line
lends additional color TO the coast
extension story.
In addition to the above facts a
dispatch from Butte, Montana, quot
cd in the Northwest Post has an i'm
portant bearing on the subject:
A party of prominent officials II
the Northwestern arrived in Helena
last night, coming dir ct from the
east. After spending the day here
meeting business men, cattle and
sheep growers, the party departed
for Butte. From Buttee the rail
way men will sc to Spokane Seattle,
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
While they deny their visit has
anything to do with the contem-
plated extension of the Northwestern
road to the coast there is reliable
authority for the statement that the
trip trough tn" northwest has very
close connection with the extension
and that the mission of this first
party is to look over the country,
ascertain its resources. the tonnage
now available and that which could
he developed by another road
Every question asked of Helena
people, revolved upon the question
cf tonnage and resources of the coun-
try According to the informant. if
the Northwestern is going to keep
the trade it now holds. it must ex-
TEND its lines to the coast Only
recently the extension across South
Dakota to Belle Fourche was com
pleted. From this point it is a
straight line to Miles City.
These in the party are e. d.
IiBrigham. general freight agent G.
A. Cairns, general passenger agent;
both of the Northwestern; e. b.
Ober, general freight agent, 81.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha; g. r.
McRae, assistant general passenger
agent Of the same road, which is a
part Of the Northwestern system.
The Bad River News not long
ago published an article declaring
that a prominent official of the c. &;
n. W. offered to invest a sum of mon
cN in proposed hotel in Philip.
which would indicate that the party
concerned had fairly definite infor-
nation of some important develop
ments in the railroad world