The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
BRANCH ROAD
Bainville-.PlentywoOd Branch
Will Be Completed in Three
or Four Months.
culbertson to Be Headquarters
for Paymaster and Supplies
for Construction Crews.

Clark L. Smith. paymaster and super.
intendent of construction crews for A.
Guthrie & Co., who have the contract for
constructing the Bainville Plentywood
branch Of the Great Northern Railway, ar
rived in Cuibertson last Saturday. and has
made this city his headquarters. Mrs.
Smith will arrive from ST. Paul today or
tomorrow and both will reside here until
the branch is completed. They will board
at the Evans Hotel. but will probably
have living rooms in the Courchene Block
Mr. Smith is engaged at the present
time in erecting large warehouse. O. feet
long. just south Of the Cslbertson depot.
for supplies for the construction crews.
Hay and other supplies will be purchased
from farmers along the right Of way.
The line will leave the Main track a
couple OF miles west Of Bainville and will
60 up Shotgun Valley = short distance.
thence up the west branch Of the Shotgun
Valley little ways. thence up long val
ley Toward Homestead. II will. as sear as
we could fad out, pass between Home
stead and Medicine Lake to the Big Mud
dy Valley. thence up that Valley to Plen-
tywood. passing within mile or tive Of
the postoffice at Medicine Lake.
A long side track will be built at the
junction with the Main line near Bainville
where ties and rails will be sidetracked and
hauled out on the branch in cars as fast as
the rails are laid ahead.
Mike Quigley. one Of the sub-contract-
ors. has the first stretch Of grading out OF
Bainville. and is expected there at the end
Of this week with large crew Of men and
horses.
The following six sub-contractors are
expected in Culbertson either today or to-
morrow and will make their headquarters
here: Ed Peterson. A. !. Lezee. Ed Eek
strom. 7. Z. Thompson. ]. v. Nelson and
Dave McGregord. These sub contractors
and their crews will each -gia grading q,
the different points on the branch north Of
Culbertson next week. and before another
week has elapsed about ten more sub.
contractors and crews will be put to work
on the line.
All this begins to look like business and
il will certainly make busy town Of Cul
bertson. for in addition to all the men on
the construction crews that will be paid of
here. much Of the supplies for these crew.
will be purchased from the local busines:
men.
The line will not be running cars in
time to move the crop this fall. and most
Of the immense crop raised in the countr,
clear up to the Canadian line will be
brought to the Culbertson elevators.
Ambrose Olson. the righ, Of way man,
had not up to Wednesday noon purchased
the right Of way across the farms Of the
Evans estate and Messrs. Egan. Mitchell
Mckinney and others, but satisfactory ar
rangements will probably made within
the next week.
The following clipping from the Plenty
wood Herald. gives the situation al tina
point:
Ambrose Olson. the right-of-way mar
for the G. N. was in towa last Mosdav TO
the purpose Of buying the right-of-way fol
the Pl7n,y~ood- BainYille branch Of thu
Great Northern. He was Immediately fol
lawed by Guy Grove, the townsite agen,
who closed the deal with George Z. Bolste
for I2o acres. and with L. G. Lasa,er 70
40 acres. the money being paid over
Grove and Olson are working hard to com
plete their work in time for the grading
which will begin with full force in abou
ten days. Chief Engineer Taft was look
ing over the townsite yesterday prepara
tory to the plating Of the new site. and tn
resident engineers. We understand. will b
here about the middle OF August. Sub
contractors have been looking over the su.
vey all week. and conservative informa
iion has il that the grade will be complei
ed in about eighty days. The people o
Pleniy~ood and vicinity are now reason
ably certain to get railroad this year
weather conditions permit.