Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-04-23
Ct. NORTHERN
WORKING EAST
LOCATING ENGINEER AMBURN
OUTFITS HERE FOR TRIP TO.
WARD MUSSELSHELl,
TO RUSH LOCATING WORK
No Longer Any Doubts Concerning In
tention Of Hill Interests to Put
Through Lewistown-New Rockford
Line With All Possible Expedition
BOYD Creek Route Probable.

That the Great Northern and the
Milwaukee have entered into race
to determine which can have their
line across Fergus county and through
Lewistown completed first is no lons.
er any secret. The Great Northern
got slight start by putting big
force OF contractors at work on the
link between LeWistOwn and Moe
casin. 1t was then the Milwaukee's
move and they made it by announcing
last night, at Great Falls, that the
line from the Musselshell river
through Lewistown to Great Falls will
be rushed to completion within the
next twelve months.
Locating Line Eastward.
With their line between Lewistown
and Great Falls practically completed,
the Great Northern management have
now turned their attention to the
work eastward from Lewistown. Lo-
eating Engineer w. w. Amburn ar
rived in the city Sunday night and
yesterday outftted big party OF sur
veyors and engineers, who left the
city this morning for the east. This
party Is big one and well equipped
ing utensils, supplies, etc.
Looking for New Route.
The Democrat is reliably informed
that the Great Northern has aban-
doned it's plan of paralleling the Mil
Waukee line up Spring creek and East
Fork and down the main fork of Nc
Donald creek. Engineer Amburn will
work out Boyd creek, look for place
to bore through the Judith mountain
divide near the IL ranch, at the end
of the mountains, and then crossing
the head of the north fork of Nc
Donald creek, get on to Alkali creek,
and following that creek down, run
about mile north of Grass Range.
The Amburn party today established
their camp on the Flaherty ranch, Just
across the divide.
Will Bore Big Tunnel.
1t Is stated that to pursue this
route 1t will be necessary to bore a
tunnel about $500 feet long through
the divide, but that this tunnel will
be five hundred feet shorter than the
tunnel which 1t was proposed to bore
through the Mcdonald creek divide on
the proposed East Fork route.
Rushing Work Westward.
The contractors who are employed
on the Lewistown M Moccasin line are
under orders to rush their work to
the limit and additional men and
teams are being added all of the time.
Splendid progress has been made al
ready. The partially completed grade
can be seen for several miles along
the line and over one mile of the
heavy steam shovel work at the Judith
river crossing has been completed.
The foOtings for the big bridge at
that place are now being put in and
it Is expected that the track from Moe.
casin to the river, a distance of about
nine miles, will be completed within
the next thirty days, SO that the ma
terial for the bridge can be hauled
down to the river. NO doubt, the chief
object in rushing this work is to have
the line completed to this city early
in the summer so that material for
the line westward from LewistOwn
can be brought in over the Great
Northern tracks.
Work From Both Ends.
The Great Northern will also work
from both ends of their Lewistown-
New Rockford line. They have al
ready begun work on the eastern end
of this line and within two months at
the latest will be working on this end.
Route Is Defined.
The line westward from New Rock
ford across the Missouri and into Daw-
son county is definitely defined in the
following resolution, adopted by the
board of directors of the Great Nor.
thern at meeting held March End
this year:
Resolved, That this company build
branch extension of its line in the
state of North Dakota and Montana,
the route of which hereby Is adopted
and designated as follows:
Commencing at or near New Rock
ford, Eddy county, North Dakota, at
a point on the company's line now un-
der construction known as the Fargo
Surrey line; thence extending In 9
general westerly direction through