Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-04-02

ARE WAITING
CONFIDENCE FELT THAT MIL.
WAUkEE WILL START TO
BUILD IN SIXTY DAYS.
DRIVING LOCATION STAKES
Line Between Lewistown and Great
Falls Now Fully Decided on and
Next Move Will Be to Let Con-
tracts-Roy Line About Located
No Doubt Concerning Grass Range.

tracts-Roy Line About Located
No Doubt Concerning Grass Range.
There have been few developments
in the railroad situation during the
past week. The article from the Great
Falls Tribune, reproduced below,
would indicate that the men who are
in the best position to be on the in
side, feel confident that there will be
something doing witAln sixty days On
the Lewistown line. The line out of
Hilger to the Armells country is be-
ing located and orders may be re-
ceived at any time to begin WORK out
there. 1t will be brief job for any
contractor with a moderate-sized out
fit.
Grass Range Line Sure.
There is also the utmost certainty
felt in local railroad circles that the
Grass Range line will be built this
year. AS stated in a previous issue,
it Is not likely that this work will be
started before July /. With a large
amount of the heavy work already
completed, it will not take long to
AAASn CAC JOU W JIl0 IIdukC.
Work in Sixty Days.
Great Falls Tribune: No less than
four contractors who have recently
completed contracts on the Great Nor
thern main line extension between
this city and Augusta are holding their
outfits at this point ready, as one of
them declared yesterday, to start work
on the Milwaukee line when it begins
construction on the section of the
road between this city and Lewistown
! which those men say will be within
the next so days. That they have as
surances from the chief engineer of
the Milwaukee system that activities
will be started in that time was also
asserted by one of the members of a
well known contracting firm num-
bered in this four.
These statements carry no small as
surance that the Milwaukee road will
actually start construction into the
city when one stops for moment to
consider just what they mean. A con-
tracing outfit in wen organized rail-
road crew means from SO to Is men
with 40 or so teams. Four such out
fits would mean just four times that
number. When it is known that these
outfits have finished their work on the
Great Northern line to Augusta and
that most of them have refused to
take some contracts which they could
have started work on since they ended
their work on the Augusta division
and that to get to some of the work
transported free of all charges to the
ct
nificant that they are holding their
outfits here, paying the expense OF
feeding their teams and their own
hotel bills while playing the waiting
game.
Even more significant becomes the
fact that one of the firms went into
his home territory following the com.
pletion of his contract on the Great
Northern road and bought and shipped
to this city carload of work horses
numbering about 10 teams.
L. w. Robinson, of Forsyth, well
known as railroad contractor, and
who did considerable construction
work on the Billings line, is one of
the four who are now in the city
playing the waiting game. Mr.. Robin
son was seen at the New Park hotel,
where most of the railroad contractors
have been making their headquarters
during the work on the Augusta line,
and asked If he had anything to say
concerning why he had not moved his
outfit.
There Is no secret about our pres
ence here" said Mr. Robinson. "We
expect to get our share of the work
in building the Milwaukee road be-
tween this city and Lewistown and
on west from here. Furthermore, we
expect 1t to be started at an early
date. I am not at liberty to quote
anyone as to the Milwaukee's inten-
tions, but l do not mind telling you
that we do not expect to have to wait
so days before we get busy.
1--WE have the outfit we used on the
work on the Great Northern's line to
Augusta. We have refused other
work because we did not feel war
ranted in going to the trouble of SEND.
ing this outfit away when we felt so
well assured lnat we will soon be
turning the dirt for the Milwaukee
line. 1t Is true, as you suggest, that
If we did care to go to some other
point and start work for the Great
Northern, we could have our outfit
transported Iree. However, we shall
wait right here"
The statements Of Mr.. Robinson,
viewed In the light of recent happen.
ings In the real estate field, take on
special significance. There has been
large number OF deals for property
on the south side In the vicinity Of
what Is known as the wholesale dis
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