The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-12
new ROCKFORD
Line OF G. N.
MAY Be EXTENDED

st. Paul, Nov. 12s-Marking the latest
important advance OF the Hill system
in the competitive struggle of three
transcontinental railways-the 500, the
Great Northern and the st. Paul-for
traffic supremacy in Montana, the
Great Northern has christened q new
flyer, the Butte-Lewiston limited, the
first to cross the steel OF the Moccasin~
Lewiston extension.
The new train, similar in equipment
to the transcontinental service Of the
Great Northern, will be operated daily
from Butte, its western terminal, via
Helena, Great Falls and Moccasin,
over the Billings and northern branch
to Lewiston, where it eventually will
connect with the Montana Eastern. a
Great Northern subsidiary under on
struction. It's operation opens to reg
ular service the Moccasin-L Lewiston
division of the system, and taps three
of the largest towns in the western
state. Thanking the new steel of the
Moccasin projection, four important
stations have been established, Kolin,
Rockfort, Kingston and Stave1y, the
townsites of two of which already have
been plated.
May Extend Montana Eastern. }
The addition TO the Montana service
Of the Great Northern anticipates a
SS5AbLO SOLILAl4lA1lSS VI LIl6
Eastern line, New Rockford, N. D., to
Lewiston, Mont, provision for the
purchase of which by the parent DIN
pany is made in the recent amend
ment to the articles of incorporation,
increasing the capital stock Of the Hill
system to 1921, 00O, 600. 1t is held not
improbable in local railroad circles
that from Moccasin a new route will
be projected westward to Butte, form
ing the last side of the Montana tri-
angle" and Offering a possible gate
way way to San Francisco and the
Southern Pacific.
For the first time since the opening
Of the interroad battle in Montana the
Northern Pacific apparently is invoiv-
ed. A wire, received by The Pioneer
Press from Glendive, Mont, follows:
Realizing that the eliminating
events of the next few months are
likely to fix conditions in the railroad
situation for many years, the business
interests of Glendive-the gate city of
Montana, and the most strategic point
from which to handle the transporta-
ton of the territory in q~uestion-are
endeavoring to bring facts and figures
before those interests in a convenient
manner
Giendive Changes Trent.
cit is felt by the business men of
Glendiye that much Of this territory
belongs of right to the Northern Pa
| cific railway, but the hesitancy of that
road in Selling opportunities gradually
slipping from its grasp, is hard to un-
derstand. While the st, Paul, the
Great Northern and the 500 lines are
engaged in an aggressive campaign
for the possession of the Montana
melon, the Northern Pacific, which
originally was supreme in the field,
makes no definite move to protect its
own interests"
Whatever the attitude of the North
ern Pacific, it is declared in local rail-
road circles that the possibilities of
the district have not been disregarded.
1 The st. Paul road is known to be con-
! sidering the locality with appreciative
| eyes, and it is probable that Glendive
will be tapped by the extension of the
500 from Plaza, N. D., Encouraged by
the reports of the contemplated o
struction of the Canadian Pacific alli-
ance, the people of Glendive are de-
! cIared to be divorced from the North
ern Pacific idea, and a civic committee
has been appointed to call upon Pres
ident Pennington Of the 500, with ref
erence to that company's plans.
500 in Strategic Position.
The 500, with the possible exception
of the established branches of the