Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-01-16
HILL ROAD TO
PUSH THE WORK
0. w. BELDEN, LOCAL COUNSEL
FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN,
RETURNS FROM EAST.
WANT C|TY'S GOODWILL
Milwaukee Sends Out Large Survey
Party Under Engineer. Jackson-To
Camp on the Beebe Ranch-Prog.
ress of the Work in the Arrow
Creek Section" ..

ress of the Work in the Arrow
Creek Section 49,
o. w. Belden, local counsel for the
Great Northern, returned from the
East yesterday. While at ST. Paul Mr..
Belden held several conferences with
the heads OF the engineering depart.
ment Of the company and with other
officials Of the road, ana brings back
the announcement that the Great Nor.
thern is going right ahead with It's
plan to have trains running into this
city from Great Falls by September l
| next, and to proceed with the con.
struction OF the cutoff on eastward
from Lewistown to the main line at
New Rockford, North Dakota.
There will be no delay whatever
in getting the road completed" said
Mr.. Belden to the Democrat yester-
day. The plans are all worked out
and the Great Northern is anxious to
push construction vigorously. The Of.
| ficials are particularly anxious to
close up all details in LewisAown and
will ask no more than is absolutely
necessary.
| 1T is difficult to estimate the bene-
fit this is going to be TO Lawistown.
| The company Is deeply interested In
our city and win do everything in its
power to forward it's growth and make
it an important city. Lewistown GER
tainly has the good will of the Great
Northern and the company expects to
enjoy the good will Of the people here.
to the end that they may work to-
gether for the upbuilding of the town
and the development of all this Sec
tion OF country. 1t is that alone which
justified the enormous expenditure
the company will make"
Construction Begins.
Construction has just been started
at the Torrance Mcdonnell ranch.
where Contractor Nels Roman will do
some heavy rock work. This is Of a
character that weather conditions will
have little effect upon it.
Over on the Powell ranch, on the
Judith, preparations are now being
|
: for the long bridge that is to span the
judith river at that point. AS soon as
. possible constructor will begin at this
end of the proposed line.
, Milwaukee Survey
/, One of the largest and best equipped
f survey parties the Milwaukee has yet
placed in the field left here Saturday
morning under Engineer Jackson.
: This party will go into camp on the
t north end of the J. l.. Beebe ranch.
+ near the mouth of Cottonwood and
! Beaver creeks. 1t is understood that
! the immediate purpose is to 90 over
, the old surveys with a view to re-
, ducing the route but five miles, II 1t
! can be done.
! On Arrow Creek.
I, Great Falls Tribune: Indicating
q that the Milwaukee Is most desirOus
to complete its surveys Of its proposed
new main line to enter this city and
r that despite the extreme cold of the
| midWinter period it is pushing it's en-
, gineers to the task of completing this
/ preliminary work in order to enable
+ construction of the line to be COM
menced early in the spring, that COM
r pany has just issued orders placing
corps of engineers back on the work
: ON Arrow creek hill.
J Word was received in the city yes
= terday that party of II surveyors,
who had been recently at work on an
. other section of the survey, had lett
E Stanford by wagon for Arrow creek
o hill to resume the task OF completing
r the work on the last survey which
had been made through that difficult
5 stretch of country.
= 1t was the understanding Of those
. who had talked with these surveyors
: before their departure that the COM
pany had practically accepted the
, last survey made through the Arrow
, creek country, which had heretofore
proven an obstacle in the selection
of a feasible route, and that the party
/ just detailed to that region would
| finish the task Of preparation for the
coming of the construction forces.
The party took with them a large
supply of provisions and camp outfit
and cook was sent out from this
! city by one of the local employment
, agencies to keep them in eatables
during their stay in camp.
i, This move is indicative Of the de-
t cisiOn of the head engineers to carry
the line into Great Falls by the first
] proposed route north of the High
: woods, thereby permitting the Mill
waukee to oDen up that isolated
: country and at the same time give
] the system a short route into Great
Falls