Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-06-11
J. D. TWOHY, OF SPOKANE. AR.
RlVES HERE AND is NOW LIN
ING UP WORK ON BIG JOB.
WILL EMPLOY 5000 MEN
Large Army Of Employees Will Be at
Work on Line Between Lewistown
and Arrow Creek Divide Within
Short WhiIe-Dirt Will Begin to
Fly First Of Next Week.

J. ID. 1wohy, member of the firm Of
Twohy Bros, who were the success
full bidders for the Lewistown-Arrow
creek portion OF the Milwaukee line
between this city and Great Falls, ar
rived In the city the latter part OF the
week and has been busy getting
things lined UP for the beginning Of
actual construction work. He expects
some of his outfits in this week and
dirt will be flying near this city early
next week
Work Must Be Rushed.
In an interview given representa-
tive Of the Democrat, Mr.. Twohy
stated that this work will be rushed
to the limit and that he looks for
some records to be broken In the con
struction Of the line between Lewis
town and Great Falls.
"We are not going to lose any more
time than IL necessary" said Mr..
TWohy. Some of our outfits are now
on the road and will be unloaded here
the latter part of this week and taken
out to the job In time to start work
early next week. We will have either
seven or eight sub-contractors along
our portion of the line, distance of
62 miles. We will also have big
force OF our own, which will be put
| to work on some of the heavy stuff
over near Arrow creek.
An Army of Men.
.'The Milwaukee wants this road
completed by one year from this fall
and we are certainly going to come
through with our portion of the job.
In order to do SO, 1t will be necessary
to put on small army OF men. When
everything Is strung out and in work
ing shape, we will have no fewer than
three thousand laborers working be-
tween LeWistOWn and the Arrow
creek divide. Our forces working be-
tween LeWistOWn and Sage creek will
| be outtitted through LeWistoWn, and,
| of course, this will be our general
headquarters until the job is COM
pleted.
An Immense Undertaking.
| According to Mr.. TWohy, the line,
a portion Of which his firm has under.
taken to construct will be one of the
most remarkable, in some ways, on
the American continent. All records
will be broken in the number and size
of the bridges. Between here and Ar
row creek, distance of 62 miles,
there will be, in addition to the scores
of smaller bridges and culverts, four
immense steel viaducts.
The first of these bridges will span
Spring creek and will be 1900 feet
long and 100 feet high. The Judith
and III feet high. The Indian creek
bridge will be 1,500 feet long and 1870
feet high, and the Sage creek bridge
will be $50 feet high and 1900 feet
long. The total length of these four
bridges will be just 1920 feet more
than one mile and the average height
will be approximately 127 feet.
Another Job for Burke.
d. J. Burke, the local railroad con-
tractor, received a telegram last Sat
urday announcing that he had been
awarded the contract for the Dry
creek line of the Milwaukee in Gal
latin county.
: This contract calls for the handling
of about 10000 yards of dirt and Is
chiefly steam shovel work. Burke has
a steam shovel at Three Forks and
will go over this week and lay out
the job. He will have a foreman in
charge of the Dry creek job and will
spend the greater part of his time
here looking after his Hilger extern
sion job, which he expects to COM
plete within 80 days. After he finishes
upon over on the Hilger line, Dan will
probably take contract on the Lew
istown-Great Falls line, which will
keep him busy for the next year or
more.