The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-12
MKENz|E COUNTY
ROAD ASSURED
Survey is Nearly Complete
and Line Has an Easy
Grade.

Alexander, N. D., April 12.-The
Northern Pacific engineers have COM
pleted their location survey down
Lonesome and Charbonneau creek
which runs from Sidney down and
across the Yellowstone to a point on
the Charbonneau about eight miles
west of Alexander. The past few
days have been spent in topography
survey. When this is completed the
work Of h engineers in this vicinity
will probably be finished for a while.
here two weeks ago they left a stretch
Of country from a point near where
the Alkali empties into Cherry to Il
point near Arnegard u~nsurveyed. It
is understood that they will now go
back and connect up this stretch
which is about eight miles long. When
this is done the survey will be con-
nected with steel on bith sides.
The fact that the engineers will not
try for another route through this
part Of the county lends color to the
belief that the line just run is q sat-
isfactory one.
The so-called summit near Arne-
gard where, according to a ground
less report. the engineers were ex-
Ipected to have trouble. has proven to
be practically no obstacle. The sum-
init is low and the cut through it will
be shallow.
The route as now planned through
Mckenzie county will be as follows:
Coming from Stanton either up the
Missouri and Little Missouri or up
Knife river, Spring creek and Good
maj creek and down Hans creek to a
point where Cherry empties into the
Little Missouri, thence up Cherry
creek to Seven Mile creek, about five
miles south of schafer, thence west
up Seven Mile creek and down Alkali
creek again striking Cherry creek
near the mouth of Fire Guard Draw,
thence up Fire Guard Draw striking
Timber creek at or just a short dis
lance to the north of Arnegard, across
a short distance, thence west to strike
the head of the north branch of Lone
some. thence down the Lonesome a
quarter mile south of Alexander to the
Charbonneau and down the Charbon-
neou near Nameless and Cartwright
to the Yellowstone, thence up the
east bank, crossing the same neal the
ney, Mont.
Great Northern to Strike Hero.
Assistant Engineer j. NJ. Phillips
of the Great Northern has been in
Alexander for the past three days
IN conference with Assistant Engineer
G. e. CoOns of the Northern Pacific.
1t seems the Great Northern has be-
come quite interested in the survey
just located by Engineer Coons
through this county, 1t being a shorter
and cheaper route than the Little
Missouri, Hay Draw-Bennie Pierre
line.
1t is now practically a sure thing
that both roads will use the same sur
vey from the mouth of Cherry vest
ward and the south line will probably
be abandoned for the present. 1t is
understood that the crews of Great
n rthern engineers which have been
camping at Cal Reddick's ranch on
the Bonnie Pierre will be called up to
this line and will probably camp at
Alexander for a while.
From the mouth of Cherry cast
ward the Great Northern will run
down the Little Missouri and cross the
big Missouri at the mouth of the Lit
tie Missouri. The sounding of the
river by the Great Northern at that
point has been completed and a very
good crossing has been found.