The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-25
ROAD IS ASSURED
NO DOUBT ABOUT N. p. LINE
THROUGH MCKENZIE ;.
COUNTY.
SURVEY IS COMPLETED
Route viii be from Stanton, Along
Banks Of Number Of Streams
and Finally Crossing the
Montana Line to Sidney.

Alexander.-The Northern Pacific
engineers have completed their loca'
ton survey down Lonesome and Char
bonneau creek where they tied it to
the old survey which runs from Sid
ney 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 the engineers
in this vicinity will probably be fin
ished for while.
When Mr.. Coo s and his crew
came here two weeks ago they left a
stretch of country from a point near
where the Alkali empties into Cherry
TO q point near Arnegard unsurveyed.
1t 10 understood that they will now
90 back and connect up this stretch
which Is about eight miles long.
When this is done the survey will be
connected with steel on both sides.
The fact that the engineers will not
try, for another route through this
part of the county leands color to the
belief that the line just run is salts
factory one.
The so-called summit near Arne-
gard where, according to ground
less report. the engineers were ex.
pected to have trouble, has proven to
be practically no obstacle. The sum-
NIT 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 tho
Missouri and Little Missouri or up
Knife river, Spring creek and Good.
point whore 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 short dis
lance to the north Of Arnegard across /
Timber creek at or just short dis |
q 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 Charlton /
neau near Nameless and Cartwright !
to the Yellowstone, thence up the |
east bank, crossing the same near the |
mouth Of Horse creek and on to Sid.
ney, Mont
Great Northern to Strike Here.
Assistant Engineer J. NJ. Phillips |
Of the Great Northern has been in
Alexander for the past three days
in conference with Assistant Engineer |
@. 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, it being shorter
and cheaper route than the Little |
Missouri, Hay Draw, Bonnie Pierre |
line. .,~.
1t is now practically sure thing
that both roads will use the same sur
vey from the mouth of Cherry west
ward and the south line will probably |
be abandoned for the present. It is |
understood that the crews of Great !
Northern 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 east |
ward the Great Northern will run
down the Little Missouri and cross
the big Missouri at the mouth Of the |
Little Missouri. The sounding Of the /
river by the Great Northern at that |
point has been completed and q very |
good crossing has been found.