The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-19
ROAD s ASSURED.
NO DOUBT AsoUr n. p. LINE
!. THROUGH MCKENZIE ;.
i'5' COUNTY.
SURVEY IS COMPLETED
Route Will be from Stanton, Along
Banks Of Number Of Streams
and Finally Crossing the
Montana Line to Sidney.

Ale16n0er.-Ine Northern racine
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 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 a while.
When Mr.. Coons and his crew
came here two weeks ago they left a
stretch of country from point near
where the Alkali empties into Cherry
TO point near Arnegard unsurveyed.
It is understood that they will now
60 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-
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
man 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 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.
uey, 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
G. E. Coons of the Northern Pacific
It seems the Great Northern has be.
come quite interested in the survey
just located by Engineer Coons
through this county, it being a shorter
and cheaper route than the Little
line
| It 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 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 very
| good crossing has been found.