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history, but it is interesting to note
that the first proposition contem-
! plated the following of the water
grade of the Powder river into Mon
tana In spite OF the fact, as stated,
that the railroad would cost an adj
ditional $1,500,000 and about 80 to
40 miles of additional trackage,
Sheridan won out and was designat-
, ed as one of the principal cities and
!, where the celebration of throwing the
: first dirt for the construction of the
new depot was observed in the latter
part of March, 1923. With the prac-
tical selection of the route to be trav-
ersed, the Haskell interests announc-
ed the ALLEGATIONS made for Miles
City at $175, 1000; for Sheridan,
$250,000, and Buffalo $4,000, the
bonuses in each instance being raised
within comparatively short time.
Keeping in mind that Governor
Haskell has asked that the new rail-
road be completed during the season,
the building of the line is a prodig-
ious undertaking. On February Is,
1923, not stake had been driven
! for the survey. A semi-mountainous
country is to be traversed. Many diff
ficulties of location and construction
will be encountered. The grading
will require the moving of nearly 10
million yards of earth and solid rock.
There will be many steel and wooden
bridges and countless culverts to con-
struct. Nearly $4,000 tons of steel |
rails will be laid upon over one mill |
/ lion ties. A multitude of accessor- |
les will be needed.
Opens New Territory
The new railroad will also serve |
to increase the general population all |
along the line. New townsites will |
be opened wherever they are needed
to facilitate the industries and acti-
vities of the people. Many acres of
good farming land which heretofore
has been, in sense, isolated, will
be brought close to transportation
and the farming industry will receive
a great impetus. In this connection,
many mines that have been handi-
capped by reason of distance from a
railroad will spring into life again
and become an important part in the
occupation of men engaged in min
ing. The forests will be brought
closer to market, and so far as the .
immediate territory to be affected by
the new railroad is concerned, there
will come an era of prosperity which
will be accepted as one of the re-
markable effects of the construction
of the line. 1t is matter of general
comment that just at this time the ]
country is on the verge of a revival 6
of business and prosperity and the {
Inspiration of the building of this
new railroad will have added mater 6
ally to the furtherance of an import |
ant factor in livening up and giving 7
to people everywhere.
Another factor enters which is con-
'idered as important as all the facts !.
connected with the building of the
projected railroad. With the formal
announcement of the startling inten-
ion to build, 1t is recalled that the r
forth and south railroad, to connect /
Montana with Wyoming and running
or distance of 326 miles, is the
,nly considerable railway building i
program being carried out in the
country at the present time. The at
ention of the entire country has been
Irawn to that fact. A further study
hows that the future line traverses
me of the greatest rail-lacking sec
ions in the United States. Conse-
uently, it is logical and built on the
ound principle OF necessity.
1t is apparent that success will fol-
ow to the section the railroad aims
o serve. A boom will follow. This
3 to be expected. People from the
east will inquire, and
ONE will travel far to become iden-
flied with a new country. A ma
ority of them will remain. The flot-
am and jetsam will move on, as they
ave always migrated, and in the
ettling processes to follow a new era
I'LL dawn and become fixed when
again will prove the
that it is a great develop
r.
Another advantage is to be noted.
: glance at the maps of both the
tates of Montana and Wyoming will
1dicate that the railroad systems
reversing these commonwealth al
lost invariably run east and west.
here Is practically no connecting
nix running north and south. In
eed, it is not an idle dream to Wis
alize for the future the extension of
lis new railroad now being built to M,
lie nOTLu anu SOuLu ana eventually +;r
saching termini located on the Cana ~
ian border and the Gulf of Mexico. ia
lies within the realm of possibility tn
nd the entertainment of the idea is ye
0 more daring than the thought in,
hich, wrought into action, spanned pc
lie continent with steel ribbons with en-
the memory of the generation still tn,
wing.
The success of the new railroad ye'
rs been secured from the very be- rio
inning. Traffic arrangements have tnt
zen made with the Chicago, Milwau- me
be & st. Paul railway. A new and gr'
ore direct outlet and inlet to one cal
xteenth of the population of the OF
nited States and to a much larger EN-
oportionate area of developed coun-
y will have been provided. Ton mo
zee is in sight just the moment the MS
st whistle responds to the cord on nas
g locomotive which will inaugur- me
Q the commencement of active OPP cor
atoms in transportation. me
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