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The special was made M OF Chi
cuRo. Milwaukee g st. Paul iocomo
tive No. 221a, a car OF merchandise
two day coaches and the private
car OF A J. Workman. superintend
emit OF the local division of the c. &
N. ". The train crew who were ir
charge and will hold down the rur
consists OF NJ. II. Foley, conductor
r, 8. Bell, engineer; NJ. J. Hallien
fireman; and w. G Molin. brake
man.
Twelve passengers were tn the
day coach. In Mr.. worthnin's cal
were C. s. Lake. chairman OF TIL
board Of directors OF the North 6
South: Julian s. Lover. general pas
senger and freight agent OF the c
& n. w; W. K. Sheridan. superin
tendent of the North q Southi Mrs
John Taylor and son, Jack
The special left this local O q n
w. station at 7 o'clock. Illco at s
O'Clock and arrived at Salt Creek al
$50.
.-Tho North and South railroad
was conceived by Charles N. Haskell
only last November said Mr.. Lake
IN DISCUSSING the history OF tho pro
1ect this morning.
I'm January I made . reconnnts'
ance of the country between Miles
city. Mont, and Casper. I deliver
Cd my report to Mr.. Haskell In Feb
ruary and in March we had engi'
neers surveying tho proposed line,
Tho contract for the entire line was
let February Is and the first dir.
was moved April 2 at Niles City.
no actual construction work was
possible until the latter part of May
due TO the climatic conditions. In
less than four months we have built
the road from nlco to Salt Creek.
"The construction work between
Salt Creek and Miles City is being
eagerly prosecuted. The road will
be IN operation from the TOWNSHIP
of Ilico into tho Midwest Home
camp at Salt Creek by October 10
and all the way TO Milea City by
September 1, 1924,
"The North q South railroad has
. 20 year contract with the g. &
N. w. by which II has the right
to use the latter's tracks between
Casper and Ilico and a similar con.
tract with tho C. NJ. a st. p. by
which the most favorable oo-opera-
ton 10 pledged
"The general offices Of the COM
pany will be maintained IN the Con-
soiidated Royalty building In Casper
where its officers arc anxious to Co
operate with tho public. whose sug-
gestions are courted.
THE Wyoming North a South
railroad proposes o'demonstrate its
ability rs n public servant and OK
poets to contribute a real benefit to
the city Of Casper. and the communi-
ties II ervcs When completed In
Its entirety II will constitute the
only direct north and south line be-
tween Omaha on the east and Poca-
telio on the west covering a terri.
tory Of approximately 1900 miles.
I'm addition TO forming a medium
OF interchange with the c. a N. W.
and tho C. D. 6 O.. with which con-
nections are made at Inco It will also
connect directly with the c.. NJ. &
8. p. and the North Pacific at Miles
City.
ut win serve as q means of de-
veiopment for a vast area OF natural
resources, situated between great
eastern and western trunk lines,
which without rail transportation
would continue to lie dormant.
1T will serve ms n means of init.
mate touch md communication be-
tween various communities in wyo.
ming and Montana which at present
can only be reached by clrcuitous
routes. excessive time and money.
AN agency has been installed at
Salt Creek and n Joint agency at
Illeo. We are putting in an en-
CINE house and a Y at Ilico, we have
u telegraph limo up for one and n
half miles. We will put in n ter.
minal freight yard at Salt Creek
that will have n capacity OF 1000
cars.
The officials OF the North g South
railroad arc Joseph Haskell. son of
Charles n, president; c. S. Lake.
vice president; W. X. Sheridan OF
Buffalo, superintendent; G. W. Wit