The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-05-30
REPORT LINE
TO Be BUILT
Columbus News Features Report That
Cook City Line will be Built This
Year.


On the heels Of last weeks cxhiler-
atiag news that oil had been struck
in the Basin comes the startling, but
authentic information that within 30
days the first leg, or River Division
Of the electric line to Cooke City, will
be under process Of construction. A
dream, visioned, held and cherished by
men, covering more than a score of
years, becoming fixed reality, poten-
tial, powerful as source of unesti-
able, profit and increased valuations
for all Saltwater County.
Last week deal was closed where
by Vincent X. Coon. Of Detroit, repre-
senting the biggest surety companies
In America, who had been interested
in the project by the untiring efforts
of the Ernster- Baker force, guaran-
teed to underwrite the $l,500,000 of
bonds necessary to the first portion
of the construction. And before he
left he added that instead Of tsking
the go days demanded by his contract
the money would be forthcoming and
actual work constructed just as soon
as certain conditions were fulfilled.
About the only one of the provisions
that Ia Of local interest, Ii that local
business men and farmers unite and
cooperate in giving or obtaining the
right-of-way and terminal sites neces-
sary for the construction of the line.
Due to the fact that this Ia an electric
line, the necessary right Of way is
narrow, only so feet wide, and but lit
tie trouble is anticipated In the obtain
ance Of same The untold enhance
ment in land values Of having the rails
road on or close to the ranch; the con-
venienee of the thing, and the ulti-
farmer along the line 10 immediately
mate betterment Of : market for his
farm produce, should sntice every
come across with his share OF the pro-
ject, that is the right-of-way. Natur-
ally some places are to be damaged
by the road to an extent whereby to
donate might be impossible, but there
are not more than one or two places
along the line where this condition ex-
lists, and in these isolated cases the
promoters will be found to be on the
square.
While the limit time for construc-
tion commencement is placed at 30
days, the work Of obtaining the right
of-way, and completing grade surveys
will be hurried along. and In all proba-
bility the first of August will see the
dirt flying.
To the General Service & Engineer
Ing Corporation goes untold credit for
putting over their project. For sew
aral years Messrs. Ernstes and Barker
have stuck faithfully to the job, spent
lots Of money and put In good many
hours of real work in the face of skep-
ticism and knocking" on the part of
local people, the people who would
benefit the most by the building of
she road. The support Of the home
guard certainly would never have put
'he thing across; and we can partially
make up for our inactivity heretofore
~ now getting into The harness and
'elping remove ~ only barriers that
'tand In tbs road Of inmsdiats work.
The News has covered the project
'everal times befors. 70 II Is familiar
o most Of cur READERS, but ~ will
lgsin bTiefly outline It.
The road b. to b IN electric line.
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