The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-04

cagO, Milwaukee & St. Paul
for extensions in that section
and presents a map showing
surveys Of three roads parallel
ing each other from Milestone,
MOsby and Weede, just east
of Winnett, to Sidney, Man
rock and Riverside.
MILWAUKEE'S ROUTES
It's own project, the map shows,
begins at Weedes, runs northeast to
McIWlggan where it branches, run
ming north to Anad, east to Jordan
and south to Cohagan, where it is
joined by the branch from McTwig-
gan via Brunelda. At Watson Flats
IN Garfield county the line again di-
vldes, one branch dropping south to
Sangus, near Terry, on the main line,
the other running northeast to River
side, about half a mile east of the
west boundary of Richland county.
through Brockway, ReGwater and
Paxton.
1t outlines the Great Northern's
route as starting at Mosby, near
Weeds, running east of north to
Manrock in Richland county, through
McTwiggan. Edwards Anad, Jordon.
near Keplerville, through Van Nor
man, Brockway, Circle, Paxton and
Txtell.
n. P. Plans Another Branch.
The Northern Pacific's plans, the
map indicates, would run lines from
Milestone on the eastern border of
Musselshell county, in a northeasterly
direction to Sidney, Richland county,
with branches dropping off at Wat
son Flats to near Terry and on along
the east bank of the Yellowstone to
Glendive and at a point acouple of
miles beyond Brockway, Redwater
and Lambert.
The extensions roughly estimate 40
miles for the Milwaukee, rs for the
Great Northern and 81 for the North
en Pacifict in this section;
BUDD OUTLINES G. n. PLANS
st. Paul, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
With appreciation of the press of
the Northwest as powerful force in
the advancement of the interests of
the territory and in view of the spirit
of cooperation which has existed be-
tween the newspapers and the rail
ways for the general good of the
country, we feel that you will be
Interested in the following outline
OF the Great Northern Railways
plans for improvement for the year
1927. We are sending you the infor-
nation which follows not so much
with the thought of possible publ
cation, but rather that you as a news
paper man will be more than Ordi-
narily interested.
"Ihe Great Northern organization
is strong in a traditional belief in
the fundamental soundness of the
agricultural Northwest, ana while
taking cOgnizance of a general agri-
strictly to a policy enunciated years
! ago by Mr.. James J. Hill, a policy
based on the assumption that the
Great Northern Railway would only
fail to prosper when it lacked faith
IN the territory it traversed. Mr..
Hills advice was to build up the
country first and in that way assure
prosperity for the railroad.
I'VE have prepared a program of
development for the year calling for
ar expenditure of $4O,OOO,OOO. Part
OF this amount will be spent for up
keep of equipment and road, and a
very considerable amount will be
spent for new equipment and new
construction.
"NOt the most costly but one OF
the most important of the projects
which are provided for in the 1927
appropriations is the building of the
50 mile extension from Richey TO
Circle, Montana. This will be the
first link In the eventual completion
OF the LewistOwn cutoff. This line
will extend across eastern Montana
through Richey, Circle, BrocKwav.
and Lewistown to Great Falls, Mon
tana. 1t was planned by Mr.. James
j. Hill to be used as an alternate
route, and was surveyed in 1912. Ex-
cepting the Scobey-Opheim line
which was built last year. this will
be the tlrst and the most important
railroad construction work underUak-
en- in Montana since the war. 4
branch OF the line running from Wa
ford City, North Dakota, to Ricbev
Montana, through Fairview has al
ready been built. About two hun6-
red miles yet remains to connect
Richey with Lewistown, from where
there is now line into Great Falls
The construction of the thirtv-threr
miles of line from Richev to Circle
will entail an expenditure of about
$1,OOO,O0O. The completion Of fbe
line from Circle to Lewistown will
be carried out as fast as reour re
. ments of the public warrant. BuiId.
: ing of this line means the tappino n
more than 100000 acres of the T,cSi
est agricultural wheat and sugar bee
] land in Montana. We are ready 7,
go ahead on the Circle Extension =,
, soon as the Interstate Comn7t.rc :,
I Commission has authorized the con,
?, structiOn.
, Another important addition +,
e Great Northern lines will be made h,
, the purchase of the SpolTana ne a.,