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I'UOGX/Sf® iIV RAUAYAV JWIUt-i NG.It.'fill- Itidlvmy ituil l)»£i i.e.wii.g Ncwr-ioout with Its Annual review nl railway «xu-9*.ru:lion in the Kocky Mountain ala'-n, •which nhowa the.’ Cm* work li»* h*»» very ji.-'ivv tl-.triiiiT-1l.eypnf. For 1iiCyear fi»d-i-ig Nov. 29, ill w«t Of the 10thmeridian. 1,414 in’: os track were laid, as against (198 th? previous year; white under construction there nv 2,811 mllex, ug«l:ifit l,0Dlt in 13».Haring 'he prose lit year ir, M.nuUtiu ■UT.O ir.ill'i »1 mck wen- laid as against Mm vm- 1'i’fi-o. mi I Mien* are now i'-ix mites under c nstrucllun or contract. The surveyed line) iijk::i wl.it li m*lk bo-»insonly i‘\t ye:r fi-'gi’r-.'He 275 miles, iinil other projei's o! pc-ieise ire i i:n puled :it 7:f) inM--. 1 i the matter of I ijilt;-k !:.i.l during tin year Montaiii ev i:i*c*ils isli 'lie (.tin's, with Washing!..: mxt. Tin- i.il'er Ins «! i miles -urveyc-inr unili r emit : lt;:t lor i ext vvsa.OJ tp railway tiHislrueliiu-. woriO t ie New-, thus reviews ’lie sdu•ilinn : The riost r.eli.\ er-n-tucti.isi is conliiieil c; inpnimivo •null ■ oitir.n nf the territory shown uu (in.* imp. m.d it Is Mug rtr.t:.* liy a inv urpitc«ir.|'iiiie:. Ii.m.iei words the cm -trt- iion i-- in ii:i'y v ■ u; ' it ivi*. The Nnr.l i ”M IV.riM::, the tlro.ii .Neither n. Hi'’ L'ni I’m llie, am) i«j a less i-xlert ilie Si.uth.-rn I'jilPo cow pan lor me -'.rngi ling foraupreinaiy in the rich i ^ricult'irnl.lintlier md mineral lands of Wa»-ini;tiui imd Montana. Ol fin* total mileage now vtulor con-trimth'ti i.ik; nl that mi which 'rick has h-en laid th’-yeur. in llw llitw ilntrs of Montana, loti.-ho and Wiisliiuglii:. 71 per ivul anil per cer.r. reepeciiv'ly i.s the work of llilt; NiiHtevn Piifirtc, (Ire.it Northern and Irion lV iflr «*-'« pnnles; mid ol the totai mileage coming ujflcr '.liese heads «r. fin* ten states and territories iucludou ’:i oitr iiia;', *M )n-: cent if this year’s tracklay ? iniy mid 4.i por c‘iit «il.e mi.—tuo Underccustiuctina is tire wo: I; of fa*.1 slum* companies.T\ikluL up the vork of the,.* coiopauii-ssonicea,11 i:i detail, it Is tcvi. taut the longest am! in spin* respects the most import a'it. extPhsim Is that of tlie (ire.it Northern coinpuay t:. *,lii I’m1 lie const .it I’uget sound. 'I his extension starts Ikon Hie main line at Assliiahonn, Mont., ami runs west lo 4 Cot 1-Uiou io -.\sfiiogtlt;*lt with the Fairliaviii md Southerr. i iii-ia:«l, » hi .inch of the sme c.:m pan y ‘slim 0 ;llsti;t)Co of 8oU Jolts. The wyrk ofcoh-btruchuu and survey is in piogreRH : alo’Ji.' the line, aid tarr:i: j some exrer-'hoi:;l ilwiay it wll pr.ilably l riiplillvpiishi-fl to complPilmi. In wiiricciTi) win, liiiscvtensioa the Ctuniiriny iE alst butt ing a line from i’ortir.nd, Ore., to New Westuiinisto', 11. C..( afcoi:'. lififl mile*, unde; the charlerj of the F iitliuvoo an«i Sihii.Iimii mol SH.ft!c uml MonUns. r.U way companies.The work ol tlii Nnr.horn I’acifit tami pnny Is couflmd larguy lo hnincli lines1,1 into the mineral lields of Montana nml iilulio, u:ul penetri'ini; the ilmher tiutlie1,1 atrrlcultuMl In nils in the I'ui'fl sound dibaltrie' tributaiy to tic cities i«: Seattle ami Tacoma. The Henttle, I.iike Shun- X. Eastern r.i' lwr.y, recently purcllltwl by the Northern J'acific compauy, is being rapidly exteiakd o a connection with the Canadian Panilid luanch -outli from Mis siou Stn’.iob at 111- l;*ui|dry. It i-' also probable (hat the ex tension of the fnnc row! east in a «vnii i-Cthoi wirl. the CcutriliTthis in x Ml tl tile for* C flo I), in? the h.*„iprion wti l.wt Or. ri villovml1 I:I’llU* I-Usbyini*s’.iflidtipijili.lei,slo»a-(i:iis |olisUr.tintatloMntJiiIt.:’■r.W:lt;ilkdel\w•!|)idllWBobtlh;’.«lioftlolbFa(ifMimitli«imin’.npa-ir.».-•allllfo. : mi(ifpe.v:rlet‘-i.'.IT.i-.lai.tit.cl..toliti rer. tin wi •IT
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The Semi Weekly Tribune
Great Falls, Montana, US
Sat, Dec 06, 1890
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