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it t» C’ntisiui lt;*iin»iiu»tioi» Anon# I nthe t'liimgo Trunk tines.Tl*ir Hold on the *t. Paul. Dakota 1 0 am! Montana Trade inr .weened. j £It m Probable That the Proposed Duty 't'mi Lead Urea Will Meet witlOpposition.St. Paw, May:». -ThefireatNorthern'a A •lathing cot in lake and rail rates from JlIjNew York make? the rate from New York to .St. Paul hut one rent higher than from Chicago to St. Paul. This j » meins a cut of IJ..'ut« on builnew be-1 « tween Mew York atio • »mnho In favor of l j* the fit. Paul route. The fcononnceaicnt j j, created a *:lr among tin* Chicago •rest-. brand road.'. ;11Mimlnnn SUtMfe* IUtLEKi. May S. Sprueiile Braden has j s, been appointed special agent of the ceu- j sue bureau to ccl!«'. and compile the . □literal statistics of Montana, northern j -p Idaho and eastern Washington. !tlpiMMillnn OlOUlB*. ; tHWashihotow, May 3.—It ie believed | that wbea Ibe tariff bili comae up Ib the ’* hots© next week there will be very ftl stttug opposition to the leud schedule as vi agreed upon by the committee on woy» : and means.THE l'ACU'IC KXrilMNTOK.r*« Ors»t Nontivm BoUtM to tfan Pacific CoMt.Cue of the lai*t rnllruad rumors fe to the effect thaUli* Crwit Northern will bui.d One line we«t of tJreat Falls through Ui« Flathead lake country. and another line «ve*1 tiom the end of its btarch »t Butte through Anoooudn and Wiwouln and unovei -.he St, Regia diride to Portland, say.- the Missouliun. The road through the Khlbuud luke country would be a abort liue. But the Clreat Northern must uiso huve a ruad not unlj reaching Butte, Jlelunu. Anactnda and Missoula, but coulmuing on to the Pac.flc, For iusuuce, how can the Great Nyrtberu sumessfully compete for the business of the cities mentioned without extending its branch (the Xon-tana Central) to the oon«? In ordei,,to secure a fair share of the traffic of the leading citie of Mouliua It must givei'cthen a \*catern outlet »h well us conr.ection*. The signs ol thn Umw all poll* to the westward extension of UicartboM«art ft 3 bri
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Butte Semi Weekly Miner

Butte, Montana, US

Wed, May 07, 1890

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