Show RAILROAD WORK fuels in relation to the utah and thero railway I had intended writing you at taft yel of tho deports from binck rock to but bing hard nt work and not favorable I neglected doing o thinking lint when the work of removal completed I should find amo to pot your readers in regard to the present Ter munn but having contracted a violent cold I havn up to the present time remained silent and now the removal having become an accomplished complis hed fact and traveler going north being enabled to go by rail to ao beautiful inako kiver valley ho world is apprised of ho fact and no necessity exist for my writing on the ulye ct still hero are many people who take in interest in event transpiring in our country that it may not be amiss for me to make a note fa portion of them As your readers arc aware something over a year ago mr jay gould of the great railroad men of alie ge by some moana d in what was then the utah north irn railroad end entered into an agreement with the by chich the management was changed ind a new company formed which i now known ae the utah northern railway company not long after these arrangement acro perfected mr gould commenced alio work necessary to carry out hn contract with the company which embraced for the extension of the line from franklin idaho in the direction of helena montana in pursuance of hia policy mr gould at once selected adopted the mean whereby tho b eject would bo most speedily achieved tho old utah northern had been located vii swu tpring i deemed impracticable leat not desirable by bol georgc wolcott who was the engineer eleood ele cod by tic new company to curry on the work the gentleman therefore and adopted alie route upon ali ich the road hn been built leaving the old route near alio lino deflects botho left bear river near the battle creek I at the point oliero gen conner ought alio indians a few year ago ascending the hill at tins place the road by rather etcel grade enters into what i termed hound valley though really an extension of C eclie valley passing through hound val ley the line abend to the hunts ranche at this point the waters of the are reached and the descent toward tho lie gini it would be difficult to find a better route for a railroad than thi one selected by col wolcott and alie rapid construction of alin road at o moderate a cu tho wisdom of the directors in adopting his line and locating alio road thereon in alie construction of this road mr gould ii tho contractor and tha work is done under liis orders and by his agent the company furnishing I believe only rolling stock to transport material for the work of cauree it bodd b impossible imposible impo sible or at last not or o fri avi ninny as is mr bould to to this little nar row gugu road liis attention hence alie necessity of employing an agent to look after the interest of himself end associates having been in a position months where I cougil ol norvi th manner in which alie duties of such agent tire discharged I bound to remark that in the selection of ir washington diann a hi agent to carry forward for alo hork aboa od to lr bos d sound judgment by air Ii inna service lie to 11 intent the right man in the place the gr arding ding of tint rond lii ix cn done through contract ron tract biti mr awill lie Vit llcy thi gen cienian re letting thu in 11 boix to wiio th work alie arico paid for 1811 ia un tiiu low and yet n of iliof engaged nt alie work have found it to pay able for men and ha also ben dona by contract hendricks sud ricki also of Ccle valley lin tito conti accorn chopo have had charge of tito ing bout fifty men track lias been well ui laid rubout a fait as material wore furnished under abo of mr orchard employed track lo 10 by and isiria anick laying waa commenced near lin on the alst of lat haid alt of december during which tildo over one hundred anile of truck were bid including the line and sidings this much as to what haa been done in tho a when I add that the track ie already graded thirty milos beyond black toot and other contracts acta for brading let that heavy contracts for ties ro alo let und the tie now being cut it may readily be acen that tha U A N R W coin buin as and bluit whilo alio Nort norn L talk in about letting contract and while the people of montana aaning we ont subsidize subsidise i road wo will get our goods by way of the etc the lith i si itly but aurely auge alie of iMon and will mathin a brief cwi od the iron boree into the of helena this I think we have good an dhority to believe and I think without authority part which i that the me with bursca who are thus quietly reaching after the trade of montana w feeder to tho union will ere the smoke es the term alio locomotive down snake divor into oregon and to the pacific thus obtaining over her tri lutary lines a direct trade whit oregon washington and the uttermost part of tho earth in thus speculating I may be uti takegi in any berunt time will tell it DJ |