Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 1 | N. P. Will Build New Line to Rich Montana Region

N N. P. P P Will Build New Line to Rich Rioh RichMon Mon Montana tana Region ST. ST PAUL Minn Nov 27 APOne APOne AP One One of the last Jast sections in the vest seat where steers still roam overbroad overbroad over overbroad broad ranches is destined to be bo opened for agriculture through the construction of a rail project announced by tie the Northern Pacific railroad to to- to night tight Approximately tely acres of tillable land in the Red Water Watervalley Watervalley Watervalley valley of Montana will be given transportation facilities railroad officials estimate with the building building build build- ing of a new line from Glendive through Circle to Brockway a a distance of three sixty miles H. H E. E Stevens chief engineer announced that the project is to tobe tobe tobe be completed before 1928 if pos po sible Another project estimated to cost in connection with the new line will consist of changing the course of the Bitter BitterRoot BitterRoot BitterRoot Root branch to the east side of the river between Florence and Hamilton It is estimated that this change will open up acres of irrigable land suitable for raising sugar beets Applications for both projects have been filed with the interstate interstate inter inter- state commerce commission t