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Show FEOM OMAHA TO HELENA. ' The Union Pacific Broad Gauge to be Completed Through by-Next by-Next Sprlngr. r. The long projected and partially built branch of the Union Pacific Railroad from Dillon to Helena is seon to be completed at least, says the Helena Herald, so we were informed a few days ago by one who is in a position commanding certain information infor-mation on- that point. It is pretty generally gener-ally knownthat when the Utah and Northern North-ern Railroad was building, three orfour years ago, Helena was the objective terminal ter-minal point. With this object in view the road was completed to Dillon and much grading done on the surveyed route from there to Helena. Then Butte commenced to boom, and the U. P. managers, by a change of policy which has since proved a paying step, altered the destination of the "road and built with all rapidity to the silver camp. Work on the Helena branch, however, was prosecuted until the winter of 1882-3, when it was suddenly abandoned. During Dur-ing the active period, much work was done on this branch in the way of cutting and grading, although no rails were laid. Still a considerable amount of work remains re-mains to be done on it, and this the Union Pacific intends to do with - all dispatch. dis-patch. ' According to our informant, orders from Chief Engineer Blickensderfer were recently re-cently received by the chief engineer in Montana, to recommence and push with all speed the unfinished . work on the branch from Dillon to Helena. These orders were transmitted to surveying parties par-ties in the field, who, .we understand, have already repaired to the scene of their labors. With ordinary success it is expected the road will be completed to Helena early in the spring by March or April. It is to be a standard guage roa i, to correspond with that already built from Pocatello to Dillon, whose guage is to be widened at an early date. In fact the bridges and trestles on this part of the road have already been replaced by standard gauge structures. When this is consummated.the Union Pacific will have a standard guage road from Omaha to Helena. |