Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 9

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1925 “PAYROLLS FOR DISTRICT HEAWY Enormous Sums Spent On Improvements Dumng Year Casper, a division point on three raflroads, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Chicago & Northwest- ern. and the North & South, is for- ftunate’ in its rail transportation facilities. East, west, north and south are. main line arteries that provide adequately for passenger and freight sérvice. The year 1924 has witnessed a steady progress and growth in this service with the Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy spending more than $1,500,000 in new work alone’on the division. The Burlington's biggest piece of construction was the putting in-of 28 permanent steel and concrete bridges at a cost exceeding $300,000 and the rebuilding ‘of 18 miles cf main line track just west of Lysite. This takes the place of the track de- stroyed by the unusual cloudburst during the summer of 1923 and it is so aligned that a recurrence of the trouble on anything like a similar scale is impossible. The McKinley street viaduct, at &@ cost of about $100,000, which pro- vides a safe and valuable communil- cation with North Casper, was com- pleted in 1924 and opéned for traffic late in October. The expense of this was shared alike by the rail- road company and the city. The company also installed eight miles.of the. latest type of automatic. signal blocks between Guernsey and Wendover, in the tunnel district, ‘and improved its*yard and passing tracks at an expense of $25,000. New Rails Laid. Of little sigriificance to the lay- man, but of most importance to a railroad man, Was the completion of the relay on all the main track rail on the division. The majority of thd rail is now 90 pound steel] with the lightest in use 85 pounds. On the Cody branch, which handles a great proportion of the Yellowstone park tourist traffic, new rails were laid to replace the light steel put down in 1901 when the line was constructed. In transportation equipment ‘the most expensive installation was the addition .of efght. “C.4" ‘engines of the heavy Mikado type to be used west of Casper. They are oil burn- ers and have an‘increase of 60 per cent in, tractive power over the locomotive formerly used. The running schedule between Casper and Alliance, Nel on the main Une to Chicago, was cut an hour;and 15° minutes on passenger service. and many .other .minor ‘changés were made for ‘the accom- modation of passengers. In addition to these special pieces of work the regular program of re- ballasting and maintenance was maintained. During 1925 the company will build a new power plant in con- nection with the local round house und machine shops that will, both effect an economy in their opergtion and at the same time increase their facilities. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy had an average of 590 employes monthly in its Casper shops who drew in 1924 payrolls totalling slightly more than $1,000,000. Northwestern Payroll Large. With a payroll that averaged 921 employes pet month and a total pay- roll of $1,533,548 distributed through the Casper office in 1924, the Chi- cago & Northwestern rallroad proved an important factor in the financial welfare of the city. The system also installed numer- ous improvements in equipment during. the year-that greatly added to the efficiency of service for its patrons, Among the most important opera- tions along the division was the building of six steel bridges with ¢ piers and abutements. The Q-foot tfuss span, was across Wind river, six miles of Riverton Track extensions were made totalling 6,000 feet for additional trackage for oil and sugar beet load- * ing and gravel ballast was laid on 29.6 miles of track east ofrCasper. The first of the new class. “J” freight engines ever used by the system were placed in road service on the Wyoming division-in March. These engines have a total weight of 467,500 pounds compared with 306,500 pounds, the weight of the “H-1" engines formerly used here in freight service. These new type locomotives haul | approximately twice as much as the class “R-1" engines and can handle 60 loaded Cars of oll. Through sleeping car service be- tween Casper and Chicago and din- ing and patior ¢ar service between Caspet und Chadron ‘has with the use of ail steel equipment added greatly to the comfort and safety of passengers In the year 1924 the Chicago & Northwestern paid county taxes amounting to $88,793.48, while it paid city taxes amounting to $3,- 878.52. This makes the total taxes puld in the year In Natrona County $46,952.10. ew Construction Looms. Possibility ‘that the Wyoming North & Bouth raflroad will be com- pleted js held out {n the recent in- corporation of the Wyoming-Mon- tana Railroad company, which is sald to be negotiating with creditors for the purchase of the North & South. thereby relieving financial difficulties that have blocked the extension of the line north of Salt Creek. The railrosd itinal'y sur- veyed froma Casyer tg Miles City, CASPER COUNTRY CLUB PROVIDES NEW SHOW PLACE; GOLF COURSE AND CLUB HOUSE BUILT IN YEAR Casper Country club members accomplished the almost imposible in 1924 by constructing a $50,000 elub- house, a complete nine hole golf course, tennis courts and trapshooting equipment in the same year. tion considerable progress was made on the second nine holes of the golf course. In ada!- At the same time the Country club turned over its old-golf Imks and equipment to be used as a municipal course. The site of the new club is ideal, five iniles southes it in a wide valley well watered by the North Elkhorn Tho bullding itself faces the Casper mountains and commands a clear View of the range from the eminence on which it is built. Constructed on the side of a hole the club has ground floor entrances on both stories. tastefully decorated and furnished f/ glassed in veranda that can be us stewardess makes possible service The club is the center of to the pleasure of its members. and Includes 2 huge .oungirg room, ed at all ons. ‘The presenc the year around for members. of-a golf professional, The Intertar is dining room, lockers, showers and a@ steward and the city’s social activities, dinners, luncheons, bridges and dances adding much Mont., with the eventual extension south to connect with the Union Pacific at Rawlins, was completed in 1923 from Casper to Salt Creek and daily train service inaugurated September of that year. This included an expenditure of $1,490,000 on the Casper-Salt Creek part of th line and a total expenditure of m than $4,000,000 on the remaining units/ Steel was laid for 41.2 miles and much grading was done be tween Salt Creek and Miles City When the road shut down con- struction work late in the fall of 1923 due to cold weather an exten- sive program was mapped out for the summer of.1924. This include’ the building of a station in Casper, extension of thg Ine north from Salt Creek and other operations. This work was necessarily cancelled when the litigation ensued and is still in-a state of suspension. ‘The largest creditors of the North & South afte in.a conference now in New York City that is hoped will result in an amicable adjustment. The Middle States Oil corporation, which guaranteed the performance ‘of the construction on the. part of the railroad company is one of the creditors and the Reliable Securities Corporation are the ‘two “principal litigants against the North & South, whose differences may be ironed out at the current conference. Rumors, apparentally well found- ed but which have so far been un- verified, indicate that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul system is ready, to take over the road as soon as the present litigation is un- tangled. If such action takes plece the future of the road-is*rosy as the aforementioned system is one of the wealthY and powerful rail corpora- tions of the country and could, if it so desired, complete. the. construc: of line in shortorder. The Chicago, Milwaukee & &t. Paul runs through Miles City and the line could be operated as branch of the main system. Sennen 37 Billion Feet of Gas In One Year Natural gas producti ing was assessed in Y8t.91, representing: the value at-the well at three to four cents a foot of 37,674,485,402 cuble feet of gas. The largest production came from the Lost’Soldier district in Carbon county and was utilized as fuel at the Casper refineries: Remainder ‘of the production was whiely dis tributed over the state. Casper and many other towns and clties of the state enjoy a great as set in having ‘gas for domestic and Industrial use, and an unlimited sup- ply is available for years to come, It ts estimated, several of the larger fields in the state still being shut In with no demand for the product. a | | Converse County, Home | Of State Fair, Finding Better Market Methods Diversified industry, the state fair anda progressive citizenry give Gon verse county and Douglas, situated just east of Casper a place in Wyo- ming reviews that shows conristent progress, regardless of ups and downs in its agricultural and live- stock industry. Constructive develop: ment of the last year fs’ strongly inked with last mentioned, re- scurces and a progrersive movement toward co-operative marketing 1s bringing the county's products into the front rank of these for which a steady gnarket has been established in-Casper. Improvement In agricul tural conditions along with the come- back staged by the sheep industry and better prospects for cattle means a bright immediate future. Co-operative marketing methodr, particularly in poultry, dairy and in garden products, have been put in effect with excellent results. Today Casper receives a large share of its fresh egg supply from Douglas to say nothing of milk and vegetables in large volume. Douglas eggs stamp- ed “Wyomingites” and bearing the date of the hen!s delivery, are known tosevery Casper housewife to the end that shipments at the numerous, stores are quickly exhausted the day they arrive. State fF Famous, Douglas, however, is best, known to the outside world by its state fair, the excellence of has been steadily advanced from year to year until exhibits and displays compare favorably with these of the well de veloped icultural states ‘of the middle west. It has served as an ever illuminating demonstration that all farm and agricultural! products grown ntral west grow and flourish s. In addition the fair liday ov thousands who sunty, capital forth, all the entertain highly com which in the « jr Wyon vides a hy k to the ¢ during. the rested only 4 ent afforded by the showing made by. nearly every county of the state with the co-operation of agricultural agents. A feature of last year's display was an exhibit of Wyoming produrts, de- signed to stimulate the market at home for things produced in Wyo- ming. Douglas itself was a town of con r petitive ed the significance of a trading pest. As a result its improvements‘are of the substantial order and the tawn beautiful idea has been carried out in the growth of trees and shrubbery Sida RAs Bass Bd dy FEATURING THE RCH R SHOE FOR MEN AND WOMEN The BOOTERY 124 EAST SECOND siderable size before Casper develop- which afford a welcome sight to ourista on the winding Yellowstone ughway leading from Cheyenne to Yellowstcne park. Developments of he’ last year included the construc: jon of a 446-fodt reinforéed concrete dge over the Piatte river at Doug: as by the state, Glenrock Industrial Center. Glenrock, the industrial. town of Converse county, is situated. near its western border adjacent to the Big Muddy field and dorives its presper: ty from the operation, of small re- ‘inerles by the Mutual and Standard Jt companies, both of which. wit ressed considerable enlargement dur- ing the last year. In the hills above Gienrock are vast iron ore deposits and other minerals that some day will be mined on an extensive scale, The: resources of the county em- »race rich soils for farming and agri- vulture, scattered irrigation and min- eral deposits galore: Near Douglas is an.electrically operated coal mine. All the ores carry strong showing of ron. The county's oll resources have fever been fully exploited and the ‘uture still holds promise in thig in- durtry. with the.resumption of exten- sive wildcatting. One of Wyoming’s finest ranches {s situated tn Converse county—Car. *yhurst, the home of former Gover. nor Robert D. Carey: Thousands of acres of irrigated and range land are embraeed within its domain and here the countys’ agriculturat-and live. stock industries have witnessed their greatest exploitation. Fine dairy cat- Ue and thoee of the beef type are numbered ‘in the herds, crop produc. tion is abundant and the estate pro vides a setting for-one of the most atractive homes in-the state. Recreation Abounds. Recreational features of Converse county are not to/be overlooked. The Natural Bridge park just below the LaPrele dam is one of the most re: nowned beauty spots {n central Wy. omingvand*a fa¥arite sith: plenick ers. Cold Springs and: sterbrock are points of attraction, W and Taramfe peak rth net. pe Steading opportunities many regions are still open. ‘The land office at Douglas witnesses a steady stream of applications for ands In jts district and thousands of acres haye been patented which will realize its owners a substantial in coms for the future, THE CASPER GLASS | AND PAINT CO. The Home of “Better Paints” lett MIRRORS, PLATE GLASS AND Che Casper Daily Cribune RAILROADS ADD MAJOR INDUSTRY: HERE BRIGHT FUTURE INDUSTRY TO TRAIL IRRIGATION Where slog: rails end and trails begin 1 that found its way out o: is Fremont county, just west of Cas- per, during the last year, aid while true in a Lteral sense it should not detract from the multitude of pos. sibilities which this largest of coun: tlea in Wyoming affords. The Fre mont county region is one of sur: passing beau when nieasured against the scenery of any district of the United States, it provides for the sportsman and big game hunter thrills. sich as can in as a succession of be matched In places country, but it ranks of the greatest in possibilitic noultural and mining deve nd toward this end it 1 wonderful progress Outstanding among its past, present or future, mation, work which finds its ellr in construction of the erton project that ever bring many thousands of der cultivation. The project will represent an investment of millions, of dollars on the part o the government, all of which wil find its way back in payments on lands under a 20-year amortization plan, Lands with water rights f Irrigation rainage costs e. Last letion of the great diver dam above Riverton on the River lined canal y this water to the laterals and with an abundance of water assured rom the snowshes of the Wind Riv er range the prosperity of a va agricu'tural. empire is assured. Industrial Possibilities Loom few the one lopmen making proje is its re acres un completed saw year in are manifold as com- years will witness the erection sugar beet and canning factories, ur mills, creamerles and other {n stitutions that go to build permanent greatness. » Wheat on this fertile land yields 50 bushels an acre, oats 75 bushe’s, sugar beets 15 tons high content, alfalfa more than three tons and other crops in propor tlon, Success of sugar beet culture practically assures a factory for the district, the beets grown now being moved by rail to plants in north central Wyoming. The livestock industry moves for ward along with argiculture will continue to hold its own The possibilities of this fn an dustrial v ing 0 in sugar with | rich grazing lands extending ior | neatly 100 miles above Lander and Riverton: Instead of shipping | them out as feeders, the develop: ment of the agricultural industry on a larger scale will make {t pos sible to feed out a large number for +he packing houses. Feeding has alveady been made profitable and ts being carried out on a more exten ive scale year by year. hogs, chickens and turkeys are all vea'th producers, and produce large volume is moved to the Cas-| per and outside markets every year. Lander Is Gateway | Lander, the capital of Fremont | county, is situated in a beautiful | valley closely adjacent to the won ders of nature as found in the nat ural forests, It if a gateway to | the big game and recreational re- | gions. Primeval forests with peaks wrapped in perpetual snow and gla clal {ce bid welcome to the fourist and these passed in increasing num bers last year. <A beautiful high way beginning where the r of | the Chicago & Northwestern end. | reaches into this mountain wonder- | land, on over the range to Jackson's hole and thence to the south er trance to Yellowstone. Resorts fer the tourist dot the wi including Brook’s lake and any number of camps and lodges reams. teem with the fine game fish of the lori—the trout c h Milk, cows, | in | mountain re T ing the limit is not too much for the | novice to expect The wilderness | challenges the explorer | Above Lander in the old mining | camp of Atlantic City are heard rumblings of a real mining boom. | Riverton Optimistic Riverton, at the door of the great Bright fut ‘ein r the ¢ treating , le wards of half t down the W € a | est uplands ear, W ampletio reclamati Je it is asgured of numerous ne 1 industries, including t proposed | sugar factory | Cheap fuel {n tho form of WINDOW GLASS | CALCIMINE—WALL PAPER-- PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES Phone 1374 144 East Midwest FOR FREMONT | | | | wbundance of natural gas from t ig Sand Draw will be a fact: his development. The town is andy supplied with gas for domest! Industrial purpe Nearby ts the Pilot Butte oll field consistent producer, also the Mav- in | rick Springs, Alkali Butte and forseshoe structures. Considerable il has been\developed at Maverick 3prings but as yet no outlet is avs ible, all which will come with ‘Npeline construction of the future. The country’s of! resources also in- lude the Lander and Derby dome tlelds, where large revenues are ¢ rived from development operations: Indians Progressing South of the Wind River ts the lian reservation, the of the shones and the Aranahoes, many whom in the last two years have gured*in the greatest movie pi uctions typifying the pioneer west. | \ group of t who took part In staging of “The Covered Wagon ose re taken to Paris and London for of showing the picture. They again featured in “North of The Shoshone agency Is at hakie, 30 miles from Riverton is the government nal hot springs. fon of the re St. Michael's E mission which last year secured th approval of the government for plan to build a modern town, br ng the Indian down to date e inspiring sight of hundreds of In Mans participating commun! with mission work mar PAGE NINE YELLOWSTONE DAIRY G. W. Holes, Mgr. WHOLESALE ONLY MILK CREAM BUTTER Buttermilk and Cottage Cheese DAILY SERVICE TO SALT CREEK 1328 East Yellowstone Phone 2518 PHONE 1904-W | Alemite Service Station GASOLINE, OILS AND ACCESSORIES CARS GREASED Operated in Connection With The Auto Laundry We Clean Cars Inside as Thoroughly as Outside MOTORS CLEANED by vaporized kerosene which is absolutely harmless and leaves no ignition trouble or rusty parts 112 South Durbin St. eled upon by v vation. THE NEW | TOWNSEND Is modern in every particular. eveti's face OTEL | The Townsend Hotel is located in the heart of Casper’s shopping district and only | three blocks from the depots. | | To provide each guest, whether transient or permanent, with the intimate comforts of home, in addition to the many conveniences of a modern hotel, is the supreme en deavor of the Townsend organization. Townsend Coffee Shop and Dining Room | In Connection HECTOR MARTI, Manager CASPER, WYO.