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"feeders" and branch lines have been comstructed to the extent of about 

 600 miles, according- to the report of the State Railway Commissioners for 

 1913. Practically this amount of road has been constructed in eighteen 

 months. In a continuous line it would cross Montana from one end to the 

 other. Even at the low fig-ures of Benjamin F. Yoakum, who estimated 

 that for every mile of 'road constructed in Texas, $10,000 is added to the 

 taxable value of the property along the lines, this would be an increase of 

 $6,000,000 for Montana on account of the railroad activity during- 1913. It 

 is safe to say, however, that the increase is easily double that amount. 



During 1913 the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railway 

 entered the State for the first time, pushing- across the North Dakota line. 



Where the Increased Railroad Tonnage Comes From. 



While only fifty-five to sixty miles have been built of this line, it will 



doubtless cross the State within the next twenty mfonths. 

 The Coming The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul reports the construc- 

 of New tion of the following lines : Main line from Colorado Junction 



Lines of to Clifif Junction, 14 miles ; branch line, Hilger to Roy, 26.3 

 Railway. miles ; from the junction with the Lewistown-Hilger line to 

 Great Falls, 136 miles; from Great Falls to Agawam, 66 miles; 

 from the junction with the Hilger-Roy line to Winnifred, 23 miles, and from 

 the junction with the Harlowton-Lewiston line to Grass Range, 36 miles. 



The Great Northern extended its line from Plentywood west 45 miles 

 and built the Great Falls and Teton county railroad from Power to Bynum, 

 45 miles. It also built branches from Snowden to Sydney, 24 miles, and 

 west from Newlon, 28 miles. From Lewistown to Grass Range it built 

 a line 37 mliles in length. 



— The man ivho isn't afraid of himself has nothing to be afraid of in Montana. 



