The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1877-09-19
Railroad.

VI oetHS enaOteu 10 answer these mum .r
Gus Inquiries; We communicated will,
one of the principal ,n,a Or owners Of
Pembina branch, as to the time, If ever
We might look for its extension to this
point. The reply, As heretofore given ia
former article, was, that the extension
OF the road from Pur,lsndvillc, its pres
ent terminus, to either Beloit or Canton
depended entirely upsn the contin gene,
OF selling or hypothecA.ing the securitie.
Of the road, and At the present condition
Of the stocks and securities Of Railroad:
cniy the very best could be negotiated
Now this fact together with the fact thai
we are powerless ~ to giving any aid
either BY private subscription "r by bonds
is pretty strong assurance that we will
have no Road from that source, for q lonp
time t" come; and We Ani this to be til.
prevalent opinion throughout the entire
upper and western portion of Lincoln
county .a.:3s -, RI
Sioux Falls has been made PROPOSE
ton by the officers Of The ). G.. s. st. Paul
& st. Paul i ) G., company, which We
are informed by some Of the lea ling ci,i
zens of that place, will doubtless bc &C
cspted, 1t being one that in view Of being
obliged to aid to any extent, is a very rea.
snnable one. That is, vote county aid tu
the extent Of $25.1)o. and village b,nis
to the amount of $4,000, anl Il, b,n.ls
are to he delivered until the completion
Of the road. and when issued to run ty.n-
ty years. As the subsidies are now the
rule. instead Of tns exception, the propo,
siti"n should meet unanimous approval,
for the nsw diversion of business taat tl.e
Falls would occasion by the completion
"f the road IL its owh d,rs, wJull, Of
itself, more than pay IL principal of the
b'nas, and that long before the maturity
Of the bonds. a-...
That road once there would make the
Falls, as the PaatugruDh very properly
says, "the commercial center Of Ilnne-
hahs, Lincoln, Turner, McCook, Lake
and Moody countless" and the business
men there interested are not blind to this
fact.
Their golden opportunity can not be
considered Cauton's misfortune, by any
means. If We are to be considered be-
hind, or out Of the line of objective
points, in comparison with the former
place, 1t is because our geographical loca.
,ion has turned the engineers needle from
US. Such an objective point ss the Falls,
once established. with its natural. beau;i.
full, and extensive business facilities,
brought into the mould Of development,
by the potent agency Of Il first.class Rail.
read, and the enterprise of its live bust
ness men, must IN the common Or usual
course of events, become the center Of u
large extent of country and the largest
portion Of Lincoln county would necessa.
Iz.ly pay heavy tribute to It's business.
II Canton or any other point within
the county cannot, on account of its loca.
ton, become y rival. it c.suii:,; bs helped.
Whatever may be our desire, or however
conlMendAb the motive of local interest
may bc, we must take things rs We tind
them. .....-
1t seems clearly patent that Oar outlook
now must be ny that road, when it reaches
the State line or the Falls: 80 the farmers
from as far south a. the next tier of towls
below US think, and vest even into large
portion Of Turner county. "
Vermillion, that has heretofore drawn
almost the entire traffic of the western
portion Of this md Turner counties, will
lose tina. traffic just us so"u rs the road
reaches the Falls
This is not our individual prediction,
but it is what the farmers in that locality
have told Us themselves within the past
week. r. 81. --,
Is il not in the nature of things that the
the nearest Railroad IL the Milwaukee,
markets or Miancsots mills will be the
one our people will strike for? The gen
tle,nen WHO will build, run, and manage:
that road know hotter than we that their
own interest will compel them t" 50 com
A.,
nois Central, liza, traffic now tributary to
them must be changed 10 their road.
THIS long stretch OF 80 miles over
bleak country, to LeMars, will be aban'
dnned for the short, easy haul Of 20 miles
to Sioux Falls.
Men. will 90 where they can get the
most mDney within the shortest distance
Time il now getting to be very impor'
isnt item with the farmer in this county
during the fall when the most Of the grain
is moved, aud u haul Of 81 miles will bt
promptly suspended or changed tor tue
Que of 20.
Another feature: If we cannot, owing
to our locality and lack Of railroad facil,
tiles, build up center Of our own, i Ger
tainly il natural that We would prefer to
nay tribute to some commercial mart
within the borders Of our own territory
than to LeMars or Sioux City, both O
which places are commendable in their en-
terprlse, but to either Of which we art
under no obligation.
We venture the prophecy that within
less than one year from the compilation q
the Railrosd to the banks Of the Sioux in
| Minnehaha county, that our business rela
| tions with Sioux City and LeMars will bs
a limited q it now is with our capital