Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-02-28
STAGE LINE. :Is
From Bismarck to the Black Hills
!. .-A Strong COmbina1iOn ella
& bic Passenger, Freight and Ex-
press Line..Quartz and Saw Mill
ShipmenI. f.f, :.e. $50 49,, q. = Etst5 Lt.ia

Shipmenr. ,'.s1l.1 ,.4.5se,'i, rs l ..,5
r. Now it is. business. Evidently the
railroad people are alive to their inter-
sests and are doing their level best, to
attract trade and travel to the Black
Hills via Bismarck. Messis. Blakely &
| Carpenter, of the Minnesota Stage Co.,
Isl. Paul; N. P. Clarke, of. st. Cloud,
Mimi; and Peter Seins and associates,
of Fargo, d. 4, @bave.formed a acombina-
itiOn for freight, express and passenger,
Ifrom Bismarck to the Black Hills. The
time from st. Paul to Deadwood will be
reduced to three days, and from Chica
go to Deadwood, ,avia; Bismarck, to four
DAYS, with low passenger rate. Freight
and express rates will be reduced to the
lowest possible point. Bismarck is the
natural outlet for the Black u Hillsstrade
and travel, and we still insist that the
tide would have been turned this way
long since had the North Pacific people
comprehendeG the situation, and made a
proper effort in their own benalf.
The Black, Hills aresnow sopen;to set
Element. Those going to or returning
from the Hills and those located il the
Hills are now 7 entitled to pro-
lection from the government, and here
after they will receive it,
B AS we have before stated, the combi-
nation for freight, express, and passen-
gers IS g strong one, and the company
will De able to handle anything apreser-
ted for transpor rta.ion. arrangements
have already been made for the erection
fof Station buildings and for business,
and the first stages will leave Bismarck
for Deadwood in a few days, and will
run regularly, making the distance from
Bismarck to Deadwood, ], when they get
down to business, in forty.eight hours.
THIS will be when the stations are es-
tabl,shed and feed distributed. Work
will be commenced on the stations
at once.
In the matter of time no other route
can compete with this (the North Paci-
fic) and none ought to be able to COM
pete with it in passenger or freight
rates. The route, as has frequently
been stated, passes over Country well
watered, with timber enough for present
use, and. the road is the best natural
one, Major Whitehead and others state,
that they ever saw, being free from bad
hills, deep gullies and bad lands. There
is but one stream ON the whole route,
and that Grand River, which absolutely
needs bridging. With the road as now
asingIe span Of mules have drawn, and
without doubling or unloading, twenty
six hundred pounds from Bismarck to
tie Hills in eight days.
In a future number we shall give full
details in relation TO this arrangement.
The Legislature has authorized the
location Of territorial road from Bis
marck to the Hills making an appropri-
alton for surveying and for the work OF
a commission TO locate it, which commits
sion will meet at Bismarck next week
and Immediately proceed to business.
8 Peter Selms, one of the gentlemen in
steyested IN the stage, express and freight
line mentioned above, is one of the com
missioners to locate the road, and, as
practical men, who have passed over
the route several times, will accompany