Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-12
RAILROAD PROBABILITIES.
Doinss Of the Yankton Committee In
Milwaukee.
A Pleasant season OF saecessfal Inter-
views aud . Hopeful Termination ,
OF the Visit.
Milwaukee Men, milwaukee Enterprise and ml:'
waukss Capital are With Us Heart and
Hand for CONSERVATION Of
The Enterprise.

and items printed In the Press and Dakotatan
and Milwaukee aud Chicago newspapers,
the visit of the Yaukton committee to Mil
waukee in the interest Of the extension OF
the Chicago. Milwaukee s. St. Paul railroad
to our city was fraught with results full Of
encouragement. 1t was our pleasure to &C
company the committee and note its pro-
gress in the work entrusted to lie hands by
the people Of Yankton.
The committee reached Milwaukee on
Wednesday evening, the 4th inst, and its
arrival attracted immediate attention from
leading business men Of that city, who
evir ced their interest in the proposed pro.
ject by seeking IN early opportunity to gain
all possible information upon the resources
Of this region. DR.. Burleigh had been in
Milwaukee several days in advance of the
committee, and had devoted his tireless en-
ergies to the business which devolved upon
him as a member Of the committee. His
work was everywhere apparent, and
everybody in Milwaukee seemed to
know DR.. Burleigh. and through him
to have become tolerably we'll acquainted
with the people Of Yankton. The solid men
Of Milwaukee are alive to every scheme
which promises to them increased CONNER
cial advantages. They are practical, straight
to the point fellows, who see their way clear.
ly, grasp at that which will operate to their
advantage and quickly ignore all PROPOSE.
tions which do not possess real commercial
interest. They have no time to waste on
bubbles. but to all objects which possess solid
merit they give their earnest aud c~easeless
attention. 1t was this class Of men with
which the Yankton committee had
to Zealand a hearty reception from them a
the inception of the work wal a gratifying
indication that we had not crossed the prai
ries of Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin on
vain mission.
Not to exhibit undue aud indecorou
haste In the matter. the Yankton reprcsen
tatives waited until about ten O'Clock th
next morning before making q formal an
nouncement oftheir presence in the city, Il
Alexander Mitchell. the man whose none
controls the destinies of the nineteen huu
dred miles Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul railway system. 1t wa
expected, that, after the manner Of %railroa
and other kings, Mr.. Mitchell would Civ
the committee its turn in the regular orde
of business before him and that an audienc
would hardly be granted before that even
ing or the next day. But an hour hat
scarcely elapsed when a reply was received
from Mr.. Mitchell, in which he expressed g
desire for an immediate conference with
the Yankton representatives. The commit
tee thereupon assembled at the Mitchell
building and unfolded its plan
to the president Of the company
and those of his officers who were in the
city, Managers Merrill and Gault being then
away from Milwaukee. The committee
there entered upon a detailed statement Of
matters pertaining to the proposed extern
sion of the road to Yankton, all of which
was listened to with the closest attention and
frequently interrupted with pointed enqui.
ries, which tended to develop facts Of
interest to the management. Gen. Beadle,
from his wonderful store of infor-
nation upon all subjects relating to
Dakota, gave to the railroad officials
a more comprehensive view of the
situation here than could have been &C
qaired from a careful personal survey of
the country and elaborate notes upon it's
resources. Gov. Edmunds. Secretary
Hand, Capt. Mcvay and Dr.. Burleigh, out
of their thorough knowledge of all business
and official matters pertaining to the terri
tory in its past and present. were enabled
to present an arrayof facts and figures, and
u deduction of results to fi,w from the pro
posed extension, which were convincing 10
their nature to the gentlemen upo1 whom
The information was bestowed. The COM
was an admirable selection, each
member thereof representing some peculiar
phase of our organization as q people which
enabled him to give desirable points of in
ormation. The resources of the portion
# Dakota through which the proposed
xtension would run. the commercial advau.
ages Of the city OF Yankton. the nature of
he c0nnfrvn ver which tho iron froob u,,,1d