The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-01-29

. i ga. =
The Journal Of the 23d inst, in writing
Of the consultation Of the Canton deleHa
ton with President Wicker, says: a,:.
The Sioux City and rembina railros,
IS at present operated BY the Dakot'
Southern to Por,landville, . psint thir,
: miles distant from Sioux City. The lint
Is graded from Por,landville 10 Callispc
:. IA miles. From Calliope to Beloit is q
} miles, and TO Canton is 2 miles further
aud it is these last 20 miles or such mat
ter that the delegation is striving to "
+ range, Mr.. Wicker having concluded t.
. build from portlaaavills to Callieps any
way the coming season The delega.ioz
from Canton and Bcloit had long ant
thorough talk with Mr.. Wicker, the result
of which was that he made the propo
sition that lie would iron and operate th<
( road if the citizens would secure the righ
Of way, and grade, bridge and tie it, they
10 c5!!i,ect and appropriate whatever they
could in the way Of public or private sid
along the line.
e The cost Of the work asked of the citi.
zens is estimated at between $4,000 and
| $4,000, or from $4,000 to 32,500 per mile,
but it cannot yet be guessed what amount
Of this expense caa be secured along the
route. The members Of tie delegation
feel hardly able to undertake task 50
large as that required by Mr.. Wicker, but
| they feel those they represent are willing
to do everything in their power, and there
is now an opportunity for Sioux City to do
something to secure the extension Of =
liae which offers her as much or more
than anything on which she has ever
expended her money. The importance of
the line is manifest whom ii is considered
that it secures irrevocably tor US part Of
our. tribtary territory which we are losing
by its being tapped by the branch line Of
the st. Paulroad, being builtpow to Sioux
Fails. T.. .r.-... .s4
IfSioux City sits calmly down and allows
the trade of the Sioux valley to be turned
away from, her, it is gone forever, and the
only thing she can do TO prevent this is to
give whatever assistance she can to those
who arc striving for an extension Of the
Penn blna n Dad far enough up the valley
to hold that which belongs 10 her. The
people Of the valley express their prefer
ences for Sioux City, their business asso
CITATIONS with our merchants having been
always satisfactory; but they cannet con-
,inue their relations with market when
others offer superior means Of communi-
cation. Those who arc engineering the
project will in due time get matters In
shape, when they will know just what
they can d., and what they will be COM
PEELED to ask of Sioux City, and when the
time comes for this community to act, we
are satisfied that the utmost will be done,
for the time has never yet been that Sioux
City sat down quietly and allowed her
fortunes to slip from her, without making
something efan effort to retain them.
Thursdays Journal also comments fur.
ther upon the matter, from which we sx-
tract the following: u--.- G =
The proposition they received, as made
public, is that they obtained the right Of
way, and grade and bridge the line, and
that the Dakota Southern, on its part,
would iron and operate the road to Can
ton or Beloit IS the case might be. This
proposition strikes Us as too exacting on
the part Of the company. The people, -
we understand, had thought they might
by united pull, provide for the grading.
and tying OF the road, but to add to this
the bridging rather staggers them. The
bridging is an important item as the Sioux
River imam extension 10 Canton must be
crossed three times
Reference has been made il this matter
to Sioux City. There is no occasion Of
saying anything to any business man Of
this city as to the advantages likely to fol
low the extension Of the Pembina road.
The imoortance to Sioux City Of a line Of
road directly up the Valley was realized
here years ago, and to this fact is due the
existence af the road aud the company .
they re?,o do-dav. The thirty miles Of
load extending from Sioux City tc Port.
lsndvills is the result of Sioux City enter
prise Quite numbered our be st citizens
have embarrassed themselves IN their
struggle to promote this eoterprise, Ev-
cry taxpayer in Sioux City has chntribu.
ted tn it. We are safe in saying, there
fore, that little if any thing more at this
time can be expected forsm the pockets
Of Sioux City men ID behalf Of this work.
What the people up the Valley want is the
truth. and the facts sre what we are trying
to present to them. ss
The Sioux City and Pembina road. 8 it
is, is os no gsca:: s.ayvastss *. 4: any I.
is certainly burden to those who have
put their money into 1t, and it certainly
can be of no profit to the operating com
pany. 1t would appear, however, by the
extension efithe line 70 Beloit and Canton,
that the road would tap trade that would
give it importance and q profitable basl-
ness. A finer section Of country than that
surrounding, and in the event Of railroad
facilities tributary to. towns named ne
where exists. Il Is = country alresd y we'll
peopled, and annually producing large
surplus for market With the added ID
vantage OF arailroad, its importance
would be rapidly augmented.