Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-21
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what rrsd Evans u Dsane towards snp-
rlyisg Slack iiIalesss
Deadwood Tinsss
RI Fred I. rEsans, the father Of the Fort
Pierre freight line, which is now onesof the
most popular to the Hills, is in the city, and
like q solid sense man, paid his respects
to the Times this afternoon. During Mr..
Evans visit, we learned q number Of facts Of
interest to the general reader regarding HE
enterprise, which together with a few facts
that We knew b~eforehand,and thatsh he didn't.
know that we knew, We will give fol, tie
information of our readers.
When the Black Hills excitement first
broke out, Mr.. Evans organized u company
at Sioux City to transport freight to the Hills,
but owing to the opposition of the govern
ment, his undertaking was a failure, to q
certain extent. The government gohbled
and burned one Of his traius. But this lid
not in the least discourage him. He knew
the "Black Hills was . big thing,Yg adakept
on persevering. He tried the Sidney route,
but found that impractiacble, and then gave
his attention to the Fort Pierre route. He
took in all the advantages and drawbacks Of
the several routes, and concluded he could
do much better BY the shipping interests Of
the Hills BY way of Fort Pierre, and at once
set about opsding up that line, which to-day
stands at the head, Ahe boss. Of I'LL others.
Mr.. Evans, who has transporting capacity
for moving at least four hundred tons Of
freight at once, has made elk round trips this
season, and has handled about two thousand
tons since the opening of the Missouri river
navigation In the spring, and the last ofthis
enormous quantity Of freight is now on the
wagons and en- route to its destination. In
this connection, We would remark that he
has transported five hundred tons for Miller
& Mcpherson, and delivered it twenty days
in advance Of contract time.
Shippers are beginning to understand that
"Old Evans" is a r%ustler, and whenever he
ia behind time, it's an exception to his rule.
He does business in q thoroughly systema-
tized manner, and never misses the fulhll-
ment of a contract. on time, except through
accident, and accidents are not frequent on
his line.
His accommodations for next season, he
calculates, will be one hundred per cent bet
ter than they were the last. He will add a
couple of large warehouses to his storage
capacity at Pierre, and will put a large fast
mule train on his route,s which will insure
the delivery Of time goods to his patrons
before or upon the day of the contract. Mr..
Evans business was much larger the pres
ent season than it was in 1877, and he cal.
culates to augment it very materially the
coming summer. The Dakota Southern
railroad company and Commodore Coulson,
of the Missouri river line of steamers, in
tend to put on two boats to ply between
Yankton and Fort Pierre regularly, then
there will be no delays in the delivery Of
goods in Pierre.
We have said this much of Mr.. Evans
line, because the public is interested in
knowing the condition of that route, and
what they may, depend upon next year from
it, but for more detailed information, we
would refer the public to Mr.. Evans or his
local business manager, Mr.. Hurlbut.