Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-02-08

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and the grasses nutritious. but ahsve all |
the local market for butter, cheese, veal
and beef is the best in the world. Very |
Indifferent butter has sold here for six |
years pastat not lsss than Is cents per
pound, and choice at from 50 to SO cents.
ss RLACKsMITHs AID scARPENrERs
who are sober and industrious, and to be
upon under al circumstances,
will always find enough to do at good
wages. 9fa
As to the efecton Bismarck of the exten-
sion of the reilr0ad west of Bismarck The
of that oldsveteran who has seen Chicago,
cities grow up under his nose, Col. VIM.
in the following from his gifted pen: 51s
BIsMARCK's FUTURE.
Just at this time, when work on the ex.
ensiOn Of the railroad is COM n encing in
r, eatly alarmed for the future of Bismarck
They seem to think that the only circum,
stance which has given this place its won1
derftil not~riety' and contributed to it's
unprecedented growth, 10 the fact Of Its
being situated at the terminus Of she rail-
road, and that a. soon AZ the, road Is ex-
tendedia new terminus will monopolize
the business and growth to the utter ruin.
of Bismarck; or, il the road is extended
for considerable distance, or completed
to the Pacific, then, if a city Is to be built
at the crossing of the Missouri river, fate
has determined that it must and will be 81,
:. BUILT ON THE WEST BANK, !. '.55.:3 .]I..5
to the exclusion of al; efforts to build one
on the east bank. Indeed, there are many
talkativc persons who assert that Bismarck
has seen lis most palmy days, that business
will rapidly decline, property become
worthless, and all enterprising business
men will move over the river These ideas
originate mainly from two sources In
the construction of most railroads of great,
len 9Th, there have occurred periodical in
terruptiOns, which caused the work to-
stop. at places unsuitable for the growth Of
q large town or city. This did not deter
the frontiersman, to whom s.s we are in
debted for all our advance settlements,
from building up Z temporary town adap3
ted to the accommodations Of such busi7
ness and other pursuits as are usually de:
veloped by such stoppages. Where there
is no other reason for their continuance lOr
growth, \ when the, road progresses, the
town ceases to grow and often declines. II.
Wien the railroad has been extended
westward ne raastef how FAR Il will leave
q prosperous, snterprising populous and.
COMMERCIAL incipient city i'm hc heart Of
the great Missouri Valley, ei ightohundred
miles from Sioux City, and five hundred.
from St. Paul with no competing point
for the construction Of. a great commercial
city, surrounded by one Of the finest por-
tlons OF the a. ~ ,luf9grgssts "; =T5i Ell of
fs.%a 3 GREAT WHEAT BELT Of DAKOTA, @ 8
with plenty Of coal for fuel andmachinery,
and already the greatest steamboat centre
above st. Louis. These, with many other
advantages already possessed, and which
must remain independent of the progress
of the railroad, indicate a acontinuance Of
Bismarck's growth and prosperity
a, But has fate decreed that the cityais on
the wrong side of the river, and that a
competitor on the. other side will ulti-
matcly supplant the, present location? Let
us see This idea of the necessity of great
towns and cities, being situated on the
west bank of rivers had acause adequate
to the result in the settlement of Iowa,
Kansas and Nebraska, but the very causes
which combined to produce that resultinI
those States, operate in this place to build
towns: and cities on the east bank. { .fasso
Illinois had been admitted as a State as
early as 1878, had acquired reputation
for agricultural ability md had launched
out ut an early date in Wild, impracticar
bic railroad scheme, which. prior to the
organization OF the territory ofIIowaiin
1883, entirely bursted up without any rail
road completed, but with State debt Of
over twenty millions. This with the
bursting of wild cat banks had 80 increased
the taxes and impoverished the people as
to place the State, in q most wretchcd con-
dition, and for u long tinaenc. 'sst .'sts4qs5
.,s., PREVENTED ALI. 1NN1aRAT1OH.. Il z. eri
Prior to this time there were but few set
dement's west Of the Illinois river, and for
q long time hut Title settlement on the
east side of tile Mississippi river vi o..'ll ~
In 1888 Iowa Territory was organized
and the Blackhawk purchase opened for
settlement. Most persona elnigrating
went to Iowa instead Of Illinois and Mis-
souri, 1t was soon settled and cultivated
There was but one sea board then, and
that was east. No bridges across the riv-
jer. All transit cast was by way Of the
river to St. Louis. No towns of note on
the east bank above Quincy, and no settle
ments to support them. The river was an.
obstacle across which no one cared to go.
Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque, Keohuk,, ),
,luscatine, Fort Madison and Clinton,
grew rapidly and become important pla-
ces, while. a few unimp0rtant towns on the,
opposite bank grew up after railroads had
been i extended to the Mississippi river
Similar causes operated on the west bank
of tile Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
Bu, since the completion Of the U.fP r. r.
and 4 western sen board hns furnished ..
western outlet to commerce. Council
Bluffs has been gaining rzpill on Omaha,
To, say nothing Of ST. Joseph, Mo, Sioux
(i<v and Yanktnn n11 m the ca4f h6,1k