Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-18
RAILROAD EXTENSIONS.
The Programme Of the Future for the Chi.
oaOO, MtlsrHtlkee te st. Paul Railroad.
Milwaukee Special.

1903 TT0OTN7n7ne OF tH6 F1&tNTo Tor TIC Cht.
oa0o, Atl'r0ukee & st. Paul Railroad.
milwaukee Special
correspondent learned this afternoon, from
well-informed and reliable source, that an
experienced and thoroughly competent gentle.
man has been engaged to take the position of
assistant general manager of the Chicago. Mil
waukee d st. Paul railway, which will be va
Gated on the LIST of November by John G.
Gault through resignation. The correspon.
dent failed to get the name of the coming
man for the reason that it is being withheld
from the public, for the present at least, at his
urgent request. Thus, while the curiosity to
learn whether the position has been filled is
gratihed. the railroad world will be doubly
eager and curious to know who the fortunate
individual may be. The correspondent is at
liberty to state that the new assistant manager
OF the giant corporation is not q local celebrity
but gentleman from abroad. This is a. deep
as the Informant would let him into the secret.
Concerning the extension of the Chicago,
milwaukee d st. Paul company's lines west
ward and sou.hwestwa,d in Dakota, it is
LEANED that, although the grading of the air
line from PattersOnville to Fire Steel was COM
pleted some time since, as has already been an
nonnced in the Tribune, the rails are going
down slowly, the track being laid ut present to
point nine miles west of Marion Junction
only.
The line from Marion Junction southwest
ward to Springfield, distance of sixty-one
miles. is all graded, ard the track laid dis
lance Of fifteen miles. If satisfactory arrange
ments can be made with the people of the Mo-
hrara, the inesGill Immediately be extended
~ the month of the Niobrara river, directly
opposite the village of Niobrara distance Of
en- miles beyond Springfield, and communica-
'l"n with that point established before winter
sets in. The iron on both sides of the lines
mentio:ed is being laid as fast a. it can be re-
ceived here ami forwarded.
IL il the intention IF the st. Paul company
to bnild another line still-to Yankton. This
line will start from some point between Marion
Junction and PattersOnviIle, but the detail,
have not yet been determined; neither 10 it at
I'll probable that ground will be broken this
fall. When the work is begun however, it will
be pushed with the vlgor that characterizes the
movements Of the company's managers.
glance at the map will afford those inter-
ested more information concerning the ,!irec.
ton OF the future extension Of what ia comm
" Known as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
o"mpany's Black Hills line than can be given
in brief dispatch. The correspondent
after minute examination IF the map, has be-
come satisfied that the line will not be Extend
Ell beyond the Missouri, perhaps not beyond
Fire Steel. on the James river, for come time
to come, it ever. He has become equally we'll
satisfied that Ni"brara is the k. y to the situa-
Il d, and the fertile valley of the Niobrara
river the objective point of the cOmpany's fu.
ture extensions westward. That this should
be SO is n t to be wondered at when the nature
Of the country aud productiveness of the soil
is taken into consideration.