Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-08
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Bargaia msssa h MAXWELL Line
suPpasAsntsd By Another Prepssitisa-
ADelegAtieaa Starts fsr Lsnsx City-Mr
Morrill, e Arrive Next Week.
Mgr Zssbsch and Bartlett Trip. o.
shelcsmaittes iappointed 70 represent ths
city, Of Yankton 10 IL negotiations with th,
officers Of the Chicago. Milwaukee 4 st
Paul railroad. returned last night from Mil
waukee, having completed the duties en-
trusted to them inc manner which will be
entirely satisfactory to those whom they
were chosen to represent.
They report substantially that they had
conference with Manager Merrill regarding
the proposition contained within tho fol.
lowing telegram sent by him some two
weeks ago:
Milwaukee. July IS, la79.-Zo Newton
Nmunds and Others. Nnkton. D. I'll
submitted your proposition to our directors
BY telegraph. If your people will furnish
right OF way, depot grounds aud grade the
line, I think our company would bridge and
iron at once. 8. 8. MERRILL.
This wa the telegram upon which was
based the action of the meeting which ap-
pointed q committee to go TO Milwaukee
and confer with Nj. Merrill. At that meeting
1t was decided that Yankton would accept
the proposition, but that in lieu of the actual
grading 1t would DO more profitable to all
concerned to give a cash bonus. With this
idea in view the committee began the con-.
ference and In q short time the company
substituted the proposition telegraphed last
Sunday by the committee, namely: to run
their road into Ysnkton from q point near
Maxwell City provided the people of Yank-
ton would furnish right of way, depot
grounds In Ysnkton and give $4,000 in
lieu of grading. Under telegraphic in.
structions from Ysnkton, this proposition
was accepted by the committee and a duplii
cate memoranda Of the agreement drawn
off and agreed to by the contracting par
ties. This memoranda embodies an agree.
ment upon the parto of the company to com.
the work as soon as surveys can be
made and to run their cars into Yankton
before the snow flies. provided the iron can
be procured. The bargain was thus closed
up to the entire satisfaction of all concern.
ed.
After 1t was concluded, Mr.. Merrill
out the committee and made q fur.
Their proposition to- the effect that, if an ex
animation of the route was favorably re.
ported by his engineers, and if the people
Of Ysnkton preferred it to the route already
his company would build, in.
stead of the Maxwell line. a line from
Yankton to Lenox City, . point fifteen
miles west from Canton. on the extension
of the Milwaukee road. This would give
. direct northeast road from Yankton to
Lenox City. and thence a little south of east
to Canton. The committee took the prop.
osition under advisement and started for
home, Mr.. Merrill in the meantime tele.
graphing to Engineer Dunbar to meet e
committee in Yankton last night. Mr..
Dunbar arrived from up the Jim. In res.
ponse to this telegram, about 8 o'clock last
evening. This morning he started across
the country for Lenox City, accompanied
by Mayor Ziebach and Ex.Mayor Wynn,
They expect to be out until Sunday. On
Monday or Tuesday of next week Mr.. Mer.
rill will meet Mr.. Dunbar and the commit
tee in Yankton. when q report of the prelim-
mary survey will be made and acted upon.
This is the situation up to date. A road
is guaranteed US from near Maxwell City as
speedily as it can be constructed. We have
the possible choice of the other line indi.
Gated, contingent upon the determination
of Mr.. Merrill after he has received the re.
port of the engineer.