Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-06-07
BILLINGS BISMARCK VISIT.
THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC. i
His Personal Interest in the Road
Il and It's Speedy Completion
---A Party Of Promi-
nent Men. a-5.
BUSINESS, OUTLOOK. .i

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4lai19I t!gA BUSINESS OUTLOOK. iif - T{,9
I Tuesday evening the business car of the
Northern Pacific arrived with President
.Billings,J y. B. Williams, of Woodstock
Vermont, Robert Lenox Belknap, New
York City, p. 81. Sawyer, Mass, Gov
Bross, Of the Chicago Tribune, General
Manager Sargent, Supt Towne and Land
Commissioner Power. Wednesday NOR.
ming the party crossed over to Mandan and
drove out on the extension as far, as the
big cut. Gen. Rosser with the president in
his blackboard leading. The track was
found nearly completed to the cut, and
the cut in fair way for the track layers
next week. President Billings, was de-
lighted with the, route and expressed him
self accordingly. The advisibility of
clearing the Heart river and making the
cut was heartily approved. He came
back via Lincoln and the steamer General
Sherman in the best Of humor.
.5a..s MIR. BILLINGS ff.g,r il
has seven hundred thousand dollars of
hard cash invested in the stock of the N.
p, the market value beng a great deal
more. He has, therefore, a personal in
terest in It's success that will tell A Bis.
marck merchant said to him, Mr.. Bill
ings, there is one more thing we want
Push.'' Mr.. Billings replied, ''That's it."
and at the same time brought down his
hand with an emphasis that implied more
than his words. The president said it
was his wish to build the whole distance
to the Yellowstone this year. While that
was hardly practicable lie would see that
the work went on all winter, grading
through the bad lands between Christmas
and Lent. He said the contract for the
bridge over the Little Missouri would
soon be let. ~. .,,4,
THROUGH TO THE PACIFIC. al t!y
1t is the intention of the management
in another year to put on a stage line be-
tween the two divisions: Pen D'Oreille
on the Pacific and the Missouri, termina-
ting on the Yellowstone. With the Col
umbia river and two hundred miles of
road east from Snake river to Lake Pen
D'Oreille, and over two bundled miles west
from Bismarck, the distance for stage
would be about six hundred. Mails for
Idaho and Washington Territory could
then be carried more expeditiously via
this route than via the Union Pacific,
The travel to and through the territories
would be better accommodated. This
stage route would be shortened as the
two ends approached, and we believe un-'
der Billings the day Of meeting is not
far off. ).
Several of the gentlemen accompanying
Mr.. Billings are subscribers to the recent
loan of two millions and a half. They
had no idea there was such country on
the line One Of them remarked at the
leyee that it looked like New York. The
Dakota was surprise to them. 1t must
bea big country to support such palaces
for freight and passengers. at7 as.i
The party pulled out in the evening,
going 10 Glyndon and thence to Winni.
peg Mr.. Billings will be in St. Paul
two days, Monday and Tuesday, attend
ing a meeting Of the directors OF the Brai-
nerd Branch. "E fa. asltsis ~