Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-03-19
BISMARCK BUSINESS BOOM
1T HAS CONE AND WILL GOV.
TINUE DURING THE SEASON
The B1ockaded Train Arrives With
121 Sacks Of Paper Mail, the Let.
3 ters Having Been Brought
@ in by Wagon. -
THE BLOCKADE RAISED.

s- THE BLOCKADE RAISED.
At last the blockade is raised and bust
ness is again assuming the proportion of
"boom." The city is full of strangers,
and the hotels are reaping a rich harvest
Last Sunday afternoon the train arrived
from Fargo, it being the first since Feb.
10Th. The widest excitement prevailed.
Over 200 people assembled at the Sheri-
dan House to see the stranger. Every
house fronting to the track had window.
raised, and women and children were as
anxious to see the 'scars'' as the business
man who expected thousand dollars
worth of rcmlttaL ces but instead received
bills for like sum. 'Bcts were freely
made on day and hour of the trains arri-
val and large amount of money, Give
cent? cigars, and hats changed hands.
There was no letter mail, but the tram
brought 121 sacks of papers-enough
reading matter to; interest the people for
the next twenty days. .-g'r..s,l 80 --.
., SUPERINTENDENT ToWNE, ..... =.
who had been with the train; from the
time it left Fargo, looked quite fatigued
and sun-burned. He said that no idea of
the blockade could be had except one was
there himself He was hopeful that there
would be no more billiards. this season,
but was free to admit that if another storm
should strike the line this week every cut
would again be filled up, as the snow is
so hard that it has been impossible TO
clear way larger than enough to allow
the train to pass between the cuts. lie
further states that it is Manager Sargent's
intention to raise the grade this season
and also replace thousands Of Old ties
with new ones. The Northern Pacific
will push things this summer. They are
obliged to. do it. There are over one
thousand loaded cars now on the side
tracks at the different stations along the
line, anxious to get to the front. Should
the present mild weather continue, four
or five trains a day may be expected to
arrive during the next two months.
THE ICE BRIDGE
has proved failure for the reason that
there has been no material to transport.
The expense of ferrying all the supplies
for next seasons work on the extension
will be enormous but however this may
be THE TRIBUNE has positive information
that the business will be pushed energet-
ica}ly lust as soon as the road gets out Of
its present dilemma. Walker, Bellows &
Co. have lost heavily by the delay, and so
has Bismarck and its suburban nei ghbor,
Mandan, "ovcr the Rhine" Hundreds of
laborcrs have been thrown out Of employ
ment and like mum ber Of teams are idle
All these grievances may soon be forgot
ten in the rush of the spring. 1t depends
upon the policy adopted by the Northern
Pacific people whether they will give
rates to steamboat and stage lines, or not,
SO thst they may be able to compete with
the rival corporations. The prospects
now are that these concessions Will be
granted, in which event nearly all the pri
vate as we'll as government freight for
Montana and up river posts will be ship
ped from this point and Bismarck will be
the livelcst city in the west. She will
double in population as THE TRIBUNE
alone received by the last mail seventy
two letters representing 1923 people. who
signify their intention to come out during
the coming season. ......-..,-.-... -.u
THE BLACK HILLS ROUTE .
cannot help but he the most popular one
as the time, accOmmO Odatlons, ana comfort
OF this route are not to be found on any
other line reaching to the gold region.
The farmers are all sanguine of golden
harvests next fall. The new six-run-of
stone Touring mill will have all the wheat
it can grind, and its flour will all bcjcon.
sumcd by the people north and west of
Bismarck engaged in freight contracts or
railroauing, as we'll as in the Hills, where
the first flour produced by this mill was
Sold The carpenters will have steady
employment. Contract builders all state
that they have, now engaged, all the build
ing they can possibly do during the sea
son, and that the class of buildings to be-
erected will be far superior to any yet con-
structcd In the city. This is good en-
couragemcnt: Every citizen, every bust
ness man and every farmer will take ad
vantage of the surroundings, and with
combined, universal feeling of trust and
enterprise, Bismarck and Burleigh Coun-
ty can be made to 'boom" this season as
this section was never wont to ''boom"
before. a.1sf sw