Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-01-07

convince the dullest intellect that the
general manager is our best friend and
the medium through which we can speak
He is working for the road and country,
interests being identical, with an earnest.
ness and intelligence that will sooner Of
later command the admiration of the
mighty community that will settlein
THE FERTILE BELT
stretching from the lakes to- the Pacific,
He must be more than an ordinary man.
ager, to command the confidence Of di.
rectory that is handling a corporation
with such imperial stakes in its grasp.
There is one item, forty million acres OF
land there Is another, ninety millions Of
stock; another, two thousand miles of rail
completed and to be completed in the
shortest possible time; and another, the
loan of forty millions, that is being taken
more rapidly than the most sanguine
friend could expect. 1t takes men to
manipulate such interests and it is iyev
lieved that in Billings and Sargent the
North Pacific stockholders have found
IN best in the country. They are en-
Enthusiastically working in the interest OF
the trust committed to their care.
RETROSPECTIVE.
When Mr.. Sargent came to St. Paul
and took charge Of the North Pacific,
there was little encouragement on the
surface for man of his income and ca.
pabilities. He was apparently commit
ting himself to a dead scheme. The pre-
ferred stock was fifteen cents on the dol.
lar, the common was almost worthless,
the equipment Of the road was meagre,
the outlook for the extension was gloomy
and the expirationso of the time of the land
grantRas IN the near future. The coun.
try was stilI in the throes Of hard times.
M Sargent locked beyond the present
and saw Win the inevitable revival Of
American prosperity the probabilities Of
the northern ronte 10 the Pacific. He
could Gee there Aes in empire between
Duluth and Taconss, and that il hiA day
there would be ! rail ~ nnecsing Me
two harbors and 8 cenSsperce over th4l
would convert Proctor Knott's doNery
humor into 55
A CoLLOsAL FAtr.
Now, everybody approves hil Judgment
The new era is present. Now there ars
thirty.fve elevators on the road new de:
nots, passenger and freight new Wound
houses, machine shops, section houses
and water tanks; sleeping cars and pr.
.lor coaches; reduced passenger farssansl
freight tariffs; steel rails and new road.
bed. The difference is striking. All this
improvement has been done under Mr.
Sargent's management. He Is ever study.
ing to see where he can make daily I'M
provements. The work IS not complete
and ne one more keenly appreciates the
fact than, the manager. With the new
year there should be hearty assistance
given Mr.. Sargent all along the line.
Those who live in Bismarck, have more,
personally, at stake than Mr.. Sargent. He
can live without the road the people
cannot; or if they did It would be at total
sacrifice Of fortune and home.
N. p. NOTES.
Trains are running on time regularly.
The snow-fences ate IN good repair and
no trouble is anticipated this winter.
Round houses and shops, and head
quarters tor two divisions, the OAK kota
and Missouri, will most likely be located
at Bismarck next spring. The company
have reserved ground for their yards exist
Of the city and plenty of it, expecting in
the near future busy point at bismarck: 11l :
Tie receipts Of the Bisma rex freight Of:
fee esof the North Pacific amount in 81 =
summer b months to from 500, 600 10 $10o,-
600 month. It is not TO be wondered q
that the North Pacific intendsto do some
thing for bismarck next spring. Thess