Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1882-04-07
THE CITY OF BISMARCK.
THE NE7'ROPOLIS OF THE GREAT
NORTH WEST.
It's Superior Location and Its Peculiar
Advantage Over Other Points for
Becoming a Great Com
mercial Centre.

mercial Centre.
No one, who will glance at the history OF
St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha and other
cities in the great West, can fail to see that
Bismarck is sure to become their equal IN
commercial Importance and wealth, and
great distributing point and railroad centre.
Situated as it is, on the Missouri river at the
crossing of the North Pacific. one OF the
greatest transcontinetal railroads i'll the |
world, reaching from the great lakes to the
Pacific ocean, and running through coun-
try proven to be the best for grain growing
and grazing in the world, as the No. l Hard
wheat of Dakota and the juicy beef of Mon
tana have already reputation that cannot
be excelled. It is certain that city must be
built at some point midway on such thor
ouehfare, and how natural and sure it is to
be built at the crossing of such a great river
where water communication reaching 10 the
seahoard, by way of St. Louis and New Or-
leans. comes in competition with the rail-
roads, which will always make freight low
Thus it is that goods can be shipped to Bis
marck and re-shipped back to jamestown
and other places east cheaper than to those
points direct It is for the same reason that
St. Paul, through its wholesale houses, can
sell goods and ship them half way back to
Chicago through Wisconsin and Iowa. 1t is
ONLY QUESTION OF TIME.
and short time at that, before the Chicago
g. Northwestern and the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul will extend their great highways
to the doors of Bismarck. The freight which
the steamboats, will bring to our leVee, the
cattle from the broad ranges of Montana
and western Dakota which will be driven to
a competing point, will make, IN short
time, such an enormous traffic that no one
railroad can handle it. The fuel question
has been solved From this point west first
appears in any sufficient quantity or quality
the unlimited beds of Ignite coal that every
where abound, easily mined and brought to
our market at an expense of about three dol
Lars per ton, supplying the broad stretches OF
prairie to the east and south with safe and
cheap fuel to warm the homes Of the thous-
ands of settlers who will and have already
come to the
NEW EMPIRE. NORTH DAKOTA.
This cheap coal can be used not only to warm
our homes, but will furnish fuel to run ell
gines for manufactures that will he needed
as the country advances; and as manutac-
turers always seek commercial and distrib-
utinc centers, Bismarck will naturally b"-
come their point of operations. The vast
territory that lies tributary to Bismarck, Is
not generally known or comprehended. The
nayipabIe waters of the Missouri reach tc
Fort Benton, twelve hundred miles above, 4
stretch of country one-third greater than
from ST. Louis to St. Paul. This, Ill the
past has been only the home of the Indian
and buff 10. as was also the country sur
ronndinq St. Paul, Omaha and other western
points few years ago; but the advance OF
civilization will soon dot the banks of the
Missouri with farms, cattle ranches, VII
lagos and cities which will pour their wealth
and products to our markets and for ship
ment east and, us the North Pacific rail-
road advances, as it is advancing with raple
strides, toward the setting sun, new towns
and settlers will find it to their interest t.
purchase supplies of all kinds here. st. Pau
and Chicago cannot expect to monopolize al
this trade. Bismarck will have the same re
lation to St. Paul that St. Paul does to Chi
cago. Small dealers will need market nea
home that they can easier reach, and wher
they are better known. We are
NOT IN DANGER OF RIVAL CITIES
within competing distance. 1t is 6OO mile
below, by river. to commercial town, ant
it is nearly 500 miles 10 st. Paul Bnd Mime
apolis. Already our merchants are send
ing out large wholesale orders to all new
western towns on the North Pacific, from
Mandan to Coulson, a distance of nearl.
500 miles, and the military posts from
Forts Benton and Assinnaboine, 200 mile
above, to Fort Sully 800 miles below: Re
Gently one firm in Bismarck sold thirty-si'
car loads of goods in one day to parties IL
Miles City. Bismarck is also the headquar
ters for five lines of steamboats,, comprising
a feet of over twenty-five boats, and of NJ
mean capacity, carrying 250 to 1000 tons al
a trip; yet in the season of 1881 they wer
unable to move all the freight to its des
tination that was left at our wharves by tn
railroad company, although oyer 100000