Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-30
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The Sioux City Journal has the following
special from Sioux Falls, under the date Of
March 81: ~ In
The air, as well as the newspapers, has beer
full of rumors during the past week in regard
to railroads. It is now an open secret tina,
the managers of the Rock Island system fully
intend to occupy this region of country by the
extension of the Cedar Rapids & Northern
road TO this point, and beyond in the direction
of Bismarck. The first move made by the
managers of said road was to get possession
of the Omaha system, connect the line Of the
Cedar Rapids q Northern road now resting al
Spirit Lake, Iowa, with the Omaha road al
Worthington, and then push on to the north
west from Salem, the present terminus of the
Omaha road in this territory. This
move was agreed to by g the
president and some of the directors o. the
Omaha road, who are also large stockholders
in the Rock Island road, and the transfer was
looked upon as almost certain to occur.a The
change, however, was bitterly opposed by
those directors of the Omaha road interested
in the Northwestern, and the consummation
of the project was foiled for time. The
Rock Island people then determined to push
the Cedar Rapids road from Spirit Lake to
Sioux Falls direct, by way of Sibley and Rock
Rapids, and put their surveyors in the field
for that purpose. This again raised howl in
the camp OF the Omaha road, as it was an. in.
vasion OF their territory which would be dam
aging to the company, and negotiations were
again opened, and at last accounts were still
being discussed, with prospects in favor of the
success of the Rock Island company.
This is virtually fight between the North
western and Rock Island, with the directors
OF the Omaha road divided against each other.
The Northwestern was operating with the
Omaha road under the JOINT conteact that all
through freight received on. theZline of the
latter should 60 oyer the line Of the former,
ard in consideration therefor the Northwest
ern agreed not to, disturb the territory of
the Omaha road by any new lines, and conse-
quently were bearing south and west Of this
point with their Calliope line,s formerly In
tended to run here. Thus 1t will be seen that
the Omaha road, end especially
the Worthington and Sioux Falls
branch of the same, is q valuable feeder,
to the Northwestern, which they can ILL afford
TO lose. All went smoothly aud prosperous
for both parties to the above contract until the
Rock Island company created q disturbing
element that threatens to absorb the Omaha
road or seriously impair it. II this road goes
into the control of the Rock Island company,
then the Northwestern, deprived of all through
traffic thereby from this region, and especially
from the great milling interests at Sioux
Falls, would doubtless swing the Calliope line
northwest to this point, thence on to Huron
to connect its Dakota system, so that which
ever way the controversy terminates, Sioux
Falls is likely to be bene flsed -. 49,
Our citizens, fully alive to the situation and
their interests, have organized a local COM
pany for the purpose OF surveying and pro-
curing right of way from the Iowa line to
Sioux Falls. An easy and practicable route
has been found from near The northeast corn
er OF the state o; Iowa direct TO Sioux Falls,
and is nov being locaitd .si:h a view Of pro-
curing right OF way Ut Oucc, aud rendering the
same free OF cost, with eepot grounds at
Sioux Falis to ii: her road that may come in.
The completion OF this lew road, which
ever if miy be, VII make the fourth Eastern
outlet for Sioux Fails, together with North,
South and Western connections, which will
constitute railroad center Of no little i'm.
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