Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-27
TRANSPORTATION NOTES.
The Consisg Road.
[sioux CIty Journal. sant. 25.I

Sioux City Journal, Sept. 70.
Sundays Journal had a brief item about
the proposed line of railroad between
Tower City, station on the Northern Pa
cifc, and Sioux City. a Journal reporter
yesterday had the pleasure of an in
terview with Col. Isaac Britton,
the representative Of the coming road.
That gentleman said that some parts of
the business were not ready for the public
yet. He could say nothing of the route of
the road between the city and the Big Sioux
river. In fact the road had no existence
in Iowa yet. That part of the road had
been looked over, but no survey had
been made in Iowa, nor would
any survey be made On this side
of the Big Sioux until a company had been
incorporated. The charter ofsthe road is
from Tower City south to point on the
Big Sioux in Union county. Col. Britton
showed on a map the proposed route. It
is from the mouth of the Brule creek val
ley, crossing the Iroquois line of the
Northwestern a little west OF Beresford,
through the southwest corner of Lincoln
and the northeast corner of Turner coun-
ties, through the west part of Minnehaha
county, crossing the st. Paul & Omaha
branch little west of Hartford, through
the southwest part of Lake county, cross
ing the Southern Minnesota division of
the Milwaukee, west of Madison, through
the center of Kingsbury county, crossing
the Northwestern main line about DeSmet,
north through the center of Clark, Day and
Ransom counties, with railroad crossings
near Clark, Bristol and eight miles west of
Lisbon, through the southeast part of
Barnes county. The entire distance from
Tower City to Sioux City is about $40
miles, AID the country traversed, Col. Brit
ton said, is the cream of Dakota. The
colonel has driven over every mile of the
proposed line, having returned last Thurs
day from an exploration of the country
from Clark county south. The only heavy
work, he said, is between Sioux City and
the crossing at the Big Sioux. The re-
porter asked what backing the company
had. Thai, said Col. Brltton, is sufficient.
For good reasons the hackers of the COM
pany do not give their names now. We
have sixty miles of grading from Tower
City south under contract, and work on
this began last week Monday. This work
and the other preliminary work is being
paid for by assessments on the stock. There
Is money enough, and the placing of the
bonds, when bonds are issued, is arranged.
No bonus has been asked from the country
along the line-only rigbt-of-way and de-
pot sites. The engineers from the north
end have located the line south of Day
county. It is expected that the party that
started yesterday to locate north up the
Brule will finish SO as to allow grading to
be done this season. After arrangements
are made, the line between Sioux City and
the Big Sioux will be located. Besides the
line from Tower City south the company
plans line from flower City north to
Grand Forks, anu one northwest to the
Montana line. The total length of the sys-
tenn as planned is to be about 900 miles.
The road is not backed by the Northern
Pacific, nor by any other outside railroad
comp any. 1t is railroad company COM
plete in itself, with money enough assured
to build and operate its own tracks. Now
in Dakota nothing is asked in the way of
help. excepting friendly feeling and such
concessions as to right of way and depot
grounds as people can see it to their in
terest to give. The company will ask
some help from Sioux City, but have not
yet decided what that will be.
The portion of Dakota between the Jim
and the Big Sio1 is, taken together, tie
best body of land in the west. The Dakota
and Great Southern railroad will go
through the heart of this country. To the
section traversed the coming road will af-
ford route to Chicago and the east as d.
rect as any, and the only route to the
south, north or Pacific coast. The branch
es north and northwest from Tower City
traverse the best wheat land on the CONT
nent. The country between Tower City
and Sioux City through new country, is
thickly settled, nearly every quarter Sec
ton being farm. Sioux City cannot af-
ford to miss securing SO important a
road.