Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-25
Jan,esto,c,. on Her Ear.

The people of Jamestown have been
trying for long time to get the Mil
waukee road to build up to that town and
have become tired of mere promises. They
propose now to go at the business them
selves, as will be seen from The following
| from the jamestown Capital OF the 21st:
For the past two years it has been
| tacitly admitted by the Chicago, Milwau-
| kee & st. Paul railroad that they intended
| to extend their line into Jamestown at an
early day. Whenever they have been ap-
preached upon the subject, the managers
of that road have always said that it was
only question of short time when they
| would be running regular trains into
Jamestown.
A few weeks ago that company invited
Jamestown to send a committee of her
| citizens to Milwaukee to confer with them.
| The committee went, and made that road q
most liberal offer, and now, after being
| kept in suspense for month or more, we
are informed that that line will probably
do nothing this season toward extending
| its line into Jamestown. So, like dog in
the manger, they have thus far succeeded,
| by their half promises, in keeping our
people from taking steps in any
| other direction looking to a southern
railroad connection. But this is to be
| allowed to go no farther, Last evening
an enthusiastic meeting of the board of
trade was held at the Office of Wells, Dud-
| ley & Co., and the unanimous sentiment
expressed was that road should, must
| and would be constructed down the James
river valley to connect with some one of
the lines now there. There was a spirit
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which gives great promise for success, and
we feel assured that every business man
| in the city will lend his aid to the carrying
out of any enterprise looking in this direc-
| ton.
The meeting decided TO no longer await
| the movements OF any railroad corporation
| now in existence, but to present to the peo
pie Of jamestown and Stutsman county
| for their immediate consideration the pro-
| iect of building line Of our own down
the valley. A committee consisting of
| President Wells, I. G. Wade, Alfred Dickey
and David Curtin was appointed to ar
range for mass meeting at Klaus hall
| tonight, at which time the board of trade
will ask the people for an expression of
| sentiment in the matter. The meeting
promises to be memorable one in the
| history of Jamestown, and its action
may have much to do with the fu-
ture of our city and country. It is
meeting which every citizen should
attend. Every man who owns dollars
worth of property in the county, or who
| is interested in any way in its future well
fare, should be Oh hand tonight to give
| expression to his views on this most i'm
| portant subject.
| That a road is to be built there is no
longer any doubt. 1t is proposed to put
surveyors into the field at once and as
| soon as the line is located, to put men to
work preparing the road bed. 1t Is no
bluff game whatever, but legitimate en-
terprise born of the necessities of the case
and backed up by the substantial business
men of jamestown who mean business
and propose that this road shall go
through at all hazards. Let every citizen
of jamestown be at the meeting at Klaus
hall tonight.