Daily globe., 1883-12-15
S'l,PAUL News.
TRANSPORTATION NOTES.
The Dakota te Great Southern.
Sioux City Journal 18th.

Gen. Haupt, president of the Dakota & Great
Southern Railroad company-more familiarly
known as the Tower City ine-was in the city
yesterday, accompanied by Col. Britton, general
manager.
Gen Haupt met the citizens committee ap-
pointed some time since, consisting of Messrs.
T. J. Stone, H. 4. Jaudt and D. Z. Hedges,
and intimated that the time had come when his
company wanted to knowwhat it could depend
upon so far as Sioux City is concerned. He
said what wac wantedwas atazYoted, ,whichwonld
amount ID $75, ,U09 and right of way through
the city. The line would strike the city in the
vicinity of the powder house tract, and run
dow1 either Lafayette or Morgan street, both OF
which are east of the St. Paul tracks.
The committee has been In existence several
months, and during that time has given the pro-
posed enterprise pretty thorough investigation,
and those who know the gentlemen constituting
the committee would be slow to believe that
they would run after any Jack-with-a-lantern.
With the accession of Gen. Haupt to the presi-
dency, the Dakota & Great Southern ailway is
believed to have assumed a
tangible and encouraging form. He has
satisfied our local committee that his company
means business, and that it will be IL possession
of means to push the work to speedy completion
during the entire length. The plan is not to
stop at Sioux City, but to build to connection
vita the southern system of roads-perhaps to
the Wabash-and so to a st. Louis connection.
When She righ -of-way all along the line is Sc
cured and the subsidies of one kind and another
assured, our people are likely to be startled by
hearing that some one of the leading railroad
magnates of the country is backing the bonds,
aa5 SC of course directly interested in the road,
perhaps 10 tho extent of ownership.
The citizesa' committee have =, NJ least sum
cient faith IN the enterprise and It's pr0mlsea
advantages to Sioux City to recommend to our
citizens that what the Dakota and Great South
erl asks sheuld be given, contingent, Of course,
upon the building of the road into the city, and
not pavble until it is go built. With view Of
setting the ball in molten, the cttizens' com nit
tee has appointed three other committees, as
follows:
On right-of-way-Joh Peirce, C. F. Hoyt,
W. E. Higman, George II. Howell and r. Bu-
chanan, Jr.
To procure the necessary names to the peti
ton for the leVying of tax-John Brennan,
W. 2. Swarts, 7. P. Murphy and John Hor-
nick.
On ways and means-Will Fl. Beck, N.
Wise, 4. s. Van Keuren, l.. Wynn, and Charles
Breun.
A tax which will realize about $4,000 will
require levy of per cent. Ii voted now, or
in the near future, it could not go on the tax
lists fer year, which would make the tax Kot
payable before the spring of 1885. majority
of all the freehoiders in the township must sign
the petition asking for the tax before the levy
be ordered. The tax would not
be collectable by the railroad
company until 1t shall have
complied with the terms on which it was
levied. The right-of-way through the town
ship ought net to be very expensive, as the pro-
jected route is through 3 section of the city
where little valuable property would be sub
ject to damage.
The citizens committee will meet at the
orucil chamber Monday evening, where they
would Ike to confer with the members of the
Hub-com1nittoes, and whore they would also be
pleased to meet all citizens who take ar inter
est in the enterprise.