Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-18
AN OFFICIAL VISIT.

1asS ~ - SssA
caso y Northwestern management
Gives Nankton n Cail-Thc Track
Completed.
At six o'clock last evening q special
train reached Yankton over the newly
completed Northwestern road bearing
the following Northwestern officials:
S. Sanborp, assistant general superin-
tendent.
Emmons Blaine, assistant general
freight agent.
j. S. Oliver, superintendent of the Da-
koGa Central division,
e. f, Potter, roadmaster of the Da-
kota Central division.
d. Ray, travelling freight agent.
Plotted by Engineer Blunt the party
proceeded to the Merchants hotel, where
it was domiciled for the night and was
met by many of Yankton's people who
happened that way. To-day others
called to see them and express gratitica-
tions over the arrival of the Northwest
era. During the forenoon the official
| puIby flSlltu LlhDJ VI ohl II AiShJ
introduced themselves and exchanged
opinions about the weather, business
matters generally and railroad affairs in
| particular. The sensation of being
treated with consideration by a party of
railroad officials is one entirely new to
the business men of Yankton and
the first surprise of the encoun-
ter with our Northwestern callers
has hardly yet passed away.
| There is nothing unusual in this action
on the part of the Northwestern, as it is
the policy OF that company to cultivate
the good will of its patrons and to be
decent to the people who do business
along its various lines. Still 7ankton IS
sufficiently unsophiBticated in the depart
ment of railroad courtesy to feel and ex-
press astonlshment because it has to-day
been sought out by the representatives
of a great corporation and made to feel
that the management OF its
new railroad harbors an interest in itf
welfare. This is Off of the first results
of our investment and it is q gratifying
beginning of our intercourse with the
Northwestern. 1t is q policy which
goes a long ways among people and Is
as inexpensive as it is pleasant.
GOOD IMPRESSIONS.
So it happens that Y~anktonians are
most favorably impressed with their of
fetal visitors and in return the visitors
are delighted with Yankton
They are free to give utter
ance to their favorable impressions and
to express the most buoyant hopes TO
the future OF the solid little city on thu
in the ears Of strangers, but leaves then
to Judge for themselves. They tell III
our town IL o beautiful one, that it IL
charmingly located, that it possesses
the elements of substantial growth. We
knew all these things before, yet it is
{ qualification to have our be
, liefs confirmed by strangers who's,
! vocation it is to iudg'
of everything from q cold and undemon
~stratiye business standpoint and to trav
ell with all their eyes open for defect
and advantages.
8 ABOUT TRAINS.
In response to special inquiries reia
r tive to trains over the Yankton exter
! sion of the Northwestern, SuperintenC
ent Sanborn gave us everything With
e his knowledge Of the situation. Il
said a regular passenger train would b
put on one week from Monda,
g the 28th inst. This train will leay
e early in the morning an
n will connect at Hawarden with th
d through train for the east, arriving
Chicago at five minutes before SIEVE
the morning succeeding its departul
o from Yankton. The time between YanB
le ton and Chicago will be about twent.
five hours. The train will arrive fro
t, the east in the evening.
,r This is the winter arrangement. ]
the spring an additional daily train wi
be put on, to leave Yankton in the ev
j. ming and arrive in the morning. Sue
. other arrangements relating to the trail
'' as the situation develops will be MAJ
in the spring. Mr.. Sanborn said the fu
in intentions of the company, could n
IL be realized until the Yankton extensi'
is completed. This will not occur uni
spring, as it is 10Y impossible to balla
the track for rapid running.
vARIoU MATTERS.
Station Agent Wicker, who was c
pected along with the official squad
visitors did not arrive, but will probat
be here o-morrow.
-Emmons Blaine, the assistant q
eral freight agent of the Northwestej
one of to.day's visitors, is a son of Jan
G. Blaine, the last republican can
date for the presidency. He has chos
railroading, instead of politics, for
vocation and is an efficient, courtec
and straightforward official.
ee. The Northwestern side track at
!. depot was completed last night 6
the main track run up to the round hor
lay The side track begins east
Douglas avenue and exte
westward across that hi
way and Walnut, Cedar and Broad,
streets, being four blocks and the wi
Mt of four streets in length.
To-day the tracklayers are carry
tha track westward from the ro-