Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

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DAKOTA RAILROADS.: |
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Pioneer Press: Dakota, just al pres
ent, seensltopethe objective pbi{t of
all roads Operating tn the northwest.
THE rapidtgrawth Of the territory has
attracted their attention; 'andjiall are
anxious to ecure u share ofnthoilarge
business, which promises TO he, deyel-
bped in theidmmeaiates future. III The
territory is neutrality-suspicious. the
very bestielass df .settners; end tkeir eff
forts ,cahnbt>Sbe otikrwiseHtk8n sue
tessful;"' Tile NortAerr~facitie,llM Mani
toba and MiwauKee; s st. Paul now
have lines ppenetfating North Dakota,
Mhile'the Northwestern, Rock Island
and MilwauKe6& St. Paul rBach out
lnto the southern portion Of the terri
tory. Railroad building has been light
in Dakota ..ffofsasome years past, because
of an AGREEMENT among the several
roads not to'iEYYAhdte each others terri
tory. This agHsement has apparently
been violatedsss all roads operating in
this section of8he' country are now lay
ing plans tosertot'their severalsystems
west and northwestward. The Mil
waukee i St:r Paul:was the first 6utsid-
er to get into North Dakota. 1t has
done so by absorbing the Fargo South
ern This action'Uf the Milwaukee 4
st. Paul is regarded by some as a'direct
violation of Enlargement, and the re-
suit viii, shee >axtensifpn northwest
ward Of thes1 sock.% fslana and North
western Systems: ! H. "'' N"a
Their objective point will be Bis
marck, the territorial CAPITAL The
Rock Island, it is stated, will build three
separate lines through Dakota. AR
rangements, it is further stated, are be-
ing made'ff tor the CONSTRUCTION of n
of these this year. The money neces-
sary is on hand, and the route is decided
upon. The recent purchase of the
James River Valley road by Messrs.
Livingstone and Merriam, of st. Paul,
is significant. These gentlemen say
they made the purchase simply as a
speculation, and that they will build
the road themselves. That they will
do the latter IS very doubtful inasmuch
as there are two. corporations anxious
to take the elephant off their hands.
These are the Rock Island and North
ern Pacific Messrs. Livingston and
Merriam have received offers from
both of these companies, and will prob
ably accept one ert4e6 other: The Rock
Island would like t.. own the franchise
of the road, as they would give it a
route thronglhsthe most fertile portion
Of the terriitoTy. The Northern Pacific
would like to Aaye it as a branch road,
and also for the purpose of keeping it
from falling into the hands Of d rival
corporation. The fact that the BHrling-
ton has decided TO- continue ths con
~straction Of the Winona, Alma 4
Northern is significant, especially since
further rumors Of an amalgamation of
Manitoba ana burlington interests are
current.
1t is now said that PRESIDENT Hill re-
gently transferred t9 the Burlington
people 10000 shares Of his stock in the
Manitoba. This viii give the latter a
controlling interest in the road. which
they will openly claim when the proper
timecomes. They have no use for such
an interest until their new st. Paul
road is completed. When that is done
they Will be in direct connection with
the MlaanFiittQlha, and ne in 2 position to
operate their pew acquisition to their
own liking. They want al the grain
and milling in transit business coming
VII UIc V1d4AOOOas dAAu d1C Al6A d1AAOuS
for a share Of the large stock business
done via st, Paul and Minneapolis.
With a through line from Chicago to
Fargo and Manitoba they WILL be in a
position to get pretty much anything
they demand. So much for North Da-
Ilota. In the southern part of the state
preparations for extensions and branch
IS are also making. The Northwestern
has completed a survey from Center
Vile to Yapktop, and has, it is said,
found a good route, If the extension
to Yankton is built it will probably be
continued on to Pierre, in connection
with the Northwestern's line to the
Missouri. This system recently built
from Valentine, Neb, west of Chadron,
and is now letting contracts for the ex-
tension north from Chadron to Rapid
City, in the Black Hills, a distance Of