Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-02-27
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RAILROAD PROJECTS.


Built fnDakota this Year.
Fargo, Feb. % Projects for new lines
in the spring are already being talked
over. and if the business outlook I'M
proves there is no doubt the building
of new roads vii! receive. quite AN i'm.
petue. Among the extensions reported
under consideration are the Fargo
Southern, to Flandrau from OrtonvilIe,
Minn., thereby making an important
conn ection for the Milwaukee system;
the James River Valley, south from
Jamestown. to connection with the
Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul and the
Chicago d Northwestern, said to be an
independent line and to be now in the
control of st. Paul capitalists. Consid-
cradle grading hasbeen done on this
road between jamestown and La Moure.
The extension of the Mllbank branch of
the Milwaukee & ST. Paul through the
Slsseton reservation northwesterly to La
Moure, and thence to Bismarck. The
probability ls that this line will be ex.
tended to La Moure the coming season,
IN any event, for the purpose of secur-
ing the traffic of the fertile region
south Sc hot OF the 10 lower bend Of the Cheyenhe
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this kind will bring the Milwaukee and
the Northern Pacific lines in conflict at
LaMoure, as well as at Fargo. This
state of affairs will probably be further
complicated by the extension of the
Northern Pacific branch, which now has
its terminal point at Minor, Sargent
county to La Moure, making two
Northern Pacific lines reaching that
place. The route which each Of these
lines will pursue after passing LaMoure
is still said to be doubtful. Both com.
panies have surveyed numerous routes
to Bismarck, and it has been thought
that parallels would be the result
through LaMoure, Logan, Emmons and
Burleigh counties. I was informed by q
well-posted railroad official, the other
day, however, that it was more than
likely that the Milwaukee would run out
of LaMoure in a westerly direction or
southwesterly, if at all, thus giving the
| Northern Pacific clear field in this fine
agricultural region.
The Dakota & Great Southern is
another of the lines that seems certain
to materialize the coming season. Much
of the grade is made, and the country
tributary to this road may safely be
called the most uniformly favorable
agricultural section of the territory.
Bonds to secure funds to construct this
line have been tioated by Gen. Haupt, it
is said; and if this is the case compile.
tion OF the line in the early spring may
be looked for. The completion Of the
jamestown Northern is only delayed by
the rigor of the season, and the first
month of warm weather will see that
line in operation to DEVILS Lake, with
the chance in favor of an extension to
the Turtlesmountains during the early
summer.
| Among the new lines upon which
something will be done the coming sea.
son 10 one from some point on the
Northern Pacific road to some available
point in the Black Hills. probably
| Deadwood. Among the points on the
Northern Pacific limo favorably men.
toned is Mandan. the road to run south
along the west bank of the Missouri
river. through Morton. Bozeman, Dewey,
Pyatt. Delano, Scobey and Lawrence
counties. There is no doubt but when
this road is gone at in earnest the iAIilwau.
kee will Immediately go to work on ite
extension from Chamberlain, and the
Northwestern from Pierre through the
reservation, and an exciting race of the
great companies for an identical destina.
tion may be the result. This event is
all the more likely, as it is under
stood that the Northern Pacific has
never forgiven the Milwaukee company
for its last seasons work. in pushing the
Fargo Southern up the Red river coun.
try. 1t is reported that. Mr.. J. j., Hill
views the Mandan- Deadwood line favor.
ably. and would be willing to put up the
collateral under certain circumstances
| This is taken as evidence that Mr.. Hill
has not yet lost sight of his project OF
tapping the ranges at some fist class
point, and that he will eventually accom-.
plish this is conceded, though the exact
point does not seem to have been deter.
mined upon. even by Mr.. Hill himself.
North Dakota is still in an embryonic
state as regards railroads. and the devel-
opments of the coming summer will have
much to do with establishing the relative
positions of the great trunk companies
in this section of the territory.