Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-29
THE OMAHA NORTHERN.

THE OMAHA NORTHERN.
A HIea fer its Construction &rom One
Who Reasons COrcees.v-Other Rail-
road Matters.
OMAHA NORTHERN.
In its issue of the Oath of April tts
Omaha Herald says editorally: y
Legitimate enterprises for the up
building of Omaha Ehould at all times
be encouraged. Bogus enterprises to
gain personal ends to the injury of vest
ed interests at the cost of reputation of
solemn contracts should be at all times
secuted aud condemned. Gable cars
are headed to scale the hills and give
eaay, safe and quick transportation of
| people to and from the centres of bust
ness and their homes, every interest
being securely guarded against
undue encroachment. No reasonable
sacrifices would be too great, for in
stance, on the part of Omaha to secure
the Omaha Northern railroad. It would
be the browning capstone of the system
that is making Nebraska a great state,
and Omaha a great city. The fact of its
construction to Yankton assured would
instantly add millions to our strength
in money value, and q confidence in the
near future that would leave no doubt
in any mind as to the already manifest
destiny of Omaha. Gable cars are not
SO important as the Omaha North
ern, but they are more important
than any other single improvement that
can be made, if it ian be secured with.
out injury to other interests. This
4 t~,ra ,NN15nry F~. ~ o1,o f. ~ Ill., %JOe 4, n~C
at all times, is to seize every OPP,
agency, for the creation and uses of q
great city. Gan there be any mistake
about this? Horse tramways should be
supplemented by cable tramways, and
the Burlington, Missouri Pacific, and
Belt railroads should be supplemented
by the Omaha Northern, and no sacrifice
in reason for either step in. advance
would be too great o matter Of purely
selfish and cash-in. hand interest to al
the people of this city.
The views of the Omaha Herald
are SO true to the situation
that the home readers
of that paper must be blind to thei
future interests if they cannot see it al
the Herald sees it. The construction o
the Omaha Northern, not more than 15(
miles in length, would immediatel,
open to the business men Of Omaha mol
less than 1900 miles Of southeastern De-
kota railroad, already in operation, ant
all the rich country tributary thereto
This would be the immediate result
.od ,auorol bnndrad oll;k,onal pn;loe n
road are assured within the next TIVE
!years. Dakota offers to the growing cit,
OF Omaha 8 field for trade not surpassed
IN all the west aud when it can be Sc
cured by the construction of one snor
railroad Ink the city of Omaha must b
lacking in self interest not to grasp q
the prize. 1t would &c no experiment
The developed country is here, the PEG
Pile are here and the railroads are here
A trading point nearer than Chicago j
needed and If Omaha does not suppl
: the want, some city of the future wi
g step in and secure the southeastern De
kota business.
THE DEFIANCE LINE.
v There is no change in the situation
Sioux City. Graders are at work on tt
Defiance line and on the Des Moin'
line in the disputed pass and juries 81
busy condemning right CT way. Sior
City hopes to squeeze two railroads o.
Of the conflict.
The Scotland-M Mitchell gap is now Il
scene of rendezvous of large forces
n graders and as soon az the weather ST
). ties down dirt will begin to fly betwe
Scotland and Mitchell and on the Dou
Has county extension. The Onida Jol
e, nal ASSERTS that the Douglas coun
h line has been surveyed into Su,
8 county, a hundred and fifty miles nor
west from Scotland.
THE EoRTHwEsTERN.
svl Relative tosthe designs OF the Chi
nd go + Northwestern upon the terrific
northwest from Yankton the ST. p
lGlobe says:
An officer of the Northwestern 7,
road is authority for the abatement II
rem his company has decided to build
"a river road from Yankton to Blunt, O
Meeting the two main lines Of their r
and running through some Of the b
y farming country. They will keep n
enough to the Missouri river to k
out n other line IN the future. :
exact route is not yet settled and Pit
may be a point instead of Blunt. !
. OF designed to build this season.
.ent Northwestern and Chicago. Milwau
srs. & st. Paul are competing for The.
Wsnted-Weekiy boarders wante'
md tho Wilcox old stard, ##aiuut str
est neas school building. rates reason