Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-12-04
EARLY IN THE SPRING.
Some Definite Facts Regarding the
Bottlneau Branch.

Some Definite Facts Regarding the
Bottlneau Branch.
The following correspondence of in.
terest to the residents Of Devils Lake
and Turtle mountain region explains
itself
Fl. C. Hansbrough, Esq, Devils Lake,
Dak.-DEAR Sir: A few days since
received a letter from Rev. Ezra Turner,
at Bottineau. containing the following :
1--WE fully expected when the road
was graded to Bottineau last spring that
the iron would be laid this fall, but now
the idea is becoming quite common that
there is no intention on the part of the
company to do so for two or more
years. I do not know the source Of
such reports, hut | do know that we
cannot draw wheat forty miles. There
il no part Of the country west of the
Big Coulee that would give the road
anything like what this country would
II the Buttincau branch was finished.
II the company nre going to iron the
BOttineau branch they would do more
for this country by letting us know
when it would he completed than any
thing we might write in the matter. II
you can secure reliable information that
the line will he III working order and
when, and will give me the facts, will
make the best use can Of the infOrma-
ton"
This being a sample Of several com.
municatione received by me Of late,
forwarded the letter to our manager,
and give you a copy Of his reply under
date Of Nov. q.
As there is no way l can at present
reach rs many people as through the
columns Of your paper, l shall consider
it a favor to myself and the people IN.
terested il y'u will kindly give publicity
to this correspondence. Yours truly,
c. II. WARREN. G. P. A.
Ezra Turner, Esq.,, Bottineau, Dak.--
DEAR SIR: Mr.. Warren will write you
about the other matters contained in
your letter, but the object Of this is to
give you the assurance Of the company
as to laying the rails on the Bottlne.,l
branch; and have to state for your
information and that Of your neighbors,
that it is the intention Of this company
to proceed with the construction Of the
Iiue into BOttineau just as soon nexl
spring AZ the weather will admit Of oul
dong 50.
The rail and other fittings are con-
tractvd for, for delivery early in 1887
| and you may confidently rely on seeing
! the entire branch laid on Or before the
1st of July. We could not afford te
have our grade lie idle; neither coulC
we afford to lose the advantages that w
think will come 10 Us from the cheap
I eninx of the transportation to those
whom. like yourself, are opening homes
in the new country.
Approaching fully as | do the ex
pressed willingness. on your part to dt
what you Can for that section, l can III
sure you that the railway company will
in every consistent wav. add what it Cal
to furnishing facilities equal to those u
any point on our line.
1t is proper for me to add that tn
reason the Bottineau branch WAS no
laid this season has come from the ab
solute impossibility in getting materIa
tn do 70. Owing to strikes and break
downs, rails that were contracted for de
livery to lis early in September are nc
yet here, and we aye now laying uac
at some points with the thermomete
ten degrees below zero-work we ez
pected to fully finish by the Oct. Is.
We do not expect Il, have any cor
t,nuancy or trouble Of this kind anothe
season with the contracts ut the presen
made. Yours truly,
A. MASvEL. Gen. Man.