Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-01
MOVE TO cHEcKmATE.
The milwaukee Company Occupies
the Disputed Crossing with a switch
Track or it's own Matters Some
what CoEnpIieated-0ther Railroad
HfnuaS
THE CROSSING WAR

Items.
THE CROSSING WAR
Another phase of the railroad war in
Yankton between the Northwestern and
the Milwaukee companies has been de-
veloped. One starlight night the form
er ran a side track acros the main track
of the latter and established u route by
which Northwestern cars could reach
the pork packing house. During the
succeeding night the Milwaukee assem-
bled its forces knd destroyed the eros
sing. 1t then appealed to the court and
the court enjoined the Northwestern
from establishing a highway across the
property of the Milwaukee
but granted to the former
the right to proceed under con-
demnation and occupy the disput-
ed ground in accordance with the
provisions of the statutes.
This, of course, the Northwestern in
tended TO do, but there now appears an
impeachment not anticipated. The pick
AK aud shovel gang has been quietly at
work and has laid q side track for the
Milwaukee company at the very point
where the Northwestern had once cross
cd and was intending to again GROSS.
The Milwaukee does not need this ad-
ditional side track, as it already
had n running to the
pork house, and the i. ference is that it
has made the improvement for the pur-
pose of preventing the Northwestern
from following it's established route TO
the pork house, The latter can, of
course, select a new route and cross the
| Milwaukee main track at some other
point, or it can, 30 the experts say put in
d double frog at the place. where the
new Milwaukee side track switches off
to flank the pork house and use the
same ground for the extension of its
| side track line. What the Northwestern
will do is a problem to be solved by the
future.
Another feature of the contest is the
evident intention of the Milwaukee to
hamper the operations of the North
western by all the usual processes in
vogue where the interests of two great
railroad corporations are brought into
antagonism. The pork house company
had male arrangements sto ship $50
%tierces of lard over the Northwestern.
70 reach the cars of that company,under
present arrangements, if is necessary
to carry the lard from the pork house
across the side track and the main of
the Milwaukee. To prevent this the
Milwaukee has placed ten refrigerator
cars upon its side track between the
pork house and the Northwestern track,
thus cutting of communication between
the two. The pork house company had
ordered three of these cars for a ship
ment over the Milwaukee, but has no
Immediate use fer the other seven, and
they are in the way. The lard can be
conveyed around the obstacle, but the
process is tedious and expensive. There
is some gall in this move.
i YANKToN's JEALOUSY.
In some of it's recent remarks regard
ing northern Nebraska railroad extern.
sions, the Press and Dskotaian has ex
pressed a belief that one of the surveys
now in progress could come down Beaver
creek to the Missouri opposite Yanktor
or could follow BaziIe creek to the Mis-
souri, ct Ssntee agency. Referring tt
this explanation of the manner in which
grave engineering difficulties might b.
overcome, the Creighton Pioneer says:
The Pioneer has not had occasion fol
J several years to crlticise Yankton's in
nate seltishness and bigoted jealousy
Ever since Yankton was established be
jealousy Of northern Nebraska'e success
lul g.owth In town building has beef
characteristic. Nlobrara has Away
been an eye sore to Yanktop, and it vii
be noticeable III the above that the onl,
point on the Missouri river mentioned
. besides Yankton is Santee agency! TIL
3 only natural routes are either tn. cas-
: branch of Bazlle into Creightol
or the north branch int
N%iobrara, which are direct ant
practical. During these man,
years the Pioneer has never yet know
q the Press and Dakotaian to admit tina
there was any town on the Missoul
, that had any natural benefits for rail
road facilities but Yanktop; and no
that a stub line of the Northwestern hs
come down into it for a big bonus j
II bonds she is tickled 30 that it is feare
: that insanity will set in. Nevertheless
this section of Nebraska has done yer
we'll without Yankton aid, and if Yank
ton thinks she is gong to get all I'll
railroads pointing toward the Nilsson
e river, she will wake up one of these fiji
mornings and discover her hopes bisste
and Niobrara aroused from her sleep.
AREFoBM WORTH MENTIONING.
The lines interested In Iowa, MINI
sofa, anG Dakota traffic have issued tt
q following notice: Taking effect Feb
1886, it is agreed by all the lines int
as ested in the above traffic to entirely d
Or continue the practice of allowing cars
stop in transit to partly unload; and
is also agreed that cars shall not
:, stopped in transit to finish loading, c
:, cept for live stock, grain and seed. wi
the distinct understanding that this {
ception will not apply when cars are
be either loaded or stopped at juncti
or pool points. A charge of So pc.
will be made for all cars of live sto
'z' stopped to fnish loading, in accordan
with above exception, and same must
~, added to way-bill."
T0 THE TIN AfJNyd