St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-24
NEW RAILROADS COMING.
Eastern Capital Building Rail,
roads and Developing a Favored
Missouri River Town.

roads and Developing a Favored
Missouri River Town.
Special to the Globe.
HURON, OAK, March pa day OF
two since a GLOBE representative
Glanced to be in the same car with Hon.
r. NJ. Springer, president of the Forest
City & Watertown railroad, together
with Hon. n. l.. GRAHAM, of Boston;
Ira I. Timberlake, of Quincy, Mass.i
and +. 4. Hutchinson, of Sioux Falls,
and from them learned some facts cOnt
corning their railroad enterprise. The
party had just been to Forest City, at
tending the annual meeting of the
stockholders, and had also visited sew
eral other points on the line of the road.
Public mention has heretofore been
made of the building of the Forest City
d WatertOwn railroad, line contem-
plated to be run in a nOrtheaSterly di-
rection from Forest City to Duluth,
about 100 miles of the grading hav-
ing already been done on the Forest
City end. On the 18th inst. the annual
election of the officers of the company
occurred at Forest City. Hon. X. NJ.
Springer was elected his own successor
as president of the company. The fol-
lowing are the remaining officials and
the capitalists who will finish the re-
manning portion of the road
THROUGH TO DULUTH:
capt. A. w. Smart, president of the
Bank of Forest City, vice president of
the road; f. E. Hutchins, of Sioux
Falls, general manager; Ira L. Timber
lake, of Quincy, Mass, comptroller and
assistant treasurer; B. +. Billiard,
cashier Bank of Forest City, secretary;
II. F. DOble, Boston, treasurer, and
Hon. n. f. GRAHAM, Boston. counsel.
The management of the road has not
been idle during the winter months.
While the grading was necessarily SuS-
pended during the winter, active steps
have been taken in the meantime to
prevent any hindrances to the work of
building when spring should arrive. On
Feb. Z last. bills were simultaneously
introduced in cOngreSS-two by Dele
gate Clifford in the house of representa-
tives, and two by Senator Sabin, of
Minnesota in the senate, for a charter
for bridge over the Missouri river at
Forest City, and for right-of-way for
road from Forest City
TO THE BALCK HILLS.
The bills in question were prepared
by MIR. Springer as president of the
company. The Black Hills line is q
proposed extension of the Forest City &
Watertown line. The active building
and completion of the road will COM
mence in the early spring.
In addition to the Forest City u
WATERFOWL, two other companies will
soon be formed, for both of which
articles of incorporation have been filed
at the capitol in Bismarck. One
road is to extend from Forest City in
sOutheasterly direction to Chicago,
which will be an air line. The other
road will be built from Forest City in q
n0rthweSterly direction, on the east side
of the Missouri river, into the timber
region and cattle country lying north
west of the city of Bismarck. Boston
capitalists have formed two separate
syndicates for the purpose of carrying
out these two enterprises, and the two
companies will be organized as soon as
their respective charters are issued. In
addition to the timber lands, these capt.
taliStS have their eyes open to the coal
fields near by, which have increased the
attraction for this region and have sharp
ened the incentive to reach this valu-
able territory. The active measures
taken by the Boston capitalists in the
upbuilding of Forest City and of this
portion of Dakota has attracted other
lines of industry to
THIS FAVORED TOWN
on the Missouri. In addition to the
Bank of Forest City, established last
year, charters have been applied for
two other banks to be located at this
point, and when organized will be
operated with Eastern capital.
A New England colony of 200 families,
mainly from Boston, Mass, and Port
Forest City this spring. All of these
people are well-tO-do, and their coming
here has been carefully arranged for
during the past winter. Forest City has
been peculiarly fortunate of late. Re-
Gently one of the largest and finest
mills i'll the territory was planted here,
and now Chicago parties have arranged
for large packing house, which is to ba
built this summer. Life and activity
are the order of the day.
Late advices from Sioux Falls is ia
the effect that the people of that city
are becoming greatly interested in the
building of an air line from Forest City
via Huron to Sioux Falls. The same
gentlemen who visited Huron few
days since in the interests of this pro-
ject have been comforting with Sioux
Falls parties, and will return here in a
few days for further consultation. The
gentlemen who are directly interested
in the line above noted are mostly New
England capitalists representing sew
eral millions of dollars. They are
also owners of an immense amount OF
real estate in and adjacent to Forest
City and at various points along the pro
posed line. Forest City is on the Mis-
souri, river, and the most important
town in Potter county, besides there il
an excellent place at that point for
bridge over the Missouri, charter fol
which has already been secured. There
is every reason to believe that those ID
the lead of this enterprise mean bust
ness. for arrangements have been per
fected for putting surveyors at work a,
early as the weather will permit.