Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-11

WANTS II BAB.
sioux CT US Eferts 70 secure C0nnec
1ion with the Manitoba.

Sioux CT US Eforts 70 secure a C0nnec-
tion with the Manitoba.
Sioux City journal, 10Th: A. public
meeting will be held an the court house
this evening to consider what the in
serests Of Sioux City are with reference
TO immediate action in behalf of the
sioux City and Northern railroad eater-
prise. The proposed line, from Sioux
Oity TO Willmsr, blian., Is about 100
miles in length and its prsGticabiil.y
aas been established By sngteys Tbs
sit o. with references to this enter
prise is coneisely. set forth IN the fnllow-
ing statement, presented BIZ Capt. Gere:
sioux City, Jan. 9 1888 TO the editor
OF The Jonrnei: In this spring of 1887,
at q public meeting called TO consider
measures Tor the development OF this
city q committee OF cisizsns submitted
an able report. eett,ng forth among
other things the ~desirability Of u railroad
leading into the country to the Dorth-
ward and naturally tributary to Sioux
City. This report was unanimously en-
dorsed by the meeting and by the press
and citizens generally; %whereupon il
was decided to make . thorough ex-
animation OF the country referred to,
for the purpose OF determining the
feasibility of the project. This was
done, the expense thereof, which Yves
considerable, being sustained by the i'm
dividual subscriptions OF the parties to
whom the matter hsd been delegated.
These examinations developing the fact
that q favorable line could be obtained,
the Sioux Uity and Northern railroad
compsny was incorporated in accordance
with the laws of Iowa, and its organiza-.
ton completed in due and legal form in
every detail. The definite location Of
the line was then by :he directors de-
eided upon, and q portion OF it has been
made. NE
This 81. Paul. Minneapolis ana Man.
itoba railway company has during the
year 1887 graded it's road from Willmar,
MINI, 10 Sioux Falls, and the rails will
DO laid on thiB roadbed during the PRES
eat year. sIhe advent OF the st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba road from
Duluth, where it will connect with it's
Town line of steamers from Buffalo, is to
the southwest the Introduction or the
most important element in the coming
situation. The tendency OF freight rares
has been for some time towards q lower
basis, ana in the future, as the contest
Il 6A0hvc w AubopOSsuAkV
continues, those railroads which by rea.
son OF their easy grades osn transport
freight at q minimum cost will be most
profitable TO their owners and mos
valuable 20 the communities which they
serve. The St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba, fully alive to the logic OF
events, is building q road ON which ii
can handle freight ct probably two.thirds
OF the cost OF its movement on roads aa
usually oonstructed.
Sioux City to maintain Its position ae
. jobb,Dg and distributing center must
have transportation facilities second to
none in the west, and q connection with
! thlS new system seems the necessity OF
the hour. The mountain doea not come
20 MaaoFasss The aoneiass5R is there.
fore reached that the time has arrived
Tor Sioux City to build the Sioux City
and Northern railroad, and the direGtosl
OF this company have decided to receive
subscriptions TO its capital stock for thil
, purpose, and to submit to the people o
this city the question OF Q vote OF o
per eent tax to aid the project. This il
deemed OF Immediate Importance, and
petitions will therefore be circulated
asking that the question ha submitted u
our voters for their decision az early o.
! ii can be legally done. For tho CON
: mittee. T. P. GERR.