Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-10
WORKING FOR A RAILROAD.

A Yankton Delegation in Conference
with the Representative Hen of Oma-
ha with Good Results.
On Tuesday morning of this week q
party of Ysnktonisns left this city for
Omaha for the purpose of comforting
with the business men of that city re-
lativs to the familiar project of q railroad
direct from Omaha to Yankton and from
here up the valley of the Jim. As evil
dence of the necessity for such o road
ID may be stated that the delegation
left Yankton at GAO in the
morning and arrived al Omaha at
1880 in the evening, ira Yelling over
the usual route. As the distance direct
is but 100 miles it will be seen that no
active business relations can spring up
between Omsha and this section until
closer connections are established. On
Tuesday evening upon their arrival at
their hotel, the delegation were waited
upon by Secretary Nattinger, OF the
Omaha board of trade, and arrange
ments were perfected for q meeting the
eucceeding evening at the chamber of
commerce. meeting of the board of
trade and Omaha business men and
capitalists. The members of the dele
cation were called upon that evening
and the next day by many representa-
tive men of Omaha, ell of whom evlpced
a lively interest in the railroad and *.
pressed themselves emphatically in favor
OF it's construction.
AT the nesting of Wednesday night
tho handsome and c%ommodious assem-
bly, DON OF the board of trade was com.
fortsbly filled and the business OF the
meeting proceeded. General Beadle, as
the lecturer for the Yankton party, made
the address of the evening and 1t was
listened to with the closest attention by
the assembled capitalists. IL was pure
ly discourse of information and
bristled with facts. The field was pre-
sented and Omaha was left to draw its
own conclusions. General Beadle was
assisted in his calculation Of the case by
o carefully drawn map of the south
two-thirds of eastern Dakota and the
north one third of eastern Nebraska. II
was twelve feet long and exhibited the
principals cities, water ccurses, rail-
roads and projected railroads of that
area. By the aid of this map the speaker
gave to his interested audience a clear
conception OF the field the business men
OF Omaha were invited TO occupy. They
took is in and were convinced. The gen.
eral gave them the cold facts he
always has sailed down in his memory
and his discourse was q most effective
one, Remarks were made by other gen
tlsmen present-business men, incorpor-
ators OF the 0. Y. & N. W. r. r. and
county aomm.ssioners. Every one sup
ported with enthusiasm the railroad pro-
position and the declaration went forth
informally that the road must be built
and would be built. Just before adjourn
ment General Beadle rose and said: II
take it from the expressions of the even
Ing that Omaha has decided that this
road shall be built. Msy we, as a dele
cation, take home to the people of Ysnk.
ton the assurance that such is your in
sention? ?" The emphatic and unanimous
answer was: "You may" By request
OF members OF the board of trade, the
map used by General Beadle was given
to the Omaha board OF trade and left
hanging in the board Of trade hall. They
said they wanted TO study it and show
ii to others interested who were no
present.
Outside OF the formal meeting it was
learned that the differences between the
county commissioners and the railroad
incorporators would not imperil the en-.
terprise. The two organizations would
come together and the bonding prop.
osltion would be submitted to the voterE
OF Douglas county. This was the settled
conclusion on both sides of the conrro-
| versy.
The presence OF the Yankton delega-
ton brought TO Omaha representative,
of the Kearney, Norfolk & Yankton rail.
road organization, who stated that they
we're positively In the field to build O
railroad from Kearney to Yankton, via
Norfolk, and that they had plenty of
capital behind their project. This is an
organization of New York capitalists.
A gentleman also appeared upon the
scene who talked in the interest OF the
Chicago C Northwestern and asked some
OF the members OF the Yankton dele.
cation If il was not possible for the
Northwestern to satisfy the railroad
yearnings Of our people. he said The
Northwestern people were already
in the field with a corps Of
surveyors running q line from
Beemer to Yankton and that they
intended TO build it in opposition to the
Omaha project. Beemer is a station OF
the Northwestern between Fremont ant
Norfolk and an extension from tina
point would run midway between those
two arms of the Northwestern which
reach northward to Harrington and
Creighton.
There are the facts briefly sketohed re
lative to the mission OF the Yanktol
| delegation and its results. Tho delepa-