Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-01-25
THE NEW HUB.
rhe. Future Of the Great Black Hills.
THEIR PERFECTLY PEERLESS POSITION
PROUDLY PICTURED.
Peruse and Ponder.

Peruse and Ponder
The question Of all absorbing interest,"
and Importance to the people of the
Black Hills is the question Of communica
ton and transportation between them,
selves and the outside world. With this
is closely and inseparably connected the
reservation question. This stands pre-.
eminent. Ahead of admission; far IN
advance Of division. Many inquire the
advantages to be gained by the opening
of this great Sioux reservation. To the
careful student of the world such inquir.
les are foolish and irrelevant. A few Of
the advantages gained can easily be emu
merated. The leading one, of course, il
the construction of competing lines Of
railroad into and beyond the Hills. Az
q natural sequence following the build
ing of these lines will come the usual ad.
vantages given the public by railways
in the hot contest for business. A few oil
such advantages being the direct com
munication, by rail and wire, with eastern
southeastern and northern Dakota and
Minnesota; the great reduction in freight
and passenger tariffs; decrease in time
and consequent increase in speed in trans
portation between the west and the east
the immense immigration and the conse.
quent lessening of the tension of the
money market incident to the building Of
these new lines through new and I'M
settled country. The unsettled and COM
paratively unexplored territory now in
Guided in the reservation, will not be the
only section which will receive great
immigration. Many OF the newcomers
will flock to the world renowned Black
Hills aad locate on the thousands Of
acres Of magnificent farm lands found
therein. This will be one of the direct
benefits derived.
What railroads can the people of the
Hills confidently expect in the near fu-
ture? If the reservation is opened we
can count positively on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul, which stands ready
at moments notice to build across from
Chamberlain. The Chicago & North
western, not to be outdone by it's great
rival, will push it's construction on from
Pierre, and if necessary from Gettysburgh
also, building as fast as men and unlini-
ted means can rush it. The st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba, with J. J. Hill,
one of the ivest railway managers of the
country, at its head, and which is being
pushed to the front as fast as possible, is
camping on the trail' of the heretofore
unrivalled giant railway systems of the
west, and will make them travel fast to
keep ahead Of it in entering the Hills and
getting beyond into the undeveloped
country of Wyoming, Montana and
Idaho.
If one of these roads come here they
will all come. The Milwaukee does not
intend to let the Northwestern have all
the vast traffic of the Hills and the coun-
try adjacent to them. Consequently it
will get here as soon as that impenetrable
barrier, the Sioux reservation is opened.
To protect itself tho Northwestern must
come. The Manitoba, stretching out its
feeders for more worlds to conquer, is
fast becoming formidable competitor Of
the two, and has the money and deter
mination to get to the front and make
these great corporations divide the patron
age of the country with their younger
but unusually healthy rival. The Mani
toba has an extremely liberal manage
ment and will prove to be one of the best
railways to encourage in its desire to
reach the Hills. From the south the
Burlington & Missouri River road is boar
ing toward us with the intention of pierre
ing the Hills. The Cheyenne & North
ern, although at present bearing north
ward and westward towards the Big
Horn range, will, if the coal deposits and
oil fields OF the western Hills and east
ern Wyoming prove rich, build to us, or
at least send branch into the mount
aims. Another company, so says the
Railway Age, OF Chicago, has just been
incorporated with large capital and COM
posed of leading citizens of Dakota, that
intends to build line from Dickinson,
Dakota, on the Northern Pacific, to Dead
wood, 278 miles, guaranteeing the road
to be in active operation by january 1,
1889. This company is known as the
st. Paul, Black Hills 6 Pacific. These
are few Of the proposed movements Of
the railroads OF the east and south. Very
soon the Hills will have them all. To
see how plausible these conclusions are
take map of the Northwestern ordi-
nary railway map will do and a pencil
and follow the routes as given by these