Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-10

1890
Yankton to the vicinity OF Mayield p.
o. then through Spring Valley TO Hur-
ley then to Lennox and thence to the
Queen Nty-Sloux Falls-was com
pleted y few weeks ago.. A second corps
Of engineers is OF present engaged look-
ing over this same line with q view to
definitely locating. AZ far as this route
is concerned, their work will be fBaI,
and should the company decide to build
to YanktoD, il ia. confidently expected
that the graders will follow closely on
their tracks.
As regards railroads, in former yesrs
the people OF this section would have
been antisied with anything from q drst
class ping line TO o marrow guage with
rolling stock consulting of o rusty, Jon.
demned engine, . four by eight hat car
and a esboose. But times have changed
and now we d1elleRs in northeastern !.
central. and southwestern Turner county
aspire TO nothing less than q trunk line
of the Duluth, Denver and Pacific or
great Manitoba syetem-a road whose
name lie the synonym of enterprise, pluck
and power, q road IN whose wake capital
invariably and abnndansly follows. and
last, but by no means least, b road that
lis the farmers friend-putting in its side
tracks and etetion5 wherever the in
tsrests OF the tillers OF the soil seem
to require it, and allowing, them to
build their own fowns.
And what does the coming of this
road to ourl county meant Et means
what was antieipated-primarily, active
tile industry. II means new stores,
Ia psros AID 1Aokk.u uolnokoIa ~k1n~, 49,, -
reduction OF prices to q minimum on
the neoesaaries Of life, Il means more
banks, more floating capital and eastern
rates on both short and long lime lcana.
1T mesns two large competing lake
Iaaskets-Dnluth and Chicago-one
building MP its Grade the other striving
TO hold its own. II means lower freight
rates, = o thickly settled county,
and higher prices for the products OF the
farm; and measuring oil theee things ii
means prosperity to everybody.
lBnt this is not all; over the lake, but
ashort distance from Dnluth'a magnifi.
cent hArbor and within easy access of
the large nteamerc 10 be run in sonnec-
tion With this division Of the Manitoba
systena. are the famous lumber districts
OF Michigan, and Q iittJs further ON the
tnexhanstable coal fields OF Pennsyi-
vanIa.
why. We will load ovar with grain
q 2 AFFORD TO bring back lumber and
coal Tor ballast" are the significant
words OF b executive. genius OF this
great railroad, This beng the case,
Duiush Will become the basis OF supply
for lumber and coal for . great part Of
me great northwest, and to the people
OF Turner county, end Dakota generally
u willsba q base OF supply several hun
dred miles nearer, than the present one
ct Chicago.
The above are some OF the adyant ages
that viii accFus to our people from the
building OF this road into their midst.
Therc are others, such as the benefits
70 pc derived from 40 cir line connection
with the mills st Minneapolis, and all
water line from 81. Paul 10 she gulf OF
Mexico, the short ali rail, winter line TO
Boston. along the northern shore
|of the lakes, then those OF. a more local
nature that limited time and space
viii mol admit OF our mentioning.
We have said that orr prospects for
obtaining the road were never brighter
than they are today. That is to 8 GER
tain extent true. And yet our having il
IL BY 90 can dead certainty, nor
half o dead certainty. Our fate and
fortune in this regard 10 in our own
handle; by or own exeftions We must
SURVEYOR perish. The Manitoba avs.
tenn IL said to own large tracts of land
% Wheeler; 8 bill has lately been intro
daced "a congress providing for the
building OF Q bridge across the Missouri
river Al that point.