St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-04
The QUEEN CITY OUTLOOK.
How Il Expects to Get New Roads to the
Missouri and Aberdeen.
SOME RAILROAD POINTERS.
It's Magnificent Opera House, and
Other Important Improve
ments.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May 3.-Some
time ago it was announced that a citi-
zens' committee had been appointed to
look after the extension of the various
lines of road now terminating at Sioux
Falls. That committee has not been
idle as those who have been watching
its movements we'll know. About a
week ago the organization of a local
company to run road from Sioux Falls
to Forest City on the Missouri river,
was announced. Articles of incorpora-
ton were drawn up and adopted, and
the new company put in order to secure
right of way privileges and to solicit
and secure aid along the proposed
line. ALI of the principal points be-
tween Sioux Falls and Forest City
are touched, and the people OF these
places are right with Sioux Falls to Sc
cure the road. On Wednesday Of this
week another railroad company was
organized in Sioux Falls, and incorp or
ated under the name of THE Sioux
Falls & Northwestern" This company
was organized by citizens of Aberdeen.
De Smet. Madison, Dell Rapids. and
Sioux Falls, who assembled here OH the
call Of Il. II. Brown. chairman of the
railroad committee which has charge of
this branch. The proposed
ROUTE MAY BE GUESSED
from the names of the towns which Or
ganiZed the company. The terminus
for the present will be Aberdeen, and
it will cut through one of the richest
agricultural regions in the new state.
AS soon as the necessary details can be
arranged the right Of way will be Sc
cured, and will be rated, and by the
be ready to turn over its right to the
railroad in Sioux Falls, which is willing
to offer the best terms, and do the best
nv the towns which have the local COM
pany in charge.
One of the candidates for the capital
has apparently become somewhat
alarmed at the probable influence these
extensions will have on capital NOV
ers and refers to the companies as
.spaper railroads." 'wind bag con-
GERMS" and other such like epithets.
1t might edify Huron, for this is the
town referred to, to know that of the
five road now doing business in Sioux
Falls, four of them started in.
JUST SUCH A WAY.
A local cOmpany-which was of neces-
ity a paper cOncern"-WaS organized.
All rights were secured, aid was voted,
and then some orthodox railroad COM
pany came along which was perfectly
ready to take up things where the
sspaper concern' had left them. To be
perfectly honest with these people, it
NAV as we'll be said that this, and moth
ing more. is what is expected of the two
local companies just organized. There
is a tolerably comfortable understand
ing here, amounting almost to an eX-
press agreement. to the effect that when
local companies clear the way. the lii
nois Central will push on to Aberdeen,
and the Burlington will westward no
to Forest City, or to such other Missouri
river point as seems best and most
available to the local company.
Huron may be perfectly satisfied that
there is nothing in these schemes, and,
so far as Sioux Falls cares, she may
keep herself satisfied so long as she
wants. But, in the meantime, Sioux
Falls and the score of towns working
with her, beginning at the tn rec ter
minal points Of YanktOn, Forest City
and Aberdeen, will have
COGGED THE DICE
so that they will throw up dOuble-siXeS
every time. Other towns may prove
tfidl UIlG VI luCSC lOduO 10 ILL
possible, as the philosopher proved the
steamship to be, but they will he
doomed to quite as great surprise as
he, when a few weeks later saucy,
impudent tug came putting past his
window.
The real estate transfers for last week
were the largest in the history of the
city. The transfers for one day of the
week were larger than in both Huron
and Pierre for the whole of last week.
Excavation was commenced Wednes-
day for the Pettigrew Grand opera
house block. Work will begin soon, and
the foundation and probably the first
story put in this season. The building
is to be 10 feet on Phillips avenue and
$50 feet on Eleventh street. 1t will be
five full stories high, will cost $3.50, 600,
and will be by far
THE FINEST BLOCK
in city already famous for its fine
buildings. The opera house portion
will be finished in superb style. The
interior will be richly finished and fur
n1shed, and when completed it will sur
pass anything in either of the two Da-
kOtas. There are now eight business
blocks in course of erection.
A soap factory has practically agreed
to locate here, and the Commercial club
has long string on sewing machine
factory.
Invitatio ms have been extended to the
boards of trade and Yankton to meet
each other in Sioux Falls in June.