The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-12-21
ON TO OMAHA.
The Proposed Railroad Gets 6
Fresh Impetus.

every pOluC VI NleW OIL uIuudlllleu
succ ss. The attendance was large; the
oneness i'm purpose that obtained was
striking; the results achieved were
eminently satisfactory. Promptly at
8 o'clock the meeting organized by the
election of A E. Hitchcock of this city
as chairman and w. w. Waite of Blunt
secretary. The chairman in a few
pointed remarks outlined the object of
the meeting. G. Fl Dillon, Esq, was
then introduced and in brief but
gracious speech welcomed the repre-
sentatives to Mitchell. Short address
es from a number of representatives
followed. Ex-Gov. Pennington of
Yankton favored the projected line
and proposed the prompt formation of
company for its construction. Joseph
Barker, p esident of the Bank of Com
merce of Omaha, expressed the deep
interest of his city in the business of
tie conference and gave assurance
that Omaha would cordially and sub
stantially cooperate in building the
line. Joseph Garneau, an influential
young business man from the same
city, said of the three plans for secur-
ing the road-the Missouri Pacific, the
Northwestern or an independent line
the latter. he was confident, would
commend itself most highly to Omaha.
Edward Thompson told of the advsnt
age of the road to Blunt. o. p. Hull
and E. S. Waterbury spoke for the
farmers of Jerauld county, who were
willing to give right-of-away and al
most anything else to the first road,
but would not be very liberal to sec
ond. They wanted connection to the
south and would prefer to any other,
one leading to Omaha. Jas. S. Foster
presented some statistics showing val
ue Of South Dakota's products. Two
thirds of stock received in Sioux City
came from the corn belt. The north
ern tier of counties in Nebraska sent
their products to Sioux City rather
than Omaha, because with the latter
there was no direct connection. r.
NJ. Springer of Forest City told of the
railroad activity which at present
characterized his enterprising town
Two lines were in process of construc-
ton, one to Bowdle, tie other
to Gettysburg. Both would be
completed in early spring. There were
now $4,000 head of cattle tributary tc
Forest City as shipping point. lie
had just returned from the east where
he had met a number of capitalists
who were interested in Forest City
anahe had been empowered by one OF
them to use his name as an incorpora
tor of the road. This was the most
pronounced declaration OF readiness tc
incorporate Immediately and its effect
was altogether remarkable. Some
Slight adverse sentiment was encoun
tered, but this was gradually and com
pletely overcome and the final salts
factory result of the conference was
but the crystaliZation in corporation
of the ideas Mr.. Springer had tersely
outlined. Hon. Geo. III. Hand of Yank
ton made stirring address in which
he referred to Yankton's repeated
efforts to secure the line proposed. Sh'
had thus far failed, but with proverb
ial persistency she had not given VI
hope and was now ready, as she al
ways had been, to aid the road to th'
} limit OF her ability. Judge Marshal
of Gam Valley and G. T.. Harden, ESQ
of Olivet, spoke of the needs of thei
respective sections and of their willing
ness to give right-of-way Sand othe
t substantial aid to the road, were it pu
: through at once. Receiver Bair o
: Huron land office, although represent
: ing city without any connection wit
t the road, was extended the courtesie
v of the meeting ad made shor
S speech nn the desirability of buildin
/. the line u.rectly north to Huron, an
e on up the Jim, rather than to th
e northwest. S. X. Blttenbender G
: Ponca, Neb., said the road would be c
4 great advantage to his city in ths
+ were it built line from Ponca woul
intersect it across from Yankto!
Hon. r.. S. Berlin of Omaha stated thu
9 he bore message from the Real e
q tate exchange of that city that the
n were to a man with the project I'll
l. conference had under advisement.
(: n1'he addresses throughout NANTES
l. ed the deepest mutual interest betwee
.e Omaha and South Dakota in the liz
:e proposed. That this interest mig.
N find expression in some we'll define
$. plan the mass meeting adjourned al
lir Immediately the
1T CONFERENCE PROPER
Is convened. The same officers were CO
III tinued. Hon. Geo. II. Hand was Il
lg first speaker. He thought the best WI
te would be for the Omaha delegate
a to report unanimous approval of t