St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-18
HOW IT LOOKS AT PIERRE.
Assumed That the Reservation Will Be
Opened in Due Time
WITH PIERRE THE CAPITAL,
Politically, Commercially and Other
Ways, Of the New
State.

Special to the Globe.
PIERRE, S. D., June 1.-THE news is
received in Pierre that the Sioux COM
mission has scored success at Rose
bud. In the minds of everyone this
virtually settles the question, and the
reservation is to be opened finally.
This simple fact means more to Pierre
than anything else that could happen,
and places Pierre's prospects for be-
coming city big and great on the top
notch of sure success. The face of
nature, as we'll as the face of the map,
indicates to futurity what Pierrie is
bound to become, not only the center
geograp hically of the new state, but
politically. commercially, financially
and otherwise. The reservation is to
open in the short space of several
months, and with this good luck
Pierre can now and does claim
sure cinch on the capital of South Da-
kOta. Before the day of election rolls
around the contest will have simmered
down, not as to who and what cities are
Pierre's most dangerous rivals in the
fight, but as to what his majority over
all other competitors will be. Every
thing seems to be drifting her way.
She entered the fight among the earliest
candidates, and by wise policy has
made friends at every step. Instead of
making warfare upon rival candidates
Pierre has adopted policy similar to
that of the wise man of business, whose
motto is ''live and let live," and it has
counted friends for her at every stage
of the game. In the management of
thing to the executive committee
of her board of trade, and they
have handled the business care
fully and well. Perhaps no five men
could have been found with better quail
ifications for this arduous and response
BILE duty. They have met every emer-
gency and dealt with every question
that has come up in manner that has
brought
SUCCESS EACH TINE.
until now Pierre can count her friends
and co-workers by the hundreds in
every city, town, hamlet and voting pre-
cinct in the soon-to-be state. Nothing
has gone back, and everything has gone
ahead. Last winter when everything
looked the worst regarding the success
of the Sioux bill in congress, the faith
of Pierre in the final outcome was dis
played in many ways. New school
houses of fine dimensions, suitable for
the expected coming needs, were pro-
jected, and are now being built. The
city took in hand many other large pub
lie improvements. such as the extension
parts of the city, the improvement of her
Hn rofnro1 nnrE QytQnCion Of tho street
railway, building of pontOOn bridge
across the Missouri. grading of streets,
building of large first-class hotel and
many other enterprises that are now
nearing completion and on the road.
The outcome has proven that the risk
of doing all these things has been we'll
taken, though up to the past week
everything has remained in doubt,
hanging on the probable success of the
Sioux commission in dealing with the
Indians; but the success at Rosebud
has brought public confidence that
nothing now stands in the way of the
reservation being opened to settlement,
and upon this has depended good deal
for Pierre. Regarding the
MATTER OF RAILROADS,
Pierre has had assurances of late that
they have recognized the situation, and
will make this the initial point for
spreading out and covering all the vast
country that is to be opened under the
Sioux bill. Surveys are projected and
being made at this time, and among
these is new one called the Midland q
Pacific, which now has corps OF en-
gineers running line from this point
into the Black Hills and on to the Pa
cific coast, making a transcontinental
line. This road runs from Sioux Falls.
and is supposed to be an extension of
of some of the officers of that corpora
ton connected with it. The Duluth,
Pierre & Black Hills road is re-
viving again in lively way,
and will be built and operated under
the Manitoba system when that millen-
mum in the life of Pierre, the opening OF
the reservation, is accomplished. The
Northwestern, too. Notwithstanding the
many conflicting stories set af1Oat by
rival towns, does not mean to desert
Pierre when the time comes to act.
This fact has been lately clinched by
our board of trade through its president,
John Sutherland, who has been in re-
ceipt of correspondence with Marvin
Hughitt, president of the Northwestern.
Coming from such a high source it
leaves no doubt in the matter in the
least, and forever
SETS AT REST THE STORIES
started and enlarged on by Redfield,
Huron and WatertOwn regarding the
Northwestern making bridge and
crossing at Forest City, with line from
there to the Hills. This correspondence
Mr.. Sutherland very recently gave to
the public. and as it proves interesting,
it is presented herewith:
Marvin Hughitt, Esq, President Chi
cagO & Northwestern Railway Com
pany, Sc Kenzie street, Chicago, lii.
Dear Sir: The attention of the Pierre
board of trade has been frequently
called of late to the various statements
that are being made by parties con-
nected officially with your road, and by
others claiming to speak for the
road. These statements are to
the effect that influence of the
road is used, and will continue
to be used in supporting certain city
tor the capital of South Dakota. which
is competing with Pierre for the honor.
Further, that the Northwestern road
will not build west from Pierre; that
the road has not $1,000 worth of prop
erty in our city; that your civil engi-
neer says that the crossing at Pierre is
impra cticable, as the bridge pier would
have to be sunk 140 feet below the
water to reach solid matter; that even
if a crossing should be secured the route
west from Pierre is impracticable, and
that you have decided to cross further
up the river at some point west from
Gettysburg: in other words, that YOU