St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-04
1 Black Hills GATE CITY
Would Open to the Profitable Entrance
Of the Twin City Enterprise.
OMAHA IS BIDDING FOR IT.
Aid Needed to Secure the Building Of a
Direct Road to St
Paul.


Special to the Globe. ZEN
STURG1s, s. D., May 3.-This enter
prising little city is peculiarly fortunate
in its natural advantages. 1t is known
as the key City, of the Black Hills,
and is so situated that it controls all OF
the traffic of that thriving and wealthy
portion of Southwestern Dakota desig-
mated as the Black Hills country. Stur-
gis has never had ''bOom," nor has
she manifested any desire for
one. On the contrary, her growth
has been gradual but healthy. Build
lngs have been erected only as they
were demanded by increased business
and population. and real estate has
never acquired any fictitious values.
The people are enterprising and push
ing, yet conservative and sanguine.
They realize that nothing can detract
from the prosperity of the city, aid
while they are ever ready to grasp OPP
portunities for Improvement. they see
no necessity for MISREPRESENTATION or
display. Surrounded on three sides by
rich and productive farming lands,
while Oh the fourth are the ineXhaust-
IDLE
GOLD AND SILVER
mines of the Hills. she is in the position
of man whose wealth is so invested
that there can be no loss or no cOmpetl-
ton.
She has at present the finest public
school bui ding in this portion OF the
territory, and the school is presided
over by the best corps Of teachers OBJ
tainable, and during the present season
an immense building will be completed
by the Catholic sisters and devoted to
educational purposes. In addition TO
these there will soon be built Protest
ant seminary for both male and fe-
male students, which will be under the
management of men who will not TALL to
make it success.
In very short time work will be
commenced on railroad leading from
sTURGIS TO DEADWOOD.
and from thence to the various 1mpor-
tant points in the Hills, thus making
this city distributing point of no small
Importance. AS an Illustration of the
enterprise of our citizens, it might be
we'll to state that this road will be built
by home capital. The people here had
been led to think that the f. E. & M. v.
would put in spur from their road to
the town in the Hills, and patiently
awaited some move OH the part OF that
company. But as time went by and
nothing was done, meeting was held,
and without any buster OF oStentatious
talk steps were taken to form company.
The stock was quickly taken, survey
and profile made, and the work will
soon be under way. The matter has
now gone so far that there is no posi-
bility of failure, and the road will be a
paying one from the start. 1t will
pass up the beautiful and romantic
Boulder canon on gentle grade for a
distance of ten miles to Deadwood, and
from that point on branches leading to
Central City, Bald Mountain, Ruby
Basin and other important mining CEN
tiers will be constructed. At present
millions of pounds of freight and thou
sands of passengers are conveyed to and
from these points by freight teams and
coaches. A committee from
THE OMAHA BOARD
of trade visited Sturgis, intent upon
securing the trade of this city. They
realize that it is all important factor,
ervation will naturally throw it toward
St. Paul. Hence their anxiety to get
the tide turned toward their city ere it
is too late. A little enterprise on the
part of the Twin Cities at this time
would doubtless have tendency to
hold this immense traffic. Cannot
something be done?
The opening of the reservation will
be of incalculable value to this city.
New roads will be built and towns will
spring up. From the hills in the imme-
date vicinity we shall be able
to furnish lumber and build
ing stone, lime and stucco, and
a market will be opened up for our
great deposits of marble and granite. A
road which puts us III direct cOmmuni-
cation with st. Paul and Minneapolis
will be of the greatest advantage to
those cities, as we'll as to SturgiS and
the entire Black Hills country, while
it will, at the same time, make the vast
extent of farming and grazing lands in
tervening tributary to both. Such a
road must be built, and as this city can
not undertake to do it alone. it is to be
hoped that the people of your city will
see the Importance of taking some i'm
mediate action.
There is nowhere to be found a
MORE HEALTHY CLIMATE
than in the Black Hills, and it is from
year to year becoming more lannon's as a
IcSOIu lOI IIlC SlChs lC WlltCl uteo OCO1l
assured by some of the leading physi-
clans here that the air Of the valleys
surrounding these hills is an infallible
cure for incipient consumption, and
they point to several individuals who
came here several years ago with every
symptom of tuberculosis and are
now entirely well. The atmos-
phere is light, but pure and
invigorating, and while it would
probably be of little or no bene-
fit in cases which had advanced to the
second stage, it seems to he admirably
adapted to those in whom the disease
has just become recognizable.
The present population Of Sturgis is
1,5OO. She has a Methodist, Presby-
terrain, Catholic and Episcopalian
church. She also has lodges of Masons,
Odd Fellows, United Workmen, and a
Furnishing G. A. r. post. Every branch
OF business is represented, and money
seems to be abundant. There is no
complaint of hard times, and the many
strangers who are coming into the city
express themselves as we'll pleased with
her appearance and prospects.
A CASE OF HEREDITY.
Peaceful Possession Can Be Had
of Better Lands in Dakota.