St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-23
ANOTHER LIGHT IN The SKY
Not Only Statehood Is Coming, but the
Reservation Will Be Opened.
THIS Is THE OUTLOOK NOW.
And Two or More Railroads Across
the Reservation Will
Come.


RAPID CITY, Feb. eff the people
of the Hills have good reason to rejoice
in the prospect of change from & ter
ritorial to state government, they have
all especial reason for gladness in the
bright prospect for the passage of the
bill to open the Sioux reservation, for
this immense tract has stood in the way
of the advancement of the Hills as all
obStac le which, in a great measure, set
at naught the best efforts of our people.
1t has been the enc barrier which has
prevented railroad competition, and in
these days the country or the commit
nifty lacking railroad competition is con-
Sidered in very bad way indeed.
Within the past few weeks evidence has
been furnished Of the intention of the
Milwaukee company to extend its line
westward from Chamberlain to the Hills
as SOON as the way shall be made open.
The intention of the Northwestern to
extend to Pierre is we'll known. Both
companies years ago made their
surveys. Both have practically adopted
routes upon which they propose to
build. The manner in which the Bur
lington extension is being pushed to the
NorthweSt-the work of grading never
having ceased during the winter-indi-
Gates belief upon the part of the Bur
lingtOn company that it will soon have
COMPETITORS FOR THE CATTLE TRADE
from the range between the Yellow
stone park and the Hills. Both North
western and milwaukee, officials have
been free to declare that their roads
would long Size have reached the Hills
had the reservation not lain in til il
&c RI nt.., .f.yr
that should the provisions of the present
reservation bill be carried into effect,
active work OF construction on those
lines would very soon be commenced.
What this would mean to the Hills can
scarce be overstated. 1t would not
only bring a sadly needed competition
which would reduce freight, passenger
aud express rates, DOW eXorbitantly
high, but it would encourage the build
ing up of new industries and the ship
merit of many materials from the Hills
which cannot now he shipped at profit.
1t would result, too. in the building of 4
network OF narroW-gauge railroads con-
Meeting the mining camps and districts
OF the interior with the foothil towns,
render communication easy and GER
tain and bring in both men and means
to develop many resources HOW prac-
tically useless. and certain in the future
TO be worth millions to the country.
This is not an
OVER-SANGUINE PREDICTION
when the resources of this region are
known, and it is also known that rail-
roads are essential to their develop
ment. But it must not be thought for
an instant that railroads extended
hither from the Missouri river would be
r., RI Il l,,Ix
trade of the Black Hills country proper.
Not by any means. For, 10 matter
what may be said to the contrary, the
reservation contains land that VIII DE
improved into thousands of valuable
farms, and there will be many stock
ranches opened there equal to any in
the West. 1t will, when settled, be a
country equal i'll every respect to the
prairieS of Eastern Dakota. And
there is now greater encouragement
than ever before to believe that
the reservation Iands-or 11,000. 900
acres of tlem-will be opened. The in
corporation of submission clause in
the pill was looked upon here as bad
move until it was explained that other
provisions incorporated would insure
the assent of tie Indians. When it was
learned that the bill provides for the
setting apart of Sll,0o0.000 to pay the
Indians for the land without requiring
them to wait until the land was settled,
it was ye,y generally conceded here
that the bill would in all probability
meet the Indians approval. The agree
ment of the senate committee to the I'M
mediate appropriation of the money is
taken to indicate smooth sailing i'll the
senate, and the assurances of Rapid
City's representative in Washington are
not wanting to the effect that the pros
pect is exceedingly bright. Indeed, Mr..
King telegraphs that the opening of the
reservation under the provisions of the
bill is as good as assured.