Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-05
500 Officials Start on a Tour of In
spectiOn Over the Bismarck
& Aberdeen Grade.
An Item Regarding Life Insurance
Companies That May Inter-
est BiSmarckels.
A Female Horse-Thief Captured at
Winona-A Bad Case OF
Sore Head.
A Little Railroad Gossip.
from Tuesdays Daily.1

[From Tuesdays Daily.]
For several days it has been rumored
that important railroad developments
arrival Of yesterdays Pacific express par
TALLY confirmed the report. For
some time the 500 officials nave been dis
cussing the feasibility, or rather practical
bility, of ironing their graded line between
Bismarck and Aberdeen and the building
of a cutoff from Ashley to the present ter
minus of their line-thus making a through
recent meeting of the directors it was de-
cided that the officials should inspect the
grade between Bismarck and Aberdeen
and report to the board. If the report is
favorable to a speedy completion Of the
line it is likely active operations will be
begun at once. 1t is possible, however,
that building operations, even should the
report be favorable, will not be begun until
next spring.
Yesterday President Finney and Vice.
President Langdon arrived from Mlnneap-
oils and after examining the terminal IA
left about l O'Clock for an inspec-
deem. Barney Flynn took charge
of the party, and Peter Wilcox went along
as far as Williamsport. Gerald Pierce will
accompany the officials through to Aber-
deem, while Mayor Baker and Joseph
Dietrich went as far as Long Lake with a
special team. The party expected to reach
Williamsport the first night, Ashley the
second night and Aberdeen the next day.
Little could be learned from the officials
except that they were out on a tour of in
c,nof;n, o,I e,,. thn ,rr,no nF ~ofb,r;rr
all the information possible about this re-
giOn-nOt only the immediate surround
lngs, but the country to the north and
west.
1t is understood that the 500 line has
sold its bonds and secured considerable
line be the first? That's the question. 1t
is possible that the Bismarck line will
simply constitute a link in the Soo's con-
nection with the Canadian Pacifc-that it
will 60 on up to the British boundary and
having crossed both transcontinental lines
at or near river or competing points and at
the same time made transconentinental
connections independent Of them it will be
in a position to dictate someWhat-in other
words "hold the key to the situation"
Are Schatiner's Companies Fraudulent?
II. B. Schaffner is a life insurance agent
we'll known in Bismarck where he has
found a lucrative field to operate in. He
has written a great many policies here
The following from the Mandan Daily
Times of last Saturday will be stunning
news to the numerous Blsmarckers holding
policies in the several different companies
which he claims to represent. SchatfDer
has heretofore appeared as an honest.
straightforward man, and it is hoped that
the charges are without foundation. The
Times says:
There is a mar by the name of Schatfner
in town whose methods, to say the least,
are peculiar in the way that he solicits life
n accident insurance. He claims that he
is able to give you SO for 81. In other
words, he will insure you at less than one
panies that have established agencies here
in the city. He succeeded in placing a
large amount Of this Cheap insurance al
though he failed in delivering a INT Of
his "bonanZa' policies. He succeeded in
writing a prominent business man here for
scented that he could furnish this 'cheap"
insurance because their business was eX-
cluslvely "preferred," and yet his policy
shows that all classes, even 'extra hazard
Gus" are accepted by tie company. Schaff-
ner then went to another business man and
eooh HIS dpplicdtloH loI S2,uou citdp llle
insurance. claiming that he had written
S25,OOO life insurance for the first named
business To two others, at least, he
stated that he had written $4,000 lite in
surance for the first named person, thus
Using the prestige of another mans patron
age to bolster up the credit of his "fake''
companies. 1t now turns out that neither
OF his accident companies are authorized
to transact business in their home states,
according to the insurance reports of Mass
achusetts and New York. But one OF them
is authorized to solicit business in this
state, and Schatfner is not legally author
lied to solicit business for either company
ing irresponsible agents of wild cat COM
panies should be given a wide berth. 1t
pays to buy legitimate insurance of legiti-
mate companies and pay a legitimate price
for it.