Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

from their Dudley extension to Hot
Springs. The nearest point on the
Dudley extension to Hot Springs is
about ten or ten and one-half miles
Star.
Thursday morning A. M. Morse went
up to Lead City with the deed for 600
acres OF land in his pocket, prepared
to offer the entire tract TO Supt. Grier
If he would make Morse's ranch the
terminal point of his narrow guage road.
IL such deal should be made, and as
that point Is three miles nearer than
Spring Valley is not unlikely, there will
be number of sadly disappointed specu-
lators down that way. ]. ID. Hale is
engineering the deal. al.--Plaindealer.
The Deadwood papers are all at sea
regarding the sale of the Jones Loomis
tunnel franchise. The truth OF the
matter is that the Elkhorn has purchas-
ed from John ID. Cornell and Sam Jones
two.thirds Of the Black Hills and
Wyoming K. X. which covers all of the
franchises owned by that company,
including the tunnel rights, paying
therefor 81 ,666 to each of them. LOOM
is refuses to sell for that price, but as
the Elkhorn owns control Of the stock
1t makes but little difference. This
morning the stock Of Loomis was a.tace-
ed by John ID. Cornell for about 5000,
which he claims he owes him.-Lead
Herald.
Railroad news has been eagerly
sought after at the Springs this week,
but there has been very little news to
be had at this point. The surveyors
have continued at work. as have also
those who were engaged near Buffalo
Gap in securing the right Of way. But
no news was received from the head
quarters of the road, still the prospects
are as encouraging as they we're last
week, and the Herald is still confident
that the road will be built into Hot
Springs, and that it will be here in
short time. 1t will probably be definite
ly settled in few days and We hope TO
be able to in form our readers next week
that the company has definitely decided
to build to Hot Springs.
HOT SPRINGS EXTENSION.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
published an advertisement for teams
and scrapers to proceed at once to Hot
Springs and commence work on the
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
railroad to that place. Work will be
commenced Immediately and every
available man and team will be engaged
on the grade. The Elkhorn company
propose to push the road t6-completion
is rapidly as possible. II will no doubt
be paying Investment for the COM
pany and in a great measure be the
means of attracting very large numbers
| of visitors TO that famous health resort.
Hot Springs, is to be congratulated on
| its good fortune. and it is safe to say
that within few years it will be the
m ost famous health resort in America
Rapid Journal, 20.
NEW ROAD FOR PIERRE.
News was made public her to-day
that syndicate of capitalists from st
Paul and Minneapolis has been formed
to accept proposition from the Pierr,
board of trade to build and equip tn,
Aberdeen extension of the Duluth
Pierre and Black Hills. This road hai
been surveyed and most of the right o
way secured between this city anC
Aberdeen via Faulkton. Tams Bixb,
and Gov. Merriam are at the head o
the syndicate, although it is understood
that the Northern Pacific is backing tn,
enterprise. Tams Bixby, with some o
the members of the board of trade
started over the proposed line to-day
The board has been quietly workin,
the scheme for some time, with the
above results. Grading is to be com
menced Immediately and the road viii