Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1891-04-16

SUCCESS is WRITTEN
The Deal is Closed and the Aberdeen
Road Will be Built Into
Pierre.
Surveying and Grading Will Go On
Actively Until the Work is
Completed.
Rapid City is Showing the Color OF
Her Moncy-MidIand Pacific
Prospects.


grade yet unfinished between Faulkton
and Pierre, over the Dnlnth Pierre and
Black Hills railway, will he completed
Just as soon as human agencies can ac-
complsh the work, and that as consc-
ouence the cars of the Northern Pacific !
road will be running into Pierre before ;
the close of 1891.
Within the past week, arrangements
have been closed whereby the means are
at command to complete the grading and
fulfill the part required by the above
named corporation before it would agree
To iron and equip the road. Not later
than the first of next week. a full crew of
surveyors will start out and begin locat-
ing. cross -scctioning and setting grad
ing stakes over the new route from this
city to Blunt. and from there along up
the Medicine creek valley through east
ern Suly county to connect with the
former line at or west OF its crossing over
the Hyde county line. From there it will
follow the old survey through the north
crm portion of Hyde and through Fauli
county to l'nulk1on. Into and out of the
valley at Blunt i, is found an easy route
can be made AT not more than Il fifty foot
grade. while over the balance of the new
line lhc engineers report clear sailing.
AS the saying goes. "ion can put this
in your pipe and smoke it, The Abcr-
deem road is a sure go. and nothing now
stands in the way of our city realizing
the long deferred hopes of more than the
| limited railway connection ii has had in
| the past 1T secures hereby direct con-
nection with all the northern portion Of
the state. besides the benefit of an outlet
to the great lakes, which means every
| thing to this western country.
Not only do Aberdeen. FaulktOn. Blunt
| and the intermediate country have cause
for congratulation upon the successful re-
suit of the enterprise, bHt Rapid City and
all the Black Hills region. Indeed, so
strong has been the faith of the above
named city that the road to Pierre with
out fail would be built that they have
gone right along booming our western
connection to the Hills and raising the
necessary means to rush the work along
The Rapid City Republican of last Fri
day says: Just before going to press. it
is learned that sl5O,OOO has already been
subscribed to the Rapid City, Missouri
River and ST. Paul railway project. and
that these figures are rapidly increasing
as the com .:littees prosecute their work
in The different wards. OF this amount
the second ward contributed 100000. a
road to Pierre is an assured thing"
| While such tlattcring results have been
obtained in this line, there is a great dca!
| of interest manifested in the Midland Pa
citc project. Matters in that quarter are
not so encouraging, but sill it seems
there is no danger of u lapse Of this en-
terprisc, as the following extract from a
Sioux City Journal Interview with Sem
ator Pettigrew would seem to indicate:
''There are no new developments, and it
must be said that just at present the
prospects do not look very flattering. l
don't believe that the money can be had
to build this year. ] don't believe that
the Illinois Central will build it or the
proposed Sioux City extension you sug-
gest. If the line from Sioux City to Rapid
City is built it will have to be built with
Sioux City moncy-that's my opinion
But the Midland Pacific is going to be
built-it's only u question of time. There
is no more feasible route that was ever
suggested, but as far as am able to
Judge railroad men feel that the field will
keep, but of course they may be fooled. .