Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-04-09
FARMERS r. r.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
AT GRAND FORKS.
(From Grand Forks Plaindealer.)

this morning of those interested in
the construction of a railroad from
Duluth westward through Northern
Minnesota and North Dakota. There
were present a number OF the mem
bers OF the local Business Mems In
ion and representative citizens OF the
city in addition the visitors. The
Duluth and North Dakota railroad
was represented BY president D. w.
Hines; the Crookston, Red Lake and
Pacific by Halvor Steenerson, presi-
dent; the North Dakota and Mime
sofa Central by president Elias Stee-
nerson; vice president, Robert Rae,
and director s. O. Estenson; the Wal
halla, Bathgate and Eastern by E.
w. Andrews, prest.
The directors OF the D. & N. D. Ry.
are D. w. Hines, president; J. D.
Wallace, treasurer; w. B. Golf, secre-
tary; E. A. Taylor, Joseph Garnett,
A. Grindeland, HI. Beardmore and
A. Adams, directors, all Of whom
were present. Grand Forks county
was represented by the members OF
the Business Mems Union and dele
gates from the other counties were as
follows:
L. Ellington, IF. Steenerson, Elias
Steenerson, H.. 3. Ives, S. @. Esten-
son, Robert Rae and II. J. Beard
more, OF Polk county; A. Grindeland,
Marshall Co.; Hon. p. NJ. Hendricks,
kittson county;sJ. D. Wallace, w. P.
Golf, Jos. Garnett, J. K. Fairchild,
E. A. Taylor, j. N. Wy1ie and C. w.
Andrews, OF Pembina county; J. K.
Smith, J. CasheI w. C. Listikow and
fG:H Of 1alsh.eoun1Y;;
Paul Roynlie, Robt. Fleming, A. Ad-
ANS, Traill county; G. w. Graves,
Cavalier county E. F. Sibley, Towner;
NJ. D. Maurer, G.. H. Davis, Fred Ba-
ker, Of Towner; John Daley, Ramsey
county.
The meeting was called to order by
Frank S. Lycan, president OF the
Grand Forks Business Mems Union,
after which E. J. Lander Was made
chairman, H. E. Ives OF St. Hilaire,
secretary, and L. Ellington Of Crook
ston, assistant secretary. Chairman
Lander then introduced D. W. Hines.
president Of the Duluth & North Da-
kota r. R., who stated that the OBJ
lect OF the meeting was to unite the
various interests OF the different
schemes on one project for the speedy
building OF a railroad from Duluth
through northern Minnesota and
North Dakota. He spoke of the re-
sources Of the country the eroad would
pass through, the present needs of
better facilities for handling the
traffic OF the territory and the devel-
opment and settlement which would
inevitably result from the building
of such line.
Mr.. Hines also told OF the work ac-
complished SO far, and the progress
of the scheme he had in hand, OF the
few difficulties he had encountered
and the encouragement he had re-
ceived. He dwelt at length on the
earnest desire OF the people to have
the line built, and the pledges OF aid
and substantial financial assistance
that had been made, showing conclu-
sively in summing up his argument
that the road was already a necessi-
ty, that it would greatly develop the
country through which it would pass,
that it was d practicable, feasible
scheme, and that the road could be
built and put in operation if the peo-
pie interested would unite their ener-
gies in pushing the matter. Presi-
dent Hines speech was received with
great enthusiasm and created much
favorable comment among those who
had previously been skeptical regard
ing the feasibility OF the project.
The chair then appointed the fol-
lowing committee on permanent or
ganization: J. NJ. Wylie, Pembina
county, chairman; Halvor Steener-