Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-04-04
LET Us PRAY
That the Ill-Advised Prayer Of the
Petitioners for Delay in Depot and
Hotel Projects May Fail.
AProposition Fraught With Great Dan
ger to the Best Interests of The
City Of Bismarck.
sELFIsHNEss VS.. COMMUNITY IN
TERESTS.

SELFISHNESS VS.. COMMUNITY IN
TERESTS.
Armed with an un~considered but
n~umerously signed petition against
the new hotel project and against the
building of the contemplated new de-
pot this season Landlord Patterson
has gone down to st. Paul to inter-
view the Northern Pacific authorities.
That is not the wording of the petition
but that will surely be the effect if
the prayer Of the petitioners is granted.
An extension of the lease or the Sher-
idan house is requested till June j
and a further extension till next
March, provided a new hotel cannot
be guaranteed by June list. In the
last provision lies the danger. Selfish.
ness is one Of tie strongest character.
istics of mankind. In working for
his own interest Mr.. Patterson is do,
ing exactly what any other individual
with like sagacity and influence would
do. a man works for his W inter-
ests first, for the community's second.
Al community should reverse this rule
and if it were not done railroads could
not be butt o cities reared, nor any
great enterprise successfully promoted.
For many years the citizens of Bis
marck nave been praying for a new
hotel and petl.loning for a new depot.
At last the opportunity is offered. The
Northern Pacific stands ready to erect
one of the handsomest stations on its
line. The plan is to erect it in the
very center of the city where it most
benefits of all the. valuable business
property in the city. It's building car
ries with it the destruction or removal
| of an old frame hotel that has stood
in the way Of the building of a first
| class hotel in Bismarck for many
years. The removal Of this old land
mark will make an opening tor capital
to invest in a new enterprise.
The citizens Of Bismarck should
not underestimate the Importance O.
the present opportunities. Failure
to take advantage Of them will surely
prove most Suicidal. Necessity i
the mother of invention. When there
is an absolute necessity for a new
hotel ways and means will be sd1scoV
cred for it's erection. 1t is useless t.
think Of Interesting capital in the fac
Of the destruction of the Sheridal
House-with a string to it.
The argument may have been use
i with some of the petitioners that a.
attempt will be made between thi
time and June LIST to promote a neH
hotel enterprise. How can any per
son expect the present management
Of the Sheridan House to work agains
its own interests? Can Mr.. Patter
son be expected to throw away a sur
thing for an uncertainty? No on
can tell at this time just what form
new hotel enterprise will take. ]
might be the Individual enterprise G
some outside parties or 1t might be tn
result Of the combined efforts of tn
citizens and foreign capitalists. 1
any event, although having the ad
vantage of a complete outfit of hote
furnishings, Mr.. Patterson cannot a
this time, noricould he by June Is
have the absolute assurance of tn
management of the new hotel. H
could and would have the inside tracl
4 Extension of the lease till June LIST j
not fraught with much danger but tn
provisional extension till next Marc
is a most serious obstruction to valu
able and long wished for improve
ments in Bismarck. The intfuenc
that is strong enough to obtain favor
able action on tins petitioner rathe
secure this petition, for the petitio
is the powerful be strong enoug
to .thWart any successful hotel projet
by June list and it may be set dow
as an absolute fact that favorable az
ton on this petition means the abaT
donment Of the new depot and a ne
hotel this year. 55ss
1t is doubtful il the people of Bi:
marck fully realize the advantage {
encouraging all manner Of bushes
enterprises this season. Busine:
throughout the countrysis good. None
is a Thousands OF settlers al
coming to the Missouri slope. I'll
new road being built from Bismare
north has brought this city into mo,
prominence throughout the east thu
at any time since the location of II
capitol at Bismarck. Property valu
are Increasing and there is a bett
feeling all around. The new militia.
post has a good start. Splendid bull
ings have been erected. Further
preparations will be made and an e
tension of the work continued tn
season. A wooden mill is a possib:
ity and other enterprises + in Ell
bryotie stage. 1t would be a positi
calamity to head off a new depot al
a new hotel this season. Passenge