The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-17
4 GREAT BENNETT TO ALL
Following is the Bismarck Tribuns's
Account Of the Washburns Road
Official. Trip.
New Line Will Make Great Changes
-Bennefitins Farmers, Ranch
ers and Merchants.

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ers and Merchants.
), Warehouses Will be Erected, Barges
| Established and Every Facility For
a Near Market Provided For.
a party Of Washburn road off
|cials, who have been making a
business trip along the upper
! Missouri river, returned to the city
Sunday afternoon. With the party
were General Manager E. @. Wash
burn; Auditor and Traffic Manager
E. H. Walker, Chief Engineer J.
N. Dixon, Superintendent Of
Bridges 3. ]: Erskine, Land Agent
IW.yP. Macomber, Joseph DIETRICH,
travelling freight solicitor, Captain
!: John Bloodgood and Adam Sailer,
OF the Mahnhaven Merchantile
and Transportation Company.
The party went from Bismarck to
lWashburn and Coal Harbor, across
the river to Mannhaven. up to
! expansion, down to Krem, and
thence to NewtSaleln, from which
fplacc they returned Sunday after
noon. It was ali enteresting and
profitable. trip. atfpr,ling the Off
lcials a better insight into the re-
sources and advantages Of the
country and giving them an idea
Of tlle expansion Of their railroad
; traffic that could be made by closer
coln:nu14ic stioll with points west
Of. the river; n
The Importance Of the building
Of the new railroad into the count,
[rY up Tue. river, in Nc Lean, Oliver
|and Mercer counties, IS nry l.-------a
until it is seenthat with the means
of communication soon to be es-
tablished, the localities about Coal
Harbor, Mannhaven, Expansion
and other points in that locality
will be within twelve hours Of
Bismarck. The trade that has
heretofore gone down the west
side Of the river over fifty or, sixty
miles Of bad roads, will be diverted
to the east side Of the Missouri
Where farmers in Mercer and.
Ofiver counties have been forced;
tto,haul their grain by team fifty
81 sixty miles to New Salem, they
viii after: ter The railroad and elevator.
are completed at ashburn, ,4be
to find u market for their
grain st all points along the river. '.,
within I've to twenty miles 81 their
farms. The average haul to maj
let for this falls crop, with the
Hines. of communication that will
be estab ablished BY the Washburn
road, will be about twelve miles
over good roads. This will be an
Immense advantage to the farmers,
and to the whole country t will
Head IL an.iincrease Of fsacreage and
fto additional sett tlement BY farmers
1 Who have been deferred by the
4 fset that Snarket was sso longsa die.
ltance from the farm. The present
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