The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-16

has developed remarkably, and
lsome farmers are compelled to
haal their grain forty miles to one
of the Great Northern. branches.
A Northern Pacific line would be
great feeder. .,
+, The Great Northern is expected
to add materially i'll developing
some of the newer sections of the
Istate., Among the lines that seem
practically assured is the extern
sion of the Hope-Aneta branch,
!! from Aneta straight north through
Nelson county and along the divid-
ling line between Cavalier and
Ramsey. This is twenty to thirty
miles west of the Langdon branch
land greater distance east of
Devils Lake. It would relieve
many farmers from a twenty-five
mile trip to market and make a
number of new towns in a pros
porous farming section. Addit.
! tional interest attaches to the line
as plans are already OH foot for
! the formation Of a new county
from portions of Ramsey and
Cavalier, with some of the new
towns as the county seat. A num-
ber Of townsites have already been
laid out and buildings are being
erected in anticipation of the road
early this summer.
The Great Northern is said to
have announced to the new settlers
Nc cHenry county that a branch
will be built north from Granville.
west of Towner. This would di-
wide the. distance between the Bot
tineau Great Northern branch and
the 500. Last year that section
|of the state secured the bulk of
Immigrants and the Great NORTH
ern has taken q great interest in
1.-THE colonization Of that territory
The north end of this line will
pEpbablyae at Richburg, which is
also to ssls, minous of the
Great Northern branch which has
Ibeen surveyed from Bottineau di-
rect west to the heart Of the Mouse
river country. Every quarter Sec
ton of land is taken in that section
of the state and it's fertility seems
almost unequaled. The two new
branches would connect at Rich
burg and give the Great Northern
a loop througe the recently set
tied territory.
There have been reports of
Great Northern extension south
from Towner toward Washburn,
but there seems to be no founda
ton for them.
The 500 is confidently expec-
ted to make it's long-antictpated
entry into Bismarck with the new
centuary. For more than a year
lit has peen at Braddock, in the
next county to the south. and plans
are at last said to have been COM
.pleted for more track laying, and
1.-The Capital City people expect to
have their ambition gratified.
The most important 500 ex-
tension, however, is expected to be
into Fargo from the vicinity of
Elbow Lake, MINI. A survey was
made through the territory last
summer, cstensibly in the interest
of a local company. and q bill
passed by congress providing for
the erection Of bridges across the
Red river for the new line. It
was privately understood the adj
vance steps were for the 500, and
J that actual promises have been
made by the company to come in
to the: North Dakota metropolis by
next fall. This will give Fargo
three transcontinental, lines, and
)sif the road ever reaches here it will
insure a further extension north
west through Cass, Steele and in
to Foster or Barnes counties to
connect with the present 500 line,
giving the road a shorter route via
Fargo to Minneapolis from Portal,
where the connection with the
canadian Pacific is made.
Ex-senator Washburn will ex-
tend the road to Washburn, the
Mclean county capital. Last SUM
mer the road was built from Bis
I marck to Wilton, the present 10
cation uf theS Minnesotan's great
coal, fields. Further work has.
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