The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13
NEW METROPOLIS.
10 Longer Any Doubt About the Ex-
tension OF the Railroad to " ash
burn this Season.
The Contract is Let and Numerous
Other Enterprises of Great Bene-
fit also Under Way.
Ferry Line, Water Works, Electric
Light Plant, Elevators Brick
Yards, all Assured.

Yards, all Assured.
Some of the Reasons Why tvashburn
is Destined to Become lsusy City
Teeming with NIanufactories.
Washburn There's magic in that
name. 1t is a synonym for success.
A new metropolis is presented. Loca
tion, capital. enterprise-irresistible
forces-have combined and a. rich.
prosperous and busy city on the Great
Bend Of the Missouri river in North
Dakota is assured. Conjectures, runors
and hopes have become realities.
A great region is to be opened up
the heart and cream of all that is left
Of cheap lands and free hcmes in the
public domain CT the whole country.
Minneapolis, April 8. 1901.
Hon. John Satterlund. 40
Bismarck, N. d:
Arrangements have been made for
the completion of the railroad from
Wilton to Washburn this season. /
have already let the contract for grad
ing and bridging to Frank jackson
VINO will push the work as fast as the
season will admit. Expect to reach
Washburn in ample time for new crop.
w. d. WASHBURN.
Nothing evasive about that telegram.
1t is positive. The Bismarck, Wash
burn & Great Falls railway will build
to Washbufn. This means much for
the tcwn-it means more for the hum
dreds CT new settlers who have located
in the vicinity. An assurance is now
given that flll and complete facilities
will be provided io. the movement of
the products OF tie country to market.
1t removes all doubt from the minds
OF prospectiye Land buyers and insures
handsome and sure increase in the
value CT the holdings OF all the present
owners of land. There remains no
further risk in tie speculation. To
own piece CT land in Mclean, county
is more desirable than the possession
CT government bond.
The pulse cf prosperity is already
apparent in the county seat. The
season will witness great activity and
development. The details OF many
projected enterprises will now be un-
folded and a modern, up-to-date city
will, be builded. The townsite has
been incorporated, with; General Wash
burn as one of it's leading factors. 1t
will not be merely paper" city. Pub
lie improvements, permanent in their
nature. and far-reaching in their effect
upon the growth Of the city, will be
inaugurated. Nature mas done much
for the tcwnsite-capita and enterprise
can work wonders. Those who have
not stood on the eminence overlook
ing the town and viewed the magnifi-'
cent landscape the perfect rock-ribbed
harbor, fifty feet to high water line
beneath the gently sloping table land
the main channel of the Missouri
river, not shifting on sand bars, as
in other places, but sweeping con-
stantly against the almost perpendicn-
lar bluff CT rock and clay within a
stones throw of the present business
center CT tcwn-one who has not sur
veyed the advantages of drainage and
regularity of surface, cannot, from
any description, be possessed Of more
than faint conception Of the beauties
Of Washburn.
Where nature has been lavish man
need but be frugal. Arrangements
have been made, the plans and speci-
fications prepared and accepted and
work will shortly begin on a complete
system OF waterworks--t reservoir
system-and constant and bounteous
supply Of pure water means much for
the people and future Of Washburn. An
up-to-date electric light plant will also
be installed at once, in connection with h
the waterworks plant.
The fact is well known. that In the
immediate vicinity Of Washburn-a
distance Of two to hve miles only
there exists the largest deposits Of the
finest Ignite coal yet discovered. It
is frcm these deposits and at Wash
bura that the br,c1uette plant will
ccme into being. Experiments have
been quietly pished in Pittsburg, Chi
cago and Minneapolis with quantities
"a. the Washburn ccal until It is now
definitely known that the process will
be a success. This means cheap
fuel ia the handiest form throughout
the entire northwest.
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