The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-04-13

Ue MttUo ny lue railway COlupduy. I1Sa .
will be- erected fine passenger and
freight depots-separate and of brick.
Here also will be established shops
that in The near future will give en-
ployn:ent to large number Of men.
No town in the western part OF the
state is promised such handsome per-
manent and beneficial railroad i'm
provements.
- It has also been definitely decided
to put in steamboat ferry line, con-
Meeting all the up-river points, with
the railroad terminus, thus opening up
the vast region lying in Oliver and
Mercer counties. 1t is proposed to
rnn this ferry as part of the railroad
,systesl SO that the disadvantages OF
the west-Nissouri residents will be re-
dtlced to the minimum. The residents
of that region will be afforded such
low rates that the intervening river
will hardly be- noticed.
A large elevator and warehouses will
be- erected in ,Washburn and every
facility provided for the handling and
shipment OF grain and live stock.
A number OF residences and business
houses are now under contract and
the machinery has been ordered for a
firstclass brick yard. The finest quail
ity OF brick clay has been fcund and
good hard brick will be furnished for
$50 a thousand. Henry Grambs is now
building twc-stcry double building
with Aug Wahl for stock of hard
ware and general store and Geo. l..
Robinson will build a two-story and
basement fifty foot front brick block
as soon as the brick are ready. Emil
Lenharss, formerly CT BISMARCK, is
building store room 24x06 for drug
store and the railroad people will build
a neat home Ger the headquarters OF
their land department. Otto Grethren
has built an Office building for his law
and real estate business and scores of
other building enterprises await the
arrival o. material only.
There is an opening for many differ
ent enterprises bat new and modern
hotel is most needed. The present
hotel with its forty rooms, all neatly
calcimined anu well furnished, is now
filled to overflowing with permanent
and ds3,sags aient guests and wholly made
quate to meet the demands of the COM
ing seasons development. substaa-
tial encouragement will be given the
right party who will undertake the
hotel enterprise and it is not at all un-
likely that a modern hotel will be
among the improvements of the year.
1t argues we'll for the whole Mis-
scuii slope that a man of General
Washburn's standing has taken hold
and is pushing forward the railroad
development CT this section. Mr..
Washburn is nah CT wonderful en-
ergy and has the prestige of success
in all the great undertakings of his
life The name Of Waehburn has been
coupled with every enterprise of great
moment to the northwest, especially
in the vicinity CT Minneapolis, for the
last forty years. In his lexicon there
is no such word as fail. His zeal and
courage inspire confidence, and today
he is not alone in believing that here
on the Missouri slope, in the land Of
raw material and cheap fuel, there
| will be established manufacturing en-
terprises new unthought Of.
Look at the map and see what a per-
feet location fer metropolis is Wash
burn. =. Notice the numerous lakes and
streams in Mclean county and the soil
is unsurpassed, even by the famous
Red River valley. fer fertility and pro-
ductiveness. A gently rolling surface
breaking into ranges Of foothills back
in the interior and skirting the num-
erous streams, affording perfect pro-
lection for stock, thus making this
region doubly desirable for the home
seeker.