Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-05
AeITATED OVER NEW RAILROAD
HOlt County lie WOrrying over Failure
10 Push work on the
A q y. system-

ATKINSON. Neb. March S@special)-
Considerable skepticism is being INDUCED
IN on the part Of Atkinson people regarding
the complstion Of the Atkinson & Niohrars
River railway. The building OF this road
has been held in agitation for the last four
years and on two occasions Indications have
pointed very favorably toward its compile
ton Last fall A o.. Perry, the promoter
OF the enterprise and superintendent Of con-
strucrion, put a large force Of laborers 10
work or the building Of the road. He stated
at that time hat the road would be com
plete1 and that early this spring trains
would be running over the line from Atkin-
son to Butte. the terminus.
The prospects for the opening I'D OF lands
on the Rosebud reservation b caused the
company to diversity their original plans
and It was decided that the Atkinson &
N1obrara should be extended from Butte
into Gregory county, South Dakota, but.
when a few days later the announcemeut
was issued from Elkhorn headquarters TO
the eject that the Fremont. Klkhorn & Mis-
souri, Valley railroad would extend its line
from Verdigre through Boyd and snto Greg
ory county, work on the construction of the
Atkinson d NiohrRra was discontinued.
Meetings Of the stockholders Of the latter
road were held at Sioux City and reports
from these sessions say that the Atkinson
4 NiobrRra would be built Notwithstanding
the Elkhorn extension into their TERRITORY.
that their O q would 0nnect win the
Great Northern Short Lin at O'Nefu ana
that they would be running cars over their
complete line OF road from O'Nefu via At
ktnson 10 a point in Gregory county-before
the Elkhorn could complete its line to the
river from verdigre.
About two weeks ago A. o. Perry returned
from a trip TO Sioux City and announced
that be had retired from the company ana
no longer identified with the enterprisa
affirmed. however, that the Atkinson a
would be completed, and explafned
the reason for mis- withdrawal from the roaa
as one OF its stockholders. He statee thai
he had entered into the ENTERPRISE with fhs
sole purpose OF giving Boyd county railroad
recommendations. and the necessary prosper-
ity growing out Of IT, and announced that
Abel Anderson, president Of the Northwest
err National bank OF Sioux City and trp.-
tee for the Atkinson 4 Niobrara. was huv.
Ing out all the original stockholders IN mr.
DER 10 strengthen the corporation bv mt
ting the management in the hands NJ
lever number who represented larger ca
itl and ability TO make the undertaking
success. Several member Of the comn1,v
sold 10 Mr.. Anderson with the express
Agreement and understandings that the ross
be built.
Two weeks have passed and nothing has
developed Nj. Perry, who with ex-s4sfs
Auditor Eugene Moore. has opened a real
ssfate once here, states that Mr.. Anderson
Is having considerable dimculty In secur-
ING the remainder Of the stock. but gives 1,
n ms opinion that the matter viii be salts
lActorliy contaminated In time; but. in the
Judgment Of those whit have been carefullx
the developments of this enter.
Prise from the beginning. the prospects
were never more unfEvorahle for the con-
plerlon OF the road. and a majority Of n.
have given up the idea altogether