Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-23
II TOUR Of INSPECTION.
General Washburn and Party Return
From a 3 Days Tour of Mclean,
Oliver and Mercer Counties.
The Conditions Most Favorable for
Unprecedented Development in the
Region Tributary to His Road.
Chas. P. Eckels, the New Superintend-
ent, Takes Charge of the
B., w. & G.. F. Ry.

General W. D. Washburn, accompan-
led by Chas. P. Eckels, the new general
manager of the Bismarck, Washburn
& Great Falls Railway, John Wash
burn, of the Washburn-Crosby Milling
company, Minneapolis, and w. P. Hal
lowell, coal merchant, of Minneapolis,
have returned from an inspection tour,
not only of the completed line of road
to Washburn but of the country trib-
utary on both sidesfof the river as far
up as Mannhaven in Mercer county and
Coal Harbor on the east shore. -
General Washburn expresses himself
as greatly pleased with the conditions
all along the line. The new cable
ferry at Washburn is a great conven-
fence to the settler on the west side
of the river, and of great benefit to the
business interests Of the city of Wash
burn. This ferry transports it's loads
back and forth in aremarkably short
perod of time-averaging from . to {
minutes. Just to show what could be
done in a rush'the ferryman= swung out
with the Washburn party and landed
them on the west side of the raging
Missouri in just three and a half min
utes. The people on the west side of
river are building good roads to the west
approach, and Washburn will hereafter
enjoy a good trade from a vast extent of
territory formerly tributary to other
centers. 1t will also have the effect of
increasing the settlement of a country
heretofore but sparsely settled.
The steamer Washburn, Capt. Grant
Marsh, is nov making regular trips from
Washburn to up river points, and in
ordinary stage of water makes the
round trip from Washburn to Mann
haven in "a hours, which is considered
fast time-much better than was esti-
mated when the steamer "Washburn''
was put in service. An elevator leg
is to be erected at once at the Wash
burn landing for the purpose of elevat-
ing the grain from the barges to the
elevator, which will be a great econ
cmizer of time and expense over the
present system.
The city of Washburn is growing
rapidly and promises well for the fu-
ture. Probably twenty-five buildings
are now under construction, and but
for a scarcity of material and labor this
number would be doubled. The new
brick yard is working a large gang and
the first kiln of 100000 will be burned
in a couple of weeks. The completion
of the two new hotels now building
will relieve the congestion somewhat
it being almost impossible now to Sc
cure hotel accommodations. Arrange
ments are being perfected to erect a
, large bank, store and Office block, in
which the new First National Bank
will find it's home. A creamery is also
being perfected and the water works
system will be put in next spring,
There are still good openings for bus
t mess, notably in the dry goods and
!, furniture line.
, MI. Eckels, the new superintendent
of the Washburn road, takes charge to-
day. Mr.. Eckels has been for several
=, years superintendent of 600 miles oil
, the 500 system, with headquarters al
: Enderlin and is a young man of great
executive ability and popular with
shippers and patrons of the road. He
\ from boyhood and has earned promo,
t ton step by step. 1t is the intention
e of the management to put the Wash.
burn road in thorough repair as fast
b as possible. The spring rains have
r caused some annoyance to the roadbe(
e but surfacing and graveling will b
carried forward as fast as possible from
e this time on. Further improvement
in the coal mining industry will be in
d augurated in anticipation of the in
u creased demand for Ignite that mus
come with the building of the two nev
railway lines into Bismarck from tn
d southeast.
Crops along the Washburn road ar
looking fine, lands are approaching il
value and every day brings an increas
n in the rush of settlers.
have cabbage, tomato and cauli
flower plants for sale.
T w MIL ,ETvr
IS
y European tourists and others des
= tined to eastern points, will find til
u low rates applying over the Nickt
q Plate Road TO New York, New Enc
land and other eastern destination,