Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-31
NEARER THE RESERVATION
Elkhorn's yerdisris Extension
Slowly Reaching OUT to
the N0rth.

the North.
The E khorn is gradually get
ting nearer the portion of the
Rosebud Indian reservation to Re
opened in the near future. Ten
miles more Of its Niobrara branch,
which extends from Verdigris, the
old terminus, has been completed,
or Will be by Saturday night.
General Manager Bidwell stated
that by that time the line would
=tinished as far as Nirdel. which is
twenty one miles from Verdigris.
This last tee miles has been tin-
ished since about July 4.
We have no doubts now that
onr line will be completed by
September" /" said Mr. Bidwcll,
Cor we have all the material end
help required and are progressing
with unusual facility with the
work There WAS some talk that
we undertook the construction of
this piece OF road, because we be-
lleved the Rosebud reservation was
to be opened by the congress just
(. adjourned nnd that since cOnprass
at the first session did not throw
open the reservation, we had
abandoned our plans. / wish to
say that this is not true i'm any
particular. We were not influence
ed NJ all by the matter of the OPEN
ing of the reservation and are pro-
ceeding with our work regardless
of the action of congress in defer
ring the admission of settlers to
the Rosebud and will have it
completed and in operation long
before the winter session, which
will afford the first opportunity
for congress to act.
WHERE THE ROAD Runs.
When completed the Niobrara
branch will cover n distance of
sixty-seven miles, extending from
Nerdigris to two and half miles
west Of Bonesteel. This traverses
/ Boyd county, Nebraska, and Gre
CORY county, South Dakota, and
will be the first railroad through
chat section. The Elkhorn in
tends to erect stations at every
town along the road as soon as
possible. The extra mileage be-
yond Bonesteel is for stock yard
purposes.
| The road will not be thrown
open for transportation by regular
trains until the construction work
work reaches Lynch, which is thir-
teen miles west of Virdel, the
point of completion now. Con-
struction trains, General Manager
Bilwel says, will be use d for all
business up to that point. The
line will pass through every town
along the general routo traversed,
except Butte, which it will have to
skip owing to the abrupt elevation,
which. is not accessible TO con-
stlnction or transportation.
AS there are $500 quarter sec
tions of land in that part of the
Rosebud reservation to be opened,
and which Will be tapped by the
new road, the Elkhorn counts on
driving the opening wedge to q
settlement of some 10000 people
and the opening up of a very fer
tile strip of country to permanent
homestealers.
Thomas Ford, one of the most
familiar figures connected with the
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad Offices in New York
city, undoubtedly holds the
worlds record as railroad man
wi has never ridden mile on
any other road aud who has
never asked for nor received a
pass from his company or taken a
vacation in forty-four years.
Baron Yanosuka Iwasaki, the
richest merchant of Japan, has
started on trip around the world
He is now on his way to Europe,
and will spend a few months there
before coming to America.
Time was when the name of j.
Stanley Brown, then secretary Of
President Garfield, was daily be
fore the American people. 1t will
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