The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08
TO THE COAST
All Indications Point to the Milwaukee
Going Through Black Hills Country
to the Coast.
Stone Work on the City Hall Building
Completed and Carpenter Work
is Being Pushed.
Vim. Sloan, an Old Citizen, Passed Away
Sunday and Mas Buried at Grace
land Cemetery Tuesday.
MOST FAVORABLE OUTLOOK
Vim. Sloan, an Old Citizen, Passed Away
MOST FAVORABLE OUTLOOK
Point Strong to the Mil
waukee Crossing at Cham
berlain for the Hills.

berlain for the Hills.
Rumors Of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee st. Paul railroads. extension from
Chamberlain through the Black Hills
to Seattle have been in tie air for
some time, the general impression be-
ing that the Milwaukee would even
tudlly extend through the territory
mentioned. This intelligence is
further strengthened by the purchas.
es that are being made for terminal
ground at Seattle and Tacoma, which
are OF very recent date. The ST.
Paul Dispatch has an interesting
article concerning this extension and
the official who gave the interview
expressed it as his opinion that the
Milwaukee will build from Cham
berlain. The article from the
Dispatch is given in full below:
Conclusive evidence has been OBJ
tanned that the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul is engaged in opera
tions which mea the extension of
it's lines to the Pacific coast. Ter
minals in Seattle and Tacoma have
been obtained. In Seattle DEEDS
have just been signed which convey
to l.. r. Manning, agent of President
A. j. Earling, of the Milwaukee,
20 acres OF tideland property, ex-
tremely valuable for railway pur-
poses, and so situated as to afford
terminal facilities. Other lands are
under option, and deals are being
closed daily. each OF which conveys
to the agent a small tract of prop
erty formerly ander individual own
ership.
The first authentic data concern
ing the Milwaukee's activities in
Tacoma was secured today from an
Official thoroughly familiar with the
transactions, which have been in
progress esince March %. Said he:
"Mr. Manning is an agent of the
Milwaukee. and acting under direc-
lions Of President Earling, has Sc
cured and now holds for the system
a tract OF Tacoma harhur property,
fronting 1000 feet on the harbor,
and extending back for Il distance
of a mile and a quarter. At half a
mile from the larbor the property is
l, 700 feet in width. AT a mile from
the harbor it is $500 feet wide. and
the same width for the remainder of
the depth. The tract is irregular
in shape and very valuable.
The Seattle purchase cost the Mill
waukee about 1850, 600. / do not
know what the Tacoma purch asses
cost.
1.-The Tacoma Eastern has passed
into the hands OF the Milwaukee,
the deal having just been closed.
The line has fine terminals in Ia
coma, something no other line but
the Northern Pacific has. and eX-
tends southwest for a distance OF
forty-tive miles. At this southerly
terminus construction crews have
begun work and are now pushing
the line forward to a nominal desti-
nation, which is believed to have been
announced merely for the purpose
of convenience.
"lI. FL. Field. assistant general
solicitor OF the Milwaukee, is in
Seattle. ] saw him there on June
10, and ] understand that he is still
in the city engaged i'm the oper-
alton OF securing land and carrying
forward Presidnt Earnings plans.
His presence is not known. as he is
registered at one of the hotels un-
der ar assumed name. Other otfici-
ais of the SYSTEM nave been in both
Tacoma and Seattle almost constant
ly since the end of March, when
Mr.. Earling started back again
after his western trip.
~ he Seattle tideland purchases,
which are still very incomplete, has
been engineered ny George S. McLar.
len,an in Tacoma AM. IngcIsoll has
teen active. He vas Il close frien(
of Presiden. Earring many years age
when both men were railway clerk:
in Milwaukee.
There is no further doubt of tho
intention of the Milwaukee to push
forward. The coast line, | under