The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-05-14

AIlO lllG NdpAu DCVSAOPAAl
at One Time Dis,
Shows
4 The passing of the washbprn road
and the coming of the 500 is an event
of momentous interest to the city Of
Washburn and the Missouri slope.
Before another issue, of the Leader
the ownership and transfer of the Bis
marck, Washburn and Great Falls
railway will have been accomplished
and another link in the great 500 sys-
tenn will have been added. General
w. D. Washburn; the veteran railroad
promoter and modern wizard, whose
wand, extended over that portion of
the Missouri slope, from Bismarck
northward-and of which region the
city of Washburn is the metropolis
has accomplished such wonderful de-
velopment during the last five years,
has sold his railroad, steamboat and
ferry interests to the 500 people and
beginning at midnight on the 18TH
inst. the management ceases and the
new management takes charge. 1t is
gratifying to. know that IN this ex-
change the 500 people have secured a
fine piece of property and General
Washburn has received.a handsome
sum for. his enterprise. It Ii also, q
source Of great satisfaction that while
MT. Washburn has deemed 1T ,adyis.
able, owing to advanced years, to rid
himself of as much care and .detail as
possible, the sale of the Washburn
road Is not to mark the end Of the
industrial career .>of this sagacious
operator In the northwest. General
Washburn retains his coal lands, and
his mining properties, and what Is Of
paramount stmpor rtance It the citizens
Of the capital city Of Mclean county,
he will continue an active factor in
the advancement and building up OF
the fair and promising city that bears
his name.
The people of Mclean cointy, and
the citizens of Burleigh, Of Mercer, of
Oliver and other Missouri slope coun-
ties owe General Washburn a debt of
gratitude for that indomitable zeal,
undaunted push and enterprise that
has characterized his career during
the past five years, and they will re-
joice that the work he has inaugur-
ated is to be carried on by still more
powerful and resourceful hands. ~.
Well may the people Of Mclean
county congratulate the consummation
of this event for it means much to the
industrial and agricultural develop
ment of this section. The rapid ex-
tension of the 500 Line and the
speedy construction Of the Northern
Pacific line from the eastward means
the addition of thousands Of dollars
worth of taxable property to. the as
sets of the county and with the splen-
did transportation facilities thus Of
fered the rapidity of the settlement of
this section will be equalled only by
the comfort and advantages that will
come to the thrifty farmer who adds
his intelligent effort to the drama of
northwestern development.
On Monday last a distinguished ag-
Of railway magnates and
others made speedy tour Of the
road for the purpose of In
spection and the doing of those things
necessary to the preliminary trans
Fer of the Washburn road. In the
party were w. d. Washburn, president
of the Bismarck, Washburn and: Great
Falls railway; Thomas Lowry, presi-
lent of the 500; E. Pennington, vice
president and general manager of the !
500; S.'W. Derrick, superintendent Of
he 500; G. P. Eckels, superintendent
If the Washburn road: 3. A. whit
nan, chief engineer Of the Washburn,
". F. Macomber, general agent'nf the
interests, and Hon. John
satterlund, founder: of the city Of
The parties in interest toi
he transfer Of these transportation
which include the. steam
,oats and ferries on the MISSOURI river
eading to and radiating from Wash
'urn. express themselves . much
pleased with ali the conditions. ~
'eady the 500 people haye veil dsdpedI