Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
NORTHWE STERN
will Extend West to Rapid City,
Following the Divide in
Stanley County.
rverai Car Loads of Steel Rails
and Other Material Now
Being Collected.

The president and vice president and
the general manager of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad, accompanied by
minor officials, have excited the sus
melons of the people of Pierre by de
voting part of last Saturday and all of
last Sunday to a rambling excursion
/ along the river front on both sides.
They walked along the banks of the
missouri for distance of mile and a
half up and down, crossed and recrossed,
/ Interesting themselves in the topog-
I rahy of the surroundings aud the bridg-
ling facilities afforded.
N Although a Togoian silence en-
h shrouded the group of railroad officials,
Pierre feels certain that when the mys-
tery of the visit is revealed it will take
the form of an extension OF the North
e western to the Black Hills as a resi- onse
8 to the westward movement of the Mil
U waukee from Chamberlain.
q The Pierre Dakotan expresses itself
n as follows:
u The entire party Of officials made a
N most thorough inspection OF the river
q banks, both on this side and on the
n Fort Pierre side for distance of fully
u mile and a half on each side, covering
II the several points that have been sur.
n yeyed and sounded as being available
q for bridge crossings. Vice President
q whitman was greatly interested in the
n details of the inspection and the fact
II that he is civil engineer is significant
~ that there is something out of the ordn-
q airy in the inspection Of bridge terminals
u at this time. That plans for bridge
d construction and extension Of the line
q west Of the river prompted the visit o1
q the officials is highly probable.
u 1t is not probable that railroad Off
q rials Of so high rank would spend al
h entire Sunday looking over the flats anl
n bluffs of the Missouri for the mere pur
\ pose of an outing especially at a season
D of the year when there are no bullberre
n to pick. Sioux Falls Press.
President Marvin Hughitt and Othe
81 officials of the Northwestern road wer
q at Pierre last Saturday and Sunday AM
1 Gettysburg Monday. This is the secon'
q visit Mr.. Hughitt has made to Sout
q Dakota in the past two weeks and
a indicates that there will be some hin
N doing in the way Of extension west 0
q the Missouri. Nothing is given out b.
n the officials but all signs point to tn
d building of a line across the reservation
81 country. Times Record.
AZ Yes, gentlemen, the Northwestern
NJ getting ready and when the time sha
81 arrive you will see mighty boom i
a railroad building in and west Of Pierr
~ The visit Of the officials to this cit
D will bear it's fruit at no distant day, III
81 ther than this there is no informatio
81 that can reasonable be given out at tn
II time.
n Accumulated in the yards here an
"a at Rapid City are many car loac
q of steel rails, and down along the liz
u east are ties and bridge timbers in qua1
81 tity The surveying party which h;
M for some time been at work in Pierr
M coupled with the crew that is runnll
N a line across the reservation from Rap
n City, and the weekly visits to Pier
u from officials at Huron, all point to {
d early burst of extension work.
y Pierre has no news in particular
n give out, but Notwithstanding thu
y there are a few men here who a
4 cOgnizant OF what is to be done in t
4 near future. We are not at all M
taken in the assertion.