The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-03-24
A SURE THING
The Extension of the Milwaukee
West of Chamberlain
BRIDGE MATERIAL ALREADY SHIPPED
Dirt Will Fly When the Rieht-of-way
at Chamberlain is Localized

Dirt Will Fly When the Right-of-way
at Chamberlain Is Localized
What ever doubts have existed of
the correctness of the multitude of
railroad rumorS and newspaper reports
during the past two months as to the
intentions OF the c. NJ. 4 st. Paul
west of the Missouri were dispelled
this week, when III. +. Hunter, right
of-way agent for the Milwaukee COM
panv, appeared IN Chamberlain and at
a special meeting of the city council
Tuesday and asked for a right of way
for the "White River Valley railway
company across certain streets and
alleys in Chamberlain and American
Island in the Missouri 1.-THE latter tract
a public Park given to Chamberlain by
an act of congress.)
Without wholly committing himself,
MIR. Hunter gave the council to under
stand that the Milwaukee company
was backing the proposed railroad ex-
tension and that the line from Cham
berlain to Deadwood would be COM
pleted this year, and that as soon as
the ordinance was passed granting the
right of way desired material for the
construction of a crossing on the
MlsSouri-60 carloads of which were
now on sidetracks and enroute from
lowa-would be rushed forward and
inside OF GO days Chamberlain would
have more people to take care of than
it would know what to do with.
The right OF way asked for is across
Main street north of American creek
about where the electric light plant
stands and also across the island. The
proposed route hits the island at the
north end and leaves it at the place
where work on IL big dam has been in
progress all winter. At this point the
crossing will be made on piles. twenty
cars for which have been on track at
Mitchell for two weeks. A temporary
pontoon bridg with draw will pe'put
in across the main channel. Work of
grading west of the river will begin as
soon as work on the bridge starts.
The council gave Mr.. Hunter all he
asked for, and as soon as the proper
ordinance can go through the legal
requirements work will start at once.
~ year ago an act of congress gave
the White River Valley railroad per-
mission to bridge the Missouri at
Chamberlain, but little attention was
paid to the matter, as it was generally
supposed that 1T was another paper
railroad proposition, of which there
have been many within the past TWEEN
tY years. Later on the company was
Incorporated at Pierre. with o. L..
Branson Of Mitchell, Mark Belts OF
Mt. Vernon and three New York men
as lncorporators. Then the Mitchell
Land and Cattle company was incor-
porated. But it was not until the
latter company began buying quarter
sections Of land in Lyman county by
the wholesale within the past ninety
days that folks began to think there
was something doing. One rumor after
another started. with something turn
ing up every day to give grounds for
the belief that the Milwaukee meant
business this time. The arrival at
Mitchell OF twenty ears of tamerack
piles of45 foot lengths, billed to the
chief engineer of the road, was the
first positive evidence of railroad
work.
President Earllng, accompanied by
two nephews of John d. Rockefeller
and other capitalists interested in the
Milwaukee, were in Mitchell on a
special train Sunday, but of course
none of them knew anything about
the proposed extension. The greatest
secrecy has been exercised by the com.
pany all along.
The natural enquiry is: why did not
the Milwaukee start things moving a
year ago-during the capital campaign
That's another StorY-and will keep
for the present.
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the first row Of the terminating box.
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Nos. 4, s, IL and 20 have failed to
grow or Show weak termination, ears