The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-20
FELIX POZNANSKY BACK FROM
NEW YORK
SURPRISED AT OUR PROGRESS.
Sees Many Improvements in the
Town Since Leaving Here
For the East.

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Monday morning from New York
city, where he has been for the past
two and one half years. The frs,
thing that was surprising to him
was the wonderful weather we are
having here. Coming through Iowa
] and Illinois the snow was deep and
the weather is bitterly cold. In the
east, the suffering among the poorer
classes has been intense.
Speaking generally OF New York,
he says he could not be induced to
live there. Over 100000 migrants
are coming in monthly and only
about ten per cent of this number
leave the city. Misery and suffering
are to be seen everyplace, and there
appears to be no help for it. Ii the
people could only be induced to come
west, he says this, in measure,
would settle the question, but itap.
pears they think New York to be
the only place in the United States
and are afraid to leave there. This
foreign element is supplied with day
aud night schools and he says it is
surprising how quick culture and re-
finment are made part Of their
makeup, when it is possible for
them to get to the schools.
1t was somewhat generally known
when Mr.. Poznansky left he had
gone to interest capital in his min.
ing property above Rapid. Espec.
tally was he interested in the iron
proposition at Hat noun tain about
twelve miles above the city, and q
placer gold proposition on Castle
creek. During all the time he has
been away he has been working
faithfully on his plan and arranging
details that will have an immediate
effect. After interesting the needed
capital he found it necessary to re-
turn here to look after the business
at this end and work will commence
early in the spring. Mr.. Poznansky
does not think that it will be neces-
sary for him to return TO New York,
at least, until after work has been
commenced on the proposition. The
plans outlined for the work will en-
tail the expenditure of great deal
OF money in this community and will
mean the employment OF a great
many men. Altogether the plan
will bea big thinK for Rapid City
and her business men. Mr.. Poz-
nansky is certainly to be congratu-
lated on the success OF his plans and
deserves the greatest help and as
sistance OF the citizens in every way
for the furtherance of his plans.
Mr.. Pozaansky is aware of the
activity in railroad building here
and says in regard to the subject:
81 met Mr.. Coad in Chicago and
New York. On account of the ap-
peal he will take he says Mr.. Crouch
will not be able to build the road, at
least, for some time and if Mr..
Crouch does build the road it will
not effect his {Coad's) plans very
much. Mr.. Coad's plan is to build a
road from Chamberlain west to the
coast and the thirty miles OF road
from here to Mystic will in no way
interfere with his plan, except that
if he had this piece of road it would
not be necessary to run an almost
parallel line.
Mr.. Poznansky looks even better
than when he left here and is in the
best of spirits and full of enthusiasm
over the outlook OF the mining in.
dustry in this section. He says he
is awfully glad to get home and be
again with his family and friends
here and will establish headquarters
at Rapid City. : '.',. -,.'''''@-.''' : :