The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-10
BUILD TO THE HILLS
White River Valley Railroad Will Build
From Chamberlain to DeadWo0d
in Black Hills.
Headquarters Of the Company Are LO-
Gated in Mitchell Work Is to
be Started This Spring.
Iowa and Wisconsin EmigrantS are
Coming Into This County TO Help
Build the Country.
Iowa and Wisconsin EmigrantS are
ACROSS TO THE HILLS
New Company Organized to Build
Road From Chamberlain to
Black Hills Country.

The following dispatch dated
Mitchell appeared in the Sioux City
Trounewhich came Friday morning,
and pertains to the new company
which was organized recently for the
extension Of line of railroad be-
tween chamberlain and the Black
Hin. On account of the absence Of
Senator Branson from the city The
Republican has refrained from saying
anything about the enterprise. We
give the following, however, as TAX
en- from the Tribune:
Mitchell, s. d., March 2.-On JAM
uary 10, articles OF Incorporation
We're quietly filed at Pierre with the
secretary OF state under the sltle of
"White River Valley Railway Com
pany.
The incolporators are @. L. Bran
son of Mitchell, and NJ, G. Belts of
Mt Vernon, Dawson county, South
Dakota and Edgar a. Bancroft,
James p. Whedon and Charles T..
So'ue OF Cook county, Chicago, Ill.
The articles OF incorporation say
the purpose of incorporatols is to
construct. maintain and operate Il
steam railroad for transportation
purposes. The place of the principle
business OF said company is to he at
Mitchell, s. u. i he road is to he
built from Deadwood, Lawrence
county. to the east bank of the Mis-
souri, River i'm Brule county. The
estimated length of the road is $50
miles and will pass through the
counties of Lawrence, Meade, Pen
nington, Stanley, Lyman and Brule.
The estimated cost OF construction
and equipment is S7,000,0 900. The
capital stock is S500.O00, and there
will be 5000 shares of 800 each. The
number of directors shall be five and
the following shah manage Its affairs
the first YEAR o. l.. Branson, Nj. g.
Belts, y. a. Blncroft j. z. Whedon.
G. + Soule. The time Of the exist
ence of the corporations shall be
ninety-nlne years.
1t now seems certain that the White
River Valley railroad will begin op-
erationS within few weeks il in
deed the work has not already begun
by putting in stone dyke 1900 feet
long on the dead water west of
American island. near Chamberlain
where crew VI men WlUD EICeen
teams have been working for the past
two weeks. 1t is also reported on
reliable authority that d contract will
be let next week for 100 miles of road
west Of OacOma. County Judge Argo
of Lyman county and Peter b. Dirks,
an OacOma banker. have purchased
about sixty quarter sections of the
land along the line OF the old Mil
waukee survey west OF the Missouri
for forty miles the past three weeks.
This matter has been kept pro-
found secret at the state capital
where the articles Of incorporate
are filed and also at Mitchell, where
the main Office Of the new com pany
is to be located.
While none OF the Chicago incor-
porators are recognized as high up
railway officials, it is known that the
Elkhorn line was built to the Black
Hills few years ago and was soon
found 10 be the property of the
Northwestern Railroad Company.