The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-17
LINE TO THE COAST.
Now Certain White River Valley Con.
panY is Backed bY Milwaukee,

NOW SeFtath White Hiver valley Com
pany is Backed by Milwaukee.
Deadwood, 5. D.. March IL. hlaci
Hills people have been greatly Interest.
ed in the announcement from liine IL
time that the Chicago, Milwaukee alc
st. Paul Railway company would builo
across lIuill AndinDetidln OI E.NdrtS u
Tue tliiis on ti1e Nay 10 ,ne coast. You
correspondent mas received u lelter lu.
publication nom a We'll illoAu DuSlIieSt
man IN tne eastern part oI tne stal.
Hno Tor several Yeas ) past Ueei
III Nlosc tuuch Win lne oaicers ol TN,
Milwa ukee company. he Ietter sta.e;
most enpnatlca.iy that the Ml4Mituke'
people ..te NOW ready 10 puan ..lc ruue
across the WESTERN portiun oI ii.e CON
l!nenl 20 tne coast j ne road is 10 sta!
irom CnalnDerlain and from lne west
trn tcrnllni1tS 1T >eallIe, Tacoma, Forl
land a,u rockingham on the sound
tne SANE Tune lll lue Sprii &. soon d.
tne Weather viii permit.
The Wllter States tnat the organiZa
ton OF tine Mnlte Itlver Valley Kan
road company MAS necessary on
count vi the agreement existing he
tween IA. presiuents vi the ul.neren
railroad COMPANIES III the niieu STATE.
IN which tu,y piedSe themselves not II
build INTO each otner $ ter,ilory wltnuu
whose terlitory MAS being lnIaueu. Tn,
writer states that the road viii star
from Chamberlain and Work northwest
ward toiow ing points ot least resist
alce and win enter Wyoming thlousi
Sundanee pass, wnlch ine most
eesSlble place Tor crossing the Western
divide OF the Back HANS. ne line VA!
touch Belle tuurcilc ana SpealiiSh, t.tlc
1t spur VIII be dropped soulnMard L.
, pnG
land miulug dlStilct. FROM fbci.
f'ourche tngre is AN opeu valley vi
Faise Lottom to Maitland, thence owe
the divide into Blacktai xuch unl
down Deadwood guich 10 the city
ioeadwood. This road from BELL
f'ourche INTO the Hills proper would no
cost as much AS The Whitewood spu
OF the NORTHWESTERN line. II woult
penetrate !. very ilch mining district
Maitland.
Tne writer states that a promluen
official of Inc Milwaukee conpau,
stated to him that there is yet room 10
but one more great transcontinenta
line and the Milwaukee proposed Il
build it. We see In this territory TO b.
invaded by our company u vast countr,
Yet to be opened IL is rich In aeiicul
tural and grazing lands, gold, silver
coal and immense quantities OF NaluaDi
timber"
The eastern South Dakota man state.
that the building of this transcontin
entail line was decided on by the Mil
waukee company some time before elec
tlon last fall. but the president and Off
cials of the company refused to max
the fact public for business reasons
Had it become known the Pacific road
which would be effected by this nep
line would have diverted their freigh
from the Milwaukee, TO the competing
roads, which would soon have caused
the Milwaukee a $l.000.Oo0 loss in traf
tic.
The Black Hills people are looking
forward To great season of activil.
owing to the building of this railroa,
across the reservation, also the railroat
between Rapid City and Mystic, ano
the great irrisating scheme AS planne(
or by the government at Belle Fourchr