The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-03-31
MAKING THINGS READY
ADDITIONAL Information Of The Viii
wauke,'S Plans Tor Guessing
River at Chamberlain.

wauhee'S Plans tor crossing
River at Chamberlain.
Chamberlain Democrat Harry
Hunter, acting AS right OF way agent
for The White River Valley Railroad
company, recently organized, met
! With the city council In special SEES
sion on Tuesday afternoon, at which,
time he On behalf of his company
II AIDE application for IA franchise to-
construct and maintain a railroad
crossing at this point. The applica-
ticn calls for a right to cross MainI
street on the north side of ..American
creek, and flom the head or the is
land down to the dixie OF the Pontoon|
Bridge company. From this it APP
pears that the intention is to cross
the river just above the mouth Of
American creek, where the surveyorsl
last week ran lines, then down Amer
lean island to the big dam, across
which 1T will make its way to the
west bank OF the river.
The assurance was given in the
most positive terms that work would
commence Immediately on the line,
that the work of grading would not
be deferred until the bridge was COM
pleted, but that material would at
once be hurried over.the river for the
construction of the line. The bridge
Mr.. Hunter did not consider a very
formidable obstacle. He has nearly
one hunrded cars of heavy bridge
timbers already on sldings in the
state to be rushed to Chamberlain as
rapidly as necessary, and the crossing
! will be completed before the grading
extends very far west of the river. 1t
will be a low bridge. containing a
draw.
The mayor and members of the
council assured MIR. Hunter that any
thing the council could do TO promote
the enterprise would be cheelfully
done, and the attorney of the rail-
road company will now prepare the
necessary ordinance, to be presented
for action at an cary day.
We consider that there is no longer
the least reason to doubt that railroad
extension is an immediate certainty
and that the town is entering upon
the most strenuous period in its his
tory. Mr.. Hunter tiguratively de-
|clared that "Within thirty days you
town Will be fuller of people tEan a
dogs hide is of hair" In response
to an inquiry from the mayor as to-
the prospects of shops being located
at Chamberlain the statement was
made that this was very likely, as
the Cheyenne river, in the foothills |
of the Black Hills, was the next near
est point at winch good river water
was available for mechanical purposes.
1t proves that the people who have
been investing i'm Lyman county |
lands so heavily during the past sew
eral weeks knew we'll what they were
doing. Within six weeks nearly $780,
900 have been invested in this class
OF property by a number of indivld-
ualS closely associated with this rail-
road project, and they yet have real
estate agents securing the country
for further Investments. One invest
Tor expressed himself as confident
that this land would be worth $50 per
acre within the coming year. basing
his faith On the fact that the lands in
question aIe about the DOLLY remain
ing cheap lands in the state. and that
railroad extension would be speedily
retire the remaining public lands, +,
which would have an immense TO-
luencc on lands in general i'm theI
state
To those of our people whom fire.
quent atsappointments regarding rail-
road eXien>on have made skeptical
we suggest that 1T is time to sit up
and take notice. Ii they don't they
will miss something they have long
been waiting for.
Our people and our commercial club
have active work cut out for them.
: The time Tor town building is here,
and 1T is up to us to get at it in the
good Old Chamberlain way. Oppor-
tunlties lost now are likely 10 be per-
manently lost.