Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-10-12
NOW IT'S KNOWN vv'1
Northwestern Sends Official
Notification Of Its In
tentions.
tt he Pierre and Rapid Line is
to Give the State a Big
Impetus.

A141ELSt1S~
The following article was to the
Free Press FOR publication as news, by
a general officer of the Chicago 4
Northwestern Railway company, and is
an official announcement:
Illinois, Wisconsin, Northern Michi-
gan, South Dakota, Wyoming this is
4 large field for exploitation and devel-
opment, and the plans of the North
western line include important devel
ppmentB in all these states
The frs feature of these extensive
plans is the construction of a line across
wyoming, This big commonwealth
has a large area that is without railway
facilities. The western terminus of
she Chicago & Northwestern railway in
ttGtt state at present is Casper, the site
OF old Fort Casper on the North Platte
river, aud the extension which is now
being built will carry the line directly
across the central portion of Wyoming
to The Big Horn river, across that
stream and through VIII t is at present
the Wind River Indian reservation to
the beautiful Lander valley, opening up
thousands Of square miles i'll the range
country and furnishing railroad facili
ties to the Wind river reserva ION,
where one and one half million acres of
public lands will be thrown open to the
homes teader by the government next
June,
Hardly less important is the new liue
across the western part of South Da-
kota, from Pierre, the state capital, TO
Rapid Git OH the eastern border OF the
sack uiiis.
J The Chicago & Northwestern railway
is the pioneer line to the BiacN Hills
district, and the present line into the
nils WAS begun almos as soon a the
Indians had sold the territory to the
government. The new line across Da-
kota will effect a juncture with the OLD
line 1t Rapid City and will give Pierre
aud the range country al impetus be-
You'd any thing that has ever been done
for the regIon Deadwood and Lead in
the mining district, Hot Springs to the
south, and Belle Belle Nnnche the big cattle
| shipping point % the north Of the hills,
will thus secure added railway facilities
that will bIing st. Paul, Minneapolis,
| l,,I al 4
copper country, and the hardwood dis
trict of Wisconsin and Southern Michi-
ga. in closer touch than they have ever
| been.
Entirely different from the prairies
of Dakota and the range country of
| Wyoming is this hard wood district in
| peninsula Here the tracks of the North
western line join III close connection
! the industrial centers tie iron and cop.
! per district OF Lake superior, tie scores
OF lake ports all the way from Milwau-
kee to Duluth. and the great tracts OF
| timber land that are awaiting develop
meut and are filling up rapidly with
settlers. In this region the Northwest
ern line is constructing several differ
ent branches, one northwest from Mer
/ Ger, one from ManitoWoc OH Lake
Michigan, through Green bay another
important lake port, north into the
heart OF the hard wood district; an
,other link extending from Laona. Wis.
to the Menominee river at Saunders
Mich, a branch line Green Bay To Gil
lett, etc, etc. Some of these ines al,
already practically completed, all o
Northwestern syst IN aud eac promise
To be ali Important factor in opeliin,
up the country for unprect ueuted com
}tnerciai growth.
Illinois aud southern Wisconsin ar
interested IN this construction work il
two ways: First, by reason of til
heavy interest that the merchants ain
manufacturers OF such cities as hicagt
Milwaukee, and smaller centers Of II
idustry will feel in tie broadening All
Ideepening of trade III the TERROR
which is naturally tributar to then
and second; by reason OF the buildln
and expansion OF facilities of the Nortl
western line fof handling traffic. 1
this connection the work now bein
done between Chicago and Milwaukee,
ff.rtas one of the most interesiin
pieces o. railway work at present III
der way in the United states. The tw
: cities are about 80 mites apart and u.
lnew road, which will soon be complete,
i provides for compl te equipped, eie,
J trio block signal, four Track line 81 raj
e way between them. Something OF I'll
magnitude of the Traffic between ii
two points may be gathered from IL