Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-10-22
for the large shops, provided room for
them can be obtained at once.

them can be obtained at once.
The 500 is a rapidly growing rail-
road and large shops will become a
necessity at some point on this
branch Therefore the proposition be-
fore the city council is simply this:
Will the city cede 40x10o feet out of
an outlying street so that large and
well equipped shops can be built at
once, or will it repeat unfortunate
history, refuse the request, be content
with little shops, and allow the large
ones to be built elsewhere?
That part of town where it is de-
sired to build the shops must of
necessity always be devoted to rail
road uses. 1t will never be what
might be called a desirable resident
section for this reason. It is far dis.
tant from the present business center,
and but sparcely settled.
1t is so late in the faE that it is i'm.
possible for the 500 company to move
its main and sidetracks, which would
be necessary to avoid the encroach.
ment of the proposed shop buildings
on Broadway. Some kind of shops
must be built without delay as the
company is now working under great
expense Of time and money in sending
Its engines long distances for repairs
usually made here. If the few feet on
Broadway are not granted it the com.
pany will be forced to rebuild on a
small scale, and engines needing any.
thing beyond ordinary care will be
sent to Enderlin, where there are
shops and men competent to do anv
class of work.
Larger shops mean several more
families to the city: they mean, with
a friendly superintendent, gradual
increase in growth and relative in.
crease of workmen with their families,
This is a matter that concerns the
city as whole and a handful of peo
pie should not be allowed to be the
arbiters of the city's destiny as was
the case when a few such residents
drove the N. P. shops to Mandan.
In any event there will be some
kind of shops at the point in question
Conditions will never be different TO,
those who live in that vicinity and
oppose the granting of part of the
| street to the railroad company. This
being the case it would be peanu
policy on the part of the aldermen tt
hold their ears to the ground listening
to the plants of the few, and remain
blind and deaf to the best interests O
the city in its entirety. .
The Tribune believes it voices tn,
sentiment of large majority of tn,
taxpayers and business men in urgin,
upon the city council the advisabilit,
Of granting the 500 the desired spac
f'on Broadway.
Bismarck people have shown a de
sire in recent years to build I'D tn,
city. If this is to be ACCOMPLISH,
there is no question but that one O
the first steps must be to meet tn,
railroads half way in any fair propose
ton. Fargo is an excellent exampl
of this policy. For years the city
through some pinheaded people, ten
porarily in power, antagonized tn
Great Northern and as resul
development was largely retarded
Later a more enlightened policy oil
tanned, and as a result the compan
has not only spent, hundreds of thou.
ands of dollars in betterments in tn
city, but has changed schedules, pu
On new trains and is building ne,
branches-all for the advancement {
Fargo and the furtherance of he
wholesale interests.
In Fargo individual opinions and d,
slres had to be overridden by tn
council in order ato best conserve th
general good. This must always b
in such cases. There is no place j
such AN issue for the personal desir
of the few to govern as against tn
general good to be achieved. Til
aldermen should be sufficiently broa
guaged to see this.
: The city has reached crossroad i
her progress. The signboard of OF
own and other cities experience
!: before US. Will the aldermen rea
: the sign Alright and take the DR.
gressive road, or will they go the wa
OF ruts and quagmires? 1t is up |
the aldermen. s.,