The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-02-16
PACIFIC COAST LINE
Earring Announces That
Milwaukee's Line Will Extend
West of Chamberlain.

There has been quite a controversy
on betwee the northern and central
part OF the state as to the Import
ance of the extension of the Milwau-
kee road to the Pacific coast. as to
whether it would be from EvartS on
Chamberlain. Aberdeen has teen
particularly strong i'm its support of
the allege net that the Milwaukee's
coast line would be from Evarts.
while down this way we have held
the idea that the transcontinental
line would be through Mitchell and
Chamberlain. We have held to this
point for the reason that from Chica-
90 to the Black Hills country it is
100 miles shorter than by the way of
st. Paul and Minneapolis and thence
through Aberdeen. Railroad COM
panies as a rule do not travel 100
miles farther than is necessary to
accommodate any section Of country
when they have to compete with
other lines and it has seemed reason
able all the time that the main line
would be through Mitchell and
Chamberlain.
This matter seems now to be settled
entirely by a statement made 10y
President Earling while i'm Kansas
City a day or two ago. The follow
ing from The Sioux City Tribune of
Friday will give a pretty clear idea
as to the intentions of the Milwau-
kee company and its extensions across
the continent:
President a. j. Earling announced
today in Kansas City the intention
of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
road company of building a line from
chamberlain, 5. D., to the Pacific
coast, and has given a complete
statement of the route to be taken
by the new railroad, which will add
some 1000 miles to the 1850 miles
OF the Milwaukee and St. Paul cOm-
paw.
This statement from President
Earling is significant in view of the
fact that the executive officials OF the
Milwaukee and st. Paul have hither-
to denied that the road had any pur-
pose to build to the coast. Announce
ment has followed announcement
concerning the plans of the road and
the. purpose of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul to build to the coast has never
been douf ted, but the officials have
refused to deny or confirm it. Presl.
dent Earling. when asked by the
Tribune two months ago about the
line, said he knew nothing of it, and
also professed ignorance OF the com.
pany Incorporated by the ex-generaI
manager Of the Milwaukee and St.
Paul, Mr.. Williams. who it has since
been learned, has cnarge OF the work
on the western end of the Pacific,
coast line.
More important still, is the inter.
view OF President Earling given to
the Kanass City Star today, as he
positively that the company
has completed plans for the extern
sion from Chamberlain. S d.
This confirms the position taken
by The Tribune, which learned be-
fore any other paper that the plan
was to build from Chamberlain and
not from Evarts and to operate this
line as the main line. Extensions
from Evarts would be simply to on
meet with the main line through
Chamberlain. Mr.. Earling said in
Kansas City today:
"The Milwaukee and st. Paul has
plans for building to the
Pacific coast from Chamberlain, S.
d. The line will be 10 operation
within three years. The line has
been definitely located, the construc-
ton is no" underway, and ground
for terminal facilities has been Sc
cured in Seattle.
"1,he route Of the proposed new
line is from Chamberlain. the furth.
crest of the several western terminal
OF the St. Paul. The route
from Seattle eastward will be through
Miles City, Helena, Anaconda and
Moscow, crossing the Cascade noun
tains a few miles north OF Mount
Tacoma. The new extension will
practically add 1000 miles to the
! 0S0 miles OF track in the present
ST. Paul sSSlem.H
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