Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1906-12-20
new RAILROADS;
Great Railway Building Now
in Progress in South
Dakota.
The Large System Are Build
ing and Preparing TO Build
Many Extensions.

There will be more railroad building
in South Dakota during the next three
years than during any ten of the past
history of the state. Intact many believe
that the next eighteen months will see
several thousand miles OF new railroad
laid in this state.
The city of Pierre, being located in
the exact center of the state and at the
natural crossing place on the Missouri
river, is right in the midst of these great
developments,
The n northwestern road has begun
work Oh its extension from Pierre to
the Pacific coast, running through the
Black Hills of South Dakota where
great coal mines are now being deyel-
oped and where the lumber resources
are extensive. as well as the greatest
gold mines of America
This company is also arrang ing to
bring its Gregory county branch up to
Pierre from the southeast.
A bridge company with a capital of
ri, 100000 has been organized and has
been at work OH a large steel combina-
tion wagon and railway bridge across
the Missouri river at Pierre.
The charter of the bridge makes itoperl
property for any and every railroad that
wishes to utilize it upon a prograt!t eS-
pense or cost.
The Milwaukee 81 st. Paul Railway
company is now building from Cham
berlain, 100 miles southeast of Pierre
northwesternly to Seattle. They are.
now grading Within etwentynine miIes.
of Pierre, and expect to run branch
into this city. There are also gunnors of
this company building into Pierre from
/ iss,Fos ebheraaiTe
The Great Northern line has been,
surveying in this direction from Aber
deem and undoubtedly expects to build
into Pierre.
'Fhe ''Soo''line is also working in this
direction, having built down into South
Dakota recently.
The other systems OF this state, such
as the Illinois Central, the Burlington
or Rock Island system, the Northern
Pacific, and the Minneapolis Il st. Iouis
are in factall pointing in this direction
lahd some of them will undoubtedly
reach into the capital of the state within
| the next two years.
| There are other new roads projected
and talked of that have rot yet ma
| teriali2ed into realities, but some of
! these undoubtedly will during this great
era of prosperity and advancement now
undef.wayss build into Pierre.
4 There is every reason to believe that
this place will grow into a city of $4,000
| people during the next ten years. Some
enthusiastic optimists expect a city of
100000 people here in that time and 200,
600 in twenty years, but even if the
| most conservative are right, there will
certainly be a very large growth for this
place during the next few years Pierre
| will likely be the best young city that
i this generation will see grow from a
small frontier town to a large com
mercial and manufacturing city.
\ These are golden times and this is
the golden opportunity for people Of
lsmal or moderate means to lay ths
4 Foundation of a little f1rtune or indie
pendence for the latter part of tbeirlift
/ BY securing a little real estate here
!. right now and holding same perma
! hertly for few years.