The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-03-09
URGE NEWCASTLE line
CITIZENS OF NloBRARA WANT
ANOTHER RAILROAD IN.
CITIZENS MEETING is HELD
Mayor George Bayha Of Niobrara Has
Appointed a Committee Of Citizens
In the Knox County Town to Ac.
lively Urge That Road be Built.

Niobrara, Neb.. March g. Mayor
Bayha has taken active interest in the
movement to urge the extension of the
Newcastle branch of the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha line to
Niobrara.
A meeting Of business men and
property owners was held upon the
call of the mayor for the purpose of
arriving at proper organization to
cooperate with the Knox County
Farmers Produce organization and
the towns of Bloomfield and Harting-
ton. Petitions have been circulated
and generally signed all along the
proposed route. IL. A. Fry, who has
interests Mt Niobrara but for the past
two years has been running a news
paper at Lake Andes, S. d., read n
letter from IL. II. Becker, who had
charge of the construction of the Bone
steel line for Winston Bros. Co., in
which he said;
Don't advocate moro railroads to
so through your city. Try TO work up
a scheme that will make the name
'Niobrara Junction Sioux City does
not like to have the territory north
west of you on a direct line to Oma-
ha."
Mr. Fry also read letter from Geo.
ID. Perkins, in which he said in con
nection with the foregoing:
"lf the project of which you have
had intimation should come into the
open 1t might be we'll to give special
attention to the Elkhorn sentiment,
in connection, possibly, with some
plan that might meet the approval of
business interests represented here.
These letters created considerable
enthusiasm among the business men
and gave more confidence to the eff.
fort on the part of the Farmers Pro
duce organization, which Is a corpo-
ration of farmers at Crofton who ship
by boat at Herrick landing during nav
igation.
Capt. Joseph Leach has been over
hauling the steamer +. Y. Bachelor
at Running Water this winter for the
trade along the Missouri river isolated
from railroad connections. These
shipments are made in connection
with the Chicago, Milwaukee and st
Paul, A large elevator has just beer
erected at Running Water, and anoth
er is to follow at once for this trade.
The extension of the Newcastl,
branch would pass through ricl
country. over route long contem
plated by Sioux City. A grade wai
made as far as the Bow valley by
Sioux City enterprise as early as 1877
for the old Covington, Columbus an,
Black Hills line, now owned by tn,
r Newcastle line. The profiles of tn
Sioux yNorthwestern are ais
1 owned by the Northwestern, whicl
: passed through the town Of Croftor
and We're used in the construction O
, the Bonesteel line from Niobrara TIL
I distance from Sioux City to Niobrars
where the junction with the Nortf
= western would be made, is 105 miles
I In three years more the Santee IL
D.. dians will have earned patents to thei
Z lands, and reservation will no longe
= be barrier to railroad construction
r \ large portion of this land has a
ready been disposed of as heirshi
land is settled upon by thrifty elias
of farmers, most of which is along tn
route that would be taken by the e,
Il tension of the Newcastle branch.