Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1906-10-05
oUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. FRIDAY, OCT. S, 1906

ing, but no iron was in sight for
that part of the extension.
Between Devils Lake and
|Churchs Ferry hundreds of men
and teams are at work, at differ
sent points, making the grade
for the double track which is to
be constructed between the two
towns. At Grand Harbor and
Penn, between the lake and the
Ferry, there are various kinds of
construction work going on
preparatory to the increased !
traffic arising from the Fargo
Aneta extension over which will
be a service from st. Paul, via
Fargo, Aneta, Devils Lake,
Churchs Ferry, the Cando- st.
John branch to Brandon, Mani
|toba, eighty four miles north Of
|St. John. Over this line, it is ex-
|pected. the Canadian land seek
|ers will be routed. On the Can
do st. John branch the people
are full of great xpectations,.
especially in the way of
improved train service. They
look for one through daily train
which will give them daily mail
including Sundays, and a possi-
bic local service, say Fargo to
| st. John, the latter now being
fthe present terminal of the
|Cando-St. John branch.
The people Of st. John have
visions that their town will be
made at least d freight division
Headquarters and there is a
logical basis for their expecta-
ltions. ST. John ID upwards Of
leighty miles from Devils Lake
making the former town the half.
lWay hause between Brandon and
Devils lake. At consid derable
texpense the great northern has
Ipnf in q water supply at st.
John by piping it from q splen-
Ibid source stNd and q half miles
lsouth. Also q new and larger
/ depot has been built and good.
|authorities report the early con-
Estruction Of q FoundhOuse. All
ialong the branch repair work is
Ibeing done. depots enlarged and
1.-THE track is being put into the
.Ibest possible condition and only
lone conclusion has been reached
land ii. is that the line is to be
fused for al much faster and
heavier traffic.
/ Between Churchs Ferry and
i Devils Lake an interesting sight
is to be seena number Of Indi-
ans with their wagons and
teams at work grading for the
double track, the red men having
in some instances taken sub
contracts in comebIition with
| the white men and have become
employers Of the latter. Con-
trad actors say that they have less
trouble with the Indians than
with any other class of men.
Grand Fo rks Times: The st.
! John branch Of the Great North.
ern railway will be- q branch no
longer after the 18th Of October.
On Of before that date the track.
layers will reach Brandon, after
laying about sixty miles of heavy
rails on one Of the best grades
ever made in the northwest.
The steel has been laid to with
! In 13 miles az Boissevain. The
\ tracklayers were working with q
Ishort crew and were laying only
Zone mile q day. but laborers were
looming ia rapidly from the llar-
west fields and The outfit would
Isoon be doing its regular capacity
Of two miles per day.
The graSs ID Ipleted and
THAT it lis q very substantial grade,
i being nearly wide enough fol
tdouble tracking The bridges
land culyerts are also completed,
i The most important Of which il
1.-The Souris river bridge, which il
sInearly 100 fest high and q magni-
I6cent structure.
The Great Northern's right-of-
4 way into Brandon cost the 81.
4 i ii ia $500, COO. Event seven
Il blocks were purchased and the
| buildings ither razed or moved
laway. Eleva tors and water tanks
II have been erected on tho town
4 sites along the line, but there ars
no depots as vel.
lle stseI that IL being laid Is ii
i heavy al bn the other lslain lines
sid he track Of The old st. OlanI