The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-02-12
It's the Road of 20 Years Ago.

It's the Road OF 70 Years Ago.
Further details than those given in
the Yankton dispatch to The News
Saturday of the new activity in the
"Yankton Norfolk & Southern rail
railroad" appear in Saturday evenings
edition of the Yankton Press and Da-
kotan, which says:
Last nights issue no sooner reached
the street than the biggest crop of
Doubling Thomas" developed that
Yankton ever held at one time. 1t
was all over the announcement that
the Yankton, Norfolk & Southern rail
road was just about to be built, in
Guiding the long dreamed of bridge,
1t may have been for the reason that
deferred hopes maketh the heart
sick" but whatever the cause the
crop of doubters was on hand and
said things
Take Advantage of Former Work.
With this situation in mind, Messrs.
George Allen Yuille and j. II. John
son. the railroad men here, were in
terviewed this morning and asked if
they had anything more to add to
what they had said yesterday. In an
swer Mr. Yuille said he was an en-
gineer, who for seven months past has
devoted his entire time to the pro-
jected road. That he has very thor
oughly gone into the matter and has
developed its entire feasibility from
all points of view, especially the bust.
ness end. He states that the fiscal
agent for the whole proposition Is the
same man that has purchased the
whole Graham interests, which in
ciude right-of-way and the completed
grades from here to Norfolk and in
ests.
South End Completed.
Messrs. Yuille and Johnson have
just returned from the southern end
of the line, where 105 miles is already
completed and 105 miles under con-
struction. That part of the road built
is from Frederick, Texas, to New
castle, passing through Wichita Falls,
with spur to Henrietta. The road
under construction extends on the
north from Frederick to Altus, on the
Kansas state line. On the south the
road being built is from Newcastle to
| gained by a line in operation. Con
tractor Johnson has arrived in Yank-
ton and will have charge from now on
of the construction work at this end.
| Today the necessary rods were OBJ
tanned and soundings for each pier
for the bridge were made at the point
three and one-half miles west, where
the old Yankton and Norfolk grade
reaches the river. With some of this
| preliminary work done Engineer
Yuille will return to Chicago, to push
things from that end.
Not the Fremont Hill Crowd.
One reason for a visit here at this
time is to ask for bonus of $4,000
on the same plan as the contracts
signed by Yankton citizens for the
Yankton and Southern. A clause will
stipulate that in case the Yankton
and Southern contracts, now outstand-
ing, held by Fremont Hill, become
due and payable by reason of the
completion of the Yankton and South
ern, then in that case the new Yank-
ton-Norfolk contracts will be null and
void. Mr.. Yuille was asked what he
thought of the chances for the Yank-
ton Southern if his own road went
through. To this he laughed and said
his people were thoroughly convinced
of the excellence of the proposition
and were going ahead, regardless of
anyone else and that the Yankton
Southern would have to take its
chances like any other business deal
would.
Follow Original Plans.
| A.ly 70 hot al ln
followed Mr.. Yuille said the Graham
interests having been acquired the
original plans would be very closely
followed, the bridge would be built
where the soundings for the piers
were made today. This was at Am
brose Island. That the bridge as or.
iginally designed of eleven spans had
been adopted, with some changes
provided the war department would
agree to the changes to be suggested
Mr. Yuille emphasized that a good
deal of the faith in the road came
from the fact that his detailed work
in the past seven months had shown
that this country's big surplus, raised
in the two Dakotas, Nebraska Kan
sas and Oklahoma, was going via
Omaha to Duluth and Minneapolis. He
said the new road would save seventy
six miles, bring all this vast surplus
production through Yankton, using j
]. Hills road to Minneapolis. He also
stated that he had accurate figures
by counties, of the entire territory to
be traversed by the Yankton Norfolk
& Southern and the projectors knew
exactly what they were doing. Both
gentlemen certainly seem to know
what they are about and it might be
a good thing to believe them, especi
ally as both are quiet business men
with business on hand which they ap
pear to understand pretty well and
are willing to talk about in the man
ner of men sure of their ground and
don't care who knows il.
The whole situation is so different
to the old way of no publicity and
surveyors crews, one after another
coming here like thieves in the night
to sneak away at sight of a man with
a pencil, that sure does look good to
those who have given the matter any
serious attention. The wise ones will