The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-08
Railroad News
MOTT PLEASED
WITH SERVICE
TWENTY-sIx MILES OF SNOW
FENCE ALREADY ERECTED
SPECIAL TRAIN WITH HIGH Of
FlclALs MADE RUN TO MOTT
ELEVATOR SITES GRANTED.

Mott Pioneer Press: Tie long
looked for Inauguration OF time
table and passenger service u and
from Mote on the Northern Pacific
took place list Monday morning. 1t
certainly makes our citizens and the
travelling public alike, rejoice to know
that the long talked OF railway IS a
reality at last, and we can all rest
assured that 1t will. in the near fu-
ture, realize and feel that their efforts
have not been in vain, nor their re-
ward patronage Of a luke warm ma
ture. Since their first train was run
into Mott, up to the present date OF
the new schedule, the Northern Paci :
fic has received $4,000, the largest
days receipts being over $1,700, so
Agent DeVol informs us. This is GER
tainly most gratifying to Mott and
the company alike, and demonstrates
that there is something doing az
Mott all the time" We feel from the
showing thus for made that the
Northern Pacific VIII at all timee give
us the best of accommodation in every
thing.
The officials who made the inspec-
ton trip and returned to their homes
In private cars Monday by a special
train, consisted Of the following, and
were high in their praise of the new
mite, its construction. and the bright
future: Howard Elliott, president; ].
M. Hannaford. second vice president;
George II. Slade, third vice president.
w. L. Darling. chief engineer; w. H.
Wilson 90
dent; A. M Burt. superintendent; r.
w. Clark, presidents secretary. From
Mandan there were w H. Stutsman,
railroad commissioner; P. B. Wick
ham, Glen Ullin; C. L. Zimmerman,
Mandan, right of way agents, and f.
c. Huntington, assistant superfntend-
ent.
Not alone have we the raod COM
pleted now and in running order, but
we have also the telegraph line and
express on the same footing, giving
US direct communication with the en-
tire country. We are also informed
that there has already been twenty
six miles of snow fence erected along
this new line to guard against the
road being blocked this winter, and
every possible effort is being made
to give us the service scheduled, if
in their power to do so.
Last Monday the ninety-ton steam
shovel commenced the work for the
new depot which will be built at once
The building will be 3SxSS feet, with
ladies' and gents waiting rooms, ex-
press, freight and baggage rooms, and
living rooms for the agent. The base
ment will be the entire length of the
building and six feet in depth. Judg-
ing from this it seems evident that
this building is only a temporary one,
and that we can depend on something
better in the future when the road
continues on westward
The Northern Pacific has recently
granted the following parties sites for
elevators on their right of way, to be
erected as soon as possible: Farmers
Grain & Elevator Co., of Mott; Rus
sell Milling Co. of Minneapolis Barth
Grain Co, Mott; Powers Elevator Co.,
Minneapolis. When these four eleva-
tors are completed we win have seven
to our credit, and which would do
justice to a town several times our
size.
The new section house is about COM
pleted and al other Improvements
we'll under way, and with a little
good weather before us we should be
pretty well fixed for railroad accomo-
dations as a whole on the line to Man
dan.