The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-04-01
RAILROAD EXTENSION PLANS OF
SEVERAL LINES WILL BE
RUSHED THROUGH
THUNDER BUTTE COUNTRY
Milwaukee will Hurry Work on This
Extension to Accommodate the
Settlers on the Newly
Opened Lands

Pierre Last fall all the differ Mt
railroads working into the north est
showed unuSua activity In The matter
OF preliminary work, and il was free
~ predicted that the coming Of warm
weather this year would mean an in
crease in the activity w..ich would be
directed toward actual construction
work to follovr up the preliminary
work which was rushed along last fell
and in the early winter But Will
the snow is gone from the pr iries, and
the indications are for an early and
open spring, the anticipated acti it,
is only being shown in spots. The long
severe winter. with its storms and
heavy operating expenses. and red C.
ton of revenues by DELAYED reignts,
has apparently put a chill into the
heads Of the different roads. VIII ch
even the warm days that have pre-
vailed through this month have o
yet entirely dispelled.
The work of the Northwestern sys-
tenn at the present appears to be CEN
tered OF the Blunt-Gettysburg and ,hc
Belle FOurche extension. Material is
being rapidly forwarded to Belle
FOurche for the construction work on
that line out into the territory covered
with the Belle Fourche IRRIGATION pro-
ject. and twenty-five mi'es will wi n
out doubt be pushed thrO gh early
this summer. This line will reach out
through the country which viii b
developed into small irrigated fa1ms
and will have heavy patronage f ON
its opening. This line will very Ii e
ly be in operation by cary in the
summer The line from Hitchc G to
Onida. to OEnec with the VI TT Get
tysburg line at Onida. is evidently i'm
partial eclipse The eng neer'ng force
has been withdrawn from Hit he ok,
and material which was intended for
that line is being taken to Blunt and
Belle Fourche. but that line WI ,erv
likely be given more attention later
in the summer. The connection be
tween the Pierre-Rapid City line and
that extending east from lelle
FOurche is also at q standstll. al
work being held up on that after keep
ing engineers out on the locating lin"
almost up to Christmas. Neither does
there appear to be any activity shown
on the extension from Dallas, " in
NbN 'n'i'iINi a. W - ~ N
last fall, and which is beneved to he a
part of the connection to the Nfll
FOurche line.
The Milwaukee road. vii h IA e
two lines across the CNc elrc re
reservation last fall. Will pro adv
rush work on its north bra"ch olt
into the Thunder Butte % MY ea Y
this spring. for the hand ing OF set
tiers on the newly opened l9nds. ana
will likely finish their 50 thorn inc
along Fox River later in the S "son,
with all Indications of the south TN
line waiting until the northern ne i
completed before any move is made
to he south.
The Minneapolis & ST. 10 is does
not appear TO be making any special
efforts toward continuing orN Wes.
Of the Missouri from lie Peau his
spring. While they did considerable
preliminary work in that territory last
wear. they have not resumed opera on
this year. But they are showing in
dications of pushing work on their
extension from Aberdeen to this city,
They have q force of engineers on .Ae
line who have been out since some
time in February.
The newest organization in the rail
road line is that of the Sioux Fans and
Western line. which has been orean-
i2ed by local Sioux Falls men. with
the proposed intention Of a new inc
from Sioux Falls TO Wheeler in
Charles Mix county On the Missouri
river.
Outside of this the railway activity
of the state this spring appears 10 be
i'm the way of the work on the South
Dakota interUrhan which has cen
projected from Sioux City to y. on
Hills. near the Missouri river. The
company which is pushing this rro-
ioct has been az WORK for more tina
a year and is attempting to build 1t
largely with local capital to be sub
scribed along the line.