Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-11-02

saUs0 Uccu Uu6y VIII SASe4&RO0S the
Northern Pacific has not been idle
and it's Pingree-Wilton line will soon
- completed. This line is a feeder
and opens new territory for rs miles
on either side from Plngree to Will
ton. The line will give "a direct
outlet toward the east for the pro-
duct of the largest ignite coal mines
in the state at Wfton, and makes 4
shorter haul for that fuel to the
central and EASTERN parts of the state.
with the recent discovering and
improvements in the process OF bri-
quoting ignite coal, the mining tof
it is assuming importance and 1T lis
the coming fuel for all North Dakota.
1t Is expected this line will eventual
iy srsss the Missouri river west of
Wf.Bein and join the new branch of
the Northern Pacific running north
fr:ssn Manhan. 1t may also be ex-
teHaed from Wilton south to Nc
KeEzie on the main line ttO connect
with the McKen1ie-L Linton branch" :"
| The journal Saws that the Mott
1ine of the Northsrn Pacific will soon
be textEnded westward IRON Mott,
lWsassins little guuth Idf New Eng
Sand, crossing the Litt4e Missouri
mt aMzrmarth, :atDut a mile from
where the coast line of the Milwau-
lrkee crosses, then 'nortarwesterly to
lrmeet the present main line of the
1 Northern Pacific at Mics City Mont,
willie from Eannonball lit will be
btiE east acrDss the Zig Missouri
river, theme Through LdRton to Edge
hey, to CONNECT with tire line from
ilEdgeley TIA LaAoure.
This makes :Hsssibly aashorter thru
;fFeight Lime, of easy grade south of
laand paraIBl ito Ebhe maM line of the
FNDrtheTn Pacfhr; from %argo, across
eNorth DHd4zta no Miles, Tity, Mont,
by way OF Liheon, LaMoure, Edge
kksy, Lin1nn, UEnnonbam, Mott and
EMarmar1h,, sa1bi will reaispe the COZ
gestion Of traffic on the main line
fut Will tlffsn be xpossible, ;also to run
nhrough trains sfcom WzAana, Mimi,
TITO Miles City, Mont, by way of Fer
Egus, FaIls, Bretaeentidge, .Wahpeton,
sOakes, LaMoure:a and Edmaey, which
lit is said, ,takessa route about thirty
miles shorter tAan over THE main
line., Frum rCanHonball south along
the Missouri river the lime will be
construcsat to Fort Yates, on the
former Standing fRock reservation.
New maps ISSUED officially 1by the
/ Northern tactic aasDw those proposed
extensions and surveys hzae been
.completed, $50 there lis no Huubt of
their early construction
The Ntmthern Pacific has also grad
ed a branch north of Mandan to
Stanton in Mercer county, a distance
'of 20 miles. Stanton is nearly op-
iposite Waahburn and the line will
tbe completed soon.
''This is Mercer cotenty's first rsjl-
road. From stanton the line win he
extended up the Missouri river 10
meet the branch that was recently
I}auilt from Glandive, Mant. down the
Yellowstone river to Sidney, Mont.
aud will thus complete the so-called
19issouri River Water Level line OF !
All River route.
Another extension wifi i've built |
west from Stanton up the &apafe riv-
er to Manning, the county seat of
Dunn county. Those extensions will
tap the Fort Bertssd reservation, of
which mention was hereinbefore
made and will develop new territory
by bringing much needed railroad
facihtSes to the counties of Mercer,
Dunn and Mckenzie. which have
heretofore been without railroads"
The Turtle Lake branch will also
be extended to ElbowSOds and the
branch to Towner In
McHenry county according to the Ii
Journal article. It is believed that
he Milwaukee and st. Paul is plan
1frg some extensions into North Da- ,
zota, one of which IL a north line =
rom Ives, N. D. east of Marmarth in ,
! northeasterly direction to New i
england, the present terminal of the =
branch that starts from 9
8. D. It is possible {
hat the Milwaukee will also ex- 4
end north in the territory heretofore n
ontrolled by the Northern Pacific. y
mother Milwaukee extension is ex-
'ected from Harlan in Sargent :,
ounty by way of Lisbon to Valley :.
'ity. A grading was partly done on "
UGH line several years ago and 1t
, rumored that the extension may :,
o north to Devils Lake. :.
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''The Midland Continental railroad