The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-30

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Of the 500 now runs north to Armour
dale. near the Canadian boundary. and
II 10 expected that branch win be ex-
tended from Armourdale TO Brandon,
Canada. On the strength Of the ex-
pected new railroad connections Devils
Lake, through it's commercial club. is
negotiating for the establishment Of
several new industries and enterprises.
including the erection OF q paper mill,
TO make paper from straw, to be the
hrst paper mill In the state.
Still Another.
Another proposed line of the 500 is
from Thief River Falls, MINI, to Grand
Forks thence southwest through Car
rington to Bismarck. about $40 miles.
Grand Forks has long wanted the 500.
and the fact that surveyors. believed
to be In its employ. have been at work
between Thief River Falls and Grand
| Forks, gives condolences to its expecta-
tons. The commercial club OF Grand
| Forks is acting in concert with the
commercial club OF Duluth and every
effort will be made to encourage the
building OF that line
| Fargo is also desirious OF having con-
| nections with the Soo's main line at
Enderlin, and it's commercial club has
taken action looking, to that result.
and has received encouraging assur-
ances from officials that a line would
| be built from point on the 500 some
where near Detroit MINI. to Fargo.
thence southwesterly to Enderlin. 1t
seems hardly possible that North Da-
kota's two largest cities, Fargo and
Grand Forks, can long be neglected by
so aggressive railroad as the 500.
Other rumored extensions Of the 500
are from Ambrose. N. D., to Plenty
wood. Mont, about sixty miles. and
from Cayuna, MINI. to Valley City.
N. d. but as yet little that Is definite
is known as to them.
Altogether the 500 is a formidable
rival Of the Great Northern In North
Dakota railroad building. and It may
be expected to construct several new
lines. pointing generally in the direc-
tion of Duluth, Just as the lines of
thu Great Northern point generally In
the direction OF Minneapolis.
Some Of the proposed 500 lines to
have a northeast and southwest course,
will felt long felt want In the state,
as the prevailing direction of present
railroads Is east and west north and
south, or northwest and southeast.
From the northeastern part OF the
state, for instance, the traveller to Bis
marok has to go south, then turn a
right angle and go west, and a south
west line from the northeastern part
of the state to Bismarck would be well
patronized.
Northern Pacific Building.
While the Great Northern and the
500 have been busy In the northern and
central parts Of the state, planning ITO
build rings around each other" the
Northern Pacific, the old pioneer line
OF North Dakota, has not been idle.
In 1910 II graded q line from Pingree
in Stutsman county. on fits Jamestown
Leeds branch. straight west through
Kidder county, to Wilton In Burleigh
county, on the Bismarck line OF the
500, near the Missouri river, about
ninety eight miles. The rails are be-
ing laid at present, and about sixty
miles have been ironed, and the whole
line will soon be ready for operation.
This branch runs about midway be-
Pacific and its Darlington Turtle Lake
branch, parallel to each. and serves a
territory which has heretofore been
rather remote from railroad facilities.
II also cuts into 500 territory at its
western end. There are seven new
towns along the line, at Intervals OF
about twelve miles apart vashti.
woodwork, Pettfbone, Robinson, Tut
tie, Wing and Regan. The line Is inn
portant only as q feeder and because
it opens new territory twenty five miles
from the other lines on each side of 1t,
but because II gives a direct outlet
toward the east for the product OF the
largest Ignite coal mines in the state,
at Wilton, and makes shorter haul
for that fuel to the central and eastern
parts of the state.
with the recent discoveries and inn
provements in the process OF briquet-
ting ignite COAL the mining of 1t Is
assuming Importance and II is the
coming fuel for all North Dakota. It
is expected this line vii eventually
cross the Missouri river west of Will
ton and join the new branch Of the
Northern Pacific running north from
Wilton south to Mckenzie on the main
line, to connect with the Mckenzie
Linton branch.
Beyond the Missouri.
In 1910 the Northern Pacific COM
pleted a new branch line from MandRn
south along the Missouri river to Cam
nonball, thence west to Mott In Het-
finger county. a total distance Of 132
miles. This new line, which is known
as the Missouri River g. Western
Dakota line, was opened to traffic In
October, 1910 Daily trains from Mott
are made up at Bismarck. The new
towns on this line ara Schmidt Gwy-
Their, Cannonball. Thinner, Flasher.
Carson, L.awther, Elgin, New Leipzig.
Birdsell, Burt and Mott. The line will
compete for business with the Milwau-
kee railroad running into that part OF
the state from South Dakota, and will
serve as an outlet for Bismarck's
wholesale houses In competition with
those of Aberdeen. operating over the
Milwaukee, which also completed a line
to Mott and on to New England at the
same time the Northern Pacific built
into Mott.
Heavier steel rails were used on the
Northern Pacific's new line and II will