The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-16
5 Railroad News ;
WILL COMPLETE
STANTON BRANCH

Mandan News: Never start any
thing you can't finish" seems to be the
motto OF the Northern Pacific rail-
way company, for at last word has
come ordering the completion Of the
north branch through to the city Of
Stanton, the original objective point
of the enterprise. The first orders, is
sued somewhat over a month ago,
were for the completion OF the line as
far as Sanger, then, when successful
ly carried thus far, came orders from
headquarters for it's extension to
Hensler, and. now that the work
through to that place Is well under
way, comes the final welcomed news
that the line will reach stanton this
fall
$50 More Men Needed.
The grading was done along the
whole line, all that there remained to
do being the laying Of steel and sur
facing the track. This work. as was
mentioned in the last weeks issue Of
The News. has been completed to San
ger and good deal of commercial
traffic has been carried on over the
line that far, many trains OF grain,
cattle, hay and other farm produce
having already been shipped to this
place. The steam shovel has com
pleted its work on the first cut and it
will soon be through with it's share OF
the work, leaving only the surfacing
to be done. The whole work would
progress q great deal more rapidly
than at present, but for lack of a. sur
ficient number of workmen. AS IL is.
several score are employed, but the
men in charge state that at least $50
more could be very easily used.
Gould these men be secured the
work would progress a great deal
more rapidly, and would be entirely
| completed in a very short time. II
was partly a scarcity of laborers that
led the company to order the comple-
ton Of the line only to Sanger to be-
gin with. Several carloads have come
here from st. Paul and many men
have been picked up locally, but there
Is still much to accomplish.
Bridge Contractors Arrive.
The contractors for the building Of
the necessary bridges and trestles
from this poin to Stanton arrived in
the city this week, ready to begin
| their preliminary work. The firm
having this branch of the work i'm
charge is that Of Peppard e. Fulton,
Minneapolis bridge builders, who car
| ry out many large railroad contracts
in the northwest. They did some Of
the bridge and trestle work on the
south branch last year.
Fourteen Large Bridges.
A part of the outfit for the bridge
| builders arrived Wednesday, the rest
Thursday. On Thursday, Mr.. Fulton
the member Of the firm who is super
intending the work. went out on the
line, looking over the conditions and
making arrangements for the immed-
| late beginning Of the work. Between
here and Stanton there is a necessity
for not less than fourteen bridges and
trestles, the latter being Of good size
The work of erecting these for perma-
ment use will require some time. Be
tween forty and fifty men, perhaps q
few more. will be employed Some oil
these will be brought here from st
Paul and others will be picked UP To-
cally, as they are for the track lay
ing and surfacing work.
Thus, in a few weeks the grain and
other products from Stanton and that
vicinity. very little Of which have
hitherto found its way to this city. viii
be flowing into the Mandan markets
1t only remains now to see how fan
north the line will be extended nexl
year.