The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-01
IN SIGHT FOR
E FROM
TO PIERRE
EWert Talks
enthusiastically Of
Prospects
TAPS NEW TOWNS,

slWO FTOpOSltlOnS MaQe Dill
rectors Whereby Proposed
Line Becomes Possible
Two reliable promoting firms have
made Propositions to the board Of d.
rsctorasI s 81 the Sioux City, Mitchell &
Pierre. Railway company, whereby
they declare themselves ready and
able Is raise the balance of a million
dollars fund for the construction of
the proposed line from Mitchell to
Pierre, providing the directors raise
$360.OOO OF the amount" is the
statement of "A. w. Ewert, Of Pierre,
president 81 the company to. The Re
publican Mr.. Ewert is very opto-
mistic concerning the new line.
Il seems tho line from here to
Pierre is q certainty he said, land
II only remains for us to get busy on
the raising OF our share It has been
estimated. the road would cost ST.
100000 and We have figured all the
while that IL we could raise half of
that amount we could get capital in
terested which would take care OF the
other half. Now comes the offer of
these two firms; each of them reliable
ones, which lovers the amount we
had estimated III would be necessary
c G Tor us to raise by $l6O,00O.p
The new line was first proposed
81 last year by wealthy land owners be-
tween here and Pierre who were fore
ed by poor railway facilities to haul
their grain and produce long dist
ances in order to market it. They
therefore met in Mitchell and organ
lied the company, in a very enthus-
iaatic meeting at which probably $50,
Influential and interested men we're
present. 4M
That meeting was the outgrowth
Of a former organization among the
Landowners themselves, in which
several OF them had banded together
as co-partnership with the deter
mination to build the new road. Con-
tracts were drawn up, In which 1t
WAS designated that each man within
eight miles 81 the proposed right-of-
wayeshould donate 500 pei. quarter
OF land owned by him. The sudden
death of one OF the co-partners
brought the work to an untimely
end but In that short space of time
and with but little real organized eft.
fort $120.OO0 had been pledged.
At tho Mitchell meeting, A.. w
Ewerts wal elected president and a
sOard OF directors chosen from the
rincipAf points through which the
ne WaB to pass. Under the new sys
it fs proposed that each lane
,ner within three miles Of the
lt-0f-way shall give $500 and eacf
Tin from three to eight miles give
n A..,sTsshis idea has met with little
IN SsSStiOn and farmers and other.
yyitliez entire line are heartily il
Rl41khy with the movement.
&he result of a meeting of the
stcl1S1tI Commercial club some time
s0Sa was voted to raise $4,000
en6SsBb0 IT. the project. The city o
aSaFNsY s expected to donate a right
y Rnd grade already construct
Blunt into that city. Thil
seSsSS%4 thirty miles long and i
easil sasto be worth 100000. It il
III e1cetaSpf condition and but littl,
additional work will be necessary OF
it. In addition that city has expressed
AtcoAi Do WlAilM6 ~ 6Aye On auui.iono
donation and 1t is expected that tina
will amount TO at least $4,000.
Thus the donations of Mitchell an
Pierre will make an amount of $175,
900 or halt required already In sight
IT ID evident that with the organized
efforts back Of the new project ant
with the Increased donations asked
OF the land owners, with the dona
tions Of other towns along the lin'
ing sl7b,ooo may easily Be raised.
territory entirely new, and one whicl