The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21
MITCHELL blunt
RAILROAD ROUTE
STEADY GROWTH
Promoters Here to Ask
What Mitchell is
Going to Do
RAISED 100000
Farmers Along the Line of
Route Have Raised Big
Sum to Help Build it
100000

For several months work has beer
carried along quietly in the securing
OF assistance for the construction of
q railroad between Mitchell aud
Blunt and possibly or to Pierer. The
promoters are farmers and business
men living along the line of the pro-
posed route and they have gone at
the situation with the determination
to construct that line themselves or
have ii done by some railroad which
will step in and do the work.
Promoters OF the proposition have
been in tile city at various times and
have reported splendid prograss In
securing the assistance of farmers
living with the radius OF tile road.
Wednesday, afternoon tire CT gen
tlemefl,9 Messrs. Dan Walsh, G.. A.
Fraser and j.. G. Thull, representing a
portion of the men who are behind
this enterprise, were in the city and
held a conference with the officers of
the Comemrcial Club and a number
OF citizens. The gentlemen stated
that they had made sufficient pro-
gres in their work to show the FEAST
bility OF the proposition aud the real
backing By the farmers. and they
desired to know what Mitchell in
tended to do toward making the pro-
ject a successful one,
Have Over 800, OOG.
Mr.. Thull stated that the. have
secured oyer 100000 from the farm
ers along the linesof the proposed
4 route with which to build the road.
The methodAofs procedure is to assess
each quarter section lying within a
Distance Of eight miles OF the road
$l00, and take a mortgage on the
farm for the guarantee Of the pay
mert OF the money wnel the Dad is
built. Mr.. Thull stated that they
were having no trouble whatever in
getting the farmers to bind them
selves in this way, The idea IL to
tendethe line on from Blunt, to
Il Pierre, and into the capital city it is
the purpose to use the old grade oil
the Aberdeen and Black Hills road,
(which was established some twenty
three years ago, and which car be
utilized for the new read. This, ii
is understood will be turned in by
PssyTe as ats sLare OF the project.
oHEtheEmdli0lilof Mayor Hitchcocl
President Ronald OF the Commercial
Cub appointed a committee of five
men to make plans for the future
development OF the railroad project
The committee named is composed O
O. Il. Branson, 4. wv. Lane, Il. j
Spangler, H. ID. Butterfield and Johr
Michels. The conference of tn com
mittee resulted in the issuance OF Q
call fer a delegate convention of five
men from each Of the following
townsR Pierre, Blunt. Gam Valley
and ot6er town that may be inter
ested. EIf the present plans are con
summated the convention will b
held in this city March %.
Runs Through Good, Country.
The proposed railroad will ru1
through a splendid section of tho
state which has been without trans
%portation facilities since the OPENING
up of that part. The men who al,
at work on the project are imbuet
with the one idea-that of getting
railroad through their country. Mr.
Thull said they did not have any OBJ
jections to otL.er making al the mon
ey they could out of the construction
of the road, that all they desired is tt
have the road built.
Doubles with as strong a foun
dation to start with either the Mil
waukee O the Northwestern roads
will be glad to take up the buildin.
of the road from Mitchell on west.
recent report was published in tn,
minneapolis Journal to the effect tina
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis {
Omaha road has just issued bono
bonds to the extent of $5,000,0 00
which, 1t is alleged, is to be used il
road construction this year. 1t wa,
stated that this is first time tina
the Omaha company has ever issue'
bonds for this purpose. and the be
lief is strong that it means the eX
tension of the road west from thi
point. 1t has been a long cherished
ambition Of the Omaha company t
build the roa0 on west from Mitchell
and with the work already started i
the successful way that it has, Their
is M question but what the Oman
people would be glad of the chanc
to take the proposition on the hand
of tn promoters and build the road
for the company realizes that it coul
not go into the farming communit
and get the assistance from the farm
ers that has already ben secured.
Lead, S. D.-Almost a year fror
the day he was injured, during all c
which time he suffered intense az
ony. George II. Lane, a young miner
died at his home here as the resul
of a fall which broke his back. Ian
who came here from Michigan las
March, soon got steady employmer
E with the Homestake and was plar
ming to bring his family out her
when in April while in the mine, h
Slipped and a heavy rock fell O
him. snapping a yertebra in the bach
Lane was taken to the Homestak
Hospital and although everything pc.
sible was done for him by the con
pany surgeons, he could not recovel
4 Lane leaves a wife and five sma
children in Houghton county, Micl
ri