The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-31
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MANDAN CAUSE
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Mandan, ~. D., March, 31.-The first
official word in confirmation Of a long
current umo regarding the establish
mcnt here Of n. P. division head
quarters, vas spoken by President
Elliott when in conference with a
committee from the Mandan CONNER
Cial club. Mr.. Elliott stated, in the
COUrse of a conversation dealing with
railroad matters: I'VE expect soon to
make this city division headquarters
That was all he had to SAL on the
subject, but that it is definite n Off
Cial cannot be doubted, coming as it
did from the head Of the great com
pany.
Mr.. Elliott was here Monday eve
ming and Tuesday morning on an Of
fcers' special, bearing, besides him
self, Vice Presidents Hannaford and
Shade, General Manager GoOddell, En-
gineer Of Maintenance of Way Gibson,
General Superintendent Rapel1e and
SuLerintendents Strachan and Lantry,
besides several of the private seCre-,
tar1es and assistants Of the higher
officials.
superintendent Rapelje and Lantry
came down from the west to meet the
St. Paul officials. The evening was
spent in pleasant conference with a
committee of three, President Lanter-
man and d. r. Taylor and J..
H. Newton Of the commercial club,
who also spent an hour on the special
after it returned from a trip to Stan
ton.
The trip up the north line was made
in a short time, merely to give the
nllemen a oOk at the general con-
d%itions, with which they were quite
rleased. Nothing in particular was
said regarding plans for this lines ex-
tension, as there probably have been
! M Vnnur Inyralnrronrts fo fLA Yantfn-
During one of the talks in this city
the matter of municipal Improvement
in general and Mandan paving in par
ticular was brought up. President Ell
lott stated that paving is an import
ant city improvement, enhancing
property values and adding very ma
terially to the metropolitan air of any
| small city. He expressed himself as
very pleased with Mandan's aggress-
iveness in this matter and hoped that
1t would go through with a swing.
1T is a valuable municipal improve
ment, and the Northern Pacific will
be very glad to bear it's full share of
the expense" stated Mr.. Elliott.
The matter of the new passenger
depot, On which Mr.. Elliott clearly
expressed himself in a recent letter to
the commercial club, was not brought
up in any form, by either the officials
or the local men,
Will Be Division Point.
a few minutes before the special
pulled out, at 1890 the two long con-
f~erences were summed up by the gen.
tlemen in a sort Of general outline of
what each can do for the other, and
what has been already done. The To-
cal business men thanked all of the
officials for what the company has
done for Mandan in so many respects
and assured them of every possible
reCiprOcation.
President Elliott said: I'VE have a
kindly feeling toward Mandan and
wish to do all in our power to aid in
building up the city. We already have
a very large payroll here, we have
erected q fine large freight depot here
and We expect soon to make this city
division headquarters"
Nothing more was said upon this
point, but the straightforward and en-
tirely offhand manner in which the
vastly important statement was ut
tered, fully confirms the persistent
rumor afioat here for two years that
the company will make Mandan head
quarters for a division including one
or more districts west and both of
the branch lines out of here. When
the change will be made was not stat
ed. and probably is not yet definitely
known, but that it will be ere long is
certain, for It is characteristic of the
Northern Pacific to speedily carry out
! plans once announced.