Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-10-30
FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN
over WIMBLEDON EXTENSION
new BRANCH OF MIDLAND CONTINENTAL
RAILROAD OPENED WEDNESDAY
GIVES NEW TERRITORY TO JAMESTOWN AND CONNECTS
THIS CITY WITH ANOTHER TRANSC0NTlNENTAL LINE

QuvSo NEW ICOOJ lVUI " JHU
THIS CITY WITH AN01
The first passenger train run be-
tween Jamestown. and Wimbledon
over the new north extension of the
Midland Continental railroad, pass
ed over the recently completed line
yesterday, and opened another con-
nection for through and local traffic,
both passenger and freight, to
Jamestown. jamestown has now
added another connection with an
other transcontinental line, namely
the Minneapolis & Sault Ste. Marie.
The Midland also connects with the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul at
Bdgeley, while the main transconti-
mental line of the Northern Pacific
has one of it's chief division head
quarters at Jamestown. The new
extension of the Midland will also
bring in closer touch with jamestown,
Wimbledon and the farmers in that
vicinity and along the extension,
many of whom traded at Jamestown
before the 500 line cut through that
territory. The new 81 mile extern
sion was graded and ironed and COM
pleted during the past summer.
The excursion Wednesday carried
about 800 people, large delegation
of Wimbledon business men headed
by the Wimbledon Concert Band,
with it's leader, Milton Chase COM
ing to Jamestown to escort the Wis
itors- to Wimbledon. The excursion
train included two day coaches filed
to the limit, while the overflow
camped in bunk and box cars. The
train was late in leaving. pulling out
from jamestown about 1880 p. M,
and backed over the jamestown spur
to the =, where It pulled ont north
east over the new main line., The
train extension passes along the south
and east edge of the James river val
ley and affords q fine scenic highway.
Crossing the Seven Mile coulee east
Of Jamestown, the Midland road goes
by subway under the N. p. main line
and Immediately ascends from the
coulee to the prairie and farm land
above. A short stop was made here
to pick up a number of farmer ex-
cursionists. ..4.-
Clementsville.
The first station out of Jamestown
is Clementsville, II miles from the
Y, already thriving little burg. The
new Observation-Disclosures $4,000
bushel elevator is completed and, re-
ceiving grain. Agent M. N. Abbott
states he is receiving and shipping
eight cara of grain per day, and by
Sunday expects to have the elevator
filed. Two elevator assistants are
required to accommodate the 16 or
1S teams unloading continuously.
Two lumber companies are at
Clementsville, the Rogers Lumber
Co.. and the Murphy Lumber and Inn
plement Co. One bank already is
on the grounds, the Farmers & Mer-
chants bank, the incorporators being
Messra. r. Clendenning and J. e.
Fox of Wimbledon and L. Nichols of
Courtenay.>
The new general store to be built
by Messrs: Zimmerman of James
town, Clendenning Of Wimbledon,
and Frank Papstein Of spiritwood,
the latter to be in charge, is under
way. There is a school house. and
residence for the, bank cAlhier, also
q livery barn run BY VIM. Purcell,
who will erect q hotel at Clements
vile in the spring. The railroad has
a fine depot. with Agent Newquist in
charge. In the spring there will
also be another bank, and general
store, blacksmith shop. restaurant.
and several residences. sites having
been spoken for to the townsite
company. Clementsville is located
on the southeast corner Of section
11-141-62, seventeen miles from
jamestown. seven miles north Of
spiritwood and @nine miles south Of
Wimbledon. -
Y A siding has already been put in
on the Rounseville & Doty property,
the ne. quarter Of section 4-l40-62,
and other new sidings also are an
ticipated. aHSFl ssss5 3issss M
banquet at Wimbsedon.
Leaving Clementsvilles after q brief
stop, the train proceeded over the
new line without incident until arriv-
Ing At Wimbledon at $50 p. M. al
miles from jamestown. The visit
orr wers led by the Wimblsdon Con-