The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-20
Minneapolis Papt
Tells the Story in
Issue of Yesterday
No Other State in Union Has Better Transportation Fac
ties-Postal Transactions Prove Greatness &1 i
City of Opportunity for the Man of Small Means-Success
in the Fight for Diversified Farming ,,1y j..
Hotel Accommodations the Prime Factor in Selecting
Fargo as the Great Convention City of State

600, an increase Of IL per cent over
that OF 1912, which is theFbe index,
of Fargos continued growth and pros
perity in it's retail, jobbing and indus
trial lines Of business. The Fargo post
office is the center Of the postal ad-
ministration of this section. being the
receiving center for all surplus Of pos
tai deposits covering 900 offices in the,
state and also receives the money, or
der deposits of about two-thirds} Of
North Dakota postoffices and a large
number in the northern part OF Min
nesota. These deposits amount to
100000 annually. The Fargo office
pays all the rural carriers in the state
of North Dakota and large number
Of the, railway mail clerks, It is the
sub-agency for stamped, envelopes and
postal cards for the state and all mis-
cellaneous supplies for the postoffices
in North Dakota, Montana, Washing
ton and Oregon, as also Alaska. These
supplies are shipped here by freight
and reshipped from here by mail for
distribution The ratio of expense as
compared to receipts is 46 for all first
class postoffices throughout the United
States, Chicago Is 3S, while that Of
Fargo's does not excel 81 per cent
Transportation Facilities. q
The greatness of Fargo and North.
Dakota and the evolution that has fol-
lowed city building and farm develop
ment are closely allied with its great
system of railroads. No other city or
state in the North American union has
better railroad transportation facili- :
ties. this writing Fargo@is, one of.
the pivotal railroad centeTs between
the east and tho west the Northern
Pacific having seven cast and seven
west bound daily passeifger7 tTains:s.
Great Northern nine east and nine
west bound daily passenger trains and
the Chicago, Milwaukee, & st. Paul two
east and two west bound daily pas
senger trains, with freight train serV-
ice on all these lines constantly in mo-
ton, making this a great jobbing,
manufacturing and distributing point
between the east and the west, where
a splendid city is being built that will
count its population in the coming few
years as a half million, owing to the
logical .leveling up process that. is go.
ing on in the distributing centers OF
the continent. Every county in the
state of North Dakota is tapped by, a
railroad at one point or another. This
is a wonderful evolution in railroad
building when the reader realizes that
in 1900 the state was crossed from
east to west by, only the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern, while the
Minneapolis, ST. Paul & Saulte Ste.
Marie, the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul and the Chicago Northwestern
entered it from the south and south
east. These lines had a. total mileage
of only 2,731 and many parts of the
state were dependent for transporta-
ton down to 1900 on the stage coach
and wagons Today the railroad mile
age of North Dakota is over 5000
miles, being literally, gridironed with
railroads., affording the best Of trans
portation, facilities for passenger and