The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-14
Great Northern Plans
Improvements at Fargo

preliminary improvements to the
Great Northern yards here necessary
to the establishment of the great
freight terminal, have arrived and are
now in the hands of Pres. H. F. Emery
of the city commission.
These plans were turned over to
Mayor Emery by Arthur Fowler, To-
cal attorney for the Great Northern.
However the plans are intended for
the city commission and for this rea-
son President Emery did not inspect
them and will not do so until they
have been formally opened before the
commissioners at their meeting tomor
row morning.
1t is learned from other sources
that the plans provide for the imme-
date construction of a 500-foot addi.
ton to the present freight house, MAX
ing total of 800 feet of freight houses
running west almost to Tenth street.
In addition to this great freight house
there will be a number of additional
tracks put in and there will be large
driveways which will make the freight
house easily accessible to drays and
motor trucks. There are other i'm
provements to be made but the details
of these cannot be learned until the
plans are opened before the commits
sioners tomorrow.
There is we'll founded report to
the effect that beside making Fargo
a great freight terminal point the
Great Northern also proposes to make
it passenger division point, trans
ferring the passenger division from
GAINESVILLE to this city. 1t is known
that GAINESVILLE has been unsatisfac-
tory as division point for some time
Fargo is more nearly midway city
for passenger service and there are
indications to bear out this report
The report originates with a man who
is in close touch with Great Northern
affairs.
It has been known for some time
that the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad,
which has a line to the Pacific coast
through Canada, intended running
trains over it's Canadian line, to con-
meet with the Great Northern and run
down through North Dakota to the
twin cities 1t is said that these plans
are now practically completed and that
one of the reasons for the contem-
plated changes in the Great Northern
here, is to care for the new Grand
Trunk Pacific traffic that will pass
through Fargo over the Great North
ern lines.
It is also reported that much of the
Grand Pacific freight originating in
the United States will be handled
through the freight terminal here.
The well founded report that the
Great Northern is going to bring the
passenger division from GAINESVILLE
adds additional weight to the rumor
that large union passenger station
is to be erected here. This is still
further strengthened by the fact that
the Grand Trunk Pacific through
trains are to be run through here.
With the large number of passenger
trains through the city in day it is
evident that the present Great North
ern passenger station would not be
adequate for the service. 1t is we'll
known fact that the Northern Pacific
passenger depot is and has been for
a long time wholly inadequate for the
big passenger service of that line and
that it is just matter of time until
a larger station will have to be pro-
vided.
With both roads requiring additional
passenger facilities it seems to be
logical that they should combine and
build great union station that would
take care of the passenger service as
it is now and provide for the great
growth that is assured these two roads
in the future.