The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1916-10-21
new RAILWAY
PROJECT NOW
UNDER WAY
CHARTER ASKED FOR CORPORA
rION OF FARMERS CAPITAL
lied A HALF MILLION,
Directors Named and Officers Elected.
Active Work of Securing Funds
and Right of Way Now On.

The Dickinson and Southwestern
Railway is the newest Missouri Slope
enterprise, the organization being
completed, directors and officers elect
ed, and business begun at an en-
thusiastic meeting held in Dickinson
Wednesday afternoon. The organiza-
ton session was held in the offices of
Casey & Burgeson in the Merchants
National Bank block.
The roll call at the opening of the
meeting developed that nearly all of
the delegates selected at community
meetings along the proposed railway,
were present either in person or by
proxy, as follows: B. J. Eide, Dag
lum; W: H. Mack and P. E. Hagen
stad, Midway; D. McCutchan and c.
P. Brownlee, Amidon; J. o. McLaugh-
lin and F. J. Wier, Bierman, and W.
Glass, proxy for Delegate Russell of
Shollsmade. Those announced absent
were: j. Q. Daglum, Daglum; Ira J.
Wilson, Midway and Wm. Roger and
Paul Fredericks of Slope Center.
The first work of the committee
was the making Of an application for
charter for the Dickinson and
Southwestern Railway Co., capital
lied at a half a million dollars, hav-
ing the purpose in view Of construct
ing, purchasing equipment and oper-
ating railway from Dickinson to
Bierman. A constitution and a set of
bylaws were adopted. These provide
for the immediate issue of 10000
shares of stock at $25 each. It set
the number of directors at thirteen,
and provides for a comprehensive
working plan for the corporation.
Each Of the twelve delegates named
to attend the organization from the
territory through which, the line will
pass, was named a director. The
thirteenth man named was ALT:
White, a delegate from the city of
Dickinson.
The board of delegates then adj
journed and proceeded to meet as a
board Of directors. The first business
of this board was the election of Of
fcers, which after considerable ballot
ing, resulted as follows:
ALI. White, Dickinson, president.
Tobias D. Casey, Dickinson, first
vice president, secretary and treas
Hfer.
It was moved, Seconded and carried
that the principal place of business of
the corporation be at Dickinson, and
that steps be taken for the immediate
launching of the work of raising
funds, securing right of way and
plan for actual construction work.
Survey Completed
The preliminary survey, has. been
completed all of the way to Bier1nan
The work was done BY the Equity
Engineering Co. of Fargo, and 80. pei
cent Of the contract price already
paid over for the work. :. ~..
Chief Engineer Schuyler, in making
report of the work said that he
j.. found the grade much easier than. he
had expected, and it is estimated
that the cost of construction will he
> considerably lower than anticipated
It is thought that the road may be
!. built and equipped at a. cost of about
$4,000. to: $18,00 per mile:
Farmers along the proposed line
are, very much interested and many
have offered donations of right of way
to the new company, This railroad
project is now assured if every farm
er and resident along the line get!
out and boosts, -, Railways like thi:
have been built in many localities il
North Dakota-the people along tht
-. new Dickinson and Southwestern rail
way are next.
Northern. Pacific Interested
The directors and high officials o.
the Northern Pacific railway ar
highly interested in the work being
done by the farmers along the pro
posed route. Inquiries come to tn
Press and local railway officials al
most daily for reports of how th'
work is progressing.