The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-23
new Line
PROJECTED
BYFARMERS
Proposed Construction of
Railroad Commands At
ton of Western Section.

Bismarck, ". D.. March ga new
railroad connecting Manning, Center
Mandan, st. Anthony and Freda, MAX
ing functions with the Northern Pa
cific at Mandan and Gall, and with. the
Chicago, Milwaukee G. st. Paul al
Freda' and with possible spur across
| the new bridge TO Bismarck to connect
with the 500 line and the Northern
Pacific at this point, is becoming q
probability for the very near future,
according to e. D.. Mcbride, pioneer
merchant Of Emerson, Dunn county
who was in the city yesterday looking
up preliminaries to Incorporation.
An enthusiastic meeting held at ST.
Anthony resulted in enthusiastic
pledges of stock purchases and OF
moral support from the thrifty farm
valleys, which will be served by the
proposed line. Attorney w. A. Carnes
OF Manning, Charles Kapelovitz, presi-
dent of the Manning bank, and Mr.
Mcbride formed the Dunn county dele
cation which carried the message to
st. Anthony, and Mr.. Mcbride reported
today that st. Anthony subscribed
more stock in proportion to the num-
Der involved than did Manning. where
q short time ago $4,000 for the new
line was pledged in few hours.
Rich Country Served.
The proposed line, so new that not
oven a name has been considered, and
so certain that engineering costs, right
of way and other preliminary expenses
have already been provided for, will
follow the valley Of the Knife river
from Manning eastward through the
heart of Dunn county, touching Emer-
son and other thriving inland towns:
through the middle Of Oliver county to
Center, the llustling inland county seat
of that shire. with its six prosperous
creameries; thence down Square Butte
creek valley to the Missouri. which it
will parallel into Mandan. From the
Morton county seat the line will run
south by southwest through some Of
Morton, through the st, Anthony re-
gion. with its substantial, far-spread-
ing farms, crossing the Mott line Of the
Northern Pacific between Thinner and
Gall and dipping thence q few miles to
Freda, the southern terminus, where it
will connect with the Milwaukee line.
Cheap Construction.
Cheap construction because Of q
water-level grade for practically the
entire distance is guaranteed by COM
potent engineer who has been engaged.
While this Milwaukee company has not
appeared openly in the preliminary
promotion, 1t Is understood to be inter-
ested from the fact that the proposed
railway would give this system an
opening into new and rapidly develop
ing territory which It cannot now
reach. On the other hand, it is believed
the Northern Pacific will welcome this
connecting link, and If a connection Is
made with the 500 Line at Bismarck
that company would not feel badly
about an opportunity to get across the
river. p .s.
From Manning to Center the pro-
posed line would serve $50 miles OF una
usually good farming country which
has developed remarkably, even with
out immediate shipping facilities, in
the last Ave years. The Crowley ranch,
several creamery centers and some
rapidly-growing inland trading centers
would profit, and a boom is expected
to follow the coming of the railroad.