, 1923-05-19
FINANCING FOR
LAND PURCHASE
AUTHORIZED BY
c. MEMBERS
Right-of Way and Ter
minal Site Cost to Total
100000, According
10 Directors Estimate.

A right-of-way for the
Wyoming-Montana north and
south railroad into Casper
with depot and terminal
site included will cost this
city approximately $1,000 900,
according to the estimate expressed
by Attorney A. e. STREET. at an open
meeting of members of the Casper
of Commerce held last night
at the Henning. at which meeting the
mbe unanimously ratified the
proposition which the board of cfrec-
tors had made to the Haskell inter
ests and extended a vote Of thanks
for the efforts which the board had
made in behalf of Casper.
Mr.. STREET outlined the route
which the committee from the cham
Der had found to be the most feasible
and indeed the only adequate route.
According to the proposition us laid
before the body last night It is highly
probable that the North & South rail-.
road Will carry its passengers as far
as the Northwestern station, but tho
Northwestern railroad will not per-
NIT it's yards to be used as a freight
depot for the new enterprise. and
therefore separate tracks will be
necessary.
The railroad VIII come from Irlco
to Mills IN the Northwestern tracks,
since the interstate commerce COM
mission would not permit n third
parallel line running into Casper. AT
a point near Mills the new railroad
Will again take to its own tracks,
VIII cross the Platte river on its own
bridge. will follow a course through
the Carey pasture. will cut across
the southeast end of the Standard
tank farm. and VIII have a so-foot
right-of-way up Railroad avenue as
far as Oak street. Fifteen or twenty
lots will be needed between Railroad
and Eighth streets Just northwest of
the high school athletic park for a
freight depot and the extra trackage
and other facilities that will be re-
CURED as a terminal for the road.
This r~ight-of-way starting with the
81 acres of the Carey tract and ends
Ing at Oak street is the land which
Will have to be purchased by the citi-s
zens OF Casper. It was brought our
by Mr.. STREET last night that tho.
land thus embraced would normally
''eh al AAAAN-abAA tAltIBIlt6 uDolE
$500. 900.
Your board OF directors have made
a proposition" said the attorney.
The railroad is being built. There
is only one thing for us to do, and
that is to get as much out of It for
Casper as possible. The board has
worked for your interests u~nselnshly.
They are naturally bound to keep tho
proposal they have made"
Casper has never FALLEN down." he
went on. THE board earnestly asks
your support"
The question of n union depot ut
this time was brought up by Attor-
ney Ambrose Hemingway. Mr.. Hem.
ingway gave his opinion that Il would
be better to work for such n depot
now instead of having a third sepa-
rate railroad r~ight-of-way into Casper.
j. w. johnson answered this OBJ
lection by remarking tina ,. s, Lake
Of the Haskell interests had nego-
tiated with the Northwestern and had
been unable to obtain freight facili-
ties in the yards OF this company. be-
cause the Northwestern was already
overcrowded and was utilizing every
bit of ground for its own business.
Mr.. Lake had also stated. according
to Mr.. Johnson, that the North &
South railroad desired n union depot
at the earliest possible time and
would work toward that end. but that
such a project could not be obtained
at the present time.
Sam Conwell spoke further on this
point in stating hat the North &
South railroad in n case would
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