The producers news., 1927-03-11
Circle Community Residents to
Support Mp. Branch at Hearing
Representative of Railway System
Address Business Men and Farm
ers and Discuss Plans to Build In
to Redwater Area.

Circle, March with the state
ment that the Northern Pacific's
proposed branch line from Glendive
to Circle is the nearest connection
with a main line, and that his COM
pany is anxious to help settle and
develop the Redwater valley and ad-
jacent territory, H. z. Stevens Of ST.
Paul, chief engineer of the Northern
Pacific railroad, was the first OF sew
eral officers of that company to pre-
sent to the business men and the few
farmers of Circle who could be quick
ly gathered its plans, if its petition
for certificate OF necessity from the
interstate commerce commission IS
granted, for the development of the
Redwater valley, the last big terri
tory of undeveloped farming land in
the west.
Before coming to Circle to lay
their plans before the people here,
the party of officers, under the guild
ance of P. E. Then, engineer in
charge, traversed both routes which
the Northern Pacific has surveyed
this winter. Mr.. Stevens said that
the short route from Glendive had
been decided upon as the one to be
built.
Urged to Attend Hearing
Mr.. Stevens pointed out numerous
advantages of having the Northern
Pacific built into McCOne county
chief among them being the short
distance to a main line, where con-
nectiOns, both east and west, are well
provided.
MIR. Stevens closed his talk by urg-
ing the railroad club here to have a
meeting and elect and instruct a
delegation to attend the hearing OF
the state railroad commission, which
is to be held at Glendive Thursday
March 10.
J. M. Hughes, Northern Pacific
land commissioner, with headquarters
in st. Paul, told the gathering thai
what his road is trying to do is tC
get settlers, real farmers, on theil
vast land holdings in the Redwatel
valley and adjacent territory, anC
that it is powerless to do this with
out railroad facilities, and that, il
the interstate commerce commission
acted favorably on the N. P. position
this county would soon have service.
200 Families This Year
He also pointed out that with the
settlement of it's lands the Northern
Pacific did not neglect the settler
but maintained an agricultural de
partment that furnished available da
ia and information to the newcomer
He also stated that the Northern Pa
cific land department expected Il
bring 200 farmer families into Nc
Cone county this year if railroad ia
cilities were provided. Mr. Hughe.
said that the people here may lool
for change in climatic conditions
with return of the good years sim
liar to those of 1913 to 1917. and tn,
country has passed through the phas,
of the experimental farmer ant
hOmesteader.
J. E. Squirting of Billings, division
freight and passenger agent, prob
ably made the strongest appeal fo
support of the Northern Pacific
when he pointed out additional ad
vantages of Glendive being division
point on the main line, where it wa
possible to make shipment of live
stock and grain on through trains
and added that he believed the North
ern Pacific was the best railroad il
the world.
Messrs. Stevens, Hughes and Spur
ling urged that the railroad club hol
a meeting in the near future, and de
eide which railroad the Milwaukee O
the Northern Pacific this communit
would support at the hearing in Glen