The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-10
SIX GOVERNORS.
HEAR RAILWAY
HEADS SPEEC.,..
Interdependence of Railroad
and People Pointed Out by
Speaker
TRACES RAILWAY EPOCF
Governor Maddox, Shafer an,
Dean Walster Address ESQ
at Banquet
TRACES RAILWAY EPOCE

dC banquet
Describing the present period o
improvement and refinement o
railroads, the vast expenditures 70
transportation improvement, coz
problems of the railroad. and the in
terdependence Of the railroads m
the people Of any section for mu
tual advantage, Ralph Budd, presi
dent of the Great Northern Railwa
company, addressed about $50 VIII
attended the annual dinner to ex
hibitors of the North Dakota stat
corn show at the Grand Pacific he
tel last night.
Included the group who heard til
executives comprehensive address
were four ex-governors, John Burke
Joseph M. Devine, r. A. Nestos, an
Lynn j. Frazier; Governor Waite
F. Maddox; and Governor-elee
George F. Shafer. Many stata
county, and city officials, exhibitor,
business men, and visitors were II;
cluded in the banquet group.
Maddox, Shafer Speak
Other addresses were given b.
Governor Walter F. Maddox, Cover
nor-elect George +. Shafer, and i
l.. Walster, dean of the College q
Agriculture at the North Dakot
agricultural college. Musical mum
bers were given by the girls gle
club of the Bismarck Indian schot
and Adolph Engelhart's orchestrs
The banquet group sang sewers
community songs. George H. Will
president Of the North Dakota stat
corn show, presided.
Budd's talk was divided into min
specific parts, which are briefly !
follows:
A general history Of railroads i
North Dakota;
The two periods Of the railroad.
those Of expansion and improvement
and refinement: s..s- sss..-...
The vast expenditures OF the rail
roads for improvement;
The beneficial results Of the i.
vestments;
Why freight rates in the Unit,
States are higher than those in Car
ada;
The interdependence Of the publ
and the railroad;
How the transcontinental route
affect North Dakota;
Local benefits Of through traffi
on the roads;
The North Dakota state corn shos
exemplifies the spirit of improve
ment in quality and quantity Of pre-
ducts which is essential to the be-
tering of transportation and generi
welfare.
Reaches State In 1872,
The president pointed out thu
before 1872 North Dakota was
vast prairie expanse, and that II,
advent of the railroads in 1872 b.
gan the settlement, of the state. HI
1890 North Dakota had . popul,|
tion of 190,9S3 persons and hs1
1,941 miles Of railroad. Throuel
general advance of both the raj
roads and the state and its indus,
tries, the state now has a populatici
of about 650,0O0 and $500 miles 4
steel roads. This fact, he Sal.
shows that the people of one secticj
cannot get along without q railros.
and that the railroads cannot g.
along without the people. He sa:i
that as one prospered, so would tt
other prosper.
The speaker divided the develop
ment period of railroads in tn
state into two divisions, the first
period of expansion from 1872 4
1912, and the second a time Of geiI
eral improvement and refinemel'
from 1922 until today. The raj
roads were busy extending rails ii
to uninhabited areas up until 1911
The World War, in 1914, put q ten
porary stop to road development, Il
said. When the railroads succeed
ed in getting back on their feet |
1922, they entered into the period 4
improvement, in which they are mol
employed.
Little main line will be construc,
ed in the future, Bud said, but gre9
improvements will be made, inclua
ing additional mileage in the way 4
double-track, sidings, and termins
tracks.
"The adequacy Of main lire raj
way mileage in North Dakota
well illustrated by the fact that
has mile of track for every 4
square miles," Budd said. "TH
average for the entire United Statd
| is one mile of track for every 4
er,,o~o ,.o;1ac VVhn~ - .>-.- h
railway mileage in comparison viii
population, we find that in Mort
Dakota there is mile Of track q
about. every 1875 persons, while |
the United States as . whole theS
are about 4So people per mile l
track"
Investments Large Lately
Since the World War, the numht
| Of miles Of railroad in the state n
not been increased. he continu11
but one-fourth Of the Is billions /
dollars which represents the inve1l
ment in all the railroad property
the United States has been invest&
during the last eight years. 6A3
other fact Of great importance :
said, sis that practically oil of IN
six billion dollars has been bc9rou}
through the issuance Of bonds upS
which m interest rate Of from d1
to seven per cant il paid"
1 The reason for the vast expond
lures after the World War W. RI
4 en- briefly ~ follows: The railwo]
faced the most serious conditjOo
| this time ever experienced. We
taxes. and cost Of matsrial nj I