Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-10-09
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road has been completed to this place.
and We are now in direct communica-
ton with St. Paul and the Mississippi
river, and in 20 days, connection will be
made on the south with the .McGregor
/ Western Railway. Trains. are already
running to Leroy, 25 miles south of here,
in Mower county, and as the track layers
are working from, both ways. we may
look for a,speedy completion of this last
| link in the all-rail communication from
ST. Paul to Chicago and the east. The
rapidity with which this road has been
builtis owing to the interchangeable. energy
| of the contractors having this portion in
charge, and is unequaled except BY the
Central Pacific. Eighty miles have al
ready been completed this summer Oh sn
!. Austin is half way between McGregora
and Minneapolis, and viii be the point at,
which all the machine shops. and foun-
dries, the mainbuldings for construction
and repairing Of cars, machinery, Sc,
will be located. The company are al
ready building on the depot grounds the,
largest round-house in the State. Itis
| being built of brick, and when completed
will have a capacity for forty engines
| Only a portion Of the building will be
finished this fa4-enough to hold ten
locomotives. ia ogedV ,.8Toa 1893
| This being just the halfway place, will
also be the point where all the. travelling.
tpublic will stop for refreshments. 4 1t is
| Ito miles from McGregor,a and passen-
gers leaving IN the morning for st. Paul,
will reach here at Il NJ, for dinner, and
those leaving St, Paul onsthe same morn
ing will reach here at he. same time 5
The same in the evening with regard to
supper. All through passenger trains
Twill pass here, .. Thus centrally
!. located as we are, this place will be: the
main point on the line, and it will take
many good buildings to supply all the
wants and accommodations that will nee
j .essarily be demanded by the great travel,
4 ing public that will be brought this way.
I The great, two.story cars used for the
accommodation Of the corps of engineers,
track-Iayers, &c., that were here but a
few days ago, ! have gone on south to keep
up with the track-layers, AS some Of
I your readers have never seen one of these
travelling houses, perhaps a description
would not be amiss. na
1 They consist of large cars much wider
THAN an ordinary box car, built two-stories
high. with windows above ard below on
either side, coupled together, with tables
.11for serving meals stretched through the
centre on the lower floor, and benches on
4 each side. for seats. saa The cook-house,
laundry, &C., are one or two cars back
Above, the second story which is not as
high as the first, is, used for sleeping
apartments, and contains the, beds aud
hunks Of the Workmen. The most pecu
liar thing about tie whole arrangement
| is, that this story is reached by climbing
? up ropes on the outside of the car to the
second story windows, and then swinging
into them, as no stairs by which to ascend
are used, It is indeed a new and novel
way to reach second story. and not 50
easily accomplished by all, and just about
| bedtime presents quite ausunique appear
!, ance: All this train, containing all the
requisites for building a railroad, with
the accommodations for eating and sleep
:, ing, is pushed along slowly as the track
4 laying progresses, the engine bringing
4 up ia rear. 49,. -. -. -. .-.
/ Several side tracks have been laid here.
| all OF which are full of cars loaded with
IRON, ties, DC. Warehouses for the han
| ding Of grain Of all kinds, are being
erected, and. in fact the depot grounds
present much. the same appearano &c that
yours at Watertown did. when the Q first
locomotive the s' Il. A.; Cole came into
4 your city. + s r.a.a Sr--- I'll - Ar
/ The cltizeis of Austin, after having
waited patiently for 10 or II years for
this road to b, bull, have: at last had
neutrality-suspicious. realized, and are deriv-
ing some of the benefits of railroad
This road was the first. projected and the
last one built ia. Ford, W5tertown
man, had a. contract for grading a section