The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-11-19
The official count shows Plllsbury1s
majority to be 1850: ;..,..>
THE so U7,HER1V1 1fIV y ESOTA:

TIE SO U714ERN' hfrv NESOTA: .'''
At the railroad meeting held at Sioux
Falls last week. Il letter was read from
j.. G. Easton, Vice President Of, the
Southern MINNESOTA. Railroad. 1t will
be seen by this letter, which ives ,bjoir,
that lie; mentions Worthington as one
Of the points Oh the line, and that work
will be begun early in the spring: =
. ," ClIATF1ELD, MIN, +
oct: r., 1875.
DEAR SIR: We intend to put our
engineers in the field at once for f,tll
and complete surveys this fall, and
make preparations during the winter
forpusi,ing the work early in the spring.
II people along the route give us Ell
enlargement the road, will be built.
Shall run Il, line, 4 ;think, via, Blue
Earth City, Fairmont, jackson, Worth
ingtO, LuVerne and also to Pipestone
County. IT, we build to Sioux Falls
will need to so to your Legislature next
winter to obtain charter. DO you
think we would meet with encourage
from your Territory? Yours resp'y.
'-.'''' = (! - &C. EAsrox, :'>'
" Vice President Southern Minnesota.
THE, SIOUX FALLs AND WoRTI1NG-
T.: ....,,i.; TON RAILR0AD. ,r,..,..;
The Sioux Falls papers Of recent date
contain reports Of u. railroad meeting
held at that place.. The meeting re-
solved that "a railroad can and should
be built from Sioux Falls to some con-
nection east in time to carry off the
crop Of 1876" A committee was ap.
pointed to- take the necessary steps
toward securing the construction of
such road: Alta meeting of the CON-
mittee afterwards, 1t was ''moved and
carried that the committee proceed to
organize q railroad company to be
known as the Sioux. Falls, Railroad
Company, with one Of its termini at
Yamkton and the other ut ~ point on
the eastern boundary. Of Dakota. in the
town Of Valley Springs. ~ Il ~ - .
T.. We are glad to see that MIL. Wood,
Of Valley Springs, formerly President of
MIA lroad running from Ithaca, N.Y..
is:taking IL leading part in the matter.
Mr.. Wood has long favored a road from
Sioux Falls to WorthinSton, as there
is, according to his statement, a natur-
al railroad route between the two places.
Tile grades would bei much sleeper be-
tween Sioux Falls and Sibley, and the
road more expensive. = At present, eve
rytliing seems to point to Wortlington
rs the point ut Which Sioux Falls pro-
poses To make connection with tie
Sioux City road. At the meeting the
following letter was. read from Pvesi-
dent Drake, of our road, which also
looks to WortlIington us tile proper ter
minus: j.:
ST. PAUL r. Il. CO.,
ST.. PAUL. MINI, Oct. g, 1875,
SIR: Your favor OF the 2.st duly re-
ceived. Absence has prevented an
earlier reply. 1t occurs to me your
proper line If road is from Wortliing-
ton, or Il point Oh our road ut the State
tine. "'FIlc great product; Of: your co.in-
try il to lie W. eat, and our route to
Lake Superior is always to Ike the best
route t,t' 1t. Had the west escaped
grass'lOppers We would long since ,aye
taken up this project, but 3otr stock
holders have sunk in operating oar road
About1as much, us would be; required, to
BULL to Sioux Fails, Foreign. aid can.
not, be had until the State of Iowa, by
some act of her Legislature, can assure
investors that they will be. free from
unfriendly legislation. tl,i,ik, rs
matters now stand, our preference, will
be 10 build from some point in Milne
sofa. While we are not ready to begin
to build. and would desire iii case ne
dol the cooperation of Sioux Falls,
still we are.not losing sight of the i'm.
portance Of the proposed route, tstnt]
will give it every encouragement In ON
power. lam OF the option that the
road can only be built by loc:.l:.id liner.
ally voted. It will not be I'M, my powe,
to. he with you atlyour meeting, but
whatever may be it's, resnlt,,and what.
ever route you may determine ION,
Shall wish you Success. ,,-Y Y our people
are entitled to::a .rond bout in some direc
.tlon, and when YOU leyelop your plans
and determine What, YOU wish. to dO. j
shall be glad to have .further CORES
,pOndellce.. Yours, ~ "'| ~:
=, ' ."sI",,. E. F, DRAKE; Prest.
.-.',n'' SIOUX. FALLS US aZBLEX.,n,.t .
49, The Sioux Falls Pantagraph publish
e a letter from Freight Agent Boyden
concerning the elevator at Sibley,,i ;ntt