The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-11-25

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We ase informed that during hi 10
cent visit TO- Worthington, Prestdeot
Drake, of our line at railroad, said. tfiat
in i've years osthington would BE .
much IL = place q. llanlato. He II
not probably mean that should hass
the Same population and wealth in |that
brief space Of time, butIthat W would
be place Of Is much I'M ort4nce. This
only agrees with what We have 20 ne-
quently said through our columns and
those Of other newspapers. viz: That
somewhere near here there must b an
other Nankato Of distributing and
supply center, and that all indications
point to Worthingtoa - that center. :,
President Draksb remark ID, ve
think, significant, vhen taken In con
nection with bid letter and Vic Preoi.
dent Esstonb letter to the Sioux Fails
railroad neetin9. An thts means! that
railroad men have como 10 regard Wor+
Ellington ~ tho coming railroad oentee
for this prairie region. 1t 10 not Sibley,
nor Heron Lake, nor any other town In
this section Of country, but Worthine-
ton, 1t which tho railroads are aiming.
Take also In connection with these lst-
ters the resolution Of tho. Sioux Falls
meeting to build to Valley Spring, on
the State line, In this direction, and ~
have 4 number Of significant stEaws
showing which way the wind 10 blowing.
We consider it - almost . settled
fact that we shall have cross railroad
at this point within the next 10 months
or two years. Then We need only tho
narrow-gauge coal road to Fort Dodge
to make Wortl,ington IN all respects 4
city. With this, manufactures would
spring up rapidly, and with the other
facilities our joblling business would
soon put us on par with Rochester
and Mankato.
The indications are that Worthington
is to be the railroad and the educational
center for the prairies OF Southwestern
Minnesota and Northwestern Iowa.
BUs1NEsa
Since harvest, the business of Worth.
ington has been remarkably good. Our
merchants have been on the jump day
and night, and everybody wanting work
has had plenty TODD. There was nearly
full crop in the regions west Of us,
and two-thirds of q crop IN this county,
and Worthington being a principal
marketing point has been lined with
teams nearly every day for two months
past. This trade will continue until
after the holidays, at least. A leading
merchant said, few days since, that
the change was most remarkable since
last year, and that great many people
from the west who formerly dealt at
Sibley arc now coming to Worthington.
A few figures will give some idea Of
the business. The Oklahoma Mills have
ground about SO, 600 bushels and shipped
about LOCO more through their elevat-
or. Other buyers have shipped from
SO, 900 to $1,000 bushels. Within four
weeks there has been 1O6 cars of wheat
shipped from this point, and 20 car
loads Of lumber, 81 of wood and - Of
coal received, besides the large quantity
of merchandise. The cash receipts at
the depot during four weeks were $10,.
252.10. The cash receipts on the 18th
of October were 81, 066.8O.
These figures show what we may ex-
pect when our prairies are all under
cultivation. In few years they will
pour out upon US q trade that we Twill
not be able to contain it,