The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-10


be . disease demanding greater care
than can begiven in private practice.
The power Of the whisky interest is.
amazing. Governments license men to
produce the disease known rs inebriety,
and then question the propriety of
establishing hospitals to cure the VIC
Tins.
WILL THE SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
PAY?
The Southern Minnesota question is,
of course, almost entirely one Of dol
lars and cents. If it will not pay to
have it we don't want it. Therefore
those who say that Worthington is in
tcrested because it will enhance the
value of our property and enlarge our
business, say just what we all admit.
And just in proportion as it benefits
Worthington, it will benefit the whole
county. We have heretofore spoken of
the leading advantages of having the
road extended to this place. Let us
now look ut some figures showing the
saving it will be to have the road in
distance, time, and freight and passen-
ger rates:
DISTANCE.
Tie distance from Worthington to
Chicago by the Southern Minnesota
will be about as follows:
W0rthingtOn to La Crosse, $50
La Crosse to Chicago, 280
Total, - $50
The distance at present by st. Paul
is as follows:
Worthington to St. Paul, 1T
st. Paul to Chicago, 40
Total, 588
The difference in distance is Sc or, in
round numbers, 90 miles.
TIME.
The time from Wortl,ington by the
Southern Minnesota will lie about as
follows:
Worthington to La Crosse, Is
La Crosse to Chicago, IL
Total, 25
The time ut present by St. Paul, if
connections were made, would be about
rs follows:
Worthington to St. Paul, 8
st. Paul to Chicago, q
Total, 80
There would be q regular saving of
five hours, when connections were
made Oh both routes. At present, how
ever, connection is not made at St. Paul
and the time from this place to Chicago
il about 80 hours.
FREIGHT.
The freight on a buslel of wheat
from Worthington to Chicago is rs fol.
lows:
Worthington to St. Paul. 15c
st. Paul to Chicago, Ice
Total, SIC
Nearly half the freight is from here
to St. Paul. It is safe to say that will
= competing line from Worthington
wheat could be carried from here t.
Chicago at very little aboye the rate:
from St. Paul. There would, therefore
lie a saving of from 10 to IS cents {
bushel on wheat. The rate on flour i.
now 70 cents per barrel to st. Paul and
$l.16 from st. Paul to Chicago. The
saving on barrel Of -four would proba
bly, he from 80 to 40 cents.
PASSENGER.
The fare from here to Chicago a
present by st. Paul is 5000. We lav,
not data from which to estimate far,
from Worthington by the Southern
Minnesota. but putting tile differenc,
In distance'at 60 miles and the fare ii
Scents a mile for this difference, til,
saving would be So, or So for the rount
trip. ,.."It: -.
The above figures are made assuming
tl'nt our only outlet ut present is b,
way Of the St. Paul and Sioux City road
But the fact is that we have the use o
the Winona and st. Peter from Man
kato, by which We save something il
time aud also in fare in going east an,
returning: We understand that til
fare from Chicago to Mankato, usin,
the Winon* and st: Peter, is the sam;
rs the fare from Chicago to St: Pau
and that the freight is also the same
It 10 probable, therefore, that fare an,
freight to Worthington, by the South
ern Minnesota, would be the same a
fire and freight to ST. Paul and Man
kato. .Thus:we would save the fare All
freight now paid between here An.
Mankato, or, in going and coming b
81. Paul, between W0rthlngton and 81
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let no guilty man escape" is tin
battle cry Of the Administration agains
the crooked whisky revenue defrauders
Al Indianapolis, on Tie lst, eight pei
sons were sentenced 70 ltwo years j
the peaitentiarr!yi, and = fine, u.s., 90