The Worthington advance., 1879-05-29
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Branch from Heron Lake. Westward.
On Friday last, it began to be whis,
pered about tile streets that the St..
Paul 4 Sioux City Railroad Company
had begun the building of. a branch
from Heron Lake WESTWARD, for the
purpose of heading off the Southern
Minnesota. 1t was said that ties and
iron were already being unloaded, that
Mitchell Vincent had the contract to
build to the State line, and that $40
men would be put on the line immcdi-
ately.: =
This caused a sensation among our
business men who have now not much
else to do beyond telling and hearing
''some new thing" while they are wait
ing for crop and its resultant busi-
ness, and there was no end of questions
and speculation as to what the upsllot
would be. Would the Southern Min
nesota build on the present surveyed
line. if the St. p. & $. G. headed them
off? Would the new branch not driv
the Southern Minnesota into Worthing-
ton after all? Was it Only a "make be-
lieve" to gain some other pointp were
among the questions asked.
We interviewed several gentlemen
connected with the road from whom
we learned the following facts:
The Milwaukee s. St. Paul Company,
a few weeks ago, changed their intend
ed route through Dakota, moving to
the north and taking the route proposed
by the st. Paul Il Sioux City west !of.
Sioux Falls. Some 400 men were put
on the route and grading has been 60
ing on at a rapid rate. The st. Paul &
Sioux City, having been thus headed off
west of Sioux Falls, were driven to the
selection Of another route farther north.
The Company therefore decided to give
the Milwaukee 4 St. Paul, (which it is
said now owns the Southern Minneso-
ta,) tit for tat, and at once began the
building of a branch from Heron Luke,
which is to he pushed to the State line
this fall and ultimately to the Missouri
River.
The new branch will therefore start
about three miles north of the Southern
Minnesota junction, and will run near-
ly parallel with the latter road and on
ly few miles north Of it, and we hear,
though we tlo not know that this is au-
thentic, that the new branch will run
north of the Sunken Timber bluffs.
The Pioneer Press, concludes an ex-
tended account of the conflict between
the two companies and of the new
branch AS follows:
They have made arrangements to con-
struct with all convenient speed 4
branch line from Heron Lake tending
in a somewhat nortnwesterly direction
north of Graham Lake through Pipe
stone county to the State line, and
thence westward to the Missouri river.
They will build sixty seven miles to the
State line this season, and they propose
to prosecute the work through Dakota
as rapidly as possible. They will thus
lie enabled to turn the tables rather
neatly on the Milwaukee & st. Paul;
for this projected westward extension
of the Southern Minnesota-recently
purchased by the Milwaukee & st. Paul
crosses the Sioux City at Heron Lake,
the initial point Of the new Sioux City
branch, and it's proposed line is very
near that to be followed by the latter.
SCHOOL VISITS or COUNTY SUPERIN
TENDEN7:
April 80, 1S79.-School District No.
~, Miss Allie Deilll, teacher. This is
Miss Deihl's first term, but she feels at
home in the school room, and if indus.
try and perseverance are prophecies of
success, we expect to find her among
our most useful teachers. There are
five pupils enrolled, but only four pres
ent on the day of my visit. These were
all us busy us bees, and fully interested
listened to several classes and was
satisfied that their progress is thorough
as we'll as rapid. This is their first
school, and hence it will take little
time to discipline the minds of the lu
pills to study.
Joseph Firth, in arithmetic, gram
mar and geography, is doing we'll ant
will succeed. Arthuf Firth is deter
mined to conquer mental arithmetic.
Sama and Herbert Stokes are mucl
! interested in Grammar and geograph
and if they have opportunity will max
scholars.
All are making reading u specis
| study.
Writing, too. is an every day exer
else and their copy books show careful
ness and advancement.
Phonetic spelling is combined wit
literal spelling as it should be.
The people of this district have bull
neat and comfortable school hous
and all they need now to make thei
school success is good crops and NOR
children.
! May2, 1870.-Visited to-day scl,ot
in district No. 80, Mrs. Edwards
teacher.
AS this district has no school house
the school is being held at the home c
Mrs. Edwards.
This is very interesting schoo
Mrs. Edwards is an experienced teact
er, having taught about Is years in TIL
East. She not only knows evhdt
teach but ho,c to teach, and under Mr.
Edwards management, school dron,
would find it rather unpleasant an
soon seek Il place outside the hive.
Under the disadvantages growing OF
of a want of blackboard and recitatio
room, 1 hardly know how the scho'
could be better conducted or recitation
made more thorough.
Miss Eva Sutton recited a lesson
Chemistry on the subject of Light,
and have seldom heard a pupil recit
more intelligently, or the subject mao
palmer by The teacher. Eddie Suite
is making his mark in arithmetic.
| uaq muoh nlraaa6 with q small elias