Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-26
RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT.
What the st. Paul s. Sioux City Road
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From Gen. j. W. Bishop, general manager
of the st. Paul g. Sioux City railroad, who
returned from the 'front.' yesterday, we
learn number of facts III connection with
the several important extensions of lines be-
ing made by the company this season. which
will be of interest to GLOBE readers, especial
ly of st. Paul and Minneapolis, at this time.
The most advanced of the several projects
already commenced by the company, is that
of the branch from Lake Crystal, Blue
Earth county, to Blue Earth City via Win
nebago City, Faribault county, q distance of
thirty-four miles. The grading on this line
will be completed by June LIST. and track lay
ing last night had reached Watonwan river,4
miles from Lake Crystal. Here Howe deck
truss bridge, 1873 feet long with 1900 feet of
trestlework approaches, has been put in.
The timbers for the bridge and trestlework
are all ready to be put together, and quick
work will be made of spanning this obstruc-
ton, when track laying toward Blue Earth
city will be resumed and the line completed
in time to give the people tributary fourth
of July excursion to ST. Paul.
Another important feeder to the present
operated road of the company is branch
leaving the Worthington g. Sioux Falls
branch at Luverne, Rock county, and rum
ming South down the Rock valley to Lyon
county, Iowa, thirty miles, country than
which there is none richer in the
Northwest, and already thickly settled,
and which by the construction of this line
will be brought into close and indissoluble
business relations with st. Paul. This line
was located April last, and Thursday last
the contract for the grading and bridging
of the entire distance was awarded to
Messrs. Kuiss & Brown, Luverne, who will
commence upon their work Monday. Track
I laying will follow Immediately after the
grading and the line will be completed and
in operation in time to move this seasons
crop.
A still more important project, and
upon which the work of grading is to COM
mence at once, is a branch striking off from
the parent stem at Heron Lake, jackson
county, and running west through the rich
| counties of Murray and Pipestone to the
State line, with the Missouri river and
beyond as its ultimate destina-
the company, last year, constructed line
from Worthington, on the main line west,
and through the next tier of counties south
of the Heron Lake line to Sioux Falls, in
tending to extend that line westward in the
direction of and probably to the Missouri
river, this season.
| This change is made because the Mil
waukee & st. Paul road are constructing q
line over the same route. The st. Paul g.
Sioux City folk claim that it was unfair to
build as the Milwaukee & st. Paul is doing,
as the route was pre- empted In order to
head off theft competitors the
St. Paul & Sioux City are at work locating a
line from Heron Lake west through the coun-
ties of Murray and Pipestone to the State
line, distance of about sixty miles, and the
contract for grading this distance has al
ready been awarded, the contractor is getting
his men and material on the ground, and on
tomorrow morning the work of grading
will commence in good earnest. :.
The company have all the iron purchased
for this, as well as the other branches men
toned, and track laying will follow imme-
diately after the grading, and the road com
pleted this fall.
In all it will be seen the st. Paul & Sioux
City company have nearly 120 miles of new
road under contract, upon which work has
been commenced or will be commenced to-
morrow morning. Each of the three lines
opens up to St. Paul new country from
which to draw supplies, and furnish with
goods from our stores and manufactures
from our shops In the enterprise displayed
in this matter the St. Paul g. Sioux Cit,
company have again gained the confdenc,
and warm sympathy of the business men O
St. Paul.