The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-07-02
STILL ANOTHER RAILROAD FOR sU,
PERI0R.
ihe Chicago, g. Paul, Minneapolis & o1naha
Company to build Line from Superior to
Eau Claire

About week ago Mr.. John Com
stock, of Hudson, director O. the
above named line arrived here. and
quitely informed such ofour citizens
as he metthathislcompany designed
building line of railroad be-
tween Superior and Eau Claire,
giving our town a connection at the
last named point with their main
Chicago line, making a quite direct
line from here to Chicago, almost
as short as from St. Paul to Chicago.
In confirmation of NJ Comstock's
statements there arrived on Tues
day a corps of dozen surveyors
and woodsmen, under the charge
of Mr.. Abbott, of Minneapolis, who
st once pitched their tents and
went into camp on Thompson
avenue. They have since been en-
gagged in running lines in and near
town, examining the Nemad|l al
various points for a crossing, and
in looking over the country on the
Grange" and between here aud
there for the best route through it.
On Wednesday Mr.. Comstock was
reinforced by Dir. Z. w. Winter,
the vice-president of the "Omaha
line, and during Thursday and
Friday, these two gentlemen ac-
companied by their engineer, Mr..
Abbott, and several of our citizens,
spent the time very industrously
III locking over the situation here,
and posting themselves as to the
lay Of the land and water. They
carefully examined Conner's Point
at its extremity and base, Capt.
Edwards land and surroundings,
the bay front along down town to
the Nemadji, Allouez bay, and the
Nemadji river for some five miles
up from its mouth. Besides this
Il ey drove over the entire town
sito and several miles back Of it in !
two or three directions. Mess. Win |
ter and Comstork left last evening. /
Their surveying panty will al once
commence to Inn n lime. southeast /
wardly from here, 10 connect at the |
North W iscur>in railroad with a |
line now beng run - that puin, /
from Fan CLAIRE. We understand |
that Is miles cf Tie Iiue north of |
Eau Claire has been let, and sec
ton of 20 miles nortli ot the North
W isconsin road has also been lot.
The talk is that The entire line be-
tween Superior and Eau Claire
will be completed and opened fer
traffic as rapidly as men and money
can do the work.
It has been smmiscd by many
taat the "Omahan line is running a
race with the Chicago, Portage &
Superior Air Line company, for
the very valuable land grant be-
longing to that company on the 60
miles south Of here, assuming that
the latter company will fail to
build, and that if they (the Omaha)
will build the lands will be conferred
on them next winter by the legisla-
tnre. Mr.. Comktock discIaims for
bis company any such motives in
he says his company in
tends 10 build the line simply as
matter of business that such
line, connecting with the Northern
Pacific at this point is almost q
necessity for his line; that it will
pay to build it without any land
grant; and tha, his company builds
III no spirit of rivalry, nor with the
design of heading OFF the Air Line
road in any way. He thinks there
will be business for all the roads.
and in this anyone at all familiar
with this country and its great rail
road and water systems viii q,
once agree with him.
While speaking Of railroads we
will say that the Air Line Company
IS pushing ahead with their surveys
rapidly; they have a corps of IS
men in the woods now, and have
he first 90 miles from Superior
almost ready for contractors 70 bid
upon. We are Informed they ex.
pect TO let the 20 miles within a
few days. If the Air Line COM
pany builds, as they promise, they
will of course secure the valuable
land grant. 1t will be strange IL
deed If they should fail IN bnild |