The Worthington advance., 1882-09-14
RAILROAD NEWS.

4he grading en the Burlington road
Is nearly finished. Track laying, a
stated last week, began at Spirit Lake
on Monday Of that week, and up to
Saturday six to seven miles had been
laid. BY the last OF tl,is week the track
will be laid to Silver Lake and probably
this side. Tie company expect to lay
about mile a day, which, will bring
them into Worthington early in Octo-
Der. They have purchased the e} n VT
of section "a, in Indian Lake township,
of Mrs. Harrison, Of Sangamon, ILL.,,
paying 900 for the SO. A depot and
side tracks will be put in here and :
town laid out. This so touches tile
south side of the Roach farm and is
about mile this side of the Phelps
place. The purchase is made by the
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls, & North
western Land and Lot Company.
So Indian Lake is to have = depot
and village.
Rumor says tho company has pur-
chased n acres OF ground near Worth
ington on which to build depots, side
tracks, coal yards. stock yards. etc,
and it is quite probable that the Bur-
iington shops will he located here. 1t
seems now to be the settled opinion
that Worthington is to he the terminus
Of the road, and that necessarily such
shops, offices, etc., as telong e q termi-
nal point will Oc located nere. all
this leads to considerable figuring as to
location Of depots and changes to be
made by the Omaha company. We
cannot speak definitely, hut enough
has leaked out to indicate that u large
and commodious union depot will be
built probably between 18th and 14ti,
streets. When the Burlington is COM
pletcd there will be 10 to II passenger
trains day OH the three roads which
will then centre here, and this will re.
quire better facilities than the present
Omaha depot could furnish.
The relations between the Omaha
and Burlington companies are appar-
emily very friendly and harmonious and
the former road seems to be doing i'll
it can to assist and encourage the lat
ter. The Worthington and Sioux Falls
road, according to the report published
some time since, does more business
than all the other st. Paul s. Omaha
harnches combined, and when the
Burlington reaches Worthington, af.
fording a route to Chicago from So to
100 miles shorter than any other route
from Southern Dakota, the business
will he immensely increased, and this
business the Worthington & Sioux
Falls and the Burlington will handle
together.
We hear nothing definite rs
to the Milwaukee, but the opinion
grows dailv stronger that. it is coming
to Worthington, and those best able to
judge from inside information, say they
would not he surprised to STE the grad
ing between here and Spirit Lake far
advanced before winter sets in. In
fact, Il prominent railroad man, whose
opinion is wortl, rs muc!ras Grants on
the movement ot al army, said, the
other day, that he had no donbt the
Spencer branch of the Milwaukee read
WAS aiming at Worthington.
So we are prepared to repeat with
more emphasis than ever that the rail-
road prophecies which the ADVANCE
has been making for i year past are
rapidly approaching fulfllmcnt.
Wortl,ington will, il the next three
years, boom into Il brisk little city Of
1900 inhabitants and begin her march
to 4 city Of tic grade of Mankato. In
fact, Wortlington's railroad facilities
in another year will be much oetter::
than Mankato's. ,":.
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