Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-09

RAILROAD PROSPECTS, FOR AUSTIN.
The Austin. 1lankato Z st. Cloud surely to.
b Built.
The Austin, Mankato & St. Cloud r. R.
Go. are waking up to the necessity Of
immediate action. Already the G. NJ. &
St. P. Co. are talking of occupying the
ground between Glencoe and Hutchinson.
If they build this much they will certain
ly close up the line from Mankato to
St.. Cloud. This will be all they will
do, and the line from Mankato to Aus
tin will never be built. We understand
our company means business now, and
that capitalists are, at last, ready to take
hold of the enterprise and push it to COM
pletion. Every citizen of Austin should
give the project his undivided support.
We mean, encouragement by word and
deed. We have honestly and faithfully
tried the Milwaukee Co. on two separate
occasions. We have offered everything
that was reasonable to induce them to
give Austin additional facilities and ad-
vantages. They have chosen, in each in
stance, to ignore us-to refuse to give us
the s. NJ. line, something we stood ready
to pay for literally. They have neglect
ed US, and it now becomes our duty to
look elsewhere for relief. We can get it
in this new enterprise-and we must have
it. There is no such word as fail. The
prospects now are exceedingly bright.
W. r. Sill, an old engineer of Lacrosse,
is making an examination Of the entire
line in the interests of capitalists. He
arrived in Austin yesterday, together
with Senator w. NJ Campbell. of Litch-
field. Senator Officer also came with
them. Harlan W. Page, of this city,
Joined the party. and yesterday morning
they went together to Lyle on further
inspection of the line. 1t is said that the
Burlington & Quincy Co. have sent out
Mr.. Sill. If this company should con-
troll the road, it would give US line
which would be worth something. This
is one Of the strongest and most liberal
railroad companies in the west. They
control over 1900 miles of road in ILL.,
nois and Iowa, and the management is
always enterprising and liberal.
To give our readers a better idea of
what is being done, we clip the following
from the Pioneer Press:
THE HUTCHINSON BRANCH.
HUTCHINSON, Aug. ga party COM
posed of Lieut.. Gov. Gilman, Senator w.
H. Officer of Austin, Senator w. NJ
Campbell of Litchfeld and w. R. Sill OF
Lacrosse, visited this place Yesterday,
shortly after noon. At their request a
number of our citizens assembled ut the
Hartman house. Senator Campbell said
it was the old, old story. They were here
in the interest of the North & South rail
road. This company had recently re-
ceived. intelligence which gave them new
hope. They were now merely passing
over their line in company with an expert
Mr.. SilD in order that the corporation
which sent him (SilD out might fully
understand what treasure is concealed
here. In conclusion, he said that he
hoped that the people of this place would
not obligate or impoverish themselves to
such an extent that it could not assist the
North & South route when it did build
which he had reason to believe would be
very soon. Senator Campbell was fol
lowed by Gov. Gilman. This gentleman
reviewed the history of the North & Soutt
Railroad company. He said that, aftel
many disappointments, he thought tina
at last company or syndicate had beer
found that would push the matter through
The Burlington & Quincy company hat
sent out Mr.. Sill. as an expert to examine
the resources of the route and wealth o
the country. He denounced the Mime
apolis system of railroad pooling, AM
said that what the North & South com
pany wanted was to secure the services O
some company to take hold of this matte
that would give us southern outlet
He hoped that the people of this plac
or branch road (the connection with tn
Hastings & Dakota line). They had bet
ter wait until the North & South compan,
had perfected their arrangements, AM
then we would get through main line
| He denounced Merrill and Hill, and sal,
the Burlington & Quincy company, if
took hold of this line, would not fall int
line against the old companies already il
the State. He was followed by Mr.. Sill
who briefly stated what he had been sen
out for. He thought the route feasible
one and also said that he was surprised a
the agricultural wealth of the country
He said that he would be compelled t
report favorably, etc. After remarks b,
Senator Officer, Louis Harrington. w.
Ives, and others, the gentlemen starte,
on their trip toward Mankato. It woul
seem from the above that the North 1
South company were at last walked up
They knew that if the St. Paul compan,
builds to this place that no further ali
| could be secured for other companies
hence they are going to make desperat
effort to retain their hold and secure tn
$33, 900 bonds.