The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-12-13

Ct'uI|tVt ~ lI"Ne l'NFV1SV HI'Nl IL wv
new road is extended north, rs out.
lined, Worthington will have Il pretty
direct cut to the Mouse river country.
ANOTHER PAPER BEGINS TO SEE 1T.
We mticrd last week the fact that
the Chicago Inter Ocean had just got
its eyes open to the fact that railroad
movements of great magnitude and
Importance were going on. These
movements simply meant short lines
from Chicago and st. Louis to the
Northern Pacific country and the Pa
cifc coast, Il fact which the ADVANCE
has been proclaiming in every form for
three years. These lines. we claimed,
were bearing IN this direction and
Worthington lay in the path of the
gr Il, trans continental short lines and
would beyond doubt become all inlpor-
tant interior railroad centre. Most
people laughed ut these claiIns and pre-
dictions, simply because they We're not
posted ;.s to railroad systems and move
ments. Now all begin to see it and
admit it.
The Cedar Rapids Republican of day
before yesterday says:
Thirty thousands tens Of steel rails,
recently purchased for extending the
WOrtiIingtOn line of the B. T.. Il. Il \.
into Dakota, n-aES at least 800 miles
Of trackaye. just where THESE rails
will be Land is not u-terlllintu aS yet.
Two lines have been Surytyeu-o t.
|" aiding for Fargo and the other for
BiSniarck-ani the engineers are at
work nl, Il tl1ird. which will be mapped
out 10y the hnI,lays, when the agents of
the road viii examine the various
routes and report which can Ot built
the cheapest and prove Of most valu+.
points of commerce considered. AL
though S,Ich Stlt+ntnt has not bees,
auth"riZ Il hy the company, there are
good reasons for Drlitviny that WORTH
ingtO, will bt left with tw" slontS-
one s. raiylt to Bismarck nnu the other
for Fargo or cnnntc ION herewith. 1t
is not ut all imp nbah+ that the eastern
branch will tap the r'ary, >nul htrn ut
Ortnnvile and that matter will u"
doubt hp considered.
The purchase of the steel rails above
mentioned and for the ,st stated puts
tn" fact of extension beyond question.
and the prob hiIiti-s are that the
Northern Pacific traffic will find Il
southeastern outlet through Fargn'>
connection with Wnrthinytnn. from
Vnrt|'iugtnn to Cedar Rapids ana
from this city on SoutI, to st. Louis
and raS' to Chirlyr.
THIS extension. or rather these eXten
SionS. mean nrr. for t*-.lar |, :pil>
tlnn nNr W'u'l = e: ~nl tn" SUI
face i.,iic ions y :'>l T. ~ al. G. m
m"'rial HI t., e d.. .'.'Ir; "f great
i'm "rftlt.r, lii, : t!'N "v i look
.rl I}.'i,s i',,. r'-,' - ~" !; & Il. 4
y system w. pr IL ~ " ~ '|;''
added 10 T., t. ''i' = stock. II 800
miles Of track arr | 'id u"r, Invest from
Wnrt',inrtnn. fifteen, ar twenty. or
twenty-five engines ami ad'|itl"nal
rolling stock are put on. which in
cre1S+'s t|1t WORK "f he shops here and
their Importance just s" much.
FOR three hundred miles nf railroad
additional to that now operated the
clerical force here would require addi
ti"ns of thirty or forty men. Th"
stntenpn+ would not be wild that 500
miles Of road additional will bring int"
Cedar Rapids. and provide employment
for. the heads Of u hundred families
The direct results Of these extensions.
very important when made in conner
tiOn with Il system If which we are he
center. are OvprlnO: ed in estimating
the purely commercial Importance Of
the new cnurtrv opened fer conquest
If The movement is so important to
Cedar Rapids it is st III more important
t. Worthington. 1t makes Wnrthing
ton the end of the Minnesota division.
necesSitates the location of shops at
this point, and means prorortlonally a
much greater increase of population for
Worthington than for Cedar Rapids.
Thomas Parsons, Of W"rthingtOn.
was interviewed Il short time ago and
'sizrd up' Bro. Miller of the ADVANCE
as follows:
"a. T. Miller is very able writer
and has had he cll.snce to III tkea good
paper. IT he had only stood firm 10y
his friends and not tried to bargain
them away like Il !"t OF cattle, it would
have been m,lc!, better for him. Then
again: If he had devoted the space in
his paper always occupied by Spiritual
ism trasI,-that interested nolmdy-to
putting aud advertising the country. h.
might stand Il better show tn retain his
h"l' on the patronage Of The people. y
This is Il very correct estimate of the
intellectual length. breadth and dept |,
vt our tStrtIntd npighDOr. his opinion
t" the contrary not Withsta tanding. Nev
| erthrless. Bro. Miller is Il hard old
l:,t; I,
gentle raps.-Luvtrne Herald.
We are inclined to think that Bro
Miller. of the Herald, never let's an op.
| portunity pass to give the editor of the
ADvANCEa ''gentle rap" The Herald
knows, if it has kept posted at all. that
the ADVANCE is al independent Re-
publican paper and has always sup
ported
The National Republican ticket.
The State Republicans ticket.
II e Congressional Republican ticket
The Legislative Republican tickt
Will! one exception.
This has been it's record. It wa
|
we always claimed and claim still tIa
Ward was the regu ar nominee of tn
convention and that Dunnell ran inhr
pendrntly the last time he WAS elected
In county matters. we have stvrra
times supported the nominees of tl
Republican convention and other im.
the nominees of the Independent Coz,
vrntinn.
It was the i,flupnct of the ADVANCE
more than amy Other Influence. tina
secured the ,,.ini!,,, inl .f ndrlr,,le,
Republicans f'' c,'ittI flies :, and tn
only bargain there ever WAS. the Onl,
| selling n,'t tl,' II. ever WAS Was merel,
an un,!tiSthG tha. iiIt itl|rpe ultut
should t)t r-rngi,iZ-h. When the tim,
came independents were hninii.H,rd to