The Worthington advance., 1883-01-04
Railroads till You can't
Rest!
ANOTHER RAILROAD HEADING FOR
WORTY|N(;TOy

John Clark, Of that place, returned
from the railroad meeting held ut Will
mar on Dec. 2lst, and reported that
the Sank Centre Southern Railway
Company propose to build the road this
year ~ far as possible, with Il prsba
bility Of crossing the Sioux City road
during 1883. Two routes are la,d out
On paper. both Of which run to juno
tion with the B. G. r. 4 n. Ono of
these is via Lan,berton, Window and
Jackson to Baskerville, and the other
via Worthi.,gton, where it connects
With the 3: G. r: Il n. The comptny
will ask aid of the counties through
which the road passes.
Tie call for the meeting at Willmar
was addressed to the counties Of:
'.3tearns. Kandioyhi, Renvil'e, Chipw
VA, Redwood, Lac Qui Parle, Swift,
Yellow Medicine, Lyon, Murray, No.
tles, Rock, Cottonwood and Jackson. -
The Reporter says that the Window
Jackson route will be considered first
xud that meeting will be held soon
Rt Window at which the people are ex
pected to meet the engineers and hear
their proposals.
Of the Importance Of this read, the
company say:
The vast Importance of such line of
road can be better appreciated by ali
examination OF the map Of the region
proposed 10 be travtlstd by this line.
From this point to the State line we
would connect with and interSect sew
o. (7J different lines of railroad. giving
the great region OF country in which
they operate an independent outlet to
the Great Lakes. 1T Superior, over the
Northern Pacific railroad, the Little
Falls t. Dakota branch of which road
Is HOW il operation through this place.
The distance to our southern termin-
rs Wsuld be less !rain Duluth and Su-
pvriOr than it is to Chicago and Mil
Waukee, while it is we'll known fact
that the distance from Superior via the
Great Lakes To New York, and carry
ing cost of freight is the same AS from
Chicago to New York. Our road would
also bring the vas: stretches OF prairie
in direct communication with che
great pinerieS OF the north, as well as
the hardwood timber belt, Oh the bor
der OF which Sauk Centre is situated.
These forests will furnish the material, I,
and together with the coal mines of
Iowa. the cheap fuel for building ny
manufat turing interests along the line,
0f gigantic proportions. The great ad-
V2Illagrs to the country uf seen, nag
compete g lines Of road are too well
known to require mention here, and
all in, .ot.fi k1t
tie Manitoba Co. ais" now have line
from this point to the lakes, via. st
C!ond and Hinckl"y To D..lutt,, making
ftill another independent line tn CON.
pete for the carrying trade.
If the Sauk Centre Southern Compa-
ny are ,oking for Il connection with
the 3. e. r. & n. the point to make IS
undoubtedly Wortlington. A glance
At the map and Il slight knowledge Of
the country through which the road
prou"ses to pass, will show ut once
Shut the shortest cut to Il connection
With the Burlington road is at this
Place, while the blutfy country along
the upper Des Moines river can be, in
tile main, avoided by couing here.
The route TO Warrington is beyond
question the most feasible, the country
beiug more Ievekand much less bluffy.
However, if the building OF the road
depends upon local aid, Window aud
Jackson may secure it by prompt act
ion. Here is the opportunity fer our
Murray county friends to secure the
desired north and south road. Whetl~
% the towns rorth Of Worthingten
would vote aid, We cannot Say, but if
the country north Of us will bring the
read to the county line, our peOl le
ought 10 do something to bring it to
Ysrthington. AS far as the village is
concerned, we suppose it has now v"t-
Cd all the railroad aid which tie law
allows.
THE GREA r ACK8 ONER
COMING.
Tie Flandreau Enterprise OF last
week says:
The Watertown correspondent OF
the Inter-UctAn says that Col. Ship
npss, Of Watertown. writes from st.
Louis that there is {. good prospect
for direct line of railroad from st.
Louis to Watertown by WorthingtOn
and BrooklNgS. Such Il line as that
would naturally pass through Flan-
dreau, and it bet.ooves us to keep our
eyes and ears open. n railroad from
that direction would be of more value
to US now than any OTHER new line ""
could get, both because it would give
US Il direct line to tie nearest coal
fields. and because it would give us Il
rival wheat market.
This is probably the great railroad
scheme which was outliued in the AD-
VANCE several months ago. 1t is Al
W:.basl, project for grand tru. k
line along the great divide between the
Aissi 5sippi and Missouri rivers. AS
mentioned in a former article, Worth
ington is on this divide and the road
will Of course. pass through here We
are gratiied to hear n,ore of this grand
project and to see that Worthingt0n IS
mentioned as one Of the primer f.l
points ON the line. The ADVANCE
hereby names it the GREAT BACKBONE
RAILWAY. Of which more anon.
RAILROADS.
The Spirit Lake Beacon sums up the
railroad record Of that county for the
year, and shows the Burlington COM
plsted through, to Worthington; the
Milwaukee track laid to within three
miles of Spirit Lake, and concludes as
follows: -
Three more lines of railroad are sur
veyed into this county. viz: The Des
Aoines Northwestern. the Des MOines
i Fort Dodge and the Spirit Lake &
Western. There is abundant reason TO
believe that the two first named, at
least, will cross the borders Of the
county before the close of 1883.
OF these four roads, not yet into Spir-