Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-08-13
Minnesota s. Northwestern and Illinois
Central Railway Items.

| Minnesota g. Northwestern and Illinois
Central Railway Items.
A. B. Stickney, the promoter of the
Minnesota q Northwestern, is now in
Chicago making contracts for grading,
| track laying. etc. 1t IS understood that
work will be commenced at once and
pushed as rapidly as possible. -Pioneer
Press, Aug. s.
The Minnesota & Northwestern has a
contract with the Minneapolis & St. Louis
for the delivery at Cascade of $4,000 tons
of steel rails for its new road, to be haul
ed in the next few weeks. The Minneso-
ia & Northwestern crosses the Minneap-
oils & St. Louis some twenty miles east
of acknowledgements Tribune.
An enthusiastic Mona correspondents has
the following about the new railroad:
According to the surveys, the road
will run parallel to the Milwaukee from
Mona to Austin, 100 feet apart The
road is to be built by private enterprise,
backed by foreign capital. Its southern
terminus will probably be at Mona.
What com 1p; is going to put on the
rolling cog stock and Ssth the road is yet
good grounds for believing that if oper,
ated in connection with the Illinois Cen
trail we will have division at this place.
If operated separately Mona will he the
terminus OF the two roads and transfer
depot"
The visit of the Illinois Central officials
to the Iowa division of their line as re-
ferred ito last week seemed to indicate
that the building of the Minnesota s.
Northwestern from Mona to St. Paul was
a settled fact. J. s. Kennedy, who owns
large blocks of the stock of the D. & M.
Rys is said to be the prime mover in the
matter, and he is also heavily interested
in the Manitoba road. We are informed
that the new line will be built as soon as
possible and it will be first class road in
every respect. The Illinois Central have
the refusal of the lease and if they make
satisfactory arrangements to continue the
lease of the Iowa division, they will in all
probability take the new line. That ne
gotiations for the extension of their lease
are resulting more favorably than hereto
fore would appear from remark recent
ly made by Mr.. Jeffrey, the General Sup
erintendent. He said to gentleman
connected with the road in this city few
days ago, that he hoped soon to be able
to spend some money in Waterloo and
Dubuque, and that when the time came
about $40, 900 would be expended here in
new depot buildings and additions to the
| machine SHOPS. Inc pans 1Of the QepOt
were prepared about two years ago, and
everything is ready for work as soon as
satisfactory arrangements with the D. s.
T. G. R'y can be made.
Since the above was placed in type Mr.
Mcneil informed US that Mr.. Jeffcry told
him that he had it from good authority
that the road from Mona to St. Paul
would be completed by July l, 1885. The
Illinois Central has no money invested in
it and the line will be built with English
: funds and will be Manitoba scheme. He
further said the Illinois Central had con
Guided traffic arrangement with the new
: line. This proves that the road will be
built.
The I. G. officials returned to this city
Saturday noon from their tour of inspec
ton, and left at / p. m. for Dubuque on
: a special train consisting of three sleepers
r and a dining car. The run from Water
: loo to Dubuque, distance of 50 miles
was made in the remarkably short time
of one hour and fifty eight minutes, in
Guiding three stops.
Supt. McMichael says that the work or
r the extension of the Diagonal is being
e done in good shape, and if nothing hap
pens to delay, the road will be ready for
business here week from next Monday
3 Waterloo Courier.