Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-24
RAILROAD NEWS.

Some sixty men have been at work on
the c., M. & St. P. line in this city since
Sunday lowering the track for long dis
lance both sides of where the Minnesota &
Northwestern is to cross.
The MINI. & N. w. crossing, at the
junction with the Southern Minnesota
division, about 81 miles from Austin, was
put in last Sunday The rails were
brough down from the end of the track
by teams.
The steel rail on the new railroad will
be LAID into Austin before we know it.
Grant s. co. and John Benson are push
ing things. Monday noon they were with
in miles of Austin, and at the present
rate of progress must have been within
5 miles of US yesterday (Tuesday) evening.
We are Informed that they expect to reach
the city of Austin tomorrow (Thurs-
day. evening. We give our permission
cheerfully.
The Minnesota & Northwestern rail-
road company are surveying road from
Hayf1eld, in Dodge county, south and east
through Mower county, to Dubuque and
Chicago, and President Stickney, of that
road, has signlfied his willingness to run
the road into this city from Hayfeld if the
people will donate the right of way. This
is liberal proposition and if that would
give us competing line, would be good
thing Rochester Post
After the arrival of the track layers at
Dodge Center, Thursday evening June
18th, large number of them took in the
saloons of the towns. The panes of glass
in all the saloons and several of the bust
ness houses were nearly all broken, and
there were several bloody fights. Friday
the village council ordered the saloons
closed, which was accomplished, and there
was no further use for the special police
force of 80 men. The contractors, Grant
& Co., paid all damages, and dismissed
50 of the men, supplying their places with
/. w. Mathews. Doak Catherwood. NJ.
B. Woods and G. E. Robertson of MINI.
g. N. W. r. R. surveying corps, arrived
in Austin from Greedy, Iowa, Tuesday
morning. The party numbers 10, with
Mr.. Mathews in command. The boys have
surveyed preliminary line from Hayfeld,
Minnesota division track about 2 miles
east of Brownsville. theme in south
easterly direction through the towns of
Dexter and Marshall, crossing the track
of the l. NJ. division between Adams and
Taepi, thence to Riceville. New Hampton,
Olewein and Greedy, in Iowa, the latter
point about 40 miles west Of Dubuque.
The boys will return to Hayfeld to-day,
and commence locating the line per-
manently.
An officer of the D. & NV says Mr..
Stickney, president of the NJ. & NV. is
now in New York. Last winter he. pro
posed connecting with the D. & N. W. at
Mona, but the proposition was refused,
as it was thought Mona was out of the
line. The D. & NV. would be Is miles
west of Mona, and in connection with the
NJ. & N. would therefore furnish much
shorter line from St. Paul to Chicago than
the l. c., which, as its line was not direct,
could not afford to transfer freight
from Chicago to St. Paul at rates which
would fairly pay the other roads now run
ming between those cities, and these other
roads, should pool be formed, would al
low the Illinois Central but very small
per cent. of the earnings. He believed
the NJ. s.. n. was principally DESTROYS of
using the Illinois Centrafs line to Water
loo for the purpose of forming there q
connection with the Diagonal for Des
Moines.-Du6uQue Telegram.
We have good news this week for our
readers who are interested in having this
line of railroad extended north to St..
Paul. The Illinois Central company has
finally secured permanent control of
this branch and the new road now nearly
completed from Mona to St. Paul, and
commencinp about July 10Th will make
an important change in the running of
trains. Two through passenger trains
will be run daily each way between Chi
cago and St. Paul and fast stock train
will also be put on. The change will
make this the principal line of the Central
in this state and will no doubt be of great
benefit to every town in the Cedar Valley.
The Dubuque and Waterloo papers are
iubilant over the announcement and
claim that it will be q great blessing to
their respective towns. To people yho
have endured the burden of living on the
line of the COW path between Cedar Falls
Junction and Mona for fifteen years the
news of change viii be happy sur
prise.-St. Ansgar Enterprise, June II.
ST.. PAUL TO CMcAG0.-Anothe1
through line between st. Paul and Chi
cago, for passenger service at least, will
soon be in operation, arrangements hay
ing been completed yesterday, and the
roads parties thereto have definitely settl.
ed upon details. The Burlington, the Il
! linois Central and the Minnesota & North