Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-22
MINI. h NV. RAILROAD NEWS.

! MINI. 4 NV. RAILROAD NEWS.
The American Express Company will
carry the express business over the Min
nesota & Northwestern r. r.
The section bosses on the Illinois Cen
trail between Waterloo and Mona have or
ders to put the track in first-class Or
der. New and heavier rails are to be laid .
The total distance, via the Waterloo
Route. is 4S4 miles. The Pioneer Press
Of the 10Th gave the distance as 521 miles,
which is mistake-37 miles too much.
We have figured it out carefully. and we
know we are correct.
| About the first of August new train
will be put on the Chicago s. Nerthwes-
tern railroad which will run from Winona
through this city to St. Paul. via the
Dodge Center route. over the Minnesota
and Northwestern railroad, There will
be no change of cars by this 70 ute.-Roch-
ester Post.
Last Saturday afternoon eight new cars
passed up to St. Paul over the new road.
They were all labeled minnesota &
Northwestern" and were bran new, fresl,
from the car shops in Michigan City, In
diana. They consisted of 2 passenger
cars, s combined mail and baggage cars,
and smoking car.
Local Freight Agent Parker of the
Illinois Central at Dubuque, Monday re-
ceived the first issued tariff rates, from
Dubuque to St. Paul, over Illinois Cen
trail and the Minnesota & Northwestern
The first-class rate is Is cents per cwt;
second, 60 cents; third, SO cents; fourth,
40 cents; fifth, 80 cents. These rates are
high as compared with. those OF the Mil
waukce & St. Paul. The rates from any
other point on the Iowa division of the
Illinois Central to St. Paul is the same as
from St. Paul to Dubuque. The lumber
rate is II cents per cwt., in car lots, which
is considered reasonable
Two new cabooscs passed up tho
branch Sunday morning, and we are in.
formed that considerable more rolling
stock for the new road will soon be
along. A cold chill ran down the spinal
column of the managers of the Dubuque
& Northwestern Monday upon learning
that MIR. Slickney was fast loosing inter
est in the construction of that road. 1t
was stated in Dubuque shortly after Mr.
Stickneys departure for st. Paul that
that gentleman was satisfied with the
present arrangements and that he was not
very eager to embark in any more rail
road speculations for the present. Judge
| Williams has large crew grading over
| near Riceville and he informs the bust
ness men and capitalists of that place
that he has already contracted ties and
rails for the road.-.St. Ansgar Enter
prise, July 18th.
An official of the Illinois Central in
formed the Waterloo Courier that the first
time card will be issued about August l.
| By it the branch trains Nos. Is, 1G, II and
IS will be made regular passenger trains,
which will run through between Waterloo
and St. Paul, with change of engines at
Mona. The time between Waterloo and
Mona will be shortened from about seven
hours and half to about three hours and
half for day trains, and probably less
for night trains. The Pullman Palace
Car Co. are constructing two sleeping
cars and four day coaches for the new
route, and the sleeping cars are pro-
nounced Ivy good judges to be the finest
ever made. The engines in use by the
| NJ. & NV. r. r. are large and powerful
| and are fully equipped throughout with
steam brakes, and have 5-foot drive
wheels. There are ten of them now on
the line, and both passenger and freight
engines are equipped exactly alike. No.
! engine brought down the special last
Friday night, and it was so long that it
became necessary to uncouplc the tender
before it could be turned on the table at
the shops here.
The Minnesota & Northwestern officials
yesterday CoIIpIctcu arrangements IOT
opening their new Waterloo route The
first train will leave St. Paul Aug. 1, and
will run through to Chicago in twenty
hours. The route is:
Miles.
| Minnesota g. Northwestern to Mona w 10
| Illinois Central to FOrrestOn. 255
| Chicago s. Iowa to Aurora. minimum. 81
| Burlington g. Quincy to Chicago. .......... IS
Total, St. Paul to Chicago. 4S4
The company will run two daily trains
between St. Paul and Chicago. They
will leave St. Paul at 1920 a. M. and $40
p. M, arriving at Chicago a. m. and $50
p. IN. Returning these trains will leave
Chicago at II a. m. and 10 p. M, and ar
rive in St. Paul at 7:30 a. m. and GAO p. m.
y Each train will be made up Of
regular coaches, and one or more Pull
man buffet sleepers, as the business may
require, The company has novel trade
mark, which it recently had copyrighted.
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