Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

| ordinary circumstances you can dep nd
on good crop.
On motion, meeting adjourned to call
of President.
RAILROAD NEWS.
". H. Morris, the bridge boss, has
| been enga ,ed by the NJ. and NV. r. r.
to supcrintend the building of their
depots
The Minnesota & Northwestern, when
ready far business, will open ticket Of
fee IN St. Paul at 1874 East Third street,
Drake block.
Raymond DuPuy, superintendent, and
John |. Thompson, secretary and attor
ney of the NJ. & NV were IN Austin
| last week Wednesday.
Mathews, Woods, and Catherwood, the
NJ. s. NV. surveyors, have been re-sur-
We, ing the line through the city the past
week. They will set the grade stakes this
week.
Pat Gcraghty says he will commence
grading through the city as soon as the
grade stakes are set. Everything will
probably be ready for him by Monday Of
! next week.
The Minnesota & Northwestern have
| completed the grade in West St. Paul
to the first pier of the bridge. and are
now filling up the lot on Fillmore avenue
for the first station building.
The e., B. & Q. has made satisfactory
arran yements for the use of the Illinois
| Central track from Dubuque to Chicago,
! and the Winona, Alma & Northern,
which is backed by the G., B & T., will
now be pushed to completion from Du-
! buque to st. Paul.
There Is strong probability that there
will be- but one station on the NJ. q NV
| r. r. between here and Austin and that
will be in the town of Hayfield, in this
county. The refusal of the citizens
Of Waltham to provide for the right of
| way through their town. may be the rea-
son why they are missed in the matter Of
stations. -D>'yr Ce"t'r l~/er
ST. Paul Will soon have six separate and
distinct all-rail lines between that CITY
and Chicago. VIZ: Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul; st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha,
(korthwestern); Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific (Aibert Lea Route); Wisconsin
(Wiuona Alma & Northcrn); Minnesota
& Northwestern u Illinois Central (Aus-
tin Route.
Contractor Craig is having an unfortu-
nate experience in building the new rail
road stone piers at this point. On Satur-
day, Just as he had the crib pumped out
on the north bridge the crib burst 1t
was repaired on Monday morning and
again burst that noon. The bridge der
rick fell the same morning. smashing
things generally. No one was hurt.
The amended railroad ordinance ac-
cords to "all other companies using the
track Of railway running through said
! CITY," (Austin), the same rights, and sub
! ject to the same restrictions as the Mime
sofa g. Northwestern. AS this amended
ordinance was proposed by the attorney
| of the Co., it looks as though we were to
have more than one railroad running over
this line The limit of time which certain
streets can he blocked with cars is chang
ed from to 5 minutes.
Lumber is being placed on the ground
for the erection Of a joint passenger and
! freight depot at Cascade, eight miles
southeast Of Mortified, by the Mime
apolis & St. Louis and Minnesota e
Northwestern railways. Just as soon as
| the weather will permit commencement
at rai-laying will be made. The work is
| to be commenced at Cascade and pushed
| toward S.. Paul first. About two hun
| dred flat and box cars for the rolling stock
have been shipped via Mortified by the
Minneapolis & St. Louis road already
| from the east to Cascade.
! Chief Engineer Evarts informs us that
the Minnesota & Northwestern will COM
| mencc laying track in a few days. The
| iron and ties are all on the ground at
Cascade, and the contractor is ready to
start work at the sound of the bugle.
! Work will probably commence inside of
ten days. The first track to be laid will
! he from Cascade south to the crossing of
| the Cannon river, about three-fourths OF
| Il mile. Then the tracklayers will re-
! turn to Cascade and lay the track into
! West St. Paul, about 80 miles. By the
time this work is completed. the Cannon
river bridge will be finished, so the crew
can work southwark uninterrupted. If
| the weather is favorable, 9 miles Of track
! a day will be laid, and Austin will easily
be reached by July 1st.
A prominent railroad man informed
the writer one day last week that in a
conversation with an Illinois Central Of
| fetal a few days previous be made the
statement that he had positive knowledge
that the Illinois Central would run trains
into St. Paul by midsummer. Now, that
begins to sound a little more like bust
| ness. If such statement had been made
| by person who had no particular au-
! thority to speak on the subject we would
give it no attention, but coming as it does
! from one who is familiar with the program
soon to be carried out it has considerable
weight. The railroad boys, or some of
them at least, feel confident that the days
! of the plug branch are about numbered,
| and ere another winter sets in it will be
one Of the best equipped lines of road in
| the state-St Ausqdr Enterprise.
There are various railroad rumors in cir
culation. One, which is given cOnsidera-
BILE credencc, is that the Southern Mime
sofa line is to be built into Austin this
summer, and this city made the end of the
first division. That this matter is now be-
ing considered by the managers OF the
road there is no doubt. 1t is said that
surveyors from the Southern Minnesota
division are in the vicinlt; looking out
the route for their new line through this
CITY, Another rumor is that the line from
Wabasha is to be extended to Austin this
season via Rochester, Still another. that
the Iowa Central is sure to be built to
Austin this season. either direct from
Nurthwood, or to a connection with the
NJ. g. NV at Lyle. There are certainly
good grounds for belief IN these railroad
changes and extensions-sO we are pre-.
pared to meet them if they come, and
shall try not to be disappointed if they do
not We think we can say, with perfect
confidence, that we are sure OF at least
one new railroad this season.
Raymond Du Puy, superintendent Of
the Minnesota e. Northwestern, has en-
tered upon the duties of his office, and is
making active preparations for the re-
sumption of work upon the new road
The grading Of the entire line from
West St. Paul to Mona, distance Of
11e miles. has been practically finished,
and nothing remains but The bridge
work and the track laying. The track
LAYERS will be put at work at Cascade,
Dakota, as soon as the frost leaves the
ground. Cascade is thirty-two and a
half miles south from st. Paul. Sup