Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-05-20

NerStrand 5Il9 Mona l
Work is being pushed rapidly in con-
nection with Minnesota & Northwestern
railway construction, with the object of
having the road ready for operation the
entire distance from Mona to St. Paul by
the middle of July. As was foretold by
the Pioneer Press, the tracklayers COM
pleted the track yesterday to State street.
and the people of West St. Paul had the
pleasure of seeing the first train come in
over the new road. Although it was a
construction train, it's appearance was
nevertheless welcome, as marking an i'm
building. Work upon the roundhouse
has begun, and the bridge builders have
arrived and are putting up the iron work
for the bridge across the Mississippi river.
Plans for other work, including station
building, has been prepared, and the con
struction of the station at the foot of the
bluff in West St. Paul will be begun this
week. A report published in an evening
paper yesterday, to the effect that the
Minneapolis & St. Louis IS coming into
St. Paul over the new road, is denied by
gentlemen connected with the Mime
sofa & Northwestern.-Pton Press,
May H.
J. l. Thompson, secretary and solicitor
of the Minnesota & Northwestern r. r.,
was in town last week, and stated that
their company, which is now building q
line from Mona to St. Paul, will run
another line from Dubuque to intersect
their present line at Hayfield, in Dodge
county, and he was then trying to secure
the right-of- way through Mower county
His proposed line is to pass through Dex
ter and Taopi. At meeting in the even
ing of nearly every citizen in the village,
he found unanimous feeling in favor of
granting the right-of-way through the
village, and desire to do all in our
power to aid in securing the balance
through the county. Committees were
surveying corps are soon to be placed in
the field, and as soon as they are out, the
committees will begin work. The COM
mittees are composed as follows: Dex-
ter village, G. A. Buck, G. A. Benner,
.. NJ. Vermilya, C. S. Wooster, z. D.
Horne; in Dexter town, G. Seebach; in
Grand Meadow town, J II. Bulen; Pleas
ant Valley, E. s. Hoppin; Sergeant, II. A.
Sargeant.-Derter Correspondent Grand
Heado,o Record.
The passenger representatives of the St.
Paul, Central Iowa and Wabash roads
held meeting May 18th at the Grand
Pacific hotel, Chicago, and made arrange
ments for new passenger line between
St. Paul and St. Louis and Kansas City.
The new route will be from St. Paul and
Minneapolis, via the St. Paul road, to
Austin; thence to Mason City, Iowa; via
the Central Iowa to Abba; thence by the
Wabash road to either Kansas City or st.
Louis. 1t is proposed to make this the
short line between the cities named, the
time being "a hours,-a running time
of nearly % miles per hour, the distance
from st. Paul to st. LOUIS by this route
being 587 miles. The train north bound
from St. Louis will leave that city about
9o'cleck p. m, arriving IN st. Paul at the
corresponding hour tho following even
| ing. (Arstin probably about 5 p. m.
The train out from St. Paul and Mime
apolis will leave in the neighborhood Of 6
O'Clock q. NJ, {Austin about IL m, ) and
reach st. Louis at the corresponding hour
| the next morning. The train south will
| run solid as far as Abba, in Southern
Iowa, at which point it will divide. one
section keeping on to st. Louis and the
otheribranching off to Kansas City. This
new arrangement will 20 into effect June
/. in time to secure good percentage of
the nofthward tourist business. III
/ There is q very bright prospect for q
railroad at Riceyille this season. Dudly
| Williams, President of the .tWapsie line,
arrived last week Tuesday and has been
here since then, looking about the Wap
sic matter, and then Mr.. Flynn, con
tractor, arrived here last Thursday even.
ing. They say that the grading will be.
Gin IN about week and viii be completed
i from here to lndependen within g days