Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03
RAILROAD NEWS.

The iron beams for the north bridge are
in place, and the entire structure will be
completed in 10 days. ..t
Pat Geraghty finished his job of grad
ing to the approach of the north bridge
last Thursday. He was engaged at the
work II days, and made good JOB of it.
The latest reliable information which
we have in regard to ck-laying on the
Mimi. & NV. is that the track was laid
to Kenyon, Goodhue county, several days
ago. Kenyon is SCI miles south of St.
Paul. The track-layers are probably now
nearing West Concord. the first station
within Dodge county, and 81 miles this
side of Kenyon. and 10 miles north of
Dodge Centre.
Railw ay news this week is of charac-
ter to confuse rather than enlighten any
body as to the final upshot of matters.
The Dubuque q Northwestern are max
ing a preliminary survey crossing the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul at Adams,
while Mr.. Cross, the secretary of the
Sea Coast road informed us by letter
that the Dubuque & Northwestern was
not their road, but an independent enter
prise, and that in all probability we
should hear from them also this year. So
there are to be two trunk roads to cross
the east side of Mower county at an early
day.-LeRoy Independent, Nay 20.
Minnesota & Northwestern officials are
pushing work upon their line between
West St. Paul and Cascade, Dakota coun-
ty, so that the Minneapolis s. St. LOUIS
company will be able to commence run
ming its freight trains into West St. Paul
during the fore part of the coming week.
The route from Albert Lea to St. Paul,
via Cascade, or as it is now called Ran
dolph, will be seven miles shorter than by
way of Minneapolis and over the Mani
toba tracks into St. Paul. The telegraph
line from Randolph to st. Paul has been
completed, and instruments have been
put in, connecting the line with that of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis. Since
Tuesday last the Minnesota g. Northwest
tern have been at work upon spur from
house erected by the Minneapolis & St..
LOUIS in West St. Paul The spur will be
about quarter of a mile long. The work
is being done by Minneapolis & St. Louis
laborers. The new freight shed is 200
feet long by 40 wide.-Pioneer Press
May 80.
The Dubuque g. Northwestern COM
pany is again making considerable noise
about what they are going to do, which
is sort of repetition of the ring around
a-rosY business of three weeks ago. A
corps of civil engineers are said to be
working IN this and Mower counties at
present and the papers that are interest.
readers that dirt will fly inside of week.
changed somewhat and it is now stated
that it will branch from the Minnesota g.
Northwestern at pointin Dodge county,
Mimi, running south, and crossing the
Milwaukee g. St. Paul at Taopi. It will
enter Mitchell county in the north west
corner of Wayne township and will run
in south easterly direction to Riceville,
passing about seven miles east of Stacy
vile. Judge Williams has gravitated
down into Chickasaw county, where he IS
working the country for good bonuses to
grade his proposed line of road. All rail-
road stories are good for one day and
train onlv.-St. Ansgar ENTERPRISE.
The air is full of rumors as to the final
disposition of the Minnesota & North
western railway. The latest is to the ef-
feet that the c., B. & q. railway which is
building into Dubuque, is to construct
the Dubuque & Northwestern and operate
that together with the M. & NV, for q
St. Paul line. Another rumor to which
color is given by the shipment of M. &
NV. rolling stock over the B., q. r. g.
NJ is, that the g., r. I. & P. is to get the
new line and will build across from some
point on the B., G.. r. e. N. to Mona.
This will give them a st. Paul line. How
ever, a dispatch from Chicago, last Sun
day, states that the Illinois Central is
credited in railroad circles with being the
hacker of both the Minnesota & North
western and the line it is proposed to
build from Dubuque. This, we are in
clined to believe, is the correct theory,
and we are more than ever convinced
that the agitation of the new line from
Dubuque IS an Illinois Central scheme to
be used as club over the D. & s. G. Co.
in order to compel them to come down
on the rental Of the Iowa division.
However, the Dubuque &
Northwestern is not vet built, and a
in this city Saturday, stated that the men
taxes to build this road were not very
enthusiastic over it after all. the Item Of
expense being very large one.-Water-
loo Courier.
Our new fast St. Louis line, composed
of the Wabash. St. Louis and Pacific,
Central Iowa, and Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul railways was inaugurated June
list, having Kansas City and St. Louis for
its southern, and st. Paul and Mime
apolis for it's northern termini.
BY no other combination can these four
cities be reached by single line of rail-
way.
New and elegant Pullman palace sleep
s~,r nh
between St. Louis and st. Paul, and the
new style of Pullman combination chair
and sleeping cars between Kansas City
and Abba.
The time in both directions at Abba
being at convenient hours in the day, the
easy transfer to and from the Kansas City
cars makes it practically without change
between Kansas City and st. Paul also.
The through run between st. Louis or
Kansas City and St. Paul will be made
with only one change of day cars, that at
Abba.
The Central Iowa day trains. with
through sleeping car service to and from
St. LOUIS and Kansas City, will run solid
trains between Abba and St. Paul, each
company contributing an entire train.
Passengers will arrive at and leave St.
Paul and Minneapolis at uniform hours.
a train being run between Fort Smelling
Junction and Minneapolis to connect ex-
actly with the through trains between St.
Louis and St. Paul
Going south, the fast train will leave
st. Paul and Minneapolis at a. M. Aus.
tin arrive at II As a. M, leave at 1905
?. m, Mason City 1:So p. m, Hampton
2:40 p. M, AckleY 3;13 p. m, Eldora $40
p. M, Marshalltown AS p. M, Gr,nnell
5:45 p. M, Oskaloosa 7:10 p. M, Abba
$40 p. M, Moberly a. M, reaching St.
Louis at 7;30 a. m. and Kansas City at
8:35 a. m. This train will connect at
Mason City with the c., N. g. st. p,
Iowa g. Dakota Division; at Ackley with
Illinois Central going east; at MARSHALL
town with the G. &N.-W: going east, and
close connecticut; at Pickering with the c.,
NJ. & St. P. going east; at Grlnnell with the
c., R. I. & P. for the east-the last three
being new connections: at Maxon (Alhia
Junction) with the c., B. & Q. for the west;
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