Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-06
FORMS A GREAT LINE.
Important Transfer of Railroad Property
Sale of Two Badger Roads.

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| Sale of Two Badger Roads.
LA CROSSE, WIS.,, May 3O-The pur-
chase of the Green Bay, Winona d st.
Paul Railway by the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western Railway Company
causes question i'll many minds, as to-
what the plans of the Lackawanna Com
pany are. 1t is known that the Della
ware q Lackawanna Company has or
years controlled this line ofrailway and
managed it so as to pay, as far as pos
| sibIe, the interest on the mortgage which
they he'd upon it. Soon after the
Winona 81 Southwestern Railway pro-
ect began to be agitated, the Lacka-
wanna Company, by a glance over
the country, saw that the con-
struction OF such line Of
railway as that the Winona people pro-
posed to build would greatly enhance
the value of the Green Bay road. 1t
would put that road on direct through
connection to the Pacific Coast. The
value ofits stock would, as natural re-
suit, be increased, and the road would
IN short time be placed on a par with
the best roads in the Northwest, both as
freight and passenger line. The
W1nona q Southwestern would afford
the necessary connection at Council
Bluffs, Ia, and their own line from
Manistee, Mich, would be the connec-
ton desired from Michigan to Buffalo
and on to New York
Some time in April last, according to
reports, the Delaware, Lackawanna 4
Western people purchased this Green
Bay stock and the road was in their
hands. The prospect of the purchase
can readily be seen. The Lackawanna
Company own and operate line Of rail-
road from New York to Buffalo and con-
troll a road from Buffalo to Manistee,
Mich, known as the Flint & Pere
Marquette Railway, running east from
Manistee, crossing Niagara River, pass
ing north of Lake Erie to Buffalo.
From Manistee to the Wisconsin shore,
over Lake Michigan, the Lackawanna
company owns a line of steamers
that are run winter and summer.
The Green Bay furnishes the connec-
ton to Winona. All this road is built
and In operation at the present time.
The Southwestern road completes the
line to San Francisco. The length of
the proposed line from Winona to Coun-
Gil Bluffs is about 325 miles. Of this 90
miles is already built, so that it
only remains to construct 230 miles Of
road before the Delaware, Lackawanna
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freight from New York to San Francisco
over their own line. 1t forms a grand
trunk or through route, the only through
line in the United States from the At
lantic to the Pacific.
The construction of the Winona &
Southwestern has been commenced.
The Lackawanna Company is an impor-
tant factor in the work, but just what
the company's plans are is not known.
There are many roads in Wisconsin
seeking connection with this road
The advantages of connection will be
very great, as it will be a cheap
rate route, being a through line.
To the northern portion of Wisconsin
its benefit will be greatest, as it fur
nishes direct outlet for their lumber
and other manufacturing products, into
the comparatively new district of Kan
sas, Nebraska, and the whole Southwest.
The traffic is assured to be very large.