The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-05-31

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A Coal and Lumber Road
and Il Link i'm 4
Great Chain.
THE MINNESOTA AND NORTH
ERN.
The Railroad Meeting at F~lda-
Speeches and Observation-Disclosures
Of the Line-To Connect the Io0a
Coal Fields ,cith the Lumber Regions
Il Link in a Great Chain.
A brief allusion was made In last weeks AD.
VANCE to = railroad meeting held at Fuida on
Tuesday evening in the interest Of bonding Bon-
din tow nship to the amount d. 900 in aid Of the
Minnesota 4 sNortllern Railway. In com
panv with Hon. j. P. MOulton and Judge vii.
SON we attended this meeting, and notwith-
standing the rain and the almost impossible
condition ofthe roads In places, we found that
Currie had sent strong delegation composed
Of Mr. Currie, Editor Maxwell, Mr..
rruecke and Reverend J. H. Long.
Fulda and vicinity turned out in the rain and
hlled Masonic Hail.
JIM. Dickson was called to the chair and Ed
dltor NOOlstencrOft was chosen secretary Of the
meeting.
JH Long, Secretary of the company, re ad the
proposition to the voters OF Bondin township and
dwelt upon the points rs he proceeded. He cited
the examples OF Fergus Falls and Fargo, the
former having the water power and the natural
advantages. while tile latter had the enegetic
pushing men. The result is that Fargo is a
large city compared with the other.
The Minnesota & Northern project Is
primarily to secure Duluth connection on the
North. and 4 connection with the Iowa coal
fields on the South It Is to be Peoples line.
built by men who do not own the coal mines,
and Is tO be coal and lumber line. The plan
is to ask aid from the towns. giving certificates
Of stock in return. N" town can vote more than
nv. pcr cent inc!uiin; its Indebtedness already
accrued. The bonds are to run 30 years and
may all be take" up after ten years, or one at 4
is built The line from Worthingt n through
Fulda and AvOra to CMrric. distance OF some
10 miles must be completed before the bonds are
earned. and it must I've completed by Oct: !. lsyO.
], the roa Is not grade" to Fulda by Oct 1882,
the bonds are to br INVALID and If not finished t.
Curric Sy Oct. !. 1::". the bond, VII! he invalid
to the company before the cars are running
from WM%rthington M to Currie. This is' therefore.
T.. u. ~. rO1O.
One man. who opposed voting the bonds had
figured his share Of the tax at go for ~ years.
ar :, a year. He was asked II the road would
not increase the value Of his farm 800 the first
year. He thought it would. and finally concl,ld-
ed he could clear 80 by voting for the bonds.
j. r. Moulton, OF Nor,hington. was next call
ed on, 'ir: NJ. said this road had been ta ked of
asa WOrthingt"n rad, but Worthin gtOn was
State line The object Of the road is to hold
this gap and the road when completed will con.
met Will the MaatS1 ana the Pa
the south. reaching all the southwest systems
Or. singular rs it may sound. it is part Of a
to ocean. The ultimate northern terminus is at
Churchill OH HudOns Bay and the Southern ter
minus at Sabine Pass on the Gulf OF Mexico.
tinental road. This matter has been before the
Kansas City people for some time, and it is fact
that several million dollars have been secured
ispracl ically under way. Ours is the only feast
BILE route for this projected north and south road
we @ could put pio% in at Kansas city and run 's
ject is to b:ild and hold this I gap :'' ''' w.
The editor Of the ADVANCE was next called
out and was referred TO as one who had built
more roads on paper than any one In this Sec
ti"n. He acknowledged the corn :" as his bust
ness was 90 build roads on paper. and told what
he knew Of the effect Of some on roads Cleveland.
awOke one morning to find her commerce mad
moved westward. She then saw that she must
ness ness men emu united % and and agreed to give the ground
for manufacturing stablishments, her banks
agreed to lend money at less rate to manufac-
Gov. Todd declared that the day before the road
was finished he did not know but he WAS beg
gar. The day after. he saw that lle was rich
man: Cleveland Is city Of l25 900 to 15o0OO in
habitanss, started on her boom by coal rail-
road.
Columbus. Ohio. Is another example Of one Of
the finest manutact uring cities in the country,
made 50 by the Hooking Valley coal road.
,Williamsport and Muncy: Pa. are exam.
Muney had the natural advantages and the rich
must come to her. Wil'iam,port had none Of
1000 to 5000 population and Wiiii.msport $4,000
to !: %SS Ss had ,sf'I% s%d .1s ss s 9e. @
: former @ortnington man II. j: Simpson, ot
is under way now at the lower or Gull end. And
we happen to lay In the path OF the only route
t can take: for eastward It would strike , the
Kansas City it Is proposed to run 25 to so miles
east Of the rvsr IA across Iowa & tnr9Sgh & coI% G
coarss Hy s every | east and west road
on the continent.
Complaint had been made at worthineton
road and the company had not done as agreed
by failing to build q depot and to extend north
westward. But the 1f1en0S Ol the road claim
that more money made in two years by the
increased price OF flax paid at that market and
the lower rates on coal than was voted In bonds.
Judge Wilson was next called out. and dwelt
upOM the increase In the value Of property since
the Burlfng on was built especially Of the lands
IN the vicinity of the place. And town property
hal also advanced considerably. One piece for
whcl. he paid II. 100 could not be bought for less
than 42,OO
As showing how reads are built. he cited the
fact that the Burlington road via OF Stbley and
PipestOne. was first q local road. projected un-
der the name Of the Spirit Lake Western. II
was projected and worked up purely ny local
route. got possession Of It, and it cost the peO-
pie more after the Burlington got the route. than
It would il they had built It themselves. Being
very hOarse. the Judge said he was not In cOndi
tion to speak at length.
Elder DAVIS was then called on and said he
had been in the mercantile business once. and
that after Il competing line OF railroad was built
fifteen miles from there. they could haul theil
freight by 1t: They soon had roads On All side:
Of them, and found they were getting 1Oc more
b,lshel for their wheat They found also gair
of lcc to cOc on every 100 lbs. of pork they sold
He thought that in thirty years the road would
give back million dollars for the d 600 aid vOt
cd. w..
Neil Currie was next called on. and said thai
this was not a Currie, nor Fulda, nor WOr
thingt0n project merely hut was road for thl
whole country. He had had goods delivered To-
eOme years at less rates than Fuda merchants
because he reached competing lines on the north