The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1895-10-03
RAILROAD MATTERS.

The contract for the grade work Of
the railway from this city to Hubert
junction has been let 70 Evans X
Richards of Minneapolis. On Friday
! last several contractors were one the
proposed line and on Saturday the
bids were opened and the contract let
/ to the above named firm. The line Is
being built by the Milwaukee y Lake
Winnebago Co, and without the
| intervention Of construction compa-
ny, the contracts being let direct by
the railroad company.
The contracts are for grading,
| culverts &c. except that the draw
/ bridges in ManitOwoc and all steel
bridges on the line are not included.
| The contracts covers the terminals
and line 10 Hilbert junction. 1t has
not yet been determined whether the
company Will construct the line from
| Hilbert Junction to Menasha or ar
range with the st. Paul road for the
/ Joint use Of the track between these
points. The distance by survey from
/ this city to Hilbert junction Is q
miles. Contracts will be let from time
to time covering the construction of
bridges within the city Of Manitowoc,
including the Embarrassing Of the
Chicago 81 Northwestern little above
STOKES farm: the construction of the
slip docks, warehouse, passenger
station, freight house, engine house,
turntable &c. The date Of completion
Is fixed at May l of next year. The
officers OF the line hope 70 have 1t IN
operation next summer.
The above facts may be regarded as
official and are given with unyarnlsh-
edi plainness. What follows is some
what in the line of deduction, infer
ence and information.
Il IS quite probable that work viii
be begun soon, possibly no later than
next week. 1t IS said, and there IS no
reason to doubt it, that implements
for grading viii be soon shipped here
If the contract is to be completed in
May it means considerable work this
fall but that is a matter which rests
entirely with the contractors as they
have given bonds for the performance
Of their work within the stipulated
time No one knows whether they
will sub-let the work or not. 1t is
quite propable they viii do SO, and
that farmers along the line will have
opportunities to do considerable work
with their teams. There is no certain
ty of this, however.
The right Of way for the entire line
Is purchased in large part. Messrs.
Gibson and Perrin are at work on this
steadily and have everything arrang
ed with few exceptions throughout
this county While depot grounds
along the line have not been finally
Determined upon, their location has
been practically fixed and is about
what has been formerly mentioned in
The Pilot. The principal station Will
be III Rockland near Pollock's farm
Condemnation proceedings fortnight
of way were begun this week against
VIM. Hermann, Leopold Rosenfelder,
Theron Wilbur, Michael kuhl, and T.
Z Thove Of Manitowoc Rapids, and
Ole Berge, Christian Tisch and Carl
Nurenburg of Cato. Parties in the
service of the contractors are here now
engaging teams and men. They will
either buy horses or hire them,
Work must be pushed with a great
zeal of vigor this fall if the road
IS to be completed in the stipu-
lated time. 1t is not at all improba-
bic that ground Will be broken the
early part Of next week. People must
not have the idea that this road is to
build up the city. II furnishes Us an
additional opportunity of doing some
thing to help ourselves That fact
We must never lose sight of. The
road is an aid, not a cOnsummation.
The contractors. Messr5. Evans &
Richards arrived in the city last night |
They We're accompanied by Messrs. |
hearns and Ives who are also railway
men. Mr. Evans says the contract |
for the cut at the cemetery and at |
STOKES farm has been sublet and |
that work upon it Will begin this |
week, certainly not later than Mon
day. Work on the big cut on Luep's |
farm viii be begun at once. Work on |
the camp was begun this morning 1t
Is TO be located on Leup's farm. Men
are now drawing lumber for this camp.
An immense amount of machinery
will be used in this cut, which is a
deep one. There are two steam shov
els on the way here and both will be
put in operation on their arrival
Contracts Will be let for section
work all along the line, as the pur-
pose IS to push the work ahead rapid
ly. The work at Luep's farm will be
done by the original contractors as 1t
requires the use of heavy machinery
The contractors are busy to day max
ing all necessary preparations. Next
week viii find everything in full blast.
"Fo2 several months, l was troubled
with persistent humor on my head
which gave me considerable annoyance,
until it occurred to .me 10 try Ayers Hair |
EIgor. Before using one bottle, tn humor
was healed" II. 7. Adams, General |
Merchant, Turbevllle, Va.
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