The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-13
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should they desire to secure terminal
facilities and make it general union
depot. At any rate, it will be union
depot for the two roads of the North
western system. The location is con-
venient, although it will be placed to
the west of the tracks. The travel
ing public will be guarded from any
danger of accidents, however.
To prepare the ground for the de-
pot, an immense amount of grading
will be required, including the filling
up of Main street to the first pier of
the bridge and of Exchange street.
The railroad company will do all of
this work.on streets and alleys free of
cost to the city. In fact, the city
will not be asked for cent in money,
and only for such concessions of right
of way as it has given to other roads
and will always be glad to give where
such desirable Improvements are de-
pendent uponit
The freight depot will be south of
the passenger depot, and the entire
ground between the passenger depot
and as far as and into Cummings ad-
dition will be taken up as a yard.
This whole tract will be graded up
and leveled off, and most convenient
and model yard made, which shall be
capable of receiving and handling the
increasing freight business of the
road. All necessary buildings will be
erected and in a substantial manner
such as shall indicate the permancy Of
the improvement. A vast amount of
grading and filling will be required.
The Cost.
| Notwithstanding the fact that the
claim was made that the roads esti-
mate, that this improvement would
cost $25O,OOO was altogether too high,
the fact is that careful estimates in
detail show that it will cost $3.50, 900.
This was sumner for the eastern d.
rectors, and it was with much reluct-
ance that they consented to au-
thorized the work to 60 on. 1t is
expected that work will begin within
thirty days and be pushed as rapidly
as possible by large force of men.
Much of the grading can be carried on
| during the winter months, and it is
thought that in about year from
now it can be entirely completed.
The work will be of such nature
that nearly all of the money paid out
will remain in Mankato, passing from
the hands of the laborers into the
channels of trade. This will give an
impetus to business of all kinds, and
the advent of such large sum of
money will prove of incalculable ad-
vantage to the city, not to mention
the improvement itself, which our
citizens have been working for years
to obtain.
The Work Itself.
The engineers of the road will be
here in few days to do little addi-
tional surveying which is necessary in
order to complete the map of the line.
It will be ascertained whether the de-
scriptions of the different parcels of
land on the right of way are perfect,
and an immense amount of work must
be done in seeing to the title of each
piece and securing abstracts. 1t is
highly probable that condemnation
proceedings will have to be gone
through with to secure some of the
land needed, owing to too high valua-
tions or disputed ownerships, etc.
This will not delay matters, however,
as the road can take possession and
begin it's work as soon as the proceed
ings are legally commenced, and how
long they drag out does not matter.
To save trouble, it is likely that
general proceeding will be commenced
to include all land that is not pur-
chased.
The work on the grading will I'M
doubtedly commence at the south end
and work north, as the grade is bet
ter for that way of proceeding, and
the dirt for the fill will have to come
from towards Minneopa Falls. Plenty
of dirt of the right kind can be secur-
ed there, and by the time the grading
reaches the Blue Earth river, the new
bridge can be completed. Boarding
houses will be filled up with the grad
ing forces. Steam shovels and exca-
vators and filters will be used, and
the work will go along rapidly.
| Future Plans.