New Ulm review., 1895-10-16
LATEST RAILROAD NEWS,
"A Meeting Of Citizens Held to Discuss the
OompanY's Proposition.
II Is Agreed to, and the Contract was e
Have Been Awarded on Saturday.
"A Misunderstanding Arose However Re.
garding Certain Right Of Way.

LAST frlday evening 9 meeting OF Cit
izens was called to order at the old court
house for the purpose of considering
matters connected with the building Of
the proposed Minneapolis, New Ulm 8
Southwestern. About seventy five were
present and Judge Webber was asked to
preside. Mr.. Lind then addressed the
meeting, stating the object of calling it
and reviewing, the work done by a COM
mittee of citizens up to date. He said
that for nearly year they had been IN
consultation with the directors of the
Minneapolis s. St. Lonis road and that
finally they were induced to consent to
build at once from Winthrop to New
Ulm and later from New Ulm into Iowa.
AS assistance from New Ulm they want
ed the right of way through this city and
Ealf the right of way to Winthrop. This
the citizens committee objected 10 siren
nously, and an arrangement was finally
agreed upon whereby New Ulm was to
furnish right of way through town and
$4,000 i'll cash towards the right of way
to Winthrop. This was the proposition
which Mr.. Lind presented to the meet
ing, and as it would require at least a
month to secure such a concession by
vote of the people and as 1t was desira-
BILE that work be commenced at once, he
suggested the giving of guarantee,
signed by a sufficient number of citizens,
that the city would meet the demands.
This arrangement had been suggested to
the general manager of the Minneapolis
q st. Louis and he considered it satisfac-
tory. The guarantee was accordingly
signed by nearly all present, and the next
day a committee, consisting of Baarsch,
Buenger and Stuebe, secured additional
signatures to the number of three hun
dred. The guarantee is simply for the
purpose of fastening the work and i'm
plies that the city will vote the necessary
bonds as soon as an election can legally
be called. 49,.
1t was understood that as soon as these
arrangements were completed, the con-
tract would be let, and armed with the
guarantee, Messrs. Crone, Pfaender, Lind
and Schell, the New Ulm incorporators,
went to Minneapolis Saturday to close
the negotiations. They returned Satur-
day night without having concluded the
deal and they authorize the Review to
state that the reason that it was not set
tied, was because the New York people
insisted that the citizens should extend
the right of way. The committee were
perfectly willing, personally, to consent
to have the city extend the right of way,
but as that proposition had not been be-
fore the people of New Ulm, they did
not feel justified in making any pledges
for the city that had not been fully con-
sidered and agreed upon. It was then
agreed that the General manager of tie
Minneapolis s. St. Louis and the Gener-
al Counsel of the Company should come
up and meet the citizens of New Ulm
Thursday, and discuss the question and
come to an understanding in regard to
the point in controversy. All the ar
rangements will then be perfected and
the deal closed. This delay will not af-
feet the progress or success of the enter
prise in the least. The engineers are bu-
silly engaged in locating the line and will
have everything in readiness for the ear
~ commencement of work Blue prints
of the location of the line as agreed up
on and the depot and grounds through
this city have been received and may be
seen at the postoffice and City Clerks
Office.
Hodges Wants Lind.
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