Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-26
a RAILROAD.
New Scheme Which Promises Great
Benefits To Graiu-Growers.

OF ne North. Ives = remarkable mar
ncter known ,l.rougaout Jhat region
as Farmer Hines. lie i regarded by
lis nc.ShhurS as thc prophet of = new
era Il railroad building and operating.
when roads VII. tie hui, 10 primary
markets ny Thc producers III the coun-
try floy ~i~avelS". capitalized for their
actual COS: ard operated with tie clos
eSt possible economy. FarmCr Hines
has been rfclching his faith a. cOuil-
try schco.Iousc meetings throughout
tie lower Red River Valley for TWO or
three years pas; and las SUNNI" he
began uuiiinG lis theories INTO i-ic-
tee by lis talks and 10y tie diSiribI-
;ion of circulars ne succeeded Ill enlist
ing 50 large Il body of adhererts that
he commenced 10 build 4 railroad with
out money and without credit and act
nall.v finished forty miles OF grade 1T
fore he frus; came.
Farmer Hines studied the map -.Irc-
fully ana found than the grain tfum
any central point in he lowe Red
River Nallry-say G~la!ton-is hauled
AZ miles ovpr Tie Great Northern
lines 10 reach the primary market at
Duluth. whereas Il direct lire from
Grafton - Duluth would Ia. only Isl
miles long. saving ~ miles. The
Great Northern has four lines i'll that
part "f the valley. running north and
south and cunvcrgiEg N 4 main line.
which go.> away IF To tie south rs
far a. II. Cloud. Mum. before il strikes
out direct for Tie head If lake Supe-
ri"r. TIC Nurtlcrn Pacific has only
one line ii thu, par, al The valley.
This parallels me Grcal Northern rnadS
AMI gives y grain rcI;c 10 Duluth about
eighty miles s|llortcr from competing
points iifan lhc Great Norilrcru's ave
az, haul. Farmer Hines railroad runs
across ih' valley east and west. and
is Z" 20 ~ through The woods region
of N"rfhern Minnesota Ii i correction
with the Duluth ana Winnipeg Road.
already running for = distance az about
one hundred and twenty-five milcS west
Of Duluth.
Hines calls iiS road the Farmers
Railroad am mas far al The work on il
4isi> vi fi'i.t IN -Nf4ti tAhttd XIV
Minnesota farmers. His fnancicr.ng
methods are unique. H., has ROW about
two hundred men n work in Tie North
cTn Minnesota wnoGS cutting trees and
clearing The right of way. Each man
gets his necessary provisions. SIS q
monih in money barely enough cash
la buy lis tobacco and pay for an oc-
casioual glass Of beer. The men are
enthusiastic Converts "a lie Hines The
orI "f railway construction. TIE chief
arSur.. i h. uses : MS: The average
freight a:c on wheat from lower
Red River Valley points 10 nululh is
II cents per iushci. !. wheat can IL"
! rrof.ahly Daulcd 40 miles for II cents
Z irlshel over roads capitalized II over
! $2,.uGu :. mile il can hc hauled ~ miles
! over = road costing u"t over Sl2.o0o
per mile and pay a good profit ~ . cents
or : cents ,.cr huSiIci. And If The say
'n@ should he only = cents per hushcl
! ,hc aggregate annual gain 10 The valley
, farmers would amouu 20 2 very large
sum.
Hines : 4 sturdy. rcrvous. indefatig-
ailt sor; Of 4 min. only - years old.
The merchants az Duluth recently
made UP Il carload az provisions and
shipped them ont Ia his camps south
OF Red Lake. 4 few thousand dol
lars in money has also been subscribed
here "a aid his enterprise. Hines told
the Duluth people lately thar he will
have n hundred miles of road graded
and furnished with ticS ready for ;he
! road ny the end Of reNt summer. He
is q Very religious man. ana at the
las, mcttin. 81 his stockholders he
wanted 10 pat a clause in the bylaws
nf the company prohibiting the run
| ains Of trains on Sunday. hut ne was
obliged 70 con.cn; with Il bylaw pro-
vidinS that the Sunday laws Of Min
ucs"ia ana North Dakota shall not be
violated. He also wanted II provision
Inserted setting apart 10 per cent. Of
the net earnings of the road FOR char
| ~. bur The lawyers old him that rhe
consent Of every S%tockholder would he
necessary 10 make legal such q dis
position Of any money belonging TO the
company. The old companies operat-
inG roads in the Red River Valley used
| 20 look upon Farmer Hines as Il harm
less enthusiast. Now they begin 10 he
troubled about him.-Chicago Times
Herald.