The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-05-17
CONDEMNATION BEGINS.
The Papers for the Acquiring of
Right-of-Way for the N.
w., are Filed.
Now Has Survey
ing Party at Work Near
Marshall.

! The papers IN the condemnation
proceedings of the land wanted by
the Iowa Il Minnesota Railroad Co.
for right-of- from Sanborn to
section Is, Vesta, Or just eight and
a half miles south of Echo, were
filed with the clerk of the district
court for this county last Thursday
morning, an employee of the we'll
known legal firm Of Brown &
Abbott of Winona, filing the docu-
ments. One of the documents was
a blue print showing the line of the
proposed road from Sanborn to
Vesta, the line Being in red, wider
at some points than at others-wider
where the company finds it neces-
sary to get dirt to fill in grades
near by. The other document was
the prayer of the petitioner, the
railroad company, signed by Marvin
Hughitt as President and J. B. Red
field as secretary, where it is re-
cited what the company proposes to
do, and that certain property owners
have refused to sign a deed to the
right-of-way wanted for the reason
that satisfactory terms could not be
made, and praying that commits
sion of three disinterested persons
be appointed by Judge Webber for
the purpose of appraising the value
of the land wanted by the company.
The company also presents vellum
sketches showing the land wanted
that will have to be coedemned.
They are only eight in number, and
all but two tracts being in Charles
town. The Charlestown tracts are
owned by John Weber, John Steck-
man, Franz Theodore Winter, Franz
Wickman, John Steckman holding a
Winona & St. Peter Land Co. con-
tract and Paul Timm. The other
two tracts are in Vail and they are
owned by Mr. Longbottom, and the
proposed line certainly butchers
the tracts on the angle plan. Mr..
Longbottom wanted to sell out en-
tirely to the railroad company, as a
result Of the cutting up of his land,
and for time it was thought that he
might sell and townsite located
there, but the company finally de-
cided on the Sloan quarter for the
site.> and Mr.. Longbottom was ac-
cordinglv left to the mercv of a
board of commissioners. Hehas re-
tanned J. H. Bowers as his attorney
and says that he will have his rights
or lose all fighting for them. The
tract wanted embraces about Is
acres.
County Attorney Clague, who has
been assisting right-of-way agent,
Julian A. Sedgwick, in securin g
the right-of way from Sanborn north
west, and also attending to a large
amount of legal business for the
Northwestern, was in the city yes.
terday, paying taxes on all the land
wanted by the company, and or
which 1898 taxes had not been paid
Mr.. Clague stated that by the enc
of this week, weather permitting
work would be actively pushed
along the entire Vesta extension
and that sub-contractors were now
at Sanborn hauling out camp equi
pages, etc., preparatory to com
mencing the work. Each sub-con
tractor has two miles of grading
S1.75 per day is offered to each mar
and $3.50 for man and team. Or
June 1st 50 per day will be offered
to each man and 81 for man anC
team. In case man works only al
hour and quits he is paid spot cash
Mr.. C1ague officially confirmed
the statement made by THE GAZETTl
several weeks ago as to the town
sites along the line. The first sta
tion north of Sanborn is the south
west quarter Of section 19, Willow
Lake, for which the owner, Mr.
Eichten received $50 per acre. The
town is to be located on the south
west corner of the meandered lake
The next station is to be on tht
south half of section %, Vail, pur