The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-26

Latter Deny RumOrS-DetafkS or
the MankntO Wreck Show the
Pluck of an Engineer.
The emphatic denials which have been
entered by Minneapolis & st. Louis off,
Gals to the reports which have been re-
ceived during the past six weeks indi-
eating that negotiations were in progress
whereby the Illinois Central expects to
enter the cities over Minneapolis & st.
Louis tracks, are not taken seriously in
St Paul railroad circles. There is we'll
defined opinion among those familiar
with the situation that the recent In
corporation of the Albert Lea & South
western, projected to run from Albert
Lea, In Freedom county, to Lyle, Mimi,
& terminal point Of one Of the Illinois
Central branches and a division point of
the Milwaukee, is backed by the Illinois
Central, and is part of a scheme which
also involves the Minneapolis & st. Louis.
In addition to these facts, Bisselt J..
Humphrey and c. w. Moore, of Chicago,
incorporators of the new line, with w.
A NORM, of Albert Lea, and H. B.
Litchfield, of Chicago, are said to be di-
rectIy connected with the financial de-
partment of the Illinois Central. st. Paul
railroad men are confident that the new
line will be directly controlled by the
Central and that the reported deal with
the Minneapolis s. ST. Louis is also a
reality \ general passenger agent of
one of the lines with which the Albert
Lea &, Southwestern, if constructed will
have to enter into direct competition,
stated yesterday that he had not the
least doubt but that the Central people
have already closed terms to lease or
purchase outright terminal facilities and
rights from the st. Louis, which will
give them entry into the Twin Cities. In
substartiation OF his opinion, he stated
that inner circles in Chicago have known
for more than a year that this connect
ing line between Lyle and Albert Lea
would ultimately be built and that the
Central would secure control of the Min
neapelis & St Louis as soon as its branch
from Tara, on the Dubuque & Sioux City
branch, into Omaha was completed.
The Cedar Falls & Minnesota is an old
line which has been under the control
of the Central and used as branch for
several years. 1t connects at Cedar Falls,
To-, with the Dubuque & Sioux City road,
also part of the Central, giving direct
connections With Dubuque and Chicago
on the East, and Omaha on the West.
The Fort Dodge & Omaha line, from
Tara, on the Dubuque & Sioux City, to
Omaha, is nearly completed and will be
ready. for uses befoge the first of the year.
With the Minneapolis & st. Louis, from
Albert Lea to The citfes,s and the new
line, from Albert Lea to Lyle, the Central
viii have almost an air line from Cedar
Falls to the coveted Twin City terminals.
From Cedar Falls, with the other lines
now a part of the system, the Central
will have connections with every import
ant point III the Middle West.
The fact that the Central is backing
the new Albert Lea-Lyle line for the fur
theraIIce of its plans regarding the Twin
Cities throws additional light upon the
construction Of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis branch into Storm Lake, To-,
point OH the Dubuque & Sioux City, IlIi-
nois Central property. This branch will
give a more direct line from the cities
TO Sioux City and Omaha, and will tap
a country upon which the Central could
draw for freight with great advantage.