The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-08-23
TWO ELECTIONS WERE HELD.
What the Stub Line Cost Redwood
County at the Start.


resident taxpayers was received by
the board asking that an election
be called and the question submit
ted to the legal voters on aiding in
the construction of railroad from
Sleepy Eye Lake to Redwood Falls
by the donation of the bonds of the
county. On motion it was resolved
that the prayer of the petitioners
be granted, and April 10Th, 1873,
was appointed the day for holding
such special election, notice being
ordered published four times in the
Redwood Falls Mail, Of which The
GAZETTE is the successor, all to be
done in accordance with the act of
the legislature allowing the county
of Redwood to issue it's bonds to aid
in the construction of the road.
AS stated last week the election
was held and at the meeting of com
missioners on May 9Th, 1873, it was
announced that the proposition had
carried by vote of 235 to 8. For
some reason the company found it
impossible to build the road within
the two years provided for it by
the act of the legislature, and the
bonds were never issued, butagain,
on July "a, 1876, over three years
later petition signed by F. v.
Hotchkiss and 100 other legal voters
was presented to the board, which
at that time consisted of D. O. King
as chairman, Charles Porter, j. M.
Little, L. Bedal and Matthias Keller,
asking the board to call a special
election for voting on the PROPOSE
ton to bond the county for $50, 1000
to aid in the construction of the
road. The petition was granted
and Aug. 10, 1876, was fixed as the
day for holding the election. In
Shutdown the election was held at
Lewis Fogh S residence, in Spring
dale at the r. r. tank house. in
Charlestown at John Weber's resi-
dence, in Lalnberton at w. w.
Kellv's store, in North Hero at the
Walnut Grove house, in Brookville
at A. D. McMaster's residence, in
Sherman at E. A. Knipple's resi-
dence, in New Avon at the school
house in district IA, in Willow Lake
at John CORES residence, in Sher-
idan in the schoolhouse in district
II, in Redwood Falls at the post
Office building, in Swedes Forest
at Nels Stinson' s residence, in Gales
at A. J. Porter s residence, in I'm
derwood at Levi TenEyck's in
Three Lakes at David Watson s, and
in Delhi at Worden & Ruter's mill,
now owned by A. c. Burmeister,
and which property, together with
a large tract of other Delhi real
estate, was made a part of this
city.
The record of the county COM
missioners do not state what the
vote on the proposition was, in fact,
makes no allusion to the election,
but it is we'll known that it was
carried by large vote, the south
side towns going against the propo-
sition, while all of the north side
towns went unanimously in favor OF
it..
On Sept. 6, 1876, on motion OF
Commissioner Bedal the board de-
clined to issue the bonds until the
road was completed to Redwood
Falls, but at a special meeting held
on Sept. 20, 1876, F. V. Hotchkiss
and others petitioned the board to
sign the bonds and appoint a com
mittee consisting of Commissioners
King, Little and Kellar to carry out
the intention of the voters. A mo-
ton was made to that effect, and
was just carried, the three commits
sioners named on the committee
voting aye, while the other two COM
missioners, Porter and Bedal, voted
nay.
On Feb. Is, 1877, Messrs. King,
Porter and Little were appointed a
committee to confer with the rail-
road company in regard to having
the line built into this city by Oct.
LIST, 1877, and Alfred Wallin, then a
resident attorney of this city, but
DIV justice of the Supreme court
of North Dakota, was selected as
counsel to the committee to draw a