The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-01-20
NEW ULM CUTOFF.
Will Undoubtedly be Built this
Year.
Mankat0 and New Ulm Railroad Com.
pany Files Articles of Incorporation
Looks Like Business.

The construction of the New Ulm
cut off is now practically assured. Ar
ticles of incorporation of the Mankato
& New Ulm railway company were filed
Saturday with Register of Deeds Ban
garter, and the personnel of this COM
pany shows that the Chicago and North
western railway company is back of
the project.
ii. P. Barlow, right of way agent of
the Omaha road, who has been work
ing near Garden City preparatory to
the work of Strengthening the track
there, filed the articles at $50 o'clock
this morning, and they are now on the
records where the public can inspect
them.
The object of the corporation is said
to be the construction, maintenance
and operation of a railway
under the laws of Mime
sofa. The general nature of the bust
ness is to survey, locate, construct,
maintain and operate and ewn" rail-
way from section seven, city of Man
kato, to run westerly through Blue
Earth and Brown counties to New
Ulm, distance of about thirty miles.
Section seven just takes in the union
depot
| Mankato is made the principal place
of business, and the corporation is to
commence business Jan. 25th, 1899 and
continue 100 years. The capital stock
is placed at $50, 900 and the limit of in
debtedness at $500, 900.
|. The incorporators are J. NJ. Whit
man and J. b Redfeld, of Chicago; Ed.
G. Carter, of Evanston, III. and w: A.
Scott and ]. G. Stuart, of ST. Paul. The
first board of directors comprises the
incorporators The following are the
officers:
Marvin Hughitt, president.
M. M. Kirkman, vice president and
treasurer ~.
J. B. Redfeld, secretary.
Chas E. johnson, assistant secretary.
Mr.. Hughitt is president of the
Northwestern system, Mr. Scott is
general manager of the Omaha and Mr..
Stuart general superintendent. Mr..
johnson is the local union agent, and
the other gentlemen named are officer
of one or the other road.
Col. johnson would say nothing for
publication further than that he first
heard of the matter several days ago.
We learn that work will almost sure
1y begin early in the summer. Two
surveys have already been made. and it
is believed that the route to be followed
branches off from the Omaha trac
two miles west of the city and will go
to New Ulm west of the river.
The cut off will save about fourteen
miles for the Northwestern road and
will bring all the through business, in
Guiding passenger trains, through
Mankato, Our people have desired this
J for years.
The recent visit of the citizens COM
mittee to Chicago undoubtedly strength
ened the purpose of the officials in this
more.
Mr.. and Mrs James Bird lost their
little boy, aged one year and ten
months, Saturday. The child had been
ailing ever since it had an attack of the
measles.
Rosa, the fifteen rear old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Klein, who live
near Lake Washington, died Friday
morning of consumption The funeral
will occur from the German Catholic
church at 900 a m. Monday, in this city.
Anna Oberle, aged two months and
three weeks, died in North Mankato
; Friday morning, and the funeral will
take place from the German Catholic
church at two o'clock tomorrow after
J. noon.
Mr. Beeler, Sunday school missionary,
will hold a children meeting on Satur-
day afternoon at 800; also one at night
and Sunday morning at the Nager
school house in Rapidan township
Sunday School Missionary Beele1 con-
Quoted series of meetings last eek
and part of this at Indian Lake DOL
, house He labored with very ire
, ciative audience
Curtis, son of Mr.. and Mrs Il.
Bird, died Friday night of bronchil Q
] one year ten months. Services e,
house, 2G8 West Front street, Sat "
at 1:30p m.
! Martin b. Harrison, of Cotton ID
i county. and Miss Olive c. Pattrid OF
! this county, were united in MARI; T.
J noon FRIDAY, at the residence =
W. Beattie.
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