The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-11-08
FOUR NEW TOWNS.
Sales of Town Lots In the Four
Future BuruS.

bed OF Willow Lake is situated the
site of the new town of Wanda.
The town company bought the site
of NJ. Eichten, and his farm, to-
getEer with those of the Door er
brothers and Matt Jenniges, en-
close the townsite on three Sides The
site is seven miles from Lamberton,
and from the hill south from the
railroad Lamberton is in plain
sight, and a near neighbor. Sanborn
is only little farther away to the
southeast. The close proximity of
these two larger towns has doubt
less had it's effect on would-be in
vestors. so that on the morning
announced for the sale the crowd
was not large, and buyers were
rather slow to invest. The elevator
and lumber companies, however,
have been quick to see that the
fine farming country north and east
of the new station, with it's wealth
of grain and livestock, would gravi-
tate naturally to the neasest station,
and already two elevators, those Of
Bingham Bros. and the Minnesota
Elevator Co. are under contract,
and three lumber companies have
their agents on the ground hustling
for business. Valentine P. and
Matt. Eichten were the largest in
vestors in the new town of Wanda,
they buying two lots on the princi-
pal corner for new hardware store,
and four others for a lumber yard
in connection. The J. H. Queal Co.
of Minneapolis has considerable
stock of lumber unloaded, with j.
S. Tucker as their local agent, and
the Youmans Co. of Winona is also
opening yard here. Matt. Jen-
niges and John CORES each pur-
chased lot at the opening of the
sale, but the farmers of the vicinity
were generally too busy to attend
or buy. Commissioner Aftermath,
and former commissioner J. S.
johnson, Mr.. Meierding of the S. &
W. Creamery, Jurgen Balk of
Waterbury, and other farmers were
among the onlookers who put in an
appearance, but there seemed no
disposition to buy the lots for spec
ulative purposes.
Already petition has been filed
for the appointment Of Valentine
Eichten as postmaster of the new
town of Wanda. and it will prob
ably be only few weeks before the
new town will have a postofice and
daily mail service
| WABAssO.
Wednesday morning dawned cold.
and bleak on the site chosen for the
new town of Wabasso, on section
% in Vail township. A glance at
the map of Redwood county will
show that this part of the county
has been sorely in need of railroad
facilities for years, and now that the
railroad is in actual operation, the
hopes of the people in that section
have been raised to high pitch. In
spite of the cold wind, knots of men
from most of the surrounding towns
were early on the grounds, and
when Agent Hoyt of the TOWNSHIP
company arrived, he found plenty
of business awaiting him. The lay
of the land for Wabasso could hardly
be improved upon. 1t lies along
the east side of the track, the ground
gently sloping upward for three or
four blocks, with just enough in
} cline for good drainage. Very
little grading will need to be done
for years to come. A corner had
already been temporarily claimed
by an Olivia hardware man, but it
soon developed that there were
Others who wanted that particular
, corner. The agent announced that
the highest bidder should have the
lot, and it developed that, Messrs.
Koenig &Echmidt, the former Of
Lamberton&nd the latter Of Spring
: field, were bound to make that cor.
ner their property, and it finally
: went to them at $3.50 for 25 fee,
frontage. They also bought the ad
joining lot, and lot in the same
block across the alley for the lum
Der yard which they will put in
at once. They will this week be
gin the erection of a building or