The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-07-12
R. R. MEETING TOMORROW
All Taxpayers Invited to Attend
a Gulf & "A. Meeting To-
Morrow Night.
Proposition to Connect This Sec
tion with Duluth and
Galveston.

A meeting of taxpayers OF this
city will be held at the opera house
at eight o'clock tomorrow evening
for the purpose of discussing a pro-
posed proposition of the Gulf q
Manitoba Railway Co. for running
it's line through this city, connect
ING with Willmar on the north and
eventually with Galveston on the
south. A committee to assist in
drafting proposition and to confer
with committees from other towns
along the proposed route has been
suggested.
At the informal meeting between
President E. E. Carpenter, Hans
Gronnerud, on the part of the Gulf
& Manitoba Railway company, and
such business men of Redwood
Falls as could be rounded up for
the occasion on few minutes no
tice, at the Office of City Recorder
Evans last Thursday afternoon, Mr..
Carpenter demonstrated very thor
oughly that he was as wellposted on
railroad matters as any railroad
man who has visited this city for
many a day. He had statistics,
facts, ETC., On his tongues end, and
as rapidly as questions were put to
him they were answered with a
frankness and accuracy that led the
business men present to have a
great deal of faith in his project.
Besides he had been all over the
proposed route between here and
Willmar, had gone over barb wire
fences, etc, and knew just where to
to get up the Minnesota bluff. This
fact. together with Mr.. Carpenter S
correct observations on the territory
through which the proposed road is
intended to pass, made his state
ments more impressive to those who
listened to him.
| To begin with it is we'll enough to
state that Mr.. Carpenter, on behalf
of his road, wants 5000 to bring
the road into Redwood Falls, and to
run down the town line between
Redwood Falls and Paxton town
ships, continuing on down the line
between New Avon and Three
Lakes. OF this amount he proposed
that the people Of this city give
50. 900 in bonds to be voted by the
voters, that Paxton township gives
50, 800 and Redwood Falls township
So, 900, making a total of $27, 800
The other s. 500 he would raise by
putting in a combination bridge
across the Minnesota rivera rail
road and wagon bridge, which his
company would agree to build an(
keep in repair for period of tel
years, and the commissioners of tn,
county would only have to appro
pirate the above amount. Mr.. Car
penter said what many know-tha
the line between here and Beave
Falls was the most expensive piec
his company would have to build
and as counter proposition he sai'
that if the people Of the city and 6
the two townships in question woul
simply buy the right-of-way AM
grade the line from the Northwest
ern tracks in this city to the Min
! nesota river on the west side of sec
tion 20, Homer, his company woul
accept that in lieu of the bonds
gladly accept it. He said that tn
route which pleased him the mos
was the one passing through tn
ravine into the Minnesota vale
on the Clipfell farm, he believin
! that 35 foot grade could be secure
there.
In consideration of the voting {
the bonds, or the grading of tn
line in question, his company woul
agree to have the line in operatio
from Willmar on the north to
point eight miles south of Redwoo
Falls, by Jan. 1st, 1901, probabl
July 1st, 1900, but his company dc
sired to reserve the extra six months
He agreed to bind his company t
the construction, and said that
the bonds were voted here the prol
osition would not be made to an