Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-11-24
RAILROAD POINTING THIS WAY.
The People Of Mankato, Glencoe and St.
Cloud are Promoting a North and
South Line.

The project OF railroad from St.
Cloud south to Glencoe and Mankato
to form a connection with some line
leading to Chicago and to the South
west is again revived. Capt. A. FL.
Reed, OF Glencoe, seems to be the I
most active promoter, and he has
interested prominent citizens of Man.
kato and St. Cloud. The Mankato
board OF trade recently appointed a
committee to Investigate the matter,
and now st. Cloud has appointed Il
committee to meet with representa-
tives of other cities that are inter-
ested in the building of the line. The
citizens OF St. Cloud held meet
ing on Tuesday evening, and we
take the following report OF the
meeting from the Daily Times:
"About Is citizens met last night
in the council rooms, pursuant to the
call for a meeting to consider the
matter OF Incorporating in the scheme
to build the railroad from st. Cloud
to Mankato. Mayor Mcdonald was
chosen chairman, and w. B. Mitchell,
secretary.
"W. B. Mitchell read a letter he
had received from A. H. Reed, of
Glencoe, president of an old CON-
pany at that place, whose object of
organization was to assist in build
Ing a north and south road
''The letter told of certain steps
taken by the people OF Glencoe and
Mankato favorable to the project
and inviting some such action on the
part DIST. Cloud business men. A con-
ference OF a committee consisting OF
representatives from the three towns
was proposed to meet on the first
Tuesday in December to decide upon
the most feasible means to adopt.
The letter also stated that the CON-
pany had as one OF it's members, VIM.
Vanderbilt, OF New York.
IA committee has been appointed
by John Coates, consisting of w. B.
Mitchell, C. S. Benson and C. L. At
wood, to confer with Mr.. Reed, OF
the Duluth, st. Cloud and Southern
railroad company, and communicate
with the company at Glencoe with
view to holding the proposed con-
ference at an early date, and to at
tend to all matters that would lead
tn a speedy fruition OF the hopes so
long entertained.
"The suggestion Of the Glencoe
company is to create 1000 shares and
dispose of them to as many as will
buy and those who do not wish to
invest in the stock of the proposed
road, contribute to a survey fund, so
that the matter can be expedited as
much as possible" ~
In closing it's report of the meeting
the Daily Journal-Press said:
1.-THE committee was instructed to
obtain all the information possible
regarding the minutes of the old
southwestern survey, etc., and after
the conference meeting will be
called and it's report made. There is
}no doubling the fact that this north
and south line would opec up one Of
the richest sections of Minnesota.
The route-as the crow flies-is ex-
actly sixty miles. The Illinois Gen.
trail railroad is steering into Min
nesota and is now built as far as
Lyle, a few miles into Minnesota.
The object Of this north and south
line is, OF course, to get an outlet to
Chicago and if the Illinois Central,
the Milwaukee or the Northwestern
| could be interested and the line built
the good that would result to this
section OF the state cannot be over
etsima ted