The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-06-28

On the N6Std Extension Of
the Iowa & Minnesota
Railroad.
Beaver Falls Township Votes
hid for the Gulf &
Manitoba.

Work on the 20 miles. known as
the Vesta extension of the Mime
sofa & Iowa division of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad, was com
menced on Monday of last week.
Contractor Werdenhoff, who secured
the first nine miles of grading from
the Y mile west of Sanborn run
ming north, having taken a crew of
men from the cut east of Sanborn
and placed them along his division
of extension. Prior to that time
camping equipage, ETC., was being
hauled out all along the line, and it
is probable that work on the extern
sion will be general this week.
This being the case the extension
will undoubtedly be completed by
Oct. LIST.
The manner in which work was
commenced on the Vesta extension
as we'll as rushed on the line from
Burt to Sanborn is one of the pecul-
lar circumstances occurring in rail
road circles. It will be remembered
that the Northwestern surveyors
had run line from Madelia to Stay
ton to head off the Milwaukee road
passing through that territory. AS
fast as the Northwestern survey
was made and the right-of-way was
secured, the graders were taken
from the Sanborn-Vesta extension
and put to work down there simply
to scoop the Milwaukee in the
construction. Two week ago the
Northwestern line from Madelia to
Slayton, including the survey, pro-
file, right. Of-way. SO much OF the
grading as had then been done, was
sold to the Omaha system, al adj
junct of the Northwestern line.
The Omaha people had incorporated
only a week or two previous to take
this line off the hands of the North
western, proposing, in their articles
of incorporation to run the line out
of the State at point just east of
Flandrau
AS soon as the Northwestern sold
the line all the contractors were
brought back to it's Burt-Vesta line.
and practically all of the grading on
the line from Burt to SanbOrn is
now completed. OF course, there
are many bridges and culverts to
be built, the construction of which
will take great deal of time, after
which the track will have to be laid
and by rushing work it is not likely
that the trains will be running over
the line before the middle of August
or Sept. LIST. The graders can rush
the extension from Sanborn to YES
ia, for the reason that there is very
little difficult grading to do, but
with bridges, culverts, ETC., to
build it will be almost impossible to
have the line completed before
Oct. 1st.
On Saturday the voters of the
township of Beaver Falls very en-
phatically registered their willing
ness to aid in constructing a rail
road through that township, the
same to pass within half mile of
the court house at Beaver Falls vii
lage. On that day by vote of 100
to Is the township voted bonds in
the sum of $4,000 to aid the Gulf &
Manitoba railroad in constructing
its line, the same to connect the ST.
Louis or Northwestern system and
the Milwaukee by Dec. 1st, 1900.
There is much enthusiasm over the
proposition and on Sunday it was
stated positively that the township
of Henrvville, located just north of
Beaver Falls, would vote bonds to
the extent of 50, 500 for getting the
road through that township. The
election is to occur next Friday. It is
just as positive that Troy township,
located north of Henryville will
also vote aid, and that Olivia will
simply have to get in line in. order
to make any showing for the county
seat What Bandon township, the
northernmost town in the county,
will do, is yet question.
After passing through this city,
enroute to Beaver Falls, President
Carnenter Auditor Camnhal} and