The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-13
RAILROAD MOVES.
Capt. Reed Pays the City An.
other Visit.
Mankato & New Ulm Road to 60 lnto
Operation June lst-Rum0rs of
Great Western Plans.

Capt. A. H. Reed, of Glencoe, ar
rived in the city Thursday and remain
ed over until Friday afternoon. He is
president of the Duluth, st. Cloud,
Glencoe & Mankato railway company,
and the purpose of his visit was to
keep up the interest in the enterprise
He has just visited st. Cloud, where he
met with some,encouragement.
Capt. Reed stated that the prelim-
mary survey will commence next week
or week after and will run from Glen
coe to Mankato along the prop osed
west line, and back to Glencoe along
the east line. He has found the peo-
pie more enthusiastic along the west
line than along the other, but that
route is l.trifle longer. The survey is
to-be made by F, G. Deterly, of Mime
apolis, .and is estimated to cost about
81, 500. giThis sum has been nearly rails
ed by floating sstock among the direc-
tors and others, sand to- place some of
the stock in this city was one of the
objects of Capt. Reeds visit. He states
that about 81, 500 has been raised out
side of the directors thus far for the
expense of the survey.
Capt. Reed Estates that the outlook
for the road is encouraging. One OF
the things to. sdemand attention soon
will be that of bonuses from towns that
want the road.
Arrangements were Emade while
Capt. Reed. was heresfor meeting of
the full board ,of directors on Friday
next in St..Paul, where it is expected
that matters aof Importance, which
have been hanging fire for some time,
will be taken up and formally disposed
of. IL is also hoped thataat this meet
ing arrangements awill be made for
starting the engineering corps at work
at once.
Those who have followed the railroad
situation closely say that the Milwaukee
road is almost sure to extend from Ma n
kato this year. L Two routes are sug-
gested, one to strike the Iowa & Min.
nesota division sat- Pennington, and the
other to reach Hastings & Dakota divi-
sion at Cologne. The. Milwaukee is be.
lieved to design to make the Mankato-
Wells branch;part of through Duluth
Omaha line. Milwaukee officials re-
Gently visited the city and spent nearly
the entire night going over the situa-
ton. The only fear is that the road
may branch off at Rapidan and strike
for LIE Sueur Center on the way to
Pennington, without going through
this city, in'order to avoid the sharp
curves andI heavy grades encountered
close to. the'city.
1t is rumored that the Milwaukee
and Great Western roads have entered
into traffic arrangement whereby the
Great Western will be enabled to go
through the city, and our people need
not be surprised if the two roads should
unite in constructing a union depot
back of. the Hub clothing store. on
Hickory street. 1t is possible that the
Milwaukee might utilize the Great
Western track to get out of the city on
the way to the north, to point beyond
the bluffs.
That these two roads haye made
some sort of an agreement seems GER
tain, although the local represen tatives
of both may deny it.
A. S. Nash. of st. Paul, general
agent of the Omaha road, was in the
city Friday.
1t is now expected that the opera ton
of the Mankato & New Ulm road will
begin June 1st. The riprapping is
completed, and all that remains to be
done is the,ballasting.
AS warmer weather approaches,
rumors are current in the air as to
moves contemplated by the Great
Western road, 1t is believed that this
year will not pass without some i'm por-
tant construction work being done by
this enterprising road. People living
in Cummings addition tell strange
tales of men running lines through
there, taking photographs of the build
ings. and estimating the cost of right
of way at $40, 900 to $50, 1000. What all
this means, or whether it has any con-
nection with President Stickney's
plans remains for the future to reveal.
1t has long been the desire of the
business men that the road extend to
the center of the city and locate it's
depot at some more accessible point,
and hopes have been entertained that