Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-20
NORTHWESTERN is COMING.
All Reports to Contrary Pronounced Pure Fa
brications.

UliCollOnS.
Much interest was excited in Grand
Rapids during the past week by the
publication of the statement in the
Milwaukee and Chicago papers that a
deal had been effected between the G..
NJ. & st. Paul and Northwestern roads
whereby each agreed to cease further
invasion of the others territory, thus
putting a stop to the proposed build
ing Of the Northwestern road from
Princeton to Grand Rapids and also
stopping the work of building the G..
M. & st. Paul line into ShebOygan
which we understand has already been
begun.
This coming upon the heels of the
various railroad meetings that have
been held in the city at which the
people were led to believe that all
that was necessary to secure the
Northwestern road was their hearty
cooperation, dampened the enthu-
SiaSm of a lot of people. They began
to think that railroad building was Il
good deal of fake anyway, when who
should appear on the scene but our
mutual friend j. L. Pennitill, who had
taken a run into Chicago a week ago
to report on the state of the Com
pany'S work in this city. W. X. Cook
of Chicago, agent of the land depart
ment of the Northwestern road, also
arrived Monday. Mr. Pennifll au-
thorizeS us to state that those
publications in the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and Stevens Point papers are
absolutely and wholly untrue and
without any foundation whatever,
merely idle rumOrS that originated
with some diSgruntled StevenSPointers
who were sorry to see the Central r. r.
shops removed to Fond du Lac. These
were reported in the Stevens Point
papers and afterwards copied and
commented upon by the Milwaukee
and Chicago papers. Mr.. PennitiIl
says that SO far as he knows the G., NJ
& st. 2. people are going to build
into ShebOygan and that the North
western road is positively coming to
Grand Rapids. While in Chicago,
maps were made showing the surveys
that have been made by the North
western in and about Grand Rapids
and their desired route into and about
the city, and one of these maps Mr..
Pennitill leaves with the city
officials. These maps snow that a
crossing will be made of the WiScOn-
sin river at the second island below
the city, the line running through che
Lyon homestead property lnterSecting
the Nj. & S. E. road on the west side
of this property, thence turning north
into the city, paralleling the NJ. & S. E.
line through the city on the east side
of this road. Other lines are run
connecting the main line with all the
industrial properties in the city, one
to the jackson Mill and big water
power, another to the furniture
factory and down through the Grand
Rapids Lumber company lands to
their mill, another line parallels the
NJ. & 5. E. road to NekOOSa on the
east side of this road.
Mr.. Cook is here to assist the Citi-
zenS Committee in securing the right
of way through the city and to get 90
| day options on all the lands and prop
critics that the road will traverS. He
! has already secured a number of the
| leading options necessary and hopes
to complete this work during the next
10 days.
Mr.. Pennitill says that fine mod.
ern depot will be built at this point of
brick and stone that the city will be
proud of, and that the people may be
assured that at some time next wear
they can take a through car over the
| Northwestern road to Milwaukee and
Chicago from Grand Rapids or to St.
Paul and Minneapolis. Whether they
will purchase the NJ. < S. E. line OF
| build another line to MarShtield form
ing a connecting link between theil
line there and at Grand Rapids de-
pends upon future developments but
at all events will connect with the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
| Omaha at MarShtield.