The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-08-21
The North Half Of Northwest
Quorter, A. Benham, Selected
for a Townsite.
Only one Townsite Between Evan.
and Wabasso, . Distance Of
Over u Miles.
Giving Opportunity for App1ica.
tions for Side Tracks at Two
Different Points.

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It is now definitely known that
the north half of the northWestq quar-
ter Of section 80, Three Lakes, will
be the only town on the Minnesota
Western railroad between Evan and
Wabasso. The piece ofland is now
owned by A. Benham, together with
the other SO acres ofthe quarter sec
tion, and he has entered into a con-
tract for the sale of the entire so,
acres to the Western Town Lot Co..
The station is midway between Evan
and Wabasso, a distance Of IL or l2
miles from either point.
When the line is in running order
applications will undoubtedly be
made for side tracks on either side.
of the new station, and the North
western will be compelled to grant
the applications, under the State
law.
A special train, having on board
j. NJ. Whitman, fourth vice -presi-.
dent of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad company. !. r. Cleveland,
land commissioner of the same SyS-
tenn. whinled into Marshall last
Wednesday afternoon At that
point the two officials we're joined
by James G. sBurchard, land agent
of the system for Minnesota and.
Dakota, and Chas. f. Hall, the con-
#sulting engineer Of the line.
At $50 Q clock Thursday morning
the four officials left Marshall. They
we're in a carriage. and were driven
to Evan. going by way of the. survey
of the Minnesota Western extension
of the NorthWestern. Their pur-
pose was to decide upon the town
sites to be located upon the. new
line. Immediately after they left.
Marshall the special train started
for Evan, arriving there at ii 30
O'Clock, and remaining there until
about $50 O'Clock, when the four
officials named above, reached that.
point. Nothing was given out for
publication, the officials stating that
it would require at least two weeks
before the toWnsites would be an.
nounced for publication This indi-
Gates that negotiations for the land
are still pending.
The northWes quarter of section
IL, Westline, it is announced, is to-
be the Westernmost town in Red
wood county. This is about ten miles
east of Marshall and it's extremely
doubtful, in case the ecompany decides
to establish a station at this point,
that another station will be estab-
.lished between that point and Mar
shall The station will do Marshall
very little injury while another one
between the two points would work
considerable Of injury to the big
town. This is also about eight miles
vest Of the northwest quarter Of"
section q, Granite Rock, on which,
or near which a station is sure to-
be located
The Minnesota Western is going
to be a shock to Tracy, as well as
other towns north and south Of the
extension. It is given out officially
that all freight for Marshall and
west Of that point to Gettysburg,
South Dakota, will be carried over
this line, taking q number of train
crews away from Tracy, and cutting
down the abroad traffic through
that town at least one half Aside
from being about miles shorter
the grade is a great deal better, the
difference il hauling being about
700 tons per mile, making great
difference il the Size Of engines used!