The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-11
MAPLELEAF EXPANDS
BY CHICAGO GREAT
WESTERN
HAS HAD OPTION SOME TIME
Number of Valuable Properties
Have Been Absorbed by st.
Paul Road During the
Past Year.

The Chicago Great Western railway
will tomorrow exercise the option it holds
on the Winona & Western road, and the
latter line will be taken over and oper-
ated hereafter by the Maple Leaf route
President A. B. Stickney, of the Chicago
Great Western, is in Winona at present
arranging for the transaction.
The Chicago Great Western has had
an option on the Winona & Western for
several months The fact that it has
decided to take over the Minnesota road
will not be a surprise to railroad men,
as such action has been predicted in The
Globe for some time past.
The Winona Western runs from
Winona Mimi, in a southwesterly direc-
ton to Usage, Iowa. 1t has branch at
Simpson into Rochester, MINI. A con-
Meeting spur will be constructed between
Rochester and Zumbrota. The newly ac-
CURED road crosses the Great Western
at Mcintyre, Iowa. 1t is 122 miles IN
length and is owned by Winona people.
During the past year and in 1909 the
Chicago Great Western has absorbed sew
eraI valuable pieces of property, includ-
ing the Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific,
81 miles long; the Duluth, Red Wing IL
Southern, Is miles; the Winona & West
ern, 10 miles, and the Mason City q
Fort Dodge 80 miles. The latter road
from Marley Junction to Mason City,
Iowa. by the end of the present month.
Work is being rushed night and day
Cworking by electric light at night on
the line between Clarion and Hampton,
Iowa. which will make direct Chicago
connections.
A complete survey of a line of road
from one point on the Great Western
near Des Moines to a point on the roads
ov,I L. O1-f
Dodge division near Lehigh, will be made
during the fall and winter months. A
line will be located and it is the intention
to build it about the same time the
cOmpany'S new lines to Sioux City and
Omaha will be completed.
This decision will open a new territory
along the Des Moines river, as well as
a third route through an almost entirely
new territory to Sioux City.
The Great Western is seeking short
line from Kansas City to ST. Paul and
Minneapolis. The new route will shorten
the distance about sixty miles and will
give the Great Western, with its new
lines to Sioux City and Omaha, the Short
est routes.
The plan is to leave the Mason City
north of Lehigh and near to the east
approach to its river bridge, and to fol-
low the east branch of the river down
through the Webster and Boone county
coal fields to point near the old North
Western river crossing, where the Des
Moines will be bridged and the road con-
tinued down the west side.
The Chicago Great Western has PLAN
ned lot of valuable improvements for
its yards in Marshalltown, Iowa These
will include a 60O-foot coal shute, which
will be erected between tracks so that
engines can be supplied from either side.
Stand pipes will also be installed to take
the place of the old water tanks.
These Improvements will cost in the
neighborhood of SIS, 00O and they will be
pushed to completion rapidly two forces
of men having been assigned for the
work. Most of the material is now on
the ground and everything will be corn
pleted before winter sets in.