The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-07-12
ROUTE CHOSEN,
High Milwaukee Officials Visit
the City.
President farling and Others Drive o
Kasots, Looking the Ground
Over.

The route which the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road will follow in
leaving the city for the Farmington
extension was selected Wednesday. The
general officers special train arrived
at 20 a. M, having on board Presi-
dent A. j. Earling, General Manager
Fl. R. Williams, Assistant General
Manager W. J. Underwood, Assistant
General Superintendent c. A. Co.'S
grove, General Passenger Agent F. A.
Miller, Chief Engineer D. J. White
man, Division Superintendent W. IT.
win and Engineer NJ. D. Rhame.
The entire party with the exception
of Mr.. Miller, secured teams from B.
D. Pay & Son and taking no drivers
went north. They took the prairie
road and drove to Gus Widells Klon-
dixie quarry. After observing the ex-
tent of the stone industry of this city
as shown by that and the other quar-
ries, they continued on to Kasota,
where they looked over the extensive
quarries. They then followed along
the line surveyed northeasterly toward
Cleveland and LIE Sueur Center. The
object of the visit of the officials was
to select a route for the Farmington
extension, and there is every reason to
believe that the Kasota route was Sc
lected, owing to the large amount of
freight business in sight through the
tapping of the quarries along the
Minnesota valley. The officials took
night drive over the other route near
Lake Washington last year and were
familiar with its advantages. The
summer lake business is not thought to
equal the more substantial freight
business of the other route in the
minds of the officials, although they
did not express themselves on the sub
ject
The party returned at 30 m. and
Immediately boarded their train and
left. The present trip is one of inspec-
ton and will be somewhat extended.
The party had expected to return from
their drive by 10 80 p. m. and take
dinner on their train, but in this
they were disappointed.
General Manager Williams expressed
himself to Agent Moore as being very
much pleased over the action of the
council in granting the road a right of
way through the city. He was we'll
satisfied with the provisions of the Or
dinance.
General Passenger Agent Miller told
the reporters that he was we'll pleased
with 'Mankato as city and was glad
to be here. He said that while the
Pennington extension is to be made,
he was not in position to say which
route would be chosen or when work
would begin.
J. 81. Hiland, traffic manager, was
due to arrive over the Omaha this af-
ternoon and join the party.
The Milwaukee extension to Farm
ington will reduce the distance to the
twin cities several miles. The dis
lance to st. Paul will be 80 miles and
that to Minneapolis will be SO miles.
The Lake Washington route is half
mile shorter than the other, and leaves
the Chicago Great Western track at
Walters. 1t goes two miles from
Sheehan's West Side resort.
When the extension is completed it
is expected that two trains day will
be run each way, probably from Jack
son. The trains will divide at Farm
ington, one Car going to Minneapolis
and one to st. Paul, thus making direct
connections with both and satisfying
| both.
1t is expected that union depot
will be constructed this fall by the
Milwaukee and Great Western roads.
Milwaukee officials believe that it
will be located on the northerly side
of Hickory street, back of the Mankato
State bank, and east of all the tracks.
Others believe that it will be located
on jackson street.
Agent Moore would naturally be he
union depot agent, but it is rumored
a promotion is being held in cold stor-
age for him.
People whose land is being purcha sed
by the Chicago Great Western road
have twenty days to move off.