The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-31
FIRST IN % YEARS.
Northwestern Puts Regular Sunday
Train on Redwood Branch.

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Northwestern puts Regular Sunday
Train on Redwood Branch.
In a telegram to The GAZETTE
Hast Wednesday morning it WIS am
Inounced that commencing last Sun
Iday the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad would run a regular Sun
day train in and out Of Redwood
i Falls The announcement came
from Mr.. W. d. Cantillon. superin-
|tendent Of the Minnesota g Dakota
division Of that company, who has
lever since he assumed the Office,
been trying to arrange matters so
as to give this city a Sunday train.
Earlyon the morning Of that day
"a telegram came to two citizens of
Red wood Falls asking them which
train would give the best service
to the people fthis city for Sunday
purposes. After a great deal of
conferring it was the unanimous
opinion that an afternoon train
would be much the best, inasmuch
/ as itWould bring the St. Paul and
/ Minneapolis Sunday morning pa
pers into this city, and give the
people of Redwood Falls an oppor-
tunity to get the news about 20
hours earlier than they have here
tofore been getting it. It is also.
/ better for the hotels. Mr.. Cantil-
Hon was notified by wire, and ten
minutes later a telegram came back
| to The GAZETTE office saying that
commencing with last Sunday until
further notice a Sunday train would
arrive in this city over the North
western at 800 in the afternoon, 20
minutes earlier than the regular
trains Of previous days, and that it
/ would return to Sleepy Eye at 4
p. M, or ten minutes after its arri-
val This train will be a fast mail
land passenger train only, no freight
4 being handled on it on Sundays.
4 The train will leave Sleepy Eye at
i about 2:55 in the afternoon, connect
! ing with both the east and west
bound trains at thatpp Return
! ing it will arrive in Sleepy Eye at
i 4:55, making the run either way in
4 just 80 minutes. Passengers bound
4 for St. Paul will have to remain in
Sleepy Eye over night, leaving
i there at $50 Monday mornings, and
arriving at'St. Paul at 1925 a. N.
Under the new time table passen-
gers can leave st. Paul at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning, and arrive here at
4 $50, a boon to the average Red
/ wood Falls business man, and others
i desiring to remain IN Minneapolis
4 and ST. Paul Saturday and return
1 home Sunday It also gives com
mercial men an opportunity to re
main in this city from Saturday to
i Sunday afternoon, enjoy the park
i and river features of this vicinity,
/ and go out in the evening to their
| fields of labor east and west on the
main line. 1t also gives Redwood
i people a chance to get to st. Paul
1 and Minneapolis Monday morning,
j transact the business they desire,
and return home on Tuesday, not
wasting over two actual business
1 days at the most, and if the bust
mess is not too extensive, the bust
ness man can return home on Tues
4 day morning leaving st. Paul at
4 $50 the previous evening,
4. It is abouts23 years ago that the
con truction train ran into Redwood
4 Falls, and the Minnesota Valley
! railroad was opened for business.
i For the first time in % years the
q North Western train Of last Sunday
was the first regular Sunday train
to run in and out Of the city, and
i the people who have struggled for
i this service, days, weeks, months
land years, naturally feel elated
4 ever the final outcome oftheir work,
and alsosfeel thankful to Mr.. Cam
1 tillon for the excellent work be has
j done On behalf of the people resid-
ing along the stub line.
HICKS FOR AUGUST.
1 II Will Not Always Be as Warm as
81 IN Isilu