The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-05-01
N.P. COMING TO WASHBURN

be paid by the said bank out of the
moneys SO deposited and the bal
,asce returned to said depositors.
And said Northern Pacific Rail-
way Company further agrees, that
it will, on request of said first part
5es of the first part but without ex-
pense tic itself, extend and use its
friendly aid and influence to procure
lands, rights, right of way and priv
ileges from the owners thereof, for
the purposes O. assisting in the fui-
Z fillmen5 of such agreement of said
first parties.
All ordinances and resolutions
hereinabove required from the town
OF Washburn, OF officers thereof,
shall be drawn by the Northern Pa
cifc Railway Company aud furnished
TO A. W. Mcleod within ten days
from the date hereof, the first par
ties thereafter to procure the pas
sage of the same.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, these
presents have been signed, the day
and year first above written
Signed.
VIM O'NeiI, D. NJ. Maxcy, L.
n Clausen. Fred T. Yates. J. E.
Jones, o. A. Lamoreaux, NJ. A.
Sprague, F. ]. Meehan, A. w.
Mcleod, E. G. Stevens, Nels
Nelson and John A. Jacobs.
To the United States Circuit Court
at Madison yesterday Receiver A. c..
Frost asked for an order to sell the
Battle Axe railroad for the sum of
$125, 600. This, of course, means
only the main line of the road Mr..
Frost stated to the citizen s commit
tee that he could have secured at
least $40, 900 for the rail If he could
have placed it on the market and
sold It. In connection with the liti-
CATION that has been pending Mr..
Frost said that he believed when he
attempted to tear up the road that
st was shame, but thatlhe
felt that there was no other solution.
The litigation. he said, had been a
good thing inasmuch as it had ter
minated by the Northern Pacific
coming into this city.
The agreement which is published
IN full above tells the whole story.
There are yard rooms to provide for,
frontage, etc. The citizens com
mittee, using their very best judy
: ment, have pledged that the people
OF Washburn will carry out the
agreement. What this will cost
cannot be stated this week. Messrs.
Maxcy and Mcleod have set a good
example which others interested 10
the welfare of the town should follow,
by giving free right of way through
their lands. 1t is counted that Col
onel Wing is ready to do the same
thing, and it is expected that Edward
Fines Lumber Company, who own
the shore front at the City Dock, and
other interests will meet the town
literally The committee seemed to
feel that the entire proposition ought
not to cost over So, 900, but set the
outside figure at $4,000. The com
mittee have become responsible on
behalf of the town to carry out the
deal.
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THIS DEAL AND
PREVIOUS ONES: THE NORTH
ERN PACIFIC ARE NOT ASKING
FOR MONEY - THEY SIMPLY
WANT THE FACILITIES THAT
WILL BE NECESSARY TO
CARRY ON THEIR BUSINESS
AT THIS POINT.
The Northern Pacific is the third
largest trunk. line in the country,
and they want the good will of the
people of Washburn. They want to
do business here, and have started
an by making liberal proposition to
our people. Just what they will do
in the shape of building docks and
elevators cannot be definitely stated
at this time, but it is reasonable to
presume that the company is not
coming here simply for the local
business that they could pick up
The terminal facilities at Duluth are
inadequate to transact the com
pany's business, They want more
frontage and greater facilities.
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