The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-30
1t Does Not Propose to Be Put Off
With a Branch.
Conference of Directors and Committee
Results in Nothing Doing
Eastern Capitalists Wouldl Not Deny
Other Lines Are Interested.
From Mondays Daily.

from Mondays Daily.
New Ulm is not willing to pay a bonu.
for stub of the projected Minnesots
Central railroad, she wants the mair
line or nothing at all, while the company
will not change its plans as already
made to build through the country east
of Swan Lake, says The New Ulm Jour
nal. This seems to sum up in nut shell
the new railroad situation as it APP
pears at the present time and as it de-
veloped from the Saturday conference of
the railroad officials and the committee
of the Commercial union.
The officials were: W. s. Lambert,
Thos. X. Dalzell, John R. Bucks and
Geo. R. Van Reed, of Reading, Pa; ]. L.
Small, of Lewiston, Me-; c. H. MacKen-
zie, of Gaylord, MINI. The committee
comprised A. j. Eckstein, Ferd. Crone,
Philip Liesch, j. L. Schoch and H. N
Somsen. A meeting was held at the
Grand hotel where the visitors were
stopping, in the afternoon and later a
few of the eastern men were shown the
approach which the road would have into
this city from the east. They thought
it advisable, if the road comes into New
Ulm, to run entirely ON the Nicollet side
of the river until near the city, as in
that case only two bridges will have to
be built, where if the road is run on
this side, four bridges must be erected.
In the evening there was another con-
ference in the office of Hoidale & Sem
SEN
This railroad project has been in the
air for considerable time, as has also
the proposition to make New Ulm a sta
ton on the road. All that has been
know of the deal has been given to
the New Ulm public in previous issues
of The Journal. Those in position to
know of what they are speaking have
given it as their best belief that the
road is to be built and have intimated
that this city might secure a branch line.
There has always been more or less of
mystery connected with the deal, how
ever, and the feeling of uncertainty has
been only intensified by the recent visit
of the officials. Mr.. Lambert is the pro-
moter pushing the road through, Mr.
Van Reed is the engineer and the other
nan inf tod fol icfc
is generally credited, however, that either
the Milwaukee, Rock Island or Great
Northern is in the background. This
the gentlemen would neither affirm nor
deny
TIE pa;:y is travelling over tie Pre-
posed route comforting with representa-
tives of the towns through which they |
will pass and evidently feeling the pulse
81 The country as &c bonuses. ETC. lhev
maintain that $2,0CV,JGG bond iss,;e viii
be foatei this winter ana that ground |
vi, Is broken Tie first thing next spring
for the laying of the first rails, but it
vcV!j seem as though their plans rcay be
governed little by the reception they
meet ON the present. tour.
herepresenLattiiles made no direct prop
osition while here as to bonus, but they
intimated that one of about $4,000 |
would be required if the road ran into |
this city or that that much stock must
be sold here. The sentiment of the
local committee was unanimously against
giving any bonus for stub line. If the
road wants to run one here, all well and
good, but it thought that it would be of
little value to the city. Chas. Silverson,
the milling interests, said
that such line could not be used by
them, as it would not allow of milling in
transit. The committee said that if
the company would consider building the
main line from Mankato by the way of
New Ulm it would take the matter of
a bonus under consideration and pre-
sent the proposition to the business men
of the city for determination. The re-
ply was that all plans had been made for
running the line east of Swan Lake and
that the company would not consider for
a minure such move as was proposed.
The railroad men left Saturday morn
ing for Gaylord and from there pushed
Oh the following day for Minneapolis,
where they were met by the president
Of the road, David H. Beecher, of Grand
Forks, N. d.