The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
PUSHING THE NEW ROAD.
Work on the North and South Railroad
Going Ahead.

0Otn0 Anedo.
From Saturdays Daily.
1t looks more and more as though the
new railroad to Mankato is to be built,
though the long promised grading has
not yet been commenced, says The Al
bert Lea Times. The options for right
of way which were taken some time
ago and expired July ] were made good
and the company now owns strip 100
feet wide from the Vandegrift farm
where it leaves the M. & ST. L. Ry. to
the county line in the northwest quar-
ter of section five, Freedom township,
with the exception of three pieces this
side of Freedom and seven the other
side, and yard room in the village.
These pieces belong to Ole Grotson, Ed.
Gilbertson, A. Norton, several of the
Stenruds and other parties with whom
the right of way agents have not yet
reached satisfactory settlement.
In all the other cases, however, the
money has been paid over and the deeds
passed and filed with the register of
deeds. One who is in a position to
know says that an average of $l07 to
sos an acre has been paid by the COM
pany for all the land it has purchased in
Freedom county. In the instances where
an agreement as to value could not be
| reached with the property owners con-
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construction work over several creeks
and low places.
A telephone message to The Times
yesterday from Manchester stated that
three teams had been at work hauling
the two car loads of thing which were
received last week out along the right
of way west of Manchester and near
Freedom.
Secretary F. Vollner of Winsted
Mimi, arrived here yesterday and put
up at the Freedom. Messrs. Bruels and
Reed were expected to come in last
night to be here today and tomorrow
and they may remain over to await the
appointment of the condemnation board
Monday. Right of way Agent Davlin is
still here.
1t is stated on good authority that
the $4,000 or $1,000 which the COM
pany had on deposit in local bank
with which the right of way had been
purchased was all contributed for the
purpose by interested property owners,
business men and citizens of Freedom
village and township. So far as can be
learned no other funds are yet available
This fact and the non appearance of
construction crews are considered by
some persons as sufficient reason to
doubt even yet that the road will be
built. Few believe sufficient funds can
be obtained from local sources to build
an independent line and that aid must
be received from some trunk line.
Without this aid, it is predicted, the
project must fail either at the outset or
later for the road cannot exist except
as a part of some through line