The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-03
LEBOQST SOME
Railroad Construction Give.
Good Thunder New Hopes.
Believe That New Line Viii
Benefit the Town.
People Convinced That MilWaI
kee Is Not Bluffing.
Two New Hamlets Will PIT
badly Spring Up South.

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Good Thunder, Oct. 26-Railroal o
erations in the vicinity OF Gooi Thu
der continue undated. Every availab'
man in this section is new employ,
on the line under construction by tn
Chicago Milwaukee & ST. Paul railway
in the direction of Plum Valley and
Alden. The Milwaukee company is not
putting up bluff, but means to build
TO Alden in order to protect itself
against the invasion of the Reed ROAD
low being constructed northwest from
hilbert Lea. Within a short time the
force now employed near Good Thunder
will be augmented by the addition of
teams and workmen now at work at a
point in South Dakota. 1t is said that
about 200 men and teams will be
brought in from the west and then
gTaling will be pushed more rapidly
Than now \ gang of men was fetched
from the twin cities last night TO go to
work for Mcintosh Bros, the contract
orr. but this morning a number of them
deserted and went into the cornfelds.
They would much rather husk corn
than build railroads.
Alapleton business men do not look
with favor on the building of the Good
Thunder branch. They realize that a
railroad running southeast of their
town will naturally cause town or
two to spring up in the territory which
has contributed largely to their support
in the past. 1t is suspected that a
town will take root in Medo and pos
>ibly another one in Danville Mime
sofa Lake will feel the effects of the
new road in certain measure. Maple
ton people are consolng themselves
with the thought that the Milwaukee
road is making a bluff. That it is at
tempting to make the promoters Of
Reeds road sell out TO it and once the
north and south" proposition is in their
hands the whole thing will be abandon
cd. 1t is said that the Milwaukee will
not build into Cream, but will run about
two miles to the north. connecting up with
Plum Valley few miles to the east.
The distance from Good Thunder to
Plum Valley by the railroad will prob
ably be less than thirty miles. Coco
Thunder is already feeling the benefi-
cial effects of railroad construction.
Many of the supplies for the two con-
struction camps are purchased in this
village, and this helps some. The camps
are about two miles out More than ST.
600 has been paid out for right of way.
Another thing that indicates strongly
that the Milwaukee is not putting NJ
a bluff is the fact that were it not fol
the work now being done on the branch
which is to connect with the Southern
Minnesota division at Alden, grading
would have been commenced on the
proposed Good Thunder Amboy line
some week ago, as it was the intention
TO construct this particular piece OF
road this year. The Reed road how
ever. caused the Milwaukee officials to
change their plans. OF course there is
some speculation over the building OF
the road TO Amboy. 1t is limited that
this will be one of the links that will
make an air line from the twin cities
t. Kansas City, 4 route that the Mil
waukee peopl have long had under con-
-ideration. Such line would break in
To the business now controlled largely
by the Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha. Those not on the inside
do not haze any knowledge as to whe-
Their the link will be built into Sher-
burn or Fairmont. In any event Good
Thunder folks are sure that the opera
ton OF the two branches will result in
building at least a small roundhouse in
their village and this of course will
mean the employment of an additional
number OF railroad men there. One
thing is certain, Good Thunder has
nothing to lose and possibly it will be
the gamer by whatever move the Mil.
waukee makes.
David Mountain of Hartford and Ed
word Mountain of San Francisco are
here visiting their brother, William
Mountain. Twenty-eight years ago Ed,
word Mountain departed from his home
in Hartford and went west where he
has remained ever since. He wrote nc
letters to those he had left behind and
they, failing to get a clew to his where
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