The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
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CENTER OF ACTIVITY
MILwAUKEE's NEW PACIFIC
COAST LIME rs IMPORTANT.
Commercial Advantages to Minneapolis
Will Include Expenditure of Thou
sands of Dollars, Employment Of
Hundreds More Men and Enlarge
ment Of All Facilities.

While The Journal has already
outlined the commercial advantages
which will accrue to Minneapolis from
the building of the Pacific coast line Of
the Milwaukee road, preliminary
statement Of the probable effect on the
city from an operating standpoint is in
teresting, as involving the expenditure
of thousands of dollars and the employ
ment of hundreds more men here.
Operating officials closely connected
with the trend of Milwaukee matters
hazard the opinion that Minneapolis
will be practically headquarters for the
operation of the Pacific coast line. ter
minating here. It will also undoubted-
ly be division headquarters for divis.
ion extending to the west line Of Mon
tana. This means that an increased Of
fetal staff Of the Milwaukee line will
be stationed in Minneapolis, and with
these officers will come scores Of clerks,
civil engineers, operators and others.
Minneapolis being the natural head.
quarters of the western line, as it is
also the terminus Of the Chicago line,
will experience benefit from an enlarge
ment Of all sorts Of facilities which will
be required in connection with the
building Of the extensive system to the
coast. ~--.-
Enlargement Of Facilities.
This means larger yards, miles Of ad.
ditional storage and team tracks, added
car cleaning and renovating tracks, big
ger repair yards, enlarged shops
freight warehouses Of greater capacity
much expanded office room, and posi-
bly, a much larger passenger station. Il
has been even suggested that when the
changes become necessary the Milwau
kee road may unite in a union station
plan on the river bank.
cit will take long time to build TIT
line to the coast-from three to five
years. said railroad official today
"What changes will be required, anc
what improvements affecting Minneap
oils will be made, are so far ahead that
I do not think, they have been definite
ly considered by the company. It nat
urally means that all facilities will b.
greatly enlarged, bigger shops, and 81
on, as undoubtedly Minneapolis will b
headquarters for the operation Of thu
western line s. H.
The La Crosse story that: freigh
trains will be hauled from the ives
over the Southern Minnesota division
to La Crosse and thence to Chicago, i
pooh-poohed by operating men. The.
say that the economical way to hau
/ freight is over the best rails and owe
/ low grades. The maximum trainloa'
can only thus be reached. - -
Offers No Competition. T.
The physical condition Of the roa'
from Washington Springs to Aberdeen
s. d., and overEth Southern Mime
sofa to La Crosse, Will not offer an.
competition with the standard line fror
Evarts to Minneapolis, and the rive
division track from Minneapolis to -
Crosse. The suggested plan was to re
lieve the river division of freight cor
gestion and to leave it open for pas
senger trains and local freights.
Evidence of the Milwaukee CON
pany's intention to use the direct rout
thru Minneapolis for all it's trains
contained in the order to continue 1t
double track work between Minneal
oils and La Crosse. The difficult stretc
around Lake Pepin, from Wabasha t
Lake City is to be doubled the comm
season. This will include the fa1no'l
Kings Coulee district. The line is a
ready double tracked in effect frol
Minneapolis to Hastings and st. Pat
Junction, by arrangement with the Rul
lington road.
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