Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
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Many rumors have been ahOat re-
garding the proposed changes. to be
made by the Great Northern the COM
ing season, especially on the line be-.
tween Minneapolis and Willmar. That
there will be a great amount of work
done on this line in the way of i'm
provements there is no doubt, and
during the progress of the work it will
be necessary for new time schedule
OF trains to be in: force. The follow
ing itemis taken from the Minneapo-
lis journal and will give our readers
an idea of what is to be done the COM
ing summer: r.,~
Extensive track revision work and
grade-cutting is to be done this season
by the Great Northern road on it's
line between Minneapolis and Will
mar. The purpose is to make this
one OF the nearest level lines out of
Minneapolis. Inasmuch as about
thirty work trains will be in service
on this stretch of track, the passenger
train service will be almost discon-
tinued, except for one local train.
The Great Northern is evidently
taking steps to get a short and low
grade freight line from Minneapolis
to Devils Lake on the main line for
its thru coast trains. With the Will
mar and Breckenridge divisions in
line shape and the new Aneta line COM
pleted thru to Devils Lake; the Great
Northern will have a new and more
direct line to the coast.
Two years ago steps were first taken
in this work, when westbound hills on
the Willmar division were cut. The
work this summer will be on the east
bound grades and the line will be vir-
tually dOuble-tracked from Wayzata
to Wllimar, q distance of seventy
eight miles. The changes will enable
the company to handle the large
volume of freight business on that
line, and the still larger business that
is expected when the Sioux City line
IS extended southwark to connect with
the Bur rlington system It is possible
that the Oriental limited will be oper-
ated by this route, instead of over the
St. Cloud division.
10 accommodate the travel to points
between Minneapolis and Willmar.
this summer, it is probable that a
local train will be operated between
Minneapolis and Willmar, leaving
Minneapolis in the evening and re-
turning the next morning about 10
O'Clock,
Trains No: 3 and 9, leaving Mime
apolis ut 1892 p. m. and $50 D. M,
and trains No. 4 and TO-, arriving at
1910 p. m and 1880 a. M, will prob
ably be run over the St. Cloud and
Fergus Falls: division, or by the way
EofS St. Cloud, Willmar and the Breck-
enridge division
The company will announce the new
time card in ashOrt time.
An item which is of great interest to
Willmar people in the fact there will
be twenty freight crews transferred
from Breckenridge to make their head
quarters in Willmar, who will be en-
ployed on the Willmar division. This
means an increase in our city's popu-
latlon OF about one hundred people,
as number of the employees have
families, for whom it will be neces-
sary to secure homes here and at pres
ent we understand there is quite a de-
mand for houses. Seven passenger
crews will also be transferred from
Breckenridge, but these we understand
will make their headquarters in St.
Paul. A number of these employees
are already located here and it will
not be long before all who are signing
for service on this division will be per-
manently located in this city.
Owing to the construction work
which will begin this month between
here and Minneapolis all freight trains
will be taken off the east end except
the locals. 1t is the intention of the
company to divert as much traffic as
possible to the other lines so as not
to seriously interfere with the work
during the summer.