The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-06
2 APER RAILROADS
FAVOR Mill CITY
MINNEAPOLIS rs GOAL OF MANY
NEW ENTERPRISES.
Transportation Lines with Strange
Names and Stranger Routes, but All
with Designs on Rich Traffic to and
from Minneapolis. Projected by AM
bilious Capitalists. E

The Iowa & Northwestern railroad
has been Incorporated with $10,OOO,OOO
capital to build a railroad from Water
s Sa TO naeaRSs Papers were fled
proposed line to be an extension Of a
line from Stanwood, on the North-We est
ern road, thru Jones county to Water
loo and thence to Minneapolis. The
officers of the company are: Presi-
dent, Stephen Howard; vice president,
Edward M. Rice; secretary, Edward
Cluhr; All are Of New York and asso-
Pc, This line is supposed to be hooked
up with the Anamosa & Northern,
which also proposes to build from Wa
terloo to Minneapolis. r.
Minneapolis tho Center. t.
Purchase of land for railroad pur-
poses in Minneapolis, survey work 90
ing on around its borders. formation Of
railroad companies in which Minneapo-
lis men are serving as directors, all 20
to show that the city. is in a stage Of
rapid development and that the future
promises tremendous expansion for it
as a railroad center. go
1t will be found in examining the
plans Of the different corporations that
Minneapolis is the Mecca Of nearly all
the lines, altho their field of operation
from the city. The lines, for the most
part. are being promoted to connect
growing centers with Minneapolis. They
are to be the connecting link from Des
Moines, International Falls, Duluth and
other points. Both electric and steam
lines are being promoted.
Some Now Roads. ="
Among the lines which are headed
formed with the purpose Of ultimately
reaching Minneapolis, and are in vari-
GUS stages Of promoting on construction,
are the st. Joseph, Albany & Des
Moines, the Des Moines, Iowa
Falls B Northern, the Des Moines
&. Northern Iowa, the Sioux Falls,
Pierre g Northwestern, Minnesota
Central, Minneapolis, Superior &
Winnipeg, San Francisco, Idaho & Mon
lis, Red Lake & Manitoba, Itasca Lun
Der company line, Duluth, St. Cloud,
Glencoe & Mankato. d.. :
In addition to these new lines may be
mentioned the late Illinois Central I'm.
ion Pacific alliance, which is expected
to result in a new transcontinental con-
nection for Minneapolis, the Great Wes-
term Colorado & Eastern Omaha Short
Line, route. afording still another trans.
continental connection; the, Northern
enson to fnfsanatona Fs asd
ing another outlet from Canadian
points to Minneapolis; the Canadian
Northern Gunfint approach to Min
neapolis; the Soo-Duluth ext ension,
the soo:Canadian Pacific passen-
ger traffic arrangement for thru
transcontinental trains, the Grand
Trunk Pacifc-Wisconsin Central ALI
ance, giving the Grand Trunk Sec
ond Chicago entrance, by way of Min
neapolis from Sudbury or Winnipeg.
New Trolley Lines.
.Proposedrelectriel lines are also numer-
GUS. Among these are the Minneapolis,
Rochester & Dubuque Traction COM
paDy, the Robbiusdale-Anoka line, the
! Cokefair line to Duluth, or the electri-
fication Of steam line; the Mile Laos
| 6 Minneapolis Electrical railway, the
| u. P. Hord Mankato line.
! Business men have looked for long
| time for better connection with Du-
luth, the third Important city Of the
state and one with great commercial
promise. Several plans have been pro-
posed for the connection of Minneapo-
| lis and Duluth, and for more direct
connection from central Minnesota cit.
| les to Duluth. All of these proposed
lines have been surveyed thru the Mile
Laos region to give the cities >access
to lake region, which is expected to
become one of the most popular in the
and wooded, territory, which is practi.
ca]ly unopened. E..
/ Signs Of Life.
| One Of the promising lines was the
Minneapolis, Superior, St. Paul & Win.
nipeg line, from Minneapolis to Anoka
where it forked to Duluth and to Beau:
r int 0oTR he to H5S ms fmG
line was 800 miles long: It is under
stood that this proposition shows life
again, and that it had progressed toe
far to be- dropped, owing to the strong
demand for the line. 49,
| Another Duluth line promised eventu
ally is to be operated by power from
the Great Northern dam at Thompson
near Duluth. A substitute plan Is tc
electrify one Of the steam lines by the
same power. The 500 is running line
to Duluth also, from point in Wiscon
sin, and has only small link to com
plete the route. Another Duluth project
is the Minnesota Central, surveyed III
miles from Mankato to st. Cloud, anc
thence to Duluth, with seventy six
mile branch from st. Cloud to Mime
apolis. This line is to be built by thu
Central Minnesota railroad and ha.
! 100000 capital, with 100000 bonds
ri Among the promoters are D. II. Beechel
Of Grand Forks, G.. R. Van Reed Of
Reading, Pa; G. Fl. Mckenzie of Gay
lor and H. B. Cody of Minneapolis.
3 -, Mysterious Alphabet.
The HAlphabet" road which, 1t Ii
/ generally expected, the Illinois Centra
will use to bottle up the st. Louis road
is a semi mysterious line which is bein,
"a built from Albert Lea, st. Cloud ant
| other points to Duluth, with Mime
apolis connection. The line is know
as the Duluth, st. Cloud, Glencoe {
, Mankato. ss ~. ~.
The city will profit also by the build
ing Of the Itasca Lumber company
!, line to international Falls. It is backe'
, by Minneapolis men. The line has bee1
) tiona1, Falls, and it is understood tina
, it is designed to give the Great North
ern access to the Falls from an exten
,, sion which will be made from its Min
neapolisDuluth line at Milaca juno
ton. The Itasca line is already bull
from Deer River to Turtle Lake.
Local Men Interested.
The Minneapolis, Red Lake & Mani
! toba line is another Minneapolis, lin
z 10 the northern part Of the state. ]
= runs from Bemidji to Red Lake an