The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-05-09
UMORS
Reports Still Prevalent About 500
and Northern Pacific
FACTS HARD TO find
500 Is Going Ahead With Its Br00tcn
Extension But May Call off Work
At the Last Moment

The report that the 500 has bought
Or will buy the Little Falls G. Da-
kota branch of the Northern Pacific
road will not down.
Rumors are flying thickly in this
vicinity that, Notwithstanding the fact
that the 500 has men in the field
working on the proposed new line
from Brooten, the purchase of the
Little Falls line may yet material
ize and work on the extension be
called off.
A St. Paul paper is authority for
the story that the 500 may trade its
Winnipeg line for the Northern Pa
cities Little Falls & Dakota branch
it seems that the last legislature
amended the law prohibiting one road
from purchasing the stock, franchises,
rights or rights of property of COM
peting road, by enabling such trans
fers as that mentioned above.
If the trade should be made the
500, in order to reach Duluth, woul
then have to build from Little Falls
to that point. This would make q
line longer to the head of the lakes
than the proposed Brooten extension
but would serve the 500 just as we'll
OF course, If the Northern Pacific re-
tains its Little Falls & Dakota line, il
will continue to run Duluth freight
around by the way of Brainerd, but
that will be no disadvantage.
Another story, given to the public
by the Little Falls Transcript, reads
as follows:
When the 500 owns the Little
Falls & Dakota branch of the
Northern Pacific, it will not need
any other road running in this
locality. Contractor Campbell, of
Aitkin, had the contract for grad
ing two miles of the 500 road
bed west of the Mississippi. A
few days ago he was asked to
change his location and do some
work near Mile Laos. This he
declined to do. From this it is
believed that the 500 will take over
the Dakota branch very soon. A
local man who returned from
Pierz Friday stated that the. 500
has negotiated for the purchase of
large amount of right of way in
this county and expects to COM
plete it's work in about six weeks.
No work has yet been done east
of Pierz except on the Foley con-
tract and the 500 engineers are
still working around Lawrence.
c. e. Gravel, who will furnish ties
and piling for part of the work,
had not yet started his sawmills
on account of the scarcity of help.
A few other sawmills are turning
out the required material.
The st. Cloud Journal-Press of Mon
day says: John F. Hall, of Foley, is
In the city today and says that Foley
Bros, who have the contract for grad
ing the 500 line from Brooten to Du-
luth, have no information of the sale
OF the Northern Pacific branch line
from Glenwood to Little Falls, and
that work has not been stopped on
the west side of the Mississippi as
stated by the Little Falls Transcript
Mr.. Hall says the work is going ahead
and there is no intimation that the
program will be changed"
: These affirmations and denials dc
not settle anything, however, so fal
as the public is concerned for there
are a good many long-headed citi.
zens in this vicinity that believe the
500 will take over the Little Falls &
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