Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-05
new ELECTRIC line
Another Twin City Project Which
Promises to Come This Way.
FROM ST. PAUL TO DUBUQUE
Surveyors Now at Work Running
Lines to MankatO and Thence
Southeast in This
Direction.

Another electric line project has
developed, which promises to come
this way. 1t has had its birth in
st. Paul, and proposes to run a line
from that city to Mankato, Mimi,
and thence southeast to DUBUQUE,
| striking some of the towns on the
proposed Dan Patch line in this
section. Fridays st. Paul Pioneer
Press gives the following prospectus
of the new line:
THE new proposed electric inter-
urban railway to tap the territory
south OF st. Paul which is promoted
and backed by st. Paul business
men, is planned on a larger scale
than was indicated when the ar
tlcles OF incorporation were filed.
Later developments show that it is
not only the intention of the COM
pany to run line to Mankato, but
TO build system that will include
the towns of the state to the south
ern border and pass through north
ern Iowa centers, ending at Du-
buque.
Surveying parties started work
this week. The grading gangs will
be sent out in the early spring and
the tracks are expected to be ready
for traffic by fall, 1911, from st.
Paul to Mankato. No work will be
done in the meantime on the south
ern end of the route, but immediate
ly after the completion of the road
to Mankato the crews will start
work between Mankato and Du-
buque.
The floating of the bonds of the
company has been going on quietly
for some time, according to those
interested in the new company, and
the capital stock of 100000 has
been more than half subscribed.
Though this was the figure set in the
incorporation papers as the capital
stock. the liabilities were fixed at
$2,000,000.
The control of the company is to
be kept in st. Paul, according to
interested parties, and the. sale of
stock so far has been limited to
local business interests, it is under
stood
Surveying parties are in the field
at Mankato working east toward
Eagle Lake. The promotion of the
new line has been going forward for
long time, from the fact that the
right of way has been obtained and
the surveying alone remains before
the beginning of work on the road
bed.
1T seems to be the purpose of
those interested in the project to
hold back the details of the new line
until the preliminary work of float
ing the stock and obtaining conces-
sions along the right of way is finish
ed. but it is understood that the line
will strike the same towns as the
Ian Patch line as far as Mankato
including ST. Peter, Faribault, Eagle
Lake and Mortified.
st. Paul men who are understood
to have taken hold of the PROPOSE
ton to help push it through include,
besides those named in the corpora
ton papers: w. J. Hoy of the Hoy
Construction company, Phil w. Her
zog of the Herzog Iron Works. l..
p. Ordway of the Crane-Ordway
company, A. II. Stem of Reed &
Stem and James Kasson of Jefferson
& Kasson.
w. l.. Sontag, who is experienced
in the construction of electric lines
and who is the promoter of the COM
pany, will probably be the superin-
tendent. H. G.. Struchen, also ex-
perienced in railways, is expected to
become the secretary. No official
selection of any of the officers has
been made, but the opinions ex-
pressed couple the name of Mr.. Her
zog with the presidency. The parties
of engineers now in the field are un-
der the direction of Kay Alexander,
formerly of the engineering staff of
the Northern Pacific, who is slated
for the engineers office with the
new company"