Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-16
RAILWAY ACTIVITY AGAIN
New Bloomington Road to be Extended
Through Richland.

w. II. II. Casn. the railroad pro-
moter whose name is familiar through
out RichIand county as the moving
spirit in the proposed extension to
this city Of the Hillsboro railroad,
accompanied by @. E. Coon. of
Omaha, were in the city Saturday and
went from here in northerly direc-
tion. Their business, it is easily
guessed. had to do with raiIlo DAD bull
ding and with their visit the purpose
Of the organization of the Wisconsin
Southwestern Railway Company, re-
Gently formed and incorporated to
build line of Standard guage road
from Woodman to Bloomington, in
Grant county, with a nominal capital
of 5000, 900, of which $50, 900 was suo-
scribed by the incorporators, developes
An analysis of the interests behind
| this move shows the real purpose of
these men will be to build and operate
| primarily an eXten sion Of the success
full Hillsboro & Northwestern railroad
southwesterly through Vernon, Rich
land and Grant county to Dubuque.
Iowa. At the head Of the organiza-
tion is that energetic W. Fl. II. Cash,
of New Lisbon, Wis. as it's president
and general manager. He is the
man who more than thirty years ago
undertook to develop Vernon county
by building road from Sparta to
Viroqua and although the trunk roads
:. entered into written agreement to
| freeze him out and maintain that
region as neutral territory into which
none should build. and although he
had only 5000 available cash. he
pushed the road up the Cashton hill,
| which the leading engineer has pro-
nounced impracticabIe to operate,
founded several villages, among
which is Cashton, named after him,
sold the road and was extending the
Wisconsin Valley line to the present
city of Merrill. all within one year.
He built several western lines, every
one a success, until he is recognized
!
! is his son, John A. Cash, the local all
around IN charge of the Hillsboro
road, and Edward Hammer, capitalist,
lluberman and banker of Hillsboro
also G. z. Coon, president of the G.
E Coon Co. of Oamaha, Neb who
are building a steam road in Kansas,
an electric road from Omaha to Lin
coin. and have recently foated a loan
of So, 900 900 to build and operate the
Omaha, Council Bluffs & Sioux City
! Electric road.
Messrs Cash and Coon passed
through here from the south. They
are personally investigating resources
and topography with view to having
their engineer. waste no time or
make no blunders. The intention is
! to take over the Hillsboro road with
| its equipment which is without debt,
and extend it either via West Lima,
Ash Ridge and Boaz OF via Yuba, Hub
City, Rockbridge, Richl8nd Center
and Boaz, crossing the Wisconsin
river near Boscobel, thence via Wood
man, Mount Hope, etc, through west
ern Grant, which has long been in
need Of railroad facilities aud is
rich agricultural and mining region.
| From the records of these men with
their experience and resources and the
quiet, energetic manner with which
they proceed, it looks as if there will
! be change in the map OF western
Wisconsin and that rich region will
be given the best of railroad facilities,
as these men will locate. build equip
and operate a modern, up to-date rail
road. Mr.. Cash has been for years
| the bond buyer for one OF the leading
Chicago bond houses dealing ali over
the west aud is in close touch with
finance. Mr.. Coon has financed and
built roads from boyhood. Eighty
miles of rail, spices, bolts and spikes
have beeen provided and the Coon Co.
have steam shovels, engines, cars,
elevating graders scrapers and one
hundred teams now at work which
will be brought onto this work as soon
as present jobs are completed and we
| are authorized to say that the work
will be started as soon as preliminaries
are attended to.-Richland Democrat.
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