The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-17
DAN PATCH WILL USE
GREAT WESTERN LINE
The Free Press Story Is Con.
firmed BY N. W. Savage.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily
Confirmation of the story publish
ed in The Free Press several days
ago to the effect that the Dan Patch
electric line had arranged deal
whereby that company was to run
it's cars into Mankato over the Great
Western tracks is found in the fol-
lowing story taken from The Sun
day Minneapolis Journal:
Following negotiations i'm Mime
apolis with the Electric Short Line
and recent conference in Chicago
between NJ. w. Savage and Samuel
M. FELTON,, president, and ]. w. Bla-
bon, vice president, of the Chicago
Great Western road, the Minneapo-
lis, st. Paul, Rochester. and Du-
buque, or Dan Patch" line, is re-
ported to have closed deal with
Earle and w. l.. Luce of the Elec-
trio Short Line for an entrance of
the Dan Patch" line into Minneap-
oils over the Electric Short Line,
and with the Great Western officials
for lease for ninety-nine years for
| fifty-eight miles Of Great Western
track that will carry the Dan
Patch" line cars into Mankato, or
has obtained an option, to run
number of years, for lease which
| would take the dan Patch" cars in
to MankatO.
Statement BY Mr.. Savage.
Neither Earle or w. l.. Luce
would confirm the report as to the
Electric Short Line, but NJ. w. Saw
age said:
1--WE are going to have a terminal
| i'm Minneapolis. | am not prepared
to say more than that at this time"
In confirmation of the reported
deal with the Electric Short Line, it
was learned yesterday that the Dan
Patch" line had made survey of
route from Oxboro Heath, on Its
own line near Minneapolis, to n
point on the Luce line just outside
of Glenwood park.
! Mr.. Savage said he had been In
conference with the two Great West
ern officials named in Chicago, and
| that operation of the Dan Patch
cars into Mankato over the Great
Western rails is possibility of the
rnear future.
Entrance to Heart of City.
! Connection with the Electric Short
| Line would give entrance for both
passenger and freight business di-
rect to the heart of the city 1t
would involve. the construction of
! about eight miles of road through
populous, productive and develop
ing suburban country adjacent to
Minneapolis The Minneapolis st.
Louis right-of-way would have to be
crossed, and it is reported that the
Dan Patch" line has also had
plan under consideration to bui'' :
connection with the Minneapolis
& st. Louis at point between Min
neapolis and Hopkins and come into
/ Minneapolis that way.
eve have had negotiations with
the Minneapolis & st. Louis said
Mr.. Savage.
r. G. Kenyl, chief engineer of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis had the
matter under advisene"t !" G.
Bierd, vice president of the Mime
apolis G. ST. Louis road, said:
1--WE have made some calculations
with the electric line people, but
there has been no contract entered
/ into"
! Open to Negotiations.
| The Luce line, or Electric Short
/ Line, has right of way and road
! partly constructed from Medicine
Lake to a terminal at Third avenue
N and Seventh street.
! "We have been open to negotla-
! ton with any road that wanted our
right of-way, and there is no secret
about that" said w. l.. Luce, but he
would not say that there had been
deal closed with the Dan Patch
people.
! The Chicago Great Western OPP
crates the old Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Pacific road, which extends from
Redwing to Mankato. 1t was oper-
ated by the Minneapolis and st.
Louis until 1899. when that road dis
posed of it to the Chicago Great
Western, when A. B. Stickney was
president of the latter. 1t did not
pay the Minneapolis and ST. Louis
and is said not to be profitable to
the Great Western. Its length is
ninety-four miles. and the Dan
Patch" line meets it at Mortified.
Following the recent lease by the
Dan Patch" line of running rights
into FariBault over the Great west
ern, it is now reported that the
latter company will abandon the OPP
Grafton of that entire portion of the
line from Mortified to Mankato and
turn it over on lease to the Dan