The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-23
MORE LIVE STOCK WILL
. ship OUT OF MANKATO
Northwestern Road Is TO Make
City Centralizing Point.
M. Il. CUDAHY VISITED HERE
Territory Very Promising and Is
Enthusiastic Over Condi-
tions Hereab0uts.
From Wednesdays Daily

rTofn wednesday Oaily.
d. d. Cutler, general live stock
agent of the Chicago and North.
western Railway company, with
headquarters in Chicago, spent the
day in Mankato looking over the
stock shipping conditions in and
about Mankato. The primary pur,
pose Of his visit here is to look
over the situation for the purpose
of establishing stock centralizina
facilities here. He said that the
company has a number of special
places in the west where they con.
centrate stock and then ship in
through trains to Chicago. This
would mean the enlarging of stock
yards in Mankato.
Will Concentrate Shipments.
If the field is large enough, the
company will concentrate the stock
at Mankato and then make up
through trains from here to the Hi.
nois metropolis.
NJ F. Cudahy of the Cudahy
Packing company is also in the city
today soliciting from the stock
shippers and looking over conditions
Ill SScucFd1. T1C Sdlu IlldI lulo lCl
ritory is very promising, and was
very enthusiastic about the future
for stock raising. He makes a tour
of inspection once year. This
afternoon both be and Mr.. Cutler
left for Waseca from which place
they will travel south to Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa.
Il. ii. Schloeman and i. II. Schloe.
man & Co., horse commission mea
OF Sioux City, Iowa, was member
of the company to go over the stock
conditions here. He owns a farm
in Belgrade township which he pur-
chased from ]. "A. Pclton, and took
the TIME TO luake a short visit to
his farm. Chris Burmeistcr has
charge of this farm.
Shipments Via Cutoff.
The Northwestern Railway COM
pany has just completed the cut,
Off from Sparta to milwaukee,, Wis,
and hereaftera;ill heavy freight going
east and to Chicago Will go via this
line This will mean better service
for shippers in MankatQ also, as
the freight will go via Winona from
here, then to Sparta, Milwaukee and
from there to Chicago. The mileage
is about the same as the present
route but the country passed over is
more even. 1t was the large rough
country around BaraboO,. Wis, that
practically compelled the company
to construct this new cutoff. Freight
will start moving over the new route
about the first of next month.
Passenger service from the west
will also be better through the new
improvements. The joint Northern
Pacific and Northwestern passenger
train, which now runs from Port
land, Wash, to Chicago, will use
the new route, going from Sparta
to Milwaukee, and thence to Chicago.
Mankato people will get the benefit
of this cutoff, getting better service
OF both Milwaukee and Chicago. e..
No Change in Stock Conditions.
In talking over the stock condi-
tons in general with Free Press
representative, Mr.. Cutler stated
that they were about the same as
last year, with the probable excep-
ton that few more hogs and less
cattle were being shipped. ....-
General Agent ii. j. wagon OF WI
mona and General Coal Agent Gin
ton Mccullough were also in the
city today looking over the coal
situation. They will leave tonight for
WATERFOWL, S. D., where they will
look into conditions there.
Messrs. Cutler and Cudahy and
Mr. Mccullough accompanied Mr..
Wagon to this city in the general
agents business car. Mr.. Cudahy
is one of the brothers who have
been made famous because Of the
naokinQ Industry