The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-14
RAILROADS Plan
MANY new lines
MILWAUKEE WILL EXTEND
FROM FARGO TO WINNIPEG
LINE MAY BE BUILT FROM
LARIMoRE TO BISMARCK
THROUGH NEW TERRITORY.

A great deal Of new railroad work
is under contemplation in the state.
Many projects are but idle rumors;
others, however, are actual and under
way. From Warren, Mimi, comes
news that a party of surveyors are
now actually at work surveying the
proposed line of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad from Fargo
to Winnipeg. The road will come
about a mile west of Alvarado, as now
staked out. 1t is possible that con-
struction work will be taken up this
ummer as Milwaukee is very anX-
tous to have connection with Winni-
peg and the Canadian northwest.
Another I'M is that the survey
ors referred to represent the Northern
Pacific and that there are laying out
the cutoff on the east of the Red,
striking off the Crookston line at Key
West, running north parallel with and
crosses the Red river two miles south
Of DraytOn where it intersects with
the Winnipeg line. This change in
the main line between the twin cities
and Winnipeg has been under consid-
Grafton for many years as it will
shorten the distance over twenty
miles besides open a territory be-
tween the Great Northern and the
Rec river which heretofore was iso-
lated from railroads.
In addition to the above is the fact
that the Milwaukee road last year
obtained right Of way from Fargo to
Grand Forks on the west side of the
river n 1t is generally understood
that this Is preliminary to running in
to Winnipeg. The present movement
Of the N. P. might have two objects,
one to shorten their own line as stated
something over twenty miles and the
other object to head off the Milwau-
kee through a strip OF territory about
fifteen miles wide that now has no
railroad. II the N. p. heads in at
other strip of about fifteen miles wide
on the east side of the river from
Drayton to st. Vincent that will make
a good place for another railroad,
Some change in the Great Northern
road in the immediate future is looked
for. The railway bridge at Emerson
was built many years & when en-
g1nes were much lighter than now, and
1t is not strong enough to bear the
weight of the present moguls. Either
a new bridge will have to be built at
Emerson or some other point to &C.
Commodate the rapidly increasing
traffic. And it would seem the better
plan for the Great Northern to cross
near Pembina and there join the Ca
madam Northern. The Great Northern
by its original charter is bound to run
a train to st. Vincent and to get to
Winnipeg must cross the Red river.
A st. Cloud dispatch states that as
soon as the frost is out of the ground
five steam shovels will be put to work
on that division Of the Great North
ern. The track will be Strengthened
in several n1a1en hntnann 81 GIO111
and Evansville and the steam shovels
will be used in building the grade.
One of the places where the road
will be Strengthened is between Avon
and st. Joseph. The big loop on
which the CollegeviIle station is To-
Gated will be entirely cut off. The
new road will run nearly due west
from st. Joseph, PASS one-half mile
south of st. Johns university and
into Avon. A crew of men has been
at work for several weeks clearing
the new right of way.
During the winter the whole line
from st. Cloud to Barnesville was
surveyed for double tracks and blue
prints have been completed showing
the arrangements of the yards at the
different stations. This work, how
ever, will not be done this summer.
A dispatch from Minneapolis con-
tains the following information anent
the constructive work Of the Great
Northern near Sherwood:
AT the request of the grain
In he vicinity of Sherwood, the Sher-
wood branch Of the Great Northern
railway will be extended about ten
miles this spring. The new extension
will tap a rich grain ountry and will
therefore save the farmers many long
hauls. The matter of making the
new improvements was called to the
attention of the railroad officials at
st. Paul by a committee of farmers
and business men. 1t is expected that
the work on the extension will be
started as quickly as the frost leaves
the ground"
Efforts are being made at different
points in the state to have the rail-
road service improved.
The farmers and business men of
Killarney, who tried to get the extern
sion of the Farmers line two years
ago., sent a delegation to st. Paul last
Friday to confer with the authorities
regarding the extension of this line
this summer They have already pur-
chased the right-of-way and have
made arrangements with the Canadi-
an government to guarantee the bonds.
The proposed line will run from Hans
borO to Killarney n thence north.
1t seems quite probable that the line
will be built this summer, as the
Great Northern officials are reported
as receiving this extension with favor.
1t is rumored hat a new railroad
will be built from Larimore to New
Rockford. If built this road would
touch territory not now served direct
~ by any road. Bismarck people are
keenly Interested in this proposition
because they desire a continuation Of
the line to it's city.
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