The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-12
RAILROADS plan
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Many new Lines
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Rurnored that Great North
ern Will Double Track
GAINESVILLE Division
FARMERS I N IS
TO BE

Line May be Built From
Larirnore to Bismarck
Through new Territory
A great deal Of new railroad work
u .unde contemplation in the state.
Many projects are but idle rumors;
otners, however. are actual and under
a From Warren. Mimi, comes
news that a party Of surveyors are
now actually at work surveying the
proposed line Of the Chicago, Milwau.
Tee E. st. Paul railroad from Fargo
TO Winnipeg. The road will come
44oout a mile west Of A%lvarado, as now
sfaked out. 1t is possible that con-
ssructton work will be taken up this
summer. as Milwaukee is very anxious
20 nave connection with Winnipeg and
the Canadian. northwest.
1t is stated on good authority, how
ever, mat the surveyors referred to
represent he Northern Pacific and
that there are laying out the cutoff
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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 consideration for many
years as it will shorten the distance
!ritory between the Great Northern
and the Red river which heretofore
was isolated from railroads.
In addition to the above is the fact
that the Milwaukee road last year OBJ
tanned right Of way from Fargo to
Grand Forks OIL the west side of the
river and it is generally understood
that this is preliminary to running in
to Winnipeg. The present movement
of the n. r. 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
f1fteen miles wide that now has no
railroad. If the n. p. heads in at
Drayton then that will still leave n
other strip of about fifteen miles wide
,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-
gines 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 ac-
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
9 train to st. Vincent and to get to
Winnipeg must cross the Red river.
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 places between st. Cloud
n Evansville n the steam shovels
will be used in building the grade.
One of the places where the road
and st. Joseph. The big loop on
which the Collegeville 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
then swing in a %northerly direction
into Avon. A crew of men has been
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the new right Of way.
During the winter the whole line
from st. Cloud to GAINESVILLE 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
t1,4 NnnutWs,0tiNsA xy1Sly ne the CWao<
Norther near Sherwood:
"At the request of grain growers
in the vicinity of Sherwood, the Sher-
wood branch Of the Great Northern
railway will be extended about ten
miles this spring. The new extension
will ltap a rich grain country and will
therefore save the farmers many lonG
new improvement was called to the at
tention 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
Efforts are being made at different
points in the state to have the railroad
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 Canadian
government to guarantee the bonds.
The proposed line will u from Hans
boro to Killarney and thence north.
1t seems quite probable h a III line
will be built this summer. as the Great
Northern officials are reported as re-
ceiving this extension with favor.
It Is rumored that a new railroad
will be built from Larimore to New
Rockford. II built this road would
touch territory not served direct
ly by any road. Bismarck people are
keenly interested in this proposition
because they desire a continuation Of
the line to its city.
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