The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-28
Electric Railway From
Mankato To Albert Lea
From Thursdays Daily.

will depend almost entirely upon the
attitude that farmers along the
route selected will assume toward
the proposed enterprise. If they
lend material encouragement to the
project, the road is a possibility.
Also, it is hoped that the people OF
st. Clair will welcome the line in
substantial way.
]. o. Schulze, president of the
Traction company, spent two days
in Mankato, departing for his home
in Sioux City yesterday afternoon
While here he made arrangements
with County Surveyor w. S. Brooks
to make survey for the easiest
route out of Mankato i'm the direction
of st. Clair and to prepare an esti-
mate of what this portion of the
road would cost to construct. These
figures will be turned over to Mr..
Schulze for further consideration.
What Win Mankato Do.
The construction of an electric
railway to St Clair will depend too.
upon the amount of assistance that
will be given by the people of Man
kato That the road would be of
great benefit to this city there is
no question.
The gentlemen who are interested
in the Traction company are favor
able to the building of the proposed
extension, but st. Clair alone is not
the objective point. 1t is claimed by
these gentlemen that line between
Mankato and st. Clair would not
prove to be paying proposition.
Hence they would want to extend
their operations further on, making
Albert Lea the terminal point, If
satisfactory arrangements can be
made
Would Eicctrify the alphabet"
These arrangements include the
buying or leasing of the Alphabet
road, now owned by the Chicago. Mil
waukee and ST. Paul RAILWAY sys
TEN. Whether this branch could be
leased or purchased is problematical
If either could be contaminated. tho
electrification of the branch would
follow and with the gap between
Mankato and st. Clair spanned with
a trolley line, Mankato would have
through route to Albert Lee. This
in itself would be of material ad
vantage to Mankato, but the larger
benefit would be found in the traffic
agreements that could be made with
the Illinois Central, the Minneapolis
and st. Louis and Rock Island rail
ways which assist in making Albert
Lea railroad center.
Enlarged Railroad Facilities.
This arrangement would give Man
kato enlarged shipping and receiving
facilities, and would aid in making
this city a more important industrial
and wholesale center. In word
Mankato would have the benefit oil
three more railroads, for an electric
line between Mankato and Albert
Lea could handle cars loaded with
freight with as much ease and des
patch as they are now hauled by
the Dan Patch line.
But at the present time the ex
tension of the electric line to ST
Clair is embryo. No definite plans
have been formulated and the carry
ing out Of the proposition will de
pend upon circumstances. 1t is
quite likely that the Mankato Com
mercial Grub will take cognizance Of
the scheme which has been discussed
of late in The Free Press.
From thursdays Daily.
DR.. Gustave Seidler of Shakopee
who was a physician at the Mudcuri
Sanitarium, was found dead on the
Omaha railway tracks in Shakopet
early this morning. Both love-
limbs were cut off, his body badl,
mangled and his skull fractured.
is believed that he was run over b.
a train.
DR.. Seidler and his wife were GU
for walk last night and returned
home about half past nine. On hi
return the doctor had occasion Il
reprimand his daughter Emma, wht
is nine years old, She resented i
and ran out of the house. The doc
tor started out after her and was
seen alive by no one after that time
He had time to get from his house
to the Omaha tracks before traiI
No. H., which passes through there
at 9:45 D. m, went by, but it is no
known whether he was struck by
that train, or by a later one. A
freight train passed over the tracl
little later and at Has p. m. trail
No. 8 passed through the town.
Girl Slept in Woodsfed.
This morning the little girl was
found to have slept in woodshet
during the night. and when asket
by her stepmother where her, fathe
was he said she did not. know. Sh,
declared that She had not seen hin
after leaving the house last night
The alarm was then spread ant
searchers started to look for Dr
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