The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-11-25
that MILWAUKEE
SHORT Line
Member of Manila Commercial Club
Tells of Reasons Why Miwau-
kee Will Not Build.
DISTANCE SHORTER FROM THERE
More Than a Million Dollars Spent
by the Milwaukee Railroad in
and Around Manila.
The Denison Review,
DeniSOn, Iowa.

The DeniSOn Review,
DeniSon, Iowa.
Gentlemen: Relative to the article
that appeared in the Sioux City Jour
nal and in your last issue, ABOUT the
Milwaukee going to build from Man
ming to Mapleton in order TO shorten
its line to the coast.
BY taking your rule and measuring
carefully you will find that, AS the
crow dies" it is forty one and two
tenths miles from Mapleton to Man
ming and thirty three and three
tourths miles from Maplcton to Man
lila.
Some ten years ago when we first
heard these reports about a Milwau-
kee cut OF it was to run from Perry
to Rodney, later it was to be bailt
from Hevndon; then they moved the
starting point as far west as Coon
Rapids; now they have it moved out
to Manning; and by the Milwaukee
RECEIVERS from being 'WoodrowiZed'
it will no doubt double track from
Manila to Omaha and from Manila
to Sioux City. and while they may
leave their present right OF way in
some places, it will not be any great
distance
The thing that is really lauShablc
in this matter. Is the fact that much
to our surprise, Ill the last sixty days,
they have laid out and added new
yard almost as large as our present
yard and have already cut away one
Il +I,n ,yl,irb no
finished and waiting 10. the steel; be-
side this lhey have recently installed
!, monster turn table which is Gle,
trically equipped and permanent IN
every detail. You will also recall that
in the last four years, they have spent
thirty thousand dollars in a coalins
station 1T this point.
1t would seem foolish to think that
u Il. H. would build q cut off seven
miles longer than their present rou
at an unnecessary expenditure of al
most a million OF dollars. beside there
is no advantage i'll the lay OF the
country: its il bad line to build from
Manila but much worse from Man
ming to Mapleton.
Manila is A Milwaukee town and we
are proud OF our Milwaukee rail road !
We have the largest pay roll OF any
town in the county and it is nothing
to what it is going to be, because |
eventually we are going to be di |
vision station on the main thorough |
fare from New York City to the coast |
via. Chicago. Manila Sioux City. |
Platte, s. ID. and over a cut off from /
that point to their present coast line |
some place in Montana. 1t is said ,
that tic Milwaukee is holding the on
ly opening, in the Black Hills, by q
survey from Platte S. ID. TO some
point on their coast line. in Montana /
The object of building this road would |
be to shorten the present route from |
Chicago to the coast. by one hundred |
miles. The fact is that Manila does
rot envy Denison the natural disad-
vantage OF being located among
those mountain peaks that absolutely |
bar :: rail road from coming in 'front.'
the northwest or getting out to the
southeast and no matter what you
do YOU cannot shorten the distance
between Manning and MapetOn,
therefore perhaps it would be well
for you to be content with what You
have because the Milwaukee is going
to stay right here with us and our
G. NJ. st. z. smile is not going to
come off.
Very Respectfully,
A Member OF the Manila Commercial