The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-04
c. N. OFFICIALS TO
Be INTERVIEWED
SAUK CENTRE BUSINESS AMI
PROFESSIONAL MEN DESIRE
TO COOPERATE
MAY BECOME TERMINAL
LOCAL COMMERCIAL CLUB II
BAD WAY FINACIALLf-
ELECTION SOON

Over 100 citizens gathered in the
Commercial Club rooms Friday even
ing of last week to consider the re-
port of proposed improvements tna1
the Great Northern Railway Company
were contemplating making IN the CITY
of Sank Centre in the immediate lu-
ture. Mayor Parker presided at the
meeting and asked for general dls-
cussion and for any information thal
individual citizens might have tha'
would throw light on the question.
1t was taken as generally accept
ed fact that the Great Northern Com
pany were to remove the shops from
Melrose to St. Cloud. 1t is also
shown that engineers of the Company
had surveyed for a six stall ROUND
house in Sank Centre and that survey
! had also been made for addltlonai
trackage. Agent C. H. Child was
called on and stated that at one time
the company had considered making
Sank Centre the terminal for loca.
passengers 5 and 6 (the train which
now leaves Melrose about 7:0O IN the
morning for St. Paul and returns In
the evening"; the terminal Tor pas
senger No. los and LOG, being tae *
line passenger; and also the terminal
for freight 523 and 524 being the
"K' lire freights.
In the course of his remarks, MI
Child stated that he was of the opinion
that the plan of making Sank Centre
the terminal for the two freights had
been done away with for the time at
least, very largely, he thought be-
cause it would be impossible to get
sufficient trackage to hold the neces-
sary cars, and to make up the *
line train under present conditions.
He said he believed that if the two
crossings west of the depot were
closed it would make it possible for
the s'K" line freight train to be MADE
M in this city as it would make
trackage room of about 500 feet and
the expense of watching streets would
be eliminated. "
Dr.. A. Dubois suggested that it
would be good plan for the city to
close the two streets in question with
out working any hardship on any OF
the citizens, if closing of these streets
would influence the Railway Company
in making the terminal of "K' line
freights in Sank Centre.
After the question was discussed
from several angles it was the con-
census of opinion that Sank Centre
could not offer the Great Northern
Company anything until they knew
what the Great Northern wanted OF
Sank Centre, if anything. A motion
was made and carried that DR.. Dubois
and Mayor William Parker be appoint
ed as committee to interview the
Great Northern officials at st. Paul
at the earliest possible time and find
out their desires and report their
findings at the mass meeting to be
called as soon as possible.
n
E. H. Osborne briefly explained the
plan of the Brotherhood of American
Yeoman to erect large home for
orphan children somewhere in the
middle West. AS stated briefly in a
former issue of the Herald, Gordon
v. Morse and Mr.. Osborne have had
correspondence and have even visited
Yeoman officials with the idea of in
teresting them in the splendid sites
available in the vicinity of Sank Cen
tire for this purpose. This city is
one of 400 contending for tn location
of the site in 10 states. On motion
the committee was instructed to &c
ahead with the work with the assur-
ance that the Commercial Club and
the citizens generally are back OF
them in their effort.
v. G. Wedge wanted to know what
the citizens were going to do with the
Commercial Club. He believed that
the best results for civic betterment
could be obtained through the Com
mercial Club. He deplored the fact
that during the past year but very
few of the business men had paid
their dues for 1922, with the result
that the club owed full years rent
The Commercial Club rooms should be
maintained, if for no other reason
than to provide meeting place fol
the. American Legion and Auxiliary
and the various farmers meetings
that were held throughout the year
"a this respect Axel Mejerton called
attention to the fact that the butter
makers of this district meet five OF
six times year, that they were al
ways mighty well pleased with the