News: Clark Co. – Wisconsin Central Railroad Impact (1909 – 1910)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt

Surnames: Tweedy

----Source: Marshfield News

The prediction in last week's news, that the Central would run short line from here through Clark County to Chippewa Falls, is apt to he realized much sooner than first anticipated. The tendency of the times is towards as short and direct lines possible and since the Northern Pacific and Central, combination was formed these roads have been work inn with this view. It is now almost a forgone conclusion that, a step of this kind will be taken, a change however being made so as to run to Eau Claire instead of Chippewa Falls.

Robert B. Tweedy, one of the assistant civil engineers of the Central combination, was in the city on Thursday of last week and it has leaked out that his visit was the outgrowth of the Central's purpose to straighten out its lines. As far as we have been aide to learn the proposed new line will start out from here over what is now known as the Clark County extension, running through the towns of Sherman, Loyal, Eaton and Warner, in Clark county, and Ludington and Seymour in Eau Claire County. A survey of the line has already been made from this end as far as Greenwood and it is quite likely, from present indications that the remainder of the survey will he run at once. This will shorten the main line miles and make much easier hauling than over the old run.

This move means much to Marshfield, as the direct benefits from it will be something surprising. It makes tributary to this city a large section of country heretofore inaccessible and invites trade that at present seeks other points. This city is very apt to be made construction headquarters, which will make business unusually lively. The building of sixty miles of road means the employment of a large force of men, and they use of an immense amount of timber, and if this place is made headquarters, as we have every reason to believe it will be, the merchants and hotel people can look forward to prosperous time. A review of the situation as it now stands is most encouraging for the building of the line during the coming summer.