Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1908 — ON TO WOLCOTT [ARTICLE]

ON TO WOLCOTT

The Gifford Railroad Will be Built Next Year. IS NOW NEARING CROWN POINT Ob the North and Expect to Reach the Pemuflvanla R. R. Before Snow Fllee. F—T. M. Callahan,\ B. J. Gifford’s (superintendent of farm lands in The Gifford district, was in the city on business Wednesday. He tells us that the work of building the Gifford railroad on the north is beiqg pushed and that it is expected to be complete to the Pennsylvania road soon. This will give the road an outlet oyer the latter both east and west. All prospects or intentions of selling the road seems to have been abondoned, and Gifford will now go ahead and complete It on his Own account, we understand, "yt It is his intention, Mr. Callahan states, to begin work next spring on the south end and extend it as far south as Wolcott next season. A “dry land dredge” will, be used to do the grading. Wolcott is an excellent grain point and it is expected that the road will handle considerable grain when it gets built that far south. The prospects are that all the farms Gifford district will be rented for next year, Mr. Callahan says. This year there were several that were unoccupiedX Four carloads of last year’s product from the krout factory at Newland have been shipped out already and there are some ten carloads yet to ship. Some of the big tanks -unp sj os ‘sjeino ustn mpq *dej( cult to say just how much yet remains that is good. Judging from those already opened, however, it is thought there will be about ten carloads. Some of the krout at top, bottom and sides of the tanks is no good of course, but aside from this it is att fight and is considered tohave kept well. It is being taken from the tanks and barreled ready for shipment.