History of Milwaukee, city and county . fficult to acquire later, this dock prop-erty among others. It was an important link in the scheme, as we plannedto cross to Jones Island at that point and then, turning to the natural land,cross the Northwestern tracks into the Chase Creek district, where I boughttwenty-three or twenty-four acres for yard purposes; then run south to themain line of the Wisconsin Central and into Chicago. There they had boughtsomething like four hundred acres of land, covering the only available entry-way. That was our plan, and it was a great one, but Villard and Oakes
History of Milwaukee, city and county . fficult to acquire later, this dock prop-erty among others. It was an important link in the scheme, as we plannedto cross to Jones Island at that point and then, turning to the natural land,cross the Northwestern tracks into the Chase Creek district, where I boughttwenty-three or twenty-four acres for yard purposes; then run south to themain line of the Wisconsin Central and into Chicago. There they had boughtsomething like four hundred acres of land, covering the only available entry-way. That was our plan, and it was a great one, but Villard and Oakes wentunder in the crash of 93 and the Northern Pacific went into the hands of areceiver. That killed it. When the Northern Pacific failed, I determined to break the lease andregain control of the Wisconsin Central. I petitioned the United Statescircuit court to intervene in the Northern Pacific foreclosure proceedings The First Kate Table or the Milwaukee \ MississippiRail-Road, (Now the Chi. Mil. ft St. Paul Kv.) (SSSffii ,7V,. JmL R AT E TA B L E . Resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Milwauliee and Mississippi Rail-Road Company, Deo. 1850. Resolved, That the following Rules be adopted relativeto passengers—to be conspicuously posted in each Pas-senger Car: There is to be no free list: no persons whomsoever snailbe entitled to a free passage on any train, except by orderof the Board, or by a free pass, singed by the Presidentof the Company, or Superintendent of the mad; and ex-cept also in cases of persons on Company business—which exceptions will be specially communicated to eachConductor. The following low rates shall he established for Passen-ger Fare, until otherwise ordered, viz : . o r-n\ Milwaukee, - Street RoadChases Mill, 7Wauwatosa, -Blanchards, -Underwoods, -Elm Grove, - -Dixons Road, -Powers Mill, -Fews Road,Plank Road, -Fox River CottageWaukesha, - - - 1015202530354550556066 /. c < D 5 < 5 % C Z < - sIS _ w a sl<S (£ fc-lP
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