Chippewa County Rail Roads

The Chippewa Falls & Northern Railway Company organized and incorporated to build a line from Chippewa Falls to junction with Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway at Chicago Junction, Wis. The Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company organized and incorporated to build a line from 3,000 feet west of Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway bridge over Red Cedar River to Cedar Falls, Wis. The Eau Claire & Chippewa Falls Railway Company organized and incorporated to build a line from Eau Claire to Chippewa Falls. The Sioux City & Nebraska Railroad Company conveyed to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company all of its lines in Nebraska, covering the Omaha, Norfolk & Ponca (Niobrara) branches. The St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad was conveyed to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company.

The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company purchased that portion of the Chippewa Falls & Northern Railway Company's railroad between Chippewa Falls and Bloomer. The Ashland Railway Company, a Wisconsin corporation, was organized to build a railroad from Ashland Junction into and beyond Ashland, Wis. The State of Wisconsin revoked the congressional land grant formerly given to the Chicago, Portage & Superior Railway Company, and conferred it on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company.

1883

The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company purchased that portion of the Chippewa Falls & Northern Railway Company's railroad between Bloomer and Chicago Junction. The property of Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company was conveyed to the Me- nomonie Railway Company. The Eau Claire & Chippewa Falls Railway was conveyed to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company. The Sioux City & Nebraska Railroad Company conveyed to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company its line from Wakefield to Hartington, Neb.

1901

The Chippewa Valley & Northwestern Railway Company was organized and incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin to build a railroad from a point on the line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway in the S. W. ^ of Section 29-36-11 W., in Barron County, Wisconsin, and thence in a northeasterly direction through Barron County, and through the counties of Washburn Sawyer, Ashland, Price, Iron, and Yilas, to a connection with the line of railroad of the Chicago & North- Western Railway in either Iron or Vilas County. The stock of the Minnesota & Wisconsin Railroad Company, a line running from Emerald, Wis., to Spring Valley, Wis., a distance of 20.65 miles, was acquired by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company, and the management of the property assumed by last-named company.

1902

The Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls & Northeastern Railway Company, a Wisconsin corporation, organized to build a line from a point on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway in or near Section 5-28-8 W., Chippewa County, Wisconsin, in a northeasterly direction to a point known as Little Falls, in Section 28-32-6 W., in Chippewa County. The Minnesota & Wisconsin Railroad was extended from Spring Valley, Wis., to Weston, Wis., a distance of 15.72 miles, and the entire road deeded to the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company on June 7, 1902.

1904

The Chippewa Valley & Northwestern Railway having been completed from Radisson Junction to Winter, a distance of forty-six miles, and the Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls & Northeastern Railway having been completed from Chippewa Falls to a point four miles east of Hannibal—forty-nine miles—both roads were conveyed to the Chicago, St. 'Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway. Ultimately it will be seen that the control of this property was purchased by the Chicago & North- Western Railway Company.