Rock CountyAQuotation found on a page of our own sources

1906

The Chicago & North-Western Railway Company purchased about 300 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the south (of Janesville) for yard purposes at a cost of over $100 per acre.

Meanwhile, closer to home

Beloit1906During 1906

The Salmon brothers' enlarged plant and business was sold to the merger company, the Beloit Water, Gas & Electric Company, for $300,000, Mr. Salmon becoming president and treasurer of the merger company.

Beloit1906During 1906

The Masonic society, which had met in the upper story of Morris C. Smith's block for many years, bought their own building.

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The evidence

Rock County1906

The Chicago & North-Western Railway Company purchased about 300 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the south (of Janesville) for yard purposes at a cost of over $100 per acre.

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1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

During 1906 the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company purchased about 300 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the south for yard purposes at a cost of over $100 per acre. During 1907 they built on this tract some twenty miles of sidings and a thirty-six-stall roundhouse at a cost of about $500,000.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 2, PDF p. 85 / book p. 596

1906

Rock CountyA

1906

The Chicago & North-Western Railway Company purchased about 300 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the south (of Janesville) for yard purposes at a cost of over $100 per acre.

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The evidence

Rock County1906

The Chicago & North-Western Railway Company purchased about 300 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the south (of Janesville) for yard purposes at a cost of over $100 per acre.

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

During 1906 the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company purchased about 300 acres of land adjoining the city limits on the south for yard purposes at a cost of over $100 per acre. During 1907 they built on this tract some twenty miles of sidings and a thirty-six-stall roundhouse at a cost of about $500,000.