Illinois Central back of it? - Milwaukee entry

That road may get through line from Canada to Gulf via Milwaukee Southern.

Milwaukee, WI. July 1 - The Central Trust Company of Chicago, which is backing the plan to build the Milwaukee Southern Railroad into Milwaukee, is said to be acting for the Illinois Central, though representatives of the trust company deny the statement.  It became known today that the company had secured rights of way for a large part of its road from the State line into this city.

The Circuit Court will be asked within a week to take steps toward the condemnation of a route into the business part of the city.  Once into Milwaukee, cities in the northern part of the state willg rant franchises and facilitate the building of a branch to Lake SUperior, which will give the Illinois Central a line from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border.

It is known that the Illinois Central officials have been in conference with the mayors of several cities in the state, Oshkosh, Appleton, Green Bay, & Marinette being on the proposed route.

New York Times July 2, 1903