The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-09-16

liam neighbors, as we'll as others Interested
.long the proposed line. A survey of the route
las recently been made by an experienced en-
rineer connected with the Grand Trunk Road,
md report published in the city of Toronto.
The project bears the name of the Port Huron
.ud Lake Michigan Railway. The survey was
made as far as Prairie du Chen, Wis.
A Toronto correspondent Of the y. y. Tri- !
,uuc, under date OF Aug. n. in noticing the
says !
The report of the engineer is acccmpanitdhy !
two maps, one of which shows the routes from
Europe through Canada to the Western States.
The object is to show that the route pointed out
by the Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railway
is the shortest aud the natural one to the West
cru States The ocean distances are thus Civ
en- From Quebec to Liverpool. 2.GsO miles
from Quebec to Galway, Ireland, l,oOO miles
New York to Galway, ISIS miles; New York
to Liverpool, 3,O73 miles. OF course, nothing
is said about the length of time which the river
st. Lawrence, below Quebec, is closed in win
ter nor Quebec once reached by the emigrant,
the Grand Trunk line of railway is pointed to
as the means of conveying him to the western
frontier of the Province at Port Sarna. At
this point the projected line of railway COM
mences crossing the peninsula OF Northern
Michigan to Grand Haven on Lake Michigan,
which is to be crossed by steamer due west to
Milwaukee: whence the railway is to be pro-
duced to fraillc du Ihlen on Inc MISSISSIPPI,
where it is to terminate for the present; but
this is not regarded as Its ultimate western ter
minus, for 1T Is regarded ny inc projectors us
:" a link IN the artery which Is 10 connect tlie
shores Otthe Atlantic with those OF the Hacihc.
From Portland by the Grand Trunk and the
Port JIurOn and Lake MICHIGAN Railways to
Prairie du Chen. the distance is i.Z0o miles.
The line the Port Huron and Lake Michigan
Railway isabout NIFTY miles north OF the Central
Michigan, with which 1t Is parallel. The great
earnings Of the two existing railways which
cross Michigan on the southern border OF the
line are held up as proof that the proposed
road would also prove a paying concern. The
t;pr of counties to be p;crceu by this railway in
Northern Michigan, increased in population
from lt,4lS in 1887, to Is .9Ol in 1850 and in
the assessed value of real and personal estate
from 81 ,4lI.176 in 1851 to SlS.O27 1872 III 1888,
being an increase of Sl3J3S,3l5 in two years.
1t appears that north of the tier of counties
through which the road will run. is country
Astounding in pine timber. The highest cleva-
ton of the route is :0J feet above the surface
of Lakes Huron and Michigan, the summit be-
inr attained bv a gradual ascent of 30 miles
from Lake Uuron The gradients generally
would be 80 feet in the mile: near Grand RAJ
p:ds they would be so feet. The estimated cost
on specification similar to that Of the Grand
Trunk with iron bridges, station buildings of
stone and brick and rail G3 lbs to the yard, is
S4O, 0G0, or for the entire work, at an assumed
length of 200 miles, $S.000.00O. The engineer
estimates the first years return from this eN-
pcnditure at eight per cent. on the outlay The
project is emphatlcally Canadian in its inter
TAM t,,pi nd mn do tn
divert the emgrant traffic through this Pro-
vince TO the Western States The work has al
ready been placed under contract-GZowsky
~ Co. being the contractors. The hgurc Is pro-
badly something like that mentioned IN the en-
ginccrs report.
From tie y. y. Tribune.
Increase OF Nervous Diseases i'll The United
s'a'es.
1t Is generally admitted that Nervous DIS
eases have increased greatly among us within
the last few years The excessive use Of stinu-
lants has doubtless contributed largely, to THIS
state Dut IL is equally certain mat Il dlsordercd
cohd!tion OF the nervous system mas also leu TO
form the hap.t OF ihd"lgIhS IN these seductive
agents. Moral causes nave hiAch TO Il" win
ms EVIL. our MINDS are strained almost en-
,!ltiy III oac u'itIt'oh' ha'e'er may DC our
business 'hcre ~ po'h an intense ana cotiii
-, " A ' !.
Is lot aiioMtu 10 recruit use. ny any sort OF
neal.l'ul oI.I,s'oi, a'in puslncSs hours are
pretty gehcraiiy; maze hours o! complete eA-
ha.s'ioh. onr WORK Is practlcaily more
~, 'o"S ,i",.c,' NC ta'''iot "noi" ~ VI checr-
iul ana ilSht hearted iii enterprise or pro-
Jec' engage on! attention. Inc apStfactcd eye
the soiehh loon Inc ehsla'ed muscle, all tell
now WciSnty the interest is before us; and.
IKE Napoleon we must bring down our whole
forces on every point of attack. Not only so.
but we manage to have every sort OF auxiliary
IN service to dram Off our vital strength. Ev-
cry man knows how much mind is wcaricd by
extended conversation and yet our best bust
ness men Will often talk enough i'll any one
day to tax severely strong set OF nerves.
Fresh from long sittnGs ard laborious discuss
ions, they Will go into other departments of
trade, spend hours over their correspondence.
push through intricate examinations, and then.
by way OF a notd dene sum up the history of
ten hours, and see how much has been accom-
pushed. Professional gentlemen and students
are no better. There Is the same passion for
dong qulckly-ior crowding as much as posi-
Die into this single period OF tlmC-fOr tirhtinr