The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1855-11-08

Our readers are aware that for some week
past the Minnesota aud Northwestern Rail
road Company has had several eihcieni corp
ol engineers employed between the Iowa hn'
ycys Of routes for the location Of that thorough
fare, These surveys are progressing with grca
expedition and il is believed thai they viii b,
wholly or nearly completed before the clos,
of the present working season. The arg,
amount of funds now in course Of outlay by thi,
company, warrants the belief that the enter
prise will be prosecuted 10 completion without
unnecessary delay. We are assured that thc
work will steadily progress, without any refer
ence whatever to the determination of the suit
now pending before the supreme Court Of the
United States. 'this dor, Be Minnesota and
Northwestern will occupy the creditabc 20
sition OF being the Pioneer Railway Company
Of Minnesota.
A second company which is looking and
working hithcrwanl, is the Chicago -. Paul,
aud Foul du Lac Railroad Company. II is
"a consolidation of the Rock River Valley Tn
ion and the Illinois and Wisconsin, companies,
and is now in running order almost the entire
distance fram Chicago to Jancsvillc. The al
fairs of this company are in 4 most prosperous
condition, and it Is the design 10 complete the
road as lar a. Fond du Lac, on Lake Winnie
bago. Wisconsin. before the close Of next sum
mcr A proposition Is now under consdcra-
tion by this company and
The Milwaukee aud La trossc.-a ,hird
company which desires its terminus 10 be in
Mlnnesota to unite their forces at some point
northwest Of Madison and build jointly from
thence a single irunh Inc TO II. Paul We
notice that some OF our Chicago exchanges
aIcak fnorably of the project, aud the belief
,rai,,l ou the work 10 complete It TO oar city
within two year
The Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad
company, having IT, present proposed terminus
AT Prairie du Chicn, ia the fourth company
which designs ultimately 10 run its cars into
the emporium of "nr territory. lhisroad will
be the first to reach the Mississippi above Ga
lna, it being under contract for completion
before the close Of 1886, and furnished with
abundant mean' II is proposed to extend
this read up the valley of the Mississippi all it
reaches 81 Paul.
The Green Bay aud Minnesota Railroad
Company is the fifth which has commenced
operations towards Minnesota This company
has received great strength within ihr past
year from the accession Of McsSrs. CoENING,
SFYNotR. BARNtS, VI ,Rsli. and Others, com
prsing the heaviest ,alroad operators in the
country and FROM an immense Grant Of land
from the last Congress, originally intended 10
all in the completion OF the Fox and Wiscnn
sin Rivers improvement but which il is now
proposed TO divert into the building Of this
thoroughfarc. some fifty milev Of the route
leading oui from Green Bay have been surveyed
aud located, and it ia Predicted that the
company will commence operations an the
whole line the coming year.
We have grouped together the several rail-
road projects ccntcfiDg here in The intention ol
those Interested, which arr absolutely in course
f survey and construction. without referring
10 the many other like projects which exist
oaly in charters aud IN the mind ~ lpccula.
I've dr-amera The list given ~ extensive
enough to show Va what estimation St Paul
and The Territory 1T Ninne7o,a are held 10y the
capitalists Of The country Even IL our IN
fancy, with but small portion or our broad
aal rich domain reclaimed from n, original
condition. the lcrn eyes Of railroad men liz.
Germ the ficIds oi traffic which afr here fast
rij.uiug lnr ll,c harvest W. bal them ~,
good spyF anil assure ih,m that Minnesota
sA -nPpori al he thor"u2l'ar which their
capital can Crratc