The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-12-04
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siderstion Of the people u st. Paa' ana th'
Territory;
The WISCONSIN papers announce the exeen
ton III contract 6y tho N. Crox and Lake
Superior Railroad Company with Dillon Jack
son, jarrett 4 Co. Of ihis state, for the con
sttuctiop aud equipment Of their entire line oI
road. from llad.ofi 10 Superior. The work IL
10 be completed and Ia running order by tbs
ath Of July. 1859, The contractors are n'en Of
exp.rience, and Of first elass credit and fespon
ability, The road Is about | 40 miles u length
aud connecting ~ II does the Mississippi and
the Lakes, Is Of vast importance. twin open
up TO the spirit Of enterprise settlement and de
yelopnmnt, large region OF valuable and pro
ductive country. II will serure To PittabuIg .
continuous railroad 10 the Western termination
OF Lake superior, where new emporium Of
commerce Il last growing up on the beautiful
and capacious hay u Superior, formed By a
junction 81 the waters Of the ~. louis aud Ne
rasdl sisess With the lake. II Is iie gaip
through which the wealth and produce oI
Northern Wisconsin, Minneso'a Nebraska,
Oregon aud Washington Territories, NJ we'll as
the British Territory, must find its way TO the
great Lake. A world d beautiful, rich aud
valuable, yet almost unsettled country. extends
beyond this great inland zen to the bead waters
OF the Yellowstone and Missouri, n distance Of
more than one thousand milrr.
II Is through this vast region, which Is inter
sfrfscd with fertile plains, extensive forests
penetrated by beautiful rivers running north
"a well ~ south, and dotted with n shonsand
lakes, that Governor Stevens reports the most
favorable location for the Pacie Railroad
On enterprises worthy u chs mighty energies u
this restless nineteenth century. i,s compile.
tim win br q triumph alike aud monument.
We hesitate not 10 saying that the man
Of mature years IL now living, who viii pas
over a continuous line oi railroad from the Al,
ian,ic TO the Pacific ocean, and witness The
new direction that will then be given 10 the
great commercial current OF tho worh, The
trude IL the Indies will then lind high
wuy 10 Europwan markets over the American
continent In atm. st a direct line from San Fran.
cisco and Puget Sound 10 New Ymk and Pbil
akel,ha, and thence 10 Liverpool and laodou
Il IL a trade, the value III which Tan scarcely
be estimated. IL past centarics. ~ we'll "a th.
present time. II has enriched every part VI Ia
rope where Il has touched. and bu'lt up 10 the
ine u iis march the commercial oiihw which
decorate the shoroa III the Mediterranean aud
thu Adriatic. Every pnisalion Of The AmerI'
can heart Ia alive 81 the Importance and mag
nitudc of this unde, taking. II rs work le'
qniresi for military deience, extend social
intercourse aud pcrp.inate political attachment,
IA we'll m for tbe great avenue ot supiLyto The
millions OF the Cb'neae and Japan empires, OF
our vasi agricultural production IN exchange
for the loxurie- Of lndle, and The silks and
cashmeres Of China and rhlbVt, The COZ.
s,rue,ion of ihis road from Hudson ~ super
i0r completes the line VI railroad from b.e'on
10 the western termination VI th. Lake which
IL more than hall the distance to the Pacific.
We carpes,ly wish that our people were more
alive TO the vast Importance Of the suhec,
trated Ia the above article, and that they
would sec, IN oil I,s hsrlnss. tho intimate con.
ncetiop Of their own destiny aud well being.
with the complexion and proper direction OF IN
land the grat railroad enterprise and sysirm oi
communication alluded 10 above. There arc
many reasons why 81. Paul should, anil with
proper and timely excttion on tho part Of her
people. may become one 81 the great ea,rrpn's
90 tho line u tho GRAND railway connection
between the Atlantic aud Pacific coasts, the
construction Of which will probably have been
commehcrd before the year 1860 shall have
drawn upon US, and Why this road should form
par, oil the railroad system Of Minnesota
There can BE- no question OF the cmimsit nat
ursl advantages which the route from Lake
Superior through 81. Paul aud Minnesota, 10
the Pacific coast, affords for the great Pacific
railway. In the first place, the long aud ey
cellont continuous water communication from
the bead vi Lake Superior east, constitutes an
iuvalusbls chain IN the roa,c for the transpor
taticn Of freight. In the second place, as soon
rs St. Paul IL 10 railroad connection with the
east, full one hall Of railway route between
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts will have been
completed. In the third placr. II Is ow well
known that the fall Of snow is much k~ in
Minnesota aud the same latitude Wes,, than
farther South. inded. there Is no portion Of
our country wl~rc snow Tails regularly that is
scbappily adapted to railroads. A. In Mmncsoia
aud the country uear the same latitude West,
where there is rarely more than cigh, or ton
inches Of snow upon the ground at any one
time In the fourth place, il IA now well a.
cer,ained tha, this route viii present the ligh,
est grades that can Ia found between The Mis-.
s.ss,ppi and the Pacific while th. facilities for
fue and water arr equal to those OF any other
route.
With all these natural advantages in It's ia
vor. We are cout'hnt tina, with proper eAeriion
end the exhibition Of proper enterprise aad
public spiri, on the part Of the ci,izcns OF ST
Paul aud Minnesota. the grca, Pacific Railway
may be made to pass through ST. Paul aud
Minnesota. and to form an integral aod mos,
impor,an, par, Of the railroad system OF the
latter. But our ctiians must bsstir themselves
In this matter at once, or morc active aud IN
ergetic ccmpetitors--'hoagh less iavorrd with
na,arsl hcilities--wiD carry Cd the prise.--
surely the objec, 10 worthy OF the highest AMI
mos, laudible ambition: no hess than making
81. Paul one Of the greatest iuland cities and
Minnesota one Of Tho riches, and mo~i powerful
States In the Union, and placing them imrnc'ii'
s,ely on the gres, highway Of ecmmesc and
travel between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans