The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-08-29
Union of Railroad Interests..Canada
and the Northwestern States.

We learn, with much pleasure, that the
London Directors of the Great Western
Railway of Canada, have adopted policy
which identifies the interests of that compa-
ny with the railroad connections of the Up
per Mississppi-especialy with the trunk
and branch lines of the Minnesota and Pacif.
ic Railroad.
The English Board propose to make Mil
waukee the point for the Capitalization of the
traffic and travel of Wisconsin and Minneso-
ia, and in order to connect advantageously
Herewith, northern Michigan line has
been laid out, and is now under contract for
f1nal completion by Mr.. WYrHEs, the English
contractor, under the title of the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railway.
MIR. BRIDGES, the managing Director of
the Great Western Railway. has recently re-
ported as the result Of thorough examina-
ton of the proposed route land which he ex-
tended to Madison, wisconsin, that the cost
of the line will be about 46,5OO per mile,
for 49, miles, or FL ,2OOOnO; and for this
amount the line will be completed under the
contract above mentioned, about one half be-
ing raised by shares, and half by first mort
gage bonds. Mr.. BRIDGES report concludes
as follows:
From the foregoing facts it is beyond question that
the Detroit and Milwaukee Railway must be profitable
undertaking. passes through section of very fine
country which will yield larger local traffic than ut
present carried by the Michigan ntral Railway and
added to that thorough passenger traffic of tw hun.
dred day for nine months in the wear althoupb the
crossings from aukee to Grand Haven will probably
hardly ever be interrupted there is the certainty of
very handsome dividend upon the cost of the line.
qures that the traffic they will bring will be as great as
that we are now getting from the Michigan Central Rail-
me Importance OF promoting the early compile
ton of the DetrOitand Milwaukee Railway and in con-
nection herewith the finishing of line Sarnia to
meet That which parties are prepared to carry from
Port Huron to Corunna This policy will secure to the
Great We tern Railway almost monopoly OF the traffic
OF Northern Michigan and Wisconsin, the growth of
which States is rapid to almost fabulous and
without in any way eec1ing the business derived from
the Michigan Central Railway and the districts In mi;
noiS and Iowa, which are tributary to that line"
Acting on these Suggestions and in view Of
the speedy completion of the Detroit and
Milwaukee Railway, the London Directors
of the Great Western Railway have consent
ed to act as Trustees in obtaining funds for
procuring the necessary rolling stock, con-
sisting of locomotives and passengers and
goods, carriages and trucks. This important
route will doubtless be in operation at no
remote period.
Niagara Falls, the southern extremity of
Lake Huron, Milwaukee and St Paul, will
then become points of what will be an in
ternational railroad interest. There has been
some apprehension that Canada and England
would only recognize the railroad of the
Northern Minnesota as rivals; but it is
now apparent that we shall have the fullest
cooperation from that influential quarter.
Indeed, the route from St. Paul to Pembina
the branch of the Minnesota and Pacific
road-may be regarded as the extension of
the Canadian policy, by means of viii the
Great Western Railway, crossing Michigan
over the Detroit and Milwaukee road, and
traversing Wisconsin, from Milwaukee to the |
st. Croix, will be enabled once more to
reach British Teri tory, and pursue its des-
tined way, through the Saskatchewan Basin
and the Rocky Mountains, to Vancouver's
Island. Perhaps, in the remote future, an
attempt may be made to skirt Lake Superior,
but the London and Canadian Railroad Di- |
rectors are wise in their present policy of
linking Canada West, Michigan, Wisconsin |
and Minnesota, upon their average parallel
of latitude.