The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-18

In my Communication of tie 2jth nit, |
o''erct some reasons gong to show that
TIC people 81 Prescott did not expect the
Lani Grant Road from Madison to termi-
nate at that place. IN addition t. what
then said upon that point. wou'i add that
the passage OF a bill. authorizing the County
90: Plcrcc To ana an t-e construction of r.; =
ais. w8- piocsrc. BY tie Prescott Repre-
sentative. at the late session of the Legisa-
tire. 1t j. we'll known that lie Grant of
Lands by Congress. secures t. the Company
ainp.e means with which to build the Road
and stock IN the ROAD cannot be purchased.
NJw If the Grant Road is to be built 70
Prescott, this b.!l Of the DR.. 5 As well as the
amendment To the charter. was passed for
tlncomb, otherw Sc Il is a strong support to
the proposition. that tie Grant will termi-
nate 1T Hudson.
In his letter. a published in the "Trans-
cript." and Minnesotan." he says Still
waite i to have a connection and the Grant
Road Will be built from Prescott via River
Falls and Apple River. Now the declared
intention of lie Company is to connect with
=. Paul. suppose they dictate to St. Paul
the point ot communication on the St. Croix
and that point he Prescott, and Saltwater
las the connection Indicated in the Doctor $
etter. then st. Paul would be obliged to
bulld % miles of road to meet the grant road
at PrescO I, and Is miles to Saltwater, max
ing 10 miles of road; add to this the Is
miles sOuthlng of the grant road to reach
Prescott, ana the short arm of IA mile, to
give saltwater the connection, and you have
grand total of - miles of railroad. Take
from this | miles, the distance from IIud-
son 10 St. Paul direct. and g miles east to
strike the Doctors road, and You have left
the length Of road necessary to be built, in
order II run around Hudson
II must be borne i'll mind also. that the SO
miles Of road secures to the Company or
Companies. no advantage over the strright
raute, as both roads would meet at ST. Paul,
l. miles west of Hudson, and from 6 to Is
miles east. Are the people of st. Paul anx-
i1us to secure such connection as this !?
I'm examination Of the country between the
II. CroiX and St Paul. will show that not
only the most direct. but the most feasible
.oute to the St. Croix. is direct to Hudson.
more than one-half OF which route would
require little or no grading. This road con-
tnued up the Lake to Saltwater would give
that city connection with four miles of
road.
With these facts staring Us in the face, is
II reasonable to suppose that the grant road
will run to Prescott? But even this is not
all. Suppose the Company predisposed in
favor Of Prescott, there are pecuniary con-
Silerations of some Importance, that must
weigh in favor OF Hudson, when the scales
are adjusted. An examination of the plats
in the Land Office show difference in the
amount of Government lands in favor o
the Hudson route, which, according to the
estimate of the Company, would amount t.
not much less than four millions of dol ars
The route from Hudson to Superior has beer
examined by an Engineer of the new Com
pany, and the plat and survey of the ole
Company officially filed in the Land Office
remains there an evidence Of the judciou
selection Of the iudicious selection OF the OLE
Company. and confirmation Of that sclec
ton by the new.
If people with all these facts and circum
stances before them, car doubt that the roat
will come 10 Hudson, they will, | fear, doub
the evidence of their senses, when they hea
the whistle that prnc!aims the approach o
tuc iron Horse. Much more might be sale
upon this subject, bat the time for speculat
ing l. short. a the compass and level vii
so.n proclaim the truths. TO which hav,
invited the attention OF yuur readers. &