The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-04-08


ne; receipts su;1ciea, 10 meet tie interest OF
construction. Ba, once sssabllsh. BY actual
triA!. that Minnesota roads can and vii pay.
and the Loan Of state Credit viii have falhiisd
its purpose. The credit Of eur Railroad system
will be established subscriptions 70 capital
stock vii be encouraged and the nrsi mort
gage bonds Of the Companies sustained BY
self supporting roads and the Congressional
Land Grant, will be even more available for
the rapid prosecution Of these enterprises, than
Minnesota seven per cent stocks are a. the
present time.
OF course. the respective companies have an
Argums 1T 10 enforce upon the foremost minds
Of localities, not situated Immediately upon the
! routes thus delineAied. They must De remind
ed Of Bgron's maxim, never more applicable
than IN this instance, that Patience Is Genius"
| The Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company
must demonstrate TO citizens Of saltwater and
Ninnsa polls, that the successful operation Of q
sectisn Of road extending from the navi-
CATION Of the Mississippi River, IN the diree-
ton Of the Red River basin, 10 the sure means
10 build road to the ST. Crolx, or through the
Big Woods TO the prairie districts Of kandiyohi'
The Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad
Company viii be justified by the common
sense Of the people in the southern tier Of
counties on their line, If they should now take
decisive measures TO concentrate oil their ener-
gies upon the road, north Of The junction with
the Transit. The citizens Of Minneapolis, On
further consideration, viii admit the expedien'
cy Of relinquishing the useisas arm Of the
Southern Minnesota road TO ShAkopee, II there
by they can obtain the efficient cooperation OF
the Southern Minnesota and Minneapolis and
Cedar Valley Companies, in completing the
Railroad Bridge over the Minnesota River. So
with other localities. II is an insult to their
| citizens to doubt. for Q moment, . cheerful &C
| quiesence in policy so wise and exPedient,
| from every point of view. whether general or
! local present or prospective.
| 3. Prob abis dsrelopemSnf Of Mianssota'
commenced this discourse by exhibiting the
progress OF the Territory of Minnesota for near
| ly . decade OF years. ! shall close with IN ex
pression of my firm conviction Of what an equal
period Of organization a. . State will bring
| forth.
In ls4s, Wisconsin was admitted with . pop
ulation Of leo, OoO-in 1855. the population Vas
| $50 900.
In 1855, Minnesota WAS likewise admitted
with population Of 10000. BY the ratio of
increase observed in Wisconsin, certainly fair
| calculation, { he population Of Minnesota in
| 1870. will be s46, 2s5.
| Massachusetts, has one mile Of railroad for
each seven hundred inhabitants; Ohio, one
mile to each eight hundred and these results
have been obtained, without the aid of Land
| Grants. In ls3s, the only railway in the Uni
| ted States was one OF three miles in length,
| from the Granite Qusrries At Quincy, Asssachu'
sets, TO the tide water Of the Bay, now We are
| operating %, 23s miles of raiway-about one
mile to every thousand of the population Of the
United States. This ratio, while less than in
some States. is safer TO predict as the law Of
| construction in Minnesota. With . population
Of million in 1870, Minnesota will have in op
erAtinn 1000 miles OF railroad. Looking exclu-
siveIy to the internal policy of Minnesota; ex
Guiding from view, for The present, the Pacific
Railway question, l would distribute the rail
way construction in 1870, - follows, viz:
From the Saint Croix River to the KAnos
yohi Lakes. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 50
From the Falls Of ST. Anthony, to . point
on the Red River Of the n orth, accessible
by large steamers. ..-......-..,....... ESQ
From the Mississippi River south OF AnokA,
| to st. Louis Bay Of Lake Superior. l2C
Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Line liz
! From st. Paul aud ST. Anthony south west
| wsrdly to the Iowa border. IL;
From winona to the Western State Boun-
dairy South OF latitude 45o .......... 20t
From La Crescent, with branch lines
through Southern Counties. ...... 65
I AVtaA e iVVo
| leave others, OF more experience in calcu
lstions Of the value Of property, TO estimate the
addition to the wealth and taxable resources
Of the State. which would follow from the
above facts Of population and internal i'm
provement. | repeat some authentic stats
tics, TO aid in making an estimate.
The Railroad construction Of Illinois and
Ohio dates chiefly from 1850. The taxable
property of Illinois from 1850 to 1855, increased
from sl05, as2, rs? to 1854 1895, 4e5.
| The valuation Of property in Ohio stood thu.
At different periods:
In 1852 Observation-Disclosures. 1907 ,Ssl,sll
I III AooS SOoUuo.VuU
Increase. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S3 ,000, 900
| Or an annual increase of. .. 5000, 900
| Tennessee, whose railroads were started in
lsSs, by q Loan Of State Credit, has now SIS
miles in operation. In 1857, the Comptroler
of the State reported, that between 1854 and
1855. the increase OF taxable property "a.
SIS, 900 900, and that for 1857 the total increase
would be fully $40, 600 900.
Is it disproportonste to assume tha; the val.
uAtion of property in Minnesota in 1870 viii be
$3.50, 200, 900?
assert, with confidence, that the foregoing
! figures will be less rather than more than the
/ probable reality. To vindicats myself from
| imputations OF exAggeration. or Of temper too
sanguine, allow me TO quote from Edward d.
Mansfield. Esq, the Commissioner of Statistics
| Of the State OF Ohio, and editor Of the Railroad
| Record Of Cincinnati There is no higher au-
thority. but he casts more brilliant horoscope
| for the Northwest, Including Minnesota, than
have projected.
First, what have other States dons' Ohio il
In advance in regard TO the extent of railway