St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-11-25

o1se, FARMING utensils, etc., anG travel to
and fro from the Territory of Dakota and
the Red River and Hudson Bay Compa-
ny's settlements, will pass over this route
via Grow Wing, to the Red River. which
is navigable from thence to Lake Winnie
peg.
A glance at the map will exhibit tie
eligible location Of the lands granted to
the Minnesota. and l>.c:fc Railroad Com
l'any, being adjacent to line through St.
-AntIlcny and Grow Wing b. Otter Tail
lake and the Valley Of the Red River to
penlbina.
Probabiy 40 more favorable surface for
Railroad construction exists in the world
than from st. panl to fcmbinu, and from
thence to the Pacific.
The region surrounding Otter Tail lake
IN I'LL directions is pronounced BY Captain
Pope, Of the United States Army, to be
the garden Of the Northwest; while the
basin OF the Red River Of the North, with
a surface admirably adartod to railroad
line, vii! constitute wheat district fully
cqna! to that ot the Baltic.
cvcr most Of this line the company will
definitely control the selection OF sites FOR
towns and the sales Of lots and lands uu-
der judiciou; management, cannot be less
tha': 4 sum equal to SIS per acre for the
whole, OF s57, 900 per mile. This will
present tie road to the stockholders COM
plotety equipped and paid for, with sur
Plus fund ter future repairs, equal to 27.-
900 per mile; while the Development Of
tilc 5iitis>il north cs::era region will be Of
lncaicu'lblc 'encii5 to its future interests.
The country south and northwest Of
Grow Wing IS receiving daily acquisitions
t. isss settlements. Several large steam
alt: water mills have been, erected and
stoanlers arc alou: being placed upon the
Red River
The rare beauty and fertility Of this re-
gion Tar Oh to the valley of the Saskatche-
wan, to which our road directly points, s,and
indeed to the Pacific, are not uHly strongly
attracting the attention CT settlers; Of the
United States, but also Of Great Britain
and her Canadian Government.
Among those who have given tt" sub
jcct any attention, it is we'll known that
this section embraces some Of the finest
agricultural lands i'll the country, sufii-
ciently: wooded and watered, aud tina: the
climate Is delightful, and free from the
miasmas CT Illinois. Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas
Above Grow Wing to pckega,.:l;: Falls,
25o miles, the Mississippi IS na.SisabIe 1or
steamers drawing three feet OF water; an,;
one, "The North Star is already plying
between these points,
The traffic upon fifty mile, OF our road
will be, Tor the first two year>:
l. The importation and distribution of
manufactures stores, &c, &c, into the
interior.
2. Indian annuity goods, provisions,
&C., furnished by the Government to the
Indians Of Dacocah Territory amounting
to the annual value OF half d million OF
dvllars.
3. Supplies (otl,er than United States
property for Fort Ripley and Fort Aber-
cromb;e.
+. Supplies Of 4oo1$, agricultural im-
pie.ncnts, &c, for Sc!k;rl, and Hudson
Bay Companies po:r:*:;nn*.
.. Return },rv,.1'ct; ::::oin :!,rs@ different
points; the trade ol' s'i,Sc places !a>, year
with *. ';:ui alone amounting 10 over =;
million Ct ,;o'I*Es. Forty re:s;';s'y ma
chimes were tsthci. 70 Ec,ui,ina turing last
season.
Forty niles u the read are already yra-
leA, and liz, wurA Is iei1;, Vi vigorols!y pro
secuted The iron Will bc laid and the
road pat in operation from st. Paul to St.
Cloud, eighty miles, ncAt spring and
s,im,Acr.
Over 5000 lens q treigIs, were trans
ported between st. Paul and st. All; hony
last year, ANA the t,avel WAS estimated at
four hundred people daily.
.i'lc|l profit will undoubtedly arise from
the appreciation OF the valueof the grounds
;. to be donated and purchased about the
stations on The road These stations will
form tie hu;i,i ct towns and cities, and
while many oi them will be formed upon
the coi1fH.iy's land. others viii be donated
or purchased a: con: .ar;tively low prices.
VITA proper management, Il is hot 70
mach 70 say, that at least cre million Of
dollars may be realized from this alone up
; o, the construction ot: fifty miles only
The amount invested! in this way may be
} more th:n returned in a short period Q,
time by sales ei lots to these desiring &c
establish business near she depots. Nine
years ago st. Paul li;.>l 3 population Of less
t than AoU; now it is over $4,000. What
the increase may be during the next hin,
: years, with the aid OF railroads, it IS lef
TO time to determine
At st. Paul and St. Anthony this road
will connect with four other railroads run
ming easter'y, southe:ly and soath-wes
' terly. =
f At Pembina it will strike tie Red iiv