Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-03-12
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MimncsOta-it> real Advantage -. No.. 2.
70 Commercially, the situation Of Minnesota,
is unsurpassed. s,2aa4u AZ ..,,.,.; r.fn.,
LIST. In having over wo-tho:sand miles Of
nnvig.hle waters No other State possesses
this facility in So great a degreest The Mis-:
sissippi and Minnesota penetrate -through
the v,c,ry; heart Of i he State, both. >dcyilin!g
it into three nearly equal PORTIONS and
the St, Jroix on the; east, the Big Sioux:and
the great Red River Of the ! f9ri on The
west, and with. Lake. Sanerior-which brings
US into closer connection, by means Of steam
aodsail vessels, with the cast, than is the
State Of Illinois completes the grand isys>
item. -, ''s""' :" ","''n "}F:i'2
"a. 1nIbeins 50 situated geographically
'tl,at all these, conycpiences can y used TO
tine very best advantage; For through them
our products Gamble sent at once to the
Gulf OF NJ cxi,o to 'hc' city, of New; Nork,
to the great HulSon'S Bay, and through the
Saskatchewan ana Req Myers to the Pacific
coast, almost without, breaking bulk. o5.r
Jt3l., In having connected with these. Eac Ii
ties. an unlimited amount ane variety Of
products 10 transmit Upon Oh r agricultural
advantages We DO not propose in this humber
To- diseant. ), s'uilie;t that they are nn9l
tpalled o. mines Of silver ja9Fr and copper
and iron, although comparatively. little is
known Of tl,om,, cnough:sis known to show
thutthtt are the richest in the 'worsl;s and
finex!ia,istsb!o lat Chat 'sTbc working; toi
thsse iniues tfIicenty,leq'iirts d vas, capital
and great. experience, and their products are
yr.laa!ly' increasing in proportion with the
demand, and IS the increasing capt. i And
experience 81 the miners tpabiee; ~ m more
and more. to enterinto cqHlpelition wit4 the
old world In a few years It will. BEL i'm
Emense, and wiN eventually supply all the
I 'narkets..o this. Country sa9 Of :Eoropa,--
TLis viii IL tbiea' result not oily Of the rich
ness ard qxt<nt =, M :; mines bdt of'tbxi,
Eci li.icsI for transporta1|qnt":c nsh t2ke
I Shperior- of / obtaining tue|it timber,
store, water power and everything nsccSts,
| fy Or useful for silccJssa,l working.se in
another point Of view they Will exert'a great
Iinluence' upon upon our future, as a,mAtket for
a$riepttHral Py'sslnc:s s oYr ldmbeSt and hiian
f'ctqresi The tbfsaEt qf' our syiFeqltura! lynn
boring and manufacturing region being put
one hundred and fifty miles, distant; from,
them and: t6bc' connected as Ews shall. here
latter sct fSt.hnof p d;;H 3o5fip.,pt .31ai
I 'our opiAqAcs oon! she Red 'R,yet OF the
North. and tho, upper Mississippi and 'itz
|tyjbutarles. and upon I'VE St. clois,' &urpasA
)in extent 'tthtqq;se IT Miehisans, Yew Yak
Pennsylvapla; ar4 Of the Missouri: ep}dl. its
tributaries, couhinel,I In tho spring Of
1857 $4,000 GOO feet Of Pine joys and ltlmbel
Aoatcd by tho town Iof Red ANina-its. total
value being six, millions. Of -dollars!-in' nd
aitnn Tho immense q',an,i,y'that was used
! at home: Since thai: season the financial
depression has materially, intefstedi with
this branch ofopr. exports; but the above
state,nent-which is from he official returns
Of the Surveyor General--of the vast extent
Of this business, while yet in its infancy,
shows what All important clement of, ou,
prosperity it IL destined to become Not
only from the amount Of money it brings I'm
to the State, but as furnishing a great de.
,nard for labor. aiding the growth Of ou1
towns and cites by building up WATERPROOF
err and steam isawmills aud manufactures,
and in furnishing an, extcpsiycs and 7perma-
ment domand for the productions Of OUT
farms Is Stfariloq 1d' nIol .,5t!sit4t
u.
In addition To-: the pp'hc there is a large
amount Of soft maple anil walnut exported
though as these varieties ary mainly conhn.
ed to the smaller streams, they will probably
be sawn arid manufactured near the place ol
their growth. ii#aii> ~ 4af .9;u :
I A great advantage that. our State pos
scsscs in connection with it's vast forests ol
timber, is its water power. Our streams
arc numerous moro 80 we tn nix than In any
terri Dry Of the same extent in tl,e'i Union,
They are all swift and every considerable
stream, not na'yisahlo, has many falls and
rapids furnishing power, which can dasily be
employed for propelling mills and machinery;
1nln,the county Of GooAhuc alpner which is
by nomcansan extraordinary instance, there
| is iwater-p,wer to- propsl all the nanufac
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