St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-26

o.hst continuous line Of counties in the
State.
16is may Leem to Be strange announce
m4ot, but any person Who has ever travel
atAfough this region Of our State, must
acknowledge, that for fertility Of soil, and
groe. beauty Of country, no other portion
Of Minnesota can be compared to the Sank
Wiley, and in fact the entire country all
the Wy 70 Breckenridge on the Red Riv-
srand even bsyond fhat point, It Is in.
deed tho garden Of vae State, il we'll wood
ID; dotted With beautiful lakes; the rich
prairiries are just sufficiently uudulating
for farming purposes; tho water Of this
region is the purest in the State, possess
ing those chemical aud medicinal prop
critics which at once make It pleasant
snI wholesome; rendering the entire region
just such country as farmer-the bone
and sincw Of State-will seek and i'm
prove. =, J..
The Company, adopting this line Of policy
would not only enhance their own interest,
but more fully merit the force Of the title
slresdy justly awarded them, and at
once, open TO commerce and travel, the
natural thorouk hfarc upon which the
great international trade will be carried
betw. en- this country and that Of Prince
1tuperts land-the great high way for
those 1esirous Of visiting the gold fields of
Her Majesty's doninions and those
beautiful and fertile lands lying between
cur own lovely State, AMI those very 0phirs
to which reference is 10 often made,
Aod Of which our friend Taylor, ofSt Paul,
has become SO cnamored that it really
seems like listening to poetry Of the sweet
est measure, in hearing him describe them.
This road thus completed, would be the
contamination OF an enterprise, Us grand
as it would be beneficial aud lucrative.
The "iron band" would then be cor-
plete the great Chain of Railroad from
commercial eAporiums in the east to our
own capital, city traversing our own
beautiful State, would place them and
the lakes Of British America and even
tho trading posts at Hudson Bay, compare
sive'y few days apart.
Our English eighbors prompted BY the
advantages thus derived, and emulated
BY this exhibition Of Yankee energy,
would not be long in, rivetiDg the
connecting links. This chain, with
its twin. sister, the telegraphio wire, would
ia short period place the waters Of the
Gulf Of Mexico and Hudson Bay-the
Atlaatio and I'aci6c-in ju1taposition, and
then would the st. Paul and Pacific Rail-
zosd BE- emphatically the ''Pioneer Road"
aud like the "Star Of Empire" Westward
take its way" aud the ferycnt, and we
hope etfectaal, prayer Of every citizen in
this part Of the country is, that it may do
30, aud that fright speedily"
II. Edmund Rics--The pioneer Railroad
Man of Minnesots- When We can welcome
him At st. Cloud, 4 passenger on his own train,
over his own road, landed at his own depot,
the" We will give him such welcome as his
energy and perseverance,, am all difficulties
and over all obstacles, SO richly deserves.
Hon. r. NJ. Richardson, Representative
from this district, and who had been &C
quainted with Mr. Rice since 1855, an
scered to this toast, aud spoke very high
y ct Mr.. RS energy and perseverance,
and his interest in the prosperity Of Min
nesota: lie stated that he had been as.
sured by Nr. r. that the branch Of the St.
Paul and Pacific Railroad would be CON-
plotted t. st. Cloud, and in running order
BY the frs: day Of January, 1864.
II. The steam navigation of the Red Riv-
Or OF the North-To the indomitable energies
OF the Messrs. Burbank & Blakely the North
west Is indebted for the opening to the :rade
and commerce Of the East the waters of the
Red River Of ihe-North, and the gold fields Of
the Saskatchewan, and Frazer's and Thomp.
sons Rivers.
II. G. Burbank, Esq, junior member Of
the 6rm Of J. G. & H. Z. Burbank & Co
responded as follows:
Thanking you, gentlemen, for the CON-
pliment thus paid us, We will endeavor to
merit your further appreciation by linking
our energies with our country, our friends,
and our State and, will hope that the diff.
heultiss which VIC have labored under
since 1853, in trying to open "public
thor0ughfare through this fertile country,
70 British Columbia and the gold fields Of
tho Saskatchewan, Frazier and Thompson
MYERS, may be overcome by the compile
ton OF our Railroad projects, and be re-
varded by one Of the most paying routes
70 the Pacific, as we'll as opening out aud
developing zone Of The most extensive az
r'cultural districts Of the Northwest. To
our many friends, not forgetting our Rep
resentatives in our last Legislature, we owe
much. While We have been. prosecuting
our enterprise, We, Of course, had an eye
to our pecuniary interests and if, as it no
doubt has to some extent been beneficial
to the State at large, and especially the
Northwest, the knowledge Of the fact is
:. sou5ce Of extreme qualification, and made
doubly 20. in having our endeavors noticed
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