The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1864-07-15
Letter from tho St. t'rOix.. Railroad
Progress I'm Wisc0nsln..Crops. &c.


LAKELAND. MINI, July 7, 1854.
To the Editor Of the Pioneer:
According to promise take this opportuni-
ty to We you few items in regard to the pro-
gress of our railroads in this section, and 10
let you know what our friends the " Badgers y
are doing gen rally. Mr.. Catlin informed me
that the work on the st. Croix and Superior
road was being pushed ahead very rapidly. A
contract for twenty miles has been let to
Messrs Coon & Dinsmore, two enterprising
and reliable men who are fast getting their
work to completion. They have at present d
force OF about two hundred men at work, and
have finished for the iron about ten miles. and
think by the first of October they will get their
contract completed, and it would be FORUM
ate thing for the Company if they would secure
their services for another twenty miles. They
inform M that the iron has been purchased
for forty miles and Is now lying in New York
awaiting transportation. and is expected to be
landed in Hudson some time during the month
of October when the work of LAYING the track
will be commenced at once. Mr.. Baldwin, one
of the Directors of the road, has purchased o
TcStUcuC6 III HHu Is 6OOu c4pcCl6Q W
arrive here to make 1t his permanent home, and
In addition to hh duties as Director of the road
has promised TO grade two miles of this end of
the road also to bridge Willow River, furnish
ing the means from his own purse. The ties
are all out for forty miles; also the timber for
the bridges It is quite evident from Whist l
can learn that the enterprising people of Hud-
this thing In earnest, aud irtend 10 sustain the
reputation o. their namesake the ''hadger
and ''dix until the iron horse shall supercede
their slow coaches Of the present time. T.
learn from reliable sources that the work
on the TOn,ah AMI g.. Cr0ix road is progress
ing very favO' ably. The propos. d route for
that road Is from Tomah to Eau Clare, thence
to Hudson. connecting with the Superior road
about two miles from town. Grading has
commenced ON the eastern terminus of the
road and the surveying party are working on
rapidly towards Hudson. Should these two
roads he completed as they dOubtlessly will
1t will be highly important that st. Paul should
be connected with the East by q road from
there 10 Hudson. crossing the st. Croix at this
easily bridged. The road from here to st.
Paul has been shortened. The officers elected,
as far as I can learn are as follows:
g. L. Becker, President; Moses PERU, Vice
President; - MsStersOn, Secretary: Col.
Mobiles and Mr.. Garrison, of New York, Direc-
tOrs. n Garrison Is expected on bere som,
and it Is proposes to survey the rood this fall.
As yet they have obtained no grant of lands
for the road but hopes at the next meeting of
the legisai urc that that body will feel interest
enough to give them sufficient grant to COM
plete the road. ........,
Our recent rains have revived the vegeta-
ton, as well as the spirits of our farmers. 1t
is thought now lLat-On an average the wheat
crop will be nearly as good as last year. Farm.
ers in this vicin ty think the average will be
for wheat about ten bushels per acre, and In
some pieces will be as high as twenty. Corn
and potatoes are looking finely, and unless
some unforeseen calamity comes upon them
will be quite As good as last year. All small
grain il shOrt. but the heads seem of good size
and we'll filled.
The people of Saltwater are looking anx-
iOu-ly for rain TO bring out their logs. Lumber
is scarce and high Occasionally raft is
towed through the Lake for the market be
low. Logs at Saltwater sell readily for SIG
per thousand feet. %
The shower that sprinkled st. Paul 80 plen-
tifully on Sunday night, did not reach this
place al all, but since then. as the HOosier
would say, we have had two fright smart "
rains, and crops are growing powerfully"
NJ.