The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-08-26
SOLID REASONING.
The people of Minnesota and the

Inc people OF M0peSOA aQo the
Northwest are very naturally supposed
to hc interested in the early. construc-
ton of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
and many persons less co c rned s'ne-
times think their statements and argu-
ments proceed more from their zeal
than their information. In refutation
Of this charge, we would point to the
letter of "Carleton," whose recent trip
"around the world is fresh in the
recollection Of all, and who is himself
a resident Of New England. To this
We would add tho following paragraphs
from the Lawrence (KausAs) Journal,
published in locality south Of the line
now in operation as we are north of it:
The Northern Pacific Railway, con-
| Meeting Lake Superior with Puget
! Sound on the Pacific coast, is fast as
sumipg public importance. The Presi-
dent Of the company with quite large
party recently left St. Paul to make a
personal inspection Of the route. A
number of directors are also engaged
in the same mission, having left Puget
Sound some weeks, travelling eastward.
Should these parties make favorable re-
ports, Jay Cooke & Co., will at oncc'
undertake tho principal management Of
the road and vigorous prosecution OF
the work will be inaugurated. " its
SUCCESS as a business and financial pro-
jcc: there can scarcely be doubt. We
Of the "soathern climes," who suppose
that the projected route Of this road
comprises region covered With per-
petual SHOWS are greatly at fault in our
conjectures. It is as warm in the Sas-
katchevan and Asiniboine valleys as in
middle Minnesota. The line OF this
road passes through one Of the finest
grain producing regions on the CONT
nent. The millions of bushels Of wheat
that Minnesota produces every year,
give some indication Of the productive
resources of this wonderful region.
Parties acqusinted with the route, en-
tertain 20 fears of obstructions OF travel
or business in consequence OF snow
blockades. It is stated that Captain
Mullen crossed through the pass named
for himself, between the bead waters OF
the Missouri and the. Columbia, SIX
times during the winter Of 1868, aod
never found the Sow more than fifteen
inches deep.
Take into con s;deraticn the extensive
timber lands and the immensely rich
wheat lands between the head Of Lake
Superior and the northern bend Of the
Missouri river, the minerals Of Montana
and Idaho, the extensive stock range
on the head waters Of the Missouri and
Columbia, where il the valleys the
climate is SO mild and the pasturage SO
rich that cattle winter without any
feeding, and where there are already
herdman whose focks are counted by
the thousands, and we have a picture
of future wealth and business to this
road truly astonishing and grand IL
realization.
The road can be built cheaper than
any other across the continent. The
grades are lighter, the SUBMITS less,
and the highest altitude fully three
thousand feet less than the Pacific road
now built. The highest summit is but
about five thousand feet, while that Of
the Neb: aska Pacific, at the Black
Hills, is eight thousand feet.
Congress has granted to this COM
pany each alternate section for forty
miles on either side of the road all the
way from the head of Lake Superior to
the Pacific ocean-terrltory enough to
make three States as large as Illinois,
Connecticut and Massachusetts,. Steam
communication clear across the CONT
nent can be opened Up by building but
seven hundred aad thirty miles Of this
railroad.