Mower County transcript., 1869-12-23
RAILROAD MATTERS.

RAILROAD MATTERS.
On Monday, tho 18th, the formal
opening Of the FIRST section Of twenty
miles of the St. Paul and Chicago r. r.,
connecting Hastine<by mail with this
city, was celebrated with appropriate
ceremonies, On the same day trains
on the St. Paul and Sioux City road COM
menced running through to Crystal
Lake, station beyond and south and
west of Mankato
While, what may be termed "active
operations" have been generally sus.
pended on the unfinished roads that
interseet our State, to give US short and
direct communication with the east,
and to pour into our laps at no very
distant day, the tenfold wealth Of the
rich but as yet uudevclopcd territory
that lies westward, no." on all there
is more or less doing. The Wiuona
and St. Peter are surveying their line
through from its present terminus to the
Minnesota River, preparatory to making
that connection. next season. The St.
Paul and Sioux City, and the Southern
Minnesota will also take important
steps toward reaching their terminus
another season. The Superior road has
a large force employed at its Duluth
end, and that road will be open to busi-
ness early in the season, while the St.
Paul and Pacific, which has made such
giant strides the past season, will open
up in the spring with a view that will
put their road through to the Red
River of the north, before the snow flies
next fall. Other roads; the completion
Of which, will inure to the benefit of
St. Paul and the State at large, are also
" making on" Thus one by one are
the iron links being united which are to
make St. Paul the great railroad and
commercial center Of the Northwest, and
.he-pr;de and glory Of tho people of
Minnesota, the to.be richest diadem in
all the bright constellation Of North
Western States.
GROWTH OF THE CITY
The substantial growth of St. Paul
the past year has, when the stringency
of the money market and the general
arrangement of business generally is
considered, been truly remarkable.
And feature that shows better as
compared with former years, is the fact
that a very large per centage of this
growth, has been in the line Of dwelling
houses for the laboring class, showing
the presence here Of IN industrious,
hopeful and thrifty population, con.
stantly increasing the money value Of
tho Improvements which reaches the
magnificent figure Of $1,395,727 of
which $581 ,275 was for dwellings,
$500 $50 in business blocks, $36, SIT
in school houses, $41 500 in churches,
and the balance in hotels, for the Gus
tom House, &c.
AFTER TIE GAMBLERS
Quite q furry, has been created
among the fancy Of this city by the
action of the Grand Jury. This body
at its recent sitting in the interests Of
good government and morality in our
SANITY city, presented names of all the
gambling fraternity, for a violation Of
the ordinance prohibiting the practice
of this calling within the corporate lin.
its. On Saturday some half dozen
of the most notorious, appeared before
the District Court, and gave bail to put
in an appearance in person, when theil
cases should come up. That the courts
may deal out justice to them with nc
unsparing hand, is devoutly to be
hoped.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Though rather late, and not exactly
in my line =: St Paul correspondent
of the TRANSCRIPT, I cannot refrain
from saying a few words in reference tc
the first annual message Of President
Grant. This document was looked
forward to with great anxiety by both
political friend and foe ;by the former
with confident expectations that by il
President Grant would give vital evi
dence of his future, for the high posi-
ton to which he had been elevated
and by the latter, in the hope that thei1
sneers at his lack Of experience and in
compentency, would be confirmed. L
is hardly necessary at this late day, tc
say the message more than justified th'
expectations Of his friends, while il
struck death blow to the hopes of hi
foes. His clear comprehensive, patri
otic and statesmanlike suggestion, tht
thorough knowledge shown Of all sub
! iects discussed, his determined dcmano
that the Government should be admins
tered economically and honestly, have
met with an enthusiastic response from
the whole American people, excepting
alone that magnificent class Of politi
ticians who act upon this principle
that their duty to the party demands o
them opposition to every thing said O.
done by a political opponent. Now 10
Congress meet Grant squarely and hon
estly upon the same elevated ground
and his administration will be % auc
ccssful and beneficial to the country, q
was his career as soldier.
HARD TIMES.
| We no longer sing that very com
Portable old dittay running something
like this: On, hard, times, hard time
come again no moro. They arc upo
W in good earnest, and all classes, tn
business man, the employer and tn
employcc, scverally feel its approval t