The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-10-21
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

a Project for Opening Up the sec
lion WIN Fam Od, IS-OOme inter
/ eStlng Details.
| Hon. George Reed p as recently in Madi
=, son, ami from hIin the euitor OF the J0urjt
4 al leaincd many particulars with reierenc
/ To system OF railroads now projected 10
! opeuIng UP and developing the nortbef
!! portion OF cur STATE. Mr.. Reed Is Presi
| dent ot the Portage, Nlnnebag0 & Super
! Tor hsiiTcac Company lie, as Preslden
ol the road above mentioned, has fled II
! NJ Office vi the Secretary OF State, III com
piiauce with the pfovlsIons OF the act ant
Restitution Ut Congress and OF the acts OF tb,
Legislature OF tins State, makiug and dis
posing OF the grant OF laDos maps of thu
surrey Of tie route OF road definitely locate
"a by the company from Portage City, b
the way OF klpon aud Berlin, to Stevens
Point and thence 30 Bay field aud Superior
| Cily, on Lake Superior, aud has received
IRON The Secretary OF State certified dupil
cate maps 10 DC flied III the Depa tment o1
the Secretary OF the Interior at " ashlng
ton. ibis survey was commenced Ill por-
tage City en- the l4lh OF June last, ano
completed to Superior City on or about the
23th utIuo
/ his line of road, as it leaves the settle
ment al Stevens Point, runs over lcve
surface on the dividing ridge between the
waters OF the Al-cgnsin 4 Eau Claire rivers
up 10 township !. orty, north, thence north
west through the gorge near he center OF
the Iron Range TO Bayfield,, thence west
and northwest TO Superior City. The coun
try along the first sixty or seventy miles i.
most aprrc,,if,,,l lop nd
With very heavy growth of maple and
oak timber, then tor thirty five miles the
timber Is principally Of pine of the choics
est kind, and along and near the hesdwa
tiers OF the streams flowing into the Eau
Claire and Wisconsin rivers; thence the
timber Is principally maple and cak. OF
large SIZE, and the soil is such as is usually
indicated 10y this kind of timber in the
same latitude when the surface is not brok
en- by hills and ravines
Altogether, this 22O miles through a
dense forest from stevens Point to Super
Ior City, the route is as direct, and the
road can be built as chcarly az on any
other equal length of lire ii Wisconsin
We are glad to note lat rallload enter
prlses are turning thcir attention to tie
northern section 6! our State, for it is
time. ne H1Sc0HStR has heretofore rLflr
red at length to projected railroad, with
Tins end III view, and we are glad to know
that some OF them are cfualy t. b. built
In speaking OF the roads the JourHal adds:
Ii Is not doubted that the Norhern Pacific
Railroad company will commence the con
structl0n If t roai from Bayfe >imu t N
eousIy with the commencement Of the road
Of the Portage Company, south TO the iron
mines.
There is no doubt that the st. Croix and
Bay yield Company will also commence the
construction OF its road from Bayfield,
southwest next season, and have ii compet-
ed to St. Crolx Falls within the next three
years.
1t is also believed that the Sheboygan
and Fond du Lac Company will push its
road from Fond du Lac to Ripon to quick
connection with that Northern and South
ern roads from the point aud that Manito-
woe will not delay in the construction OF
its road to MeGa- ha,