The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-05-26
NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD.
And What il VIII Do for Us.

( Ii " III serve 70 SNOW the people or our city
and county what kind of a country lies
west and north Of Us; which country Z: no
distant day will be thickly populated and
riaL-in fact, aBaempire of itself. And it
should also be remembered that Manitowoc
harbor, from lis geographical position,
mast be the frs, and best water communi-
cation that can be reached connecting all
this vast country with the east by shipping.
And further, that the railroad that is about
to he built from Manitowoc west, must, and
it is the intention If It's builders to, connect
with tie North Pacific road at Superior
City Tor Duluth That the whole country
from Superior Cry to Manitowoc is unsur-
passed By any IN the world for fertility,
manufacturing and everything that makes
a country rich. And when we look the
whole subject over in its true light-allow-
ing the light of the past TO guide our judg-
mcnt-we can hardly appreciate tie actual
future OF our little city.
Chicago has no such country tributary to
her as this viii be to Manitowoc Rail,
roads reaching out into new country from
Chicago ma lie her what she is.
Let Us relax no effort to keep the ball
rolling that Is nov in motion, ana We shall
soon see our city entering upon a career Of
prosperity unsurpassed in the history of
cities.
The article was handed 10 US for publica-
ton by.u. L. Blood, Esq, the geutleman~
ly proprietor Of the Loyake house at Ap-
plcton:
BY the Government survey Of the North
ern Pacific Railroad, it IS l,175 miles from
Superior CRY TO Pu-at's Sound. BY the
Central Route it Is ,, 400 from Chicago TO
san Francisco, making difference OF G2j
miles. Governor Stephens has shown, by
carefully prepared tables, that the North
ern route Is 40 miles shorter from New
York city than the Central
In is gradients, also, the Northern route
has suIeIiO. advantages The sum Of as
cents and desccnts from Superior 10 Puget
Sound, Is q, Isl feet as against -, 5SI on
the Central. Engineers allow one nile for
every - feet OF raise or fall as den0ting as
additional working expenses over i level.
/ This would add to the Northern route Az
miles, and to The Central 556 miles This
added to the 6-j, makes 100 miles that the
Northern route IS practically the shorter
Inc summit level Of the Central is 1912
feet above the summit level on the North
cru route. The principal cities in China
are from 500 to so miles nearer Puget
Sound than San Francisco the currents in
the Pacific are such that vessels coming
over, first make the American shore OPP
p0>itc Pugcts Sound, aud then run down
TO San Francisco, thus increasing the dis
lance much more, ana making the North
Elm route at least 800 or 1000 miles the
sharter
The surprising feature Of the country is
the mliIne-s OF its climate, and the small
amount Of snow that falls in that latitude,
and that cattle winter there aud keep fat
on the natural grasses. MIR T. ". McCoy
says he wlntercd 200 head of cattle within
a few miles Of the summit Of the mountains
without any food whatever except what
they had by grazing oD the dry grasses. -
lie states further that There never had
been q Wl0ter, with all the horses aud men,
and stations ten and twelve miles apart, on
The Central route, that the Over land Mail
Company has carried the mail through on
time while the Northern route, with sta
lions IN places hily miles apart, from Hell
Gate to " ala Nal,a, distance OF 400
mjcS, Clark and Wicker carried the mail
en- horseback, and not only carried it thro'
every trip, semi weekly, during the last
winter ISG1l, but were never once behind
schedule time. John Wilson, late Com,
missioner Of the General Land Office, an
eminent authority on-al questions apper-
, n tba sl,1-r n,i q
the country says: The land along the
Northern Pacific are all fit for cultivation,
and consequently the local business will sup
port the road, In fact, it is Of the most
beautiful section Of country In the world,
and you travel comparatively short dis
lance west from st. Paul aud you feel the
influence Of The Pacific winds and strike the
Isouthermal line Of southern Illinois, and
where the cattle can pasture the whole
year The mineral wealth along the liae is
aImOSt iuca.Culable." Edwin Johnson.
Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, says two-thirds of the population
OF the United States are nearer in time and
distance to Puget's Sound than any other
portion OF the Pacific coast; and that the
gradients are 50 easy that it will require
only about four days from New York to
Puget's Sound Mr.. johnson report was
made in November, 1867, at which time he
SAYS the population has grown rapidly
within the las; six years; that Helena City
has population OF about 5000; Virginia
City 1000, and many smaller places !, 500
to 5000. He further says that Governor
Stevens was 2f the opinion that of the whole
distance from the Red River to Puget's
Sound only one fifth must be made up of
mountain ranges and high lands, whose
slopes being covered with timber are per,
haps more valuable than the arabic prairie
portions. Lewis and Clark say, under date
OF May II, 1865, writing from the Rocky
Mountains: The grass at this time Is knee
high. Think Of it. Grass on the North
ern Pacific Railroad knee high the l7th of
May. Senator Goodwin, OF Mimi, says
there Is on the northern bog6e r a vast ter
Tllory CAPABLE OF making eight States the
size Of New York, the whole Of which
would be tributary to the Northern Road. -
The English explorer, Hind, says: The
valley Of the Red River, including large
portion belonging to its great aflluents, Is
paradise OF fertility. Tie Saskatchewan
which gathers lis waters from a country
greater IN extent than the vast region drain
cd by the ST Lawrence and All liz trims