, 1870-02-18
GEEuEuFaston Of tho Northern Pm.
ctflc RnilEoAd.

From the 81 Ilu' Press, Feb. 10
TIE B'atenent Of the Associated Press tbat the
80: he1n p-e1ne Nan'oAd Company hase uaA1.
Of The Secretary OF ths 1ntef1or, that tue r3u:,,
us follow au mir line 70 far AZ rrac:,caal,, vas
Aoul dainty seiutet.by special telegram ii yer
tElta. = tftas tom Folh du Lac, Isl. that pas
,os eros dcd T.ta VISITS rpu'e - IT,. III l.:
70 Wilkes tae ceremonies coan9ctti vita srtaS-
lV efcunu for thai great enterprise. ana i: Is sn
:Grthr. te1Itcd By tho ttl:oaicR tele@1a'l i..t1
she Daltes, adnrfA Asrd 10 tie l'reeoeat OF TIE.
LIKE Sopti:or ! A4sissippl K.ycs I,lluai ci;r.
ra.J:
IF. l.. Canning, ffes'ifnt:
VI h. Etnrbi rhs hsnke. ut raoa To tGy. m
- En- ~ kotthctn Pacific hallway, WITH usa..-
i'''a'e ccIeronte., q, pon; on or Lee o. ME
outh Il the pa.fCA
"W. ". HCSGESFoap.
...... ....... "C- L, y. ~
1nas II. a;st eod Ia i1raed Of hat yssa: nth.
WY. wLlch--in rtt5 iew lcar4-71ll span LIe
Fes:s N half Of tic -nt:ceut ffo1 the ntals o:
= pl lnret 10 the wsusa 81 P4set Socuti. Ii IL
lnt 11st step which ccsts-21d inc nrst sep is
talep. The great wosk Is InaagQ1atet on bas!4
..eai lied morey. power which ecsatc IT. raeld
ll1Ertss till the MaGui1cens work u completed.
Eve million d5l;ars have been subscribed to
RIVER. The Dales Ct tEt s.. l.oa:s ure aaou. 81
Lilies fIcm nuluIh, Al the head Of tie 1ake. ald
aie the feat Of great water power, aad OF e1:en-
1n an AIRLINE, the distance Is about 900 miles,
sn:cn air lre ttuse woa!d pass Tor 1eariJ So
.h:r'. Ct .re ,,'stsnce through tns xocdea ana IA
ia wniets; while something more than thl1d 0:
'ns Ksa Fsn snne,G9 SeI 7ns Tsoe ae
oy t 1ae 1ay Of tae areat Bcnd 81 the 's M:..
sSutt, surveyed ty Jah1t On and othcrr, Il some
i,sIa ni:et, or aooat SEQ mile. nois tnan an ALI
ITrc.sel5 what track tn,s gea, continental htga.
wby 'a DESTINED 70 Io'loT, even thfo1sn Mime
l. 1sT rne u da iss
II ltset:talIy Il troi1e,s towards 1le Req River
valley shall have bcen 1up!eted: hut IL all p.oo-
ap,lE! IN ar line Buch the secretars OF tAs Iu.
uslo1 Ii fAid 10 hare tnstAie1 on, would Ia many
re.pIcts III a. good 4 route, Al lc IS: through
MlLLesoss, az could be adopted north OF MtiIe
eous5 s1sasss r.osa snd
than line Immediately north OF Nile L1cA Aud
y is 10 tweep Lolin OF The Great Bend OF ,ne
Mrsoust an au lite would effect some nt:!c
saving cf distance. On tee other nano, mare
,oolne.lJ lreId wonld better accommodate tue
| sai'1oad kJt1eM Of Minnesota, whoke NAN Ines
ucrt lare Of tram cotl.ncntzl connerc. I'd I! fa.
tu!e snrFe!f shall ,tenoDa'tste the pr1cucsot!its
OF more southern entrance Into Montana, thus
avoiding the vide Iorihetn detour Of 1hs Gfea:
Lore, It Wculd prove IN every fespect Advantage
ous to locate The line o. note kou.hesiy parallel,
,s1essa ne s nes1,itu! v ore. TT eo5a'1r and
eIoB-be- Bar. howeYer the line may b loca.e
It te4nEot ftn IN It's rrogress through Mtauc'osa
~ ElSc N tmme1fc Development 70 the poethetn
| Ftc:!cn Of tie Stale, and its bclc1ls NlI 1oK
co-G thrRugn the Eces which Il ictcr5ec.s.
\ tnIcuGh and cTeE tat whole State The
| St 1kl1 s5ssen OF rAIf5RdH Will tll
II It TO les. than three palrla-sne Superior Noaf
Ut :te Isles ard tho st Pant 4 Pacific, wit
| hrru It's hraach the and the Pennto2 e1le1Acu O
III Eatn line. II Will v1Tt an almost cont.1Hota
scope 10 the conne1cGA Importance Of st. Paul
ct1e II mas: seeA ali Ets.un connections IL
rs ,rs.'e q y. t1es: MISSISSIPPI, VALLEY. sae I
CITY a: uuiUth, and II r:afirRt the now eoIltar
wll1tfr eas, Though WHICH It Is depstned 10 pAss
b.Is.om lke tic Iose, with haay AID pspaion
uSul.ts AID Ct.t4-