The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-04-21

fQGdS- Inap0Ttdnt Lease OF q lcG2LT0Gd--
Consolidation Influences on st. Pail
and Duluth Prospects Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad. 4 "
sa SAINT'PAUL, MINI. April IL, 1870.
10 the Editor Of 7slegraph-- 9
DEAR SIR: On the lth Of last Decem
Der the ice closed navigation at this point
and for just four months the sleighers
and skaters have held high carnival on
the broad bosom of the majestic Missis-
sippi. si5y'a1o d}iw 1as7a3 .qcoA ad)
On the i4th of this month, the warm
sun and swelling current broke up tire
ice, and steamers soon oegan to ply be-
tween the small towns in the immediate
vicinity. The ice Make Pepin broke
up on the 9th instant, and the iIst boat
up the river for 1870 is the steamer Tom
Jasper, which came in last night at hall:
past eleoen O'clock The first boat up last
season was the Sucker State, on the 10Th
of April.
The water was unusually high on the
closing of navigation and as considera-
BILE snow fell near the headwaters of the
waters of the Mississippi and Minnesota,
the result is a very general flood through
out the State.
Great damage has been done in nearly
every river town in Minnesota The wa
ter is higher at this point than ithas been
for nineteen years, but st. Paul stands on
such prominent ground, that with the ex-
ception of a few bIilaings on d the fat
and river bank--we are nearly hundred
feet above the river, and of course no.
flood can ever reach us v8 anHal
Railroad fever is very nearly at white
heat in this State. The different compan-
les have all the money they require to
carry out their programmes, and sleady
employment is given to all who are will
ing tnearn a livelihood by physical labor,
The st. Paul & Pacific Railroad is now
running to Chippewa River-135 miles,
and wild be completed to the Red River
OF the North, GIG miles, during the com
ing summer The Lake Superior Bailr0ad
is now completed to Kettle River, SO miles,
and the remaining so miles to Duluth
will be completed at the rate of about "a
miles day,--although the formal opening
will probably not occur until the 4th OF
Julypnext. ad ha1aao3 iaeggsg
Negotiations are now pending,-to be
completed in a few days,-for a lease of
the Sioux City r. r.. to the Pennsylvania
Central thus carrying out out the orig.
inal planjof having one controlling power
and one unbroken line from Lake Superb
OF, via ST. Paul to Sioux City, and then
on to a junction with the Union Pacific
Railroad. fa
The effect of this arrangement on real
estate in ST. Paul and Duluth, is to put
property holders in the best spirits Du-
luth springs with one leap, from an un-
known settlement of five houses, to city
OF power, influence and reputation while
St. Paul with a wealthy population of
twenty five Thousand, to start on, becomes
the eastern terminus of two railroads from
the Pacific, and the most promising rail
road center of any city of sthe United
States. 3g.3 Iii12 HrI 0esb 9as d4ts,
A large corps of engineers are survey
ing the route through this State, for the
Northern Pacific Railroad, and within a
few years passengers may dine the same
week in ST. Paul at the head of naviga-J
tionon the Mississippi, in San Francisco
at the Golden Gate, and in Portland, Or,
egon, at the head OF uninterrupted nayiga.
ton on the Willamette
The Chamber of Commerce of this Cityl
has moved into rooms in the Opera
House, and has now the largest and BEST
Reading Room in America, which is
thrown open free to all, citizens and stran-
gers. sd tad - SO 3agsu .a9nI
About two hundred and fifty papers
week are received, and among the most
welcome, 4 am happy to acknowledge the
Kenosha TELEGRPH. xsd 1sl ro.s1
3s.e Yours Fraternally,
OSSIAN E. DODGE,
Sec'y ST. Paul Chamber of Commerce.
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