The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-04-21

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| whole Northwest 70 Dc G-3J.rol-
| ed with r. r Tracks.
From tie ST Paul Pioneer
In connection with the building 0i the
Moth Pacific Railroad. 4 siupcndoua organ
.zation of the capitalists and railroad men
is now being perfected, the oljact Of which
IS the most extensive system Ct railroad C0n>
struction on thciac2 OF the earth. Gar intor
nation is so diroc. that it cannot be crroG-
icous. except. possibly, as to portion OF the
details, which are rather matter % infer
ence from the scope Of the general plan
and 10 relation to which 10 public state
meuts have been made In fact, the details
Of the gigantic operation have not yet been
thoroughly projected, tee grand outlines
only have been fully datesmined.
The company of capitalists associated
with jag Cooke are Of the opinion that
they can raise the sum of tiC1 hundred
million doLiprs TO be expended in building
the vast chain of railroads which have been
chartered and endowed with land grants
between the great northern lakes and the
Pacific Ocean. The various lines embrace
several hundred miles in Northern Michi-
gan, Northern Wisconsin and on tie Michi-
gan Peninsula: the various lines in Min
nesota with which they are connected. in,
Guiding the North Pacific; aud projected
Montana, Idaho, Oregon aud Washington
Territory, upon all Of which munilcert
land grants have been bestowed They have
already secured quarter Of the proposed
aggregate capital which will be required In
this immense work. The entire extent of
all the lines to be built cannot be less than
), coo or G, 900 miles, and tie laud grants to
a.d N their construction amounting alto
rcther to a domain almost as large as Eu>
rope.
The tract Of country across which, IN
various directions, these railroads are TO lie
bust, comprises every source OF unh0undei
and the elements OF future greatness, w:th
tie exception Of tropical productions, 10 an
extent that can no where else be found on
the habltable globe. The mining districts
extend over large proportion OF the cOun-
try embraced In the boundaries Of the land
grants, and yield almost every metal in HUI
man use. lhe iron and copper mines Of
Lake Superior are not surpassed by any in
the world. The gold and silver mines of
Montana and Idaho have, as yet, been only
preached, and will yield, for centuries to
come, enough 0flhe precious metal TO sup
ply all the wants OF mankind An inesti>
mable extent OF pine, cedar, spruce, tama-
rack, iir and hard wood forests will furnish
iumper Tor the next century. The most
magnificent wheat zone in either hemiS-
pheic, Is that stretching from ocean to
ocean, between the forty second and fiftieth
parallels Of latitude The climate ranges
from that OF the mild and juicy valleys in
Oregon, where the roses bloom in January,
TO the he'd rver regions, where the earth,
IN winter, Is locked up ty Arctic frosts
with the Thermometer fifty degrees below
zero, but over ali the summer sun, in its
season, shines, with uncommon glory,
and rlpens an infinite variety Of fruits and
grams. and the yellow harvest throus nout
the broad belt designated is g period Of
oVerdowing abundance.
~ where the main trunk railroad-the
Nortbern PacIfic-crosses the Rocky Noun
tains, there are valleys and passes along
which the track can be laid almost as
cheaply as Oh the open prairie, aud the
snow falls are comparatively light. so that
winter distractions to the running of trains
Will be less numerous and di fiicuit to en-
counter than those on the Iowa and Hin
DIS rrairles, or than those which are met
on the New York and New ENGLAND rajl,
not Seven years, vii! elapsc before this
Titanic labor will be completed. The money
for the vast enterprise is almost the same
as secured. The materials, both Of wood
aud iron lie in unrivaled plenty along tie
line that is 20 be built. Forests, and cx-
haustless mines Of coal which will undoubt-
eddy be opened, will supply fuel. 4 tidal
wave of emigration, under the most en-
couragipg auspices, will furnish thousands
of laborers, while machinery of such power
adaptedness as has never before been APP
piled to railroad construction, will make toll
a pastlme, and enable the builders to lay
ten miles of the track in the time that has
heretofore baen occupied in laying one
mile
In addition to these great works, the
ST. Paul and Pacific railroad will be push
cd forward with all the expedition possible
to abundant capital and resources, and ur-
der the exterprIsing management of these
who now have 1t in charge.