The St. Cloud journal., 1870-01-27
THE NOlsrHERNiI : PACIFIC Rail-
90, s;f ROAD, ,',r ,:... hfst.

As bur readers generally fat aarte interest:
I'D In everything tkat pertains to the !
construction Of this important thor:
ve5 compile eser!y S'd! thing that
h.. btsnui Feeeiveao 'by Exchanges e44ottIn& y and
by telegraph during Tie pa.t wee " I
A washlagtodfi fcotrespohiaadnnt' ii the
St. Paul Pioneer xfitess::' "The, North
ero Pacific Railroad is requiring &c irii9' some
wire pulling: 1ttis aassseirttsd IS itd tbabt* tie
road Yin actually be eomdmles6cettd| early
n MAf1h'i1 the' vicinity o,f Tie Dallees,
and p6sk vet to lie Missouri; Misea 9a; Crossing
the Mississippi above c,ow. Wing and
. branch t. run TO- Minneapolis via St.,
Cloud; but 7 won't vouch FOR the truth
of the rumor, !; particularly tho latter
part. No doubt the main liue will be.
commenced ea,ly in the spring" This
correspondent states that Hon. H. ~
Rice IS in Washington in The interests
Of the Northern Pacific. !.
A Now York dispatch Of. f.'' the .3o!h q
:*1y.ll street has been thrown 10,
to !. state q icbrile excitement BY Tie
disou siioalss iiq regard 70 ,':ih he bringing
out Of the Northern Pac6c Railroad
company 5: boads. Tic large: amount
Of money required (: BY the Northern
Pacific railroad scheme i, creating an
uneasy feeling among capitalists. :, The
absorption ,:of 800, 100000 to $780,;
ooo,o00 in another Pacific railroad
through about ,'n ( 1000 miles q, !. country IL
- yet Inhabited !;a' ! only by 5000 Indiana
and /. few trappers is much discussed
in financial circles. The 200 miles 10
Minnesota, for for, which wealthy firm.
have already subscribed, will b.. .
benefit % Minnesota, and probably
eventually ~! profitable Edi D, to the, investors,
who, being wealthy, can =. ,tla afford to. j, ~.it
until the line !y!.!s rys!..!qshes. q paying p9iqt.''
Another dispatch dig pesh Of tho same dat.
is valuable chiefly FIR its remarkable
geographical, information: "A report
on Wall q ssttset ps says the Northern Paci
ho r.il1re.d i1e propose to use $50 mile, %
tho Lake A4ie Superior Sp and Mississippi road
from Duluth DLylulla north OF Crow river, iron
the wilderness at Otter Tail Ike, 4 ,au,
reaching tie Red River OF tho, ;No,'l
At Fort Aa.beEcromb,e.".,i ,y.. ..*..:,
A dispatch Of the 22l states ,that,
meeting Of persons interested In tn
Northern Pacific, Railroad was held i
New York tho previous day, aud ths
the general expression, was, that: tn
work, should be, pushed forward viz
orous|y in the spliug,,A..to5 -,.:,r..
The St. Paul Press makes a cove,
attack upon Congressional aid beio
given to the Northern Pacific, in a
article intended specially to benefit tn
scheme for railroad .doxn the Re
River, in which St.. Paul feels more j,
terc'ted than; 10 the Northern Pacifi
We had intended making some. con
menh on this iu4 the presaut issu
but space fo1bids.
The Minneapolis Tribune says tn
Major Brsoket, Of that city, has fitte
oot four parties for Gen. Ira Spaoldiu
and COL ". II. Owen, of the N. p. ]
H., with the necessary animals aau
supplies for making now survey
These parties consist of sixteen IN
each One party left St. Cloud syeste
day morning, under Mr.. G. II. Also
They will 60 atovo Grow Wing, an
run line toward Lake Superior furt1
er north than any yet surveyed. su
veys will be made by the other parti
through the same locality, and u
from point on the Lake Superior a,
Mississippi Railroad easterly throus
Wisconsin, with viow to en outlet
that ditec,i, a.. .....