The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1871-03-18
The Northern Pacific Railroad.

The Northern Pacific Railroad.
The second highway across the con-
tinent is now in full process Of cene
struction. Last July. CONTRACTS were
let fer the building of the Eastern divi-
sion, reaching across the State of Mimi
esota from Duluth, at the head of Lake
Superior, 24O miles to the crossing of
the Red River Of the North With
several thousand naer employed, the
grading cn this section is fast approach
ing completion, and the iron is being
laid at the rate of one or two miles a
day. In the meantime engineers are
locating the line westward through cen
trail Dakota preparations are ceniplet-
ed for the eof:atrehceihent of work at
the Pacific end next spring, and there
after the work of construction will be
prosecuted from both extremities to
wards the centre.
In edition TO this the Northern Pa
ciic Company have recently purchased
and practically consolidated with their
own line the st. Paul and Pacific Rail.
road, embracing some 800 miles Of fin
ished read in Minnesota, Oh With a
prosperous bteinsss Is already doing
l.
tween conflicting interests, and practi
cally makes st. Paul one terminus of
the great Northern road Tho North
ern Pacific reil.oai system is certainly
assuming a business like form and com
prehensive proportions. Obviously it's
projectors do not intend to build sim
pie trunk road from east to west, and
then to wait for profitable traffic 70
come to it. On the contrary they are
at the e,ttset securing such connections
aid alliances with the chief lines of wa
ter communication, and with the rail
road systems of,she Atlantic and Pacific
States, as cannot fail to bring to it, in
addition to its local business. large
and increasing share Gf carrying trade
ftoin ocean TO ocean
At Duluth one arm meets the com
merce of the Lakes and the ST. Law
renee at ST. Paul tie other eastern
arm c5nhecIs with the commerce of the
Mississippi river and it's tributaries.
and with the railroads of the central
and eastern States, connecting at Chi
: cago These two arms will unite in
Western Minnesota, From t,ie POINT
, of junction third btaaeh will extend
to Pen,b;na On the British border, and
the trunk line traverse central Dakota.
following the now famous Yellowstone
Valley through Montana. Near the
) boundary Of Idaho The road will again
, b-.ttci--one arm following down the
! valley OF the Columbia to tide water at
Portland, Oregon; the other striking
J directly across the Cascade range to
! the main terminus on Puget Sound. A
North and South branch will also con.
5 meet TIE Puget Sound terminus With
: that al Pertland It the latter point
= connection is made with the coast lines
1 of road now building southwark
through Oregon and California. Both
at Portland and Puget Sound the road
t will tap the cOastwise enS foreign trade
of the Pacift Ocean.
, Inc chief advantages peculiar to the
| Northern Pacific route are believed tc
, be these Il. 1t reduces the distance
, between London and Chinese port by
: the trans continental route at least
| 1,400 miles, In traverses a belt OF
2 States and Territories admirably adapt
Z e by fertility of soil, 1nildness Of TEN
! perature, and equal disttlbhtidn OF
moisture to Profitable agriculture. s.
2 Its elevation in the mountain region is
I 5000 feet less than that of other lines.
: resulting in a diminished snowfall. a
mild climate, and far easier gradients
= o. At convenient intervals it intersects
= numerous navigable streams-such as
e the Columbia, the Cowlitz, the yellow
4 stone, the Missouri, the red and the
, Mississippi which drain a vast region
Y end viii serve as feeders to the road
t Z. 1t Will partake of the character o.
S an international route, permanently
S controlling the carrying trade of Brit
= lsh America erd rendering the impor
= taHt colonies north of the boundary.
and west OF Lake Superior commerce.
ally tributary to our Northwestern
States
Already it is stated that settlers are
To- rapidly crowding to. the line of the
g Northern Pacific Road In the New
o. Northwest, and Judging from what il
4 known OF the plans adopted fer pro
: noting the settlement ai4d Development
{ through emigration and colonization, o.
the belt Of the States and Territories
t tributary to the line-there would seen
4 to be no doubt that the corporation
? upon which the Government has CONFER
l ed this great trust, IS determined tc
2 make the enterprise not only financially
sound, but greatly and permanently
, beneficial to the whole country. With
It's muniticent endowment of fertile
; lands, with the natural advantages this
: route enjoys, and with the far sighted
policy already inaugurated, great
commercial project could hardly start
under better auspices or with greater
assurance of success.
Frightful Occurrence in London. "A
TrapeZe Accident.
The visitors at the Adelphi Music
Hall at Oldham seem to have had an
unusual treat a few evenings since. It