The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-22
LRxeseut-Ceudition Of the North Pacific
- Railroad.

OF the North Pacific
- Railroad.
From the Now York Tribune. Oct. d.
Il il. announced that by the middle OF NO
yember this new road will be completed to the
Missouri river, 452 miles west OF Duluth. This
be an addition Of 200 miles since spring. |
Trains have been running daily between Do
luth and the Red river since April last, ana
new rolling stock is ready to equip the extern
sion. -
On the Pacific side in Washington Territory
q small section Of IS miles has been some
time in operation. Forty miles more OF track
will be completed before the close Of the sea-
son. Adding the completed portion on the
Pacific side to the Eastern section, it gives
a total of SAT miles Of track laid in little more
than two years from the commencement OF
work. When the delays encountered the tirst
years in making the surveys and deciding on
the best line through the forest region are
considered, the result is marvellous, and
attests the energy with which the work Is
pushed forward. Some idea of the work nc.
connpiished will be conveyed by stating that
the finished portion of the road in November
viii exceed 10. length the New York Central,
with all its lateral and branch lines included.
Besides the actual construction, the work OF
surveying and locating the entire line across
the continent has proceeded with vigor. The
exploring parties have fought q few scattering
Indians, but have carried their surveys sue
cessfully to the Yellowstone. h portion
of the road now in operation has q large and
increasing local traffic: 1t intersects the Red
river at MoorheId, from which point q new
railroad Is being constructed northward up
the valley to Pembina, where it will meet and
Join o line now being built southwark from
Fort Garry. 1t commands the eastward bound
freight and travel of the British settlements
in Manitoba, and also of the Hudson's Bay
| Company. IT is also the outlet of q large por-
ton Of the grain grown in Minnesota.
When the contracts for this season are COM
| pleted, the Company will have q permanent
business in the great traffic OF the Upper Mis-
| souri, river, with all the Government trans
| portation in the Northwest. A few miles be-
yond the point where the railway strikes the
| Missouri the river bends to the westward, and
is navigable for steamboats, for 1000 miles of
water way from the railroad crossing to Fort
Benton. Atthe foot of the Rocky Mountains,
In Westernl Montana, nearly forty steamers
are employed during the season in the trade
of these upper waters.
In April next, at the opening Of navigation,
there will be direct communication, east and
west, by rail and river. from Lake Superior, in
longitude 80 degrees, to the populous dis
tricts, in Western Montana, in longitude Ito
degrees. From this point westward it is about
400 miles through the passes Of the Rocky
1 AuOult " thdt BpAtoh VI ~
river whence it is navigable to the Pacific.
The finished sections of road entitle the
Company to about ten million acres Of land,
granted by the Government, constituting an
area about twice the extent of Massachusetts.
Ten million contiguous acres belonging TO the
Government are at the same time rendered
habitable and salable. The lands are situated
on either side Of the line, and principally con.
sist Of excellent farming land, with the pro-
ductive soil characteristic of all the prairie
region. Settlers have already applied for more
than q quarter Of a million of acres. The
Company has already begun the cancellation
of its seven-thirty first mortgage bonds by the
proceeds of its sales of land, and is accom-
plishiDg its great work with the utmost sue
cess and economy.
There is a prospect Of a large emigration OF
the tenant farmer class from England i'll the
coming Spring. One colony alone, recent,
formed there, through its pioneer agents, Sc
cured q tract in Clay county, Minnesota. Of
1856, 600 acres directly on the line of railway
The intended settlement liz to be named Yed
wi, after Q OWL in the West of England
whence the majority Of the colonists vii
come. The first contingent OF this colon,
numbers about 2 200; the remainder will fol
low in 1873.
The bureau having in charge the Land De
partment Of the road has built and furnished
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for the free &c
COuuTlOudtlOn VI uttulluH scltietb anu tntl
families while engaged in selecting their farms
One of these is at Duluth, another at Brain
erd where the road crosses the Mississippi
and q third at Moorhead, ut the crossing o
he Red river. EmIgrants used to trundi,
witt: their ox-carts over forlorn and desolat'
prairies, and bivouac where the night fonn'
them. 1t is quite different Iow. They ar,
carried in comfort to the very Hites Of thei
future homes,-and the organization OF tn
system is such that they are protected iron
imposition or spoliation from the time the,
leave their old homes across the water I'll
they begin the foundation Of their new one
under the sunset. Every abie-bodied and in
dustrious man aud woman who comes hitlie
makes the nation richer and contributes (
the general prosperity, and in this view tn
condition and prospects Of the road are
source Of legitimate congratulation.
ADvIcss from the Norwegian explo,
ing expedition tend to confirm the the
DRY of an open Polar sea. The explor
ers went as far as the S0th parallel
found the seas to the northward clea
of ice, and indications of powerful
ocean currents which it is thought KEEP
them so.
The SUCCESSFUL PnYsIcIAN.-Dr. J
Walker is achieving all eminent distinc
ton as a benefactor Of his species. Som,
stigmatize all patent medicines with tn
odious epithet of quackery. But Dr.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTER
have the Endorsement of the medica
profession. The editor can conscien
tiously and cordially recommend tn,
medicine, because he knows he haI
found great benefit FROM its use. Fol-