The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-11-22

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} London Letter TO the Boston Courier.
Present Condition Of the North Pacif]
Railroad.
Prom the New York Tribune. Oct. a.
1t is announced that by the middle Of NJ
vember tins new road will be completed to I'll
Mssoun River, 452 miles west of Duluth
luis wiii % an addition Of 200 miles zinc
spring. Trains have been running daily he
tween Duluth and the Red River since Abr;
the extension. H~'i
On the Pacific side in Washington Territor,
small section Of rs miles has been som.
unie ID operation. Forty miles more Of tract
VIII be completed before the close of the ses,
son: Adding the completed portion on the
facihc side to the Eastern section, il gives ,
total OF 5l7 miles of track laid in little more
IMAM two years from the commencement of nc
work: When the delays encountered the first
year IN maxim the surveys and deciding on the
Des. me through the forest region are con-
sidered, the result il marvellous, and sttests
the energy with which the work is pushed for
ward. Some idea of the work accomplished
VIII be conveyed by stating that the finished
portton OF the road in November will excead
10 length the New York Central, with ali its
lateral and branch lines included.
BESIDES the actual construction, the work of
surveying aud locating the entire line ACROSS
the continent has proceeded with vigor. The
exploring parties nave fought few scattering
Ahoiana, but have carried their SURVEYS suc.
cessfuily to the Yellowstone. The portion of
sne road now IN operation has large and in
ecreasine local traffic. It intersects the Red
River 1t Moorhead, from which point : nav
railroad is being constructed northward mn the
valley to PembiLo, where il will meet and ioin
Z me now being built southwark from Fort
1aIry. IL commands the eastward bound
freight and travel Of the British settlements
N Manitoba, and also Of the Hudson Bav
=. company. It II Also the outlet Of large por-
ton OF the grain grown in Minnesota.
When the contracts for this season are conn
pieted. the Company will have q perman ant
business In the great traffic Of the Upper Mis-
sour 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. At the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
In western 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 ana |
west. by rail and river, from Lake Superior. ia
longitude w degrees, to the populous districts |
70 western Montana. in longitude ITO degrees.
from this point westward 1t is about 400 miles |
through the passes Of the Rocky Mountains to 4
that portion Of the Columbia River whence il |
. navigable to the Pacific.
The finished sections of road entitle tbe
company to about ten million acres of land
'aDted by the Government, constituting an
Yea about twice tine extent Of Massac husctts.
len million contiguous acres belonging to the
government are at the same time rendered
labitable and salable. The lands are situated
- either side OF the line, and principally con-
Isl OF excellent farming lind, with the pro-
uctive soil -hars cterestic Of Il the prair',
eglon. Settlers have alrea spilled for
1ore than quarter Of q million OF acres.
ne Company has already begun the capceIla-
ION OF its seven-thirty first mortgage bonds
the proceeds Of its sales Of land, and il &C.
emphasizing its great work with the utmost ,
access and economy.
There Is prospect Of large emigra ion Of
1e tenant farmer class from England in the
omlng spnng. One colony alone recently | I
'rmed there, through its pioneer agents. se-
ired . tract in Clay county. Minnesota, of l
., oO0 acres directly on the line Of railway.
ne intended settlement Is to be named Yeo-
!, after . town in tho West OF England.
hence the majority Of the colonists will come.
he first contingent Of this colony numbers ,,
,0ut :, 900; the remainder will follow in 1873. G
The bureau having in charge the Land De- .
lrtment Of the road has built and furnished
reception-houses for the free ac-
OF intending settlers and their Il
miles while engagedin selecting their farms. 2
ne OF these Is 1t Duluth, another at Brainerd. q
here the road crosses the Mississippi, and n
ird at Moorhead, at the crossing OF the Red Il
ver. Emigrants used to trundle with their y
'-carts over forlorn and desolate prairies. :,
ID bivouac where the night found them. Il q
quite different now. They are carried in
mfort to the very sites Of their future
'mes-and the organization Of the system is
oh that they are protected from imposition
spoliation from the time they leave their v
homes across the water till they begin the
undation OF their new ones under the sun
I. Every able-bsdied and industrious man
d woman who comes luther makes the ma :.
m richer aid contributes to the general ~
osperity, and in this view the condition and y,
aspects Of the road are source Of legiti- al
tie congratulation.
A MOST remarkable and determined
Sc of suicide occurred in Davenport,