Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-11-21
Present Condition OF The North pae;so
Railroad.
From the New York Tribune, Oct. 2e.

From the New York Tribune, Oct. as.
1t Is announced that BY the middle of M
yember his new road viii be completad tn ~.
| Missouri Eiver 452 miles west Of Duluth. Tbis
VIII be I'm addition Of 200 miles since Snrin[.
Trains have been running daily between D
luth, and the Red River since April lasi. ami
new rolling stock is ready to equip the eyIen'
sion.
On the Pacific side in Washington Te,ito,,y
q email section of rs miles has been some
time in operation. Forty miles more. of trarl
VIII be completed befole the close of the sea-
son. Adding the completed portion ON the
Pacl1c side to the Eastern section II oives
total OF 5l7 miles of track laid in little NOR
| than two years from the commencement NJ
work. When the delays encountered the first
year IN making the surveys and deciding on
I the best line through the forest region are
| considered, the result is marvellous. and
| attests the energy with which the work il
pushed forward. Some idea OF the work ac
compllshed will be conveyed by stating that
the finished portion OF the road in Novemhsr
will exceed III 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 llne across
the continent has proceeded with vigor Tho
exploring parties have fought q few scat1erlng
Indians, but have carried THEN surveys sncs
cessfully to the Yellowstone. The portion
of the road now in operation has a larua and
] Rod
River at Moorhead, from which point new
railroad is being constructed nortAward upthe
valley to Pembina where 1t Will meet and
join line now being built sou Inward from
Fort Garry It commands the eastward bound
freight and travel of the British settlements
| in Manitoba, and also Of the Hudson's Bay
Company. 1t is also the outlet of large por
| ton Of the grain grown in Minnesota.
When the contracts for this season are COM
pletCd, the Company will have q permanent
business in the great traffic of the Upper Mis-
souri, River, with all the Government trans
portatlon in the Northwest. A few miles be-
yond the point where the railway strikes tba
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 III 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 % degrees, to the populOus districts
IN Western Montana, in longitude 10 degrees
From this point westward it is about 400 miles
through the passes of the Rocky Mountains to
that portion Of the Columbia l.ger whence il
is naWgable 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
Governmont are at the same time rendered
habitable and salable. The landsa are situated on
either side of the line and principally con-
ssts Of excellent farming and with the pro-
ductiye soil characteristic of all the prairie
region. Settlers have already applied for more
than quarter OF a million OF acres The
Company has already begun the cancellation
of It's seven-thlrty first mortgage bonIs blythe
proceeds of its sales OF land, and Is accom-
plishlng its great work with the utmost sue.
cess and economy.
There is a prospect of large emigration Of
the tenant farmer class from England in the
coming Spring. One colony alone, recently
formed there, through It's pioneer agents, Sc
cared tract IN Clay County, Minnesota, Of
1876 900 acres directly on the line of railway
The intended settlement is to be named Yeo-
vii, after town in the West of England,
whence the majority Of the colonsts will
come. The first contingent OF this colony
numbers about 1000 the remainder will ol-
low III 1873.
The bureau having in charge the Land De-
partment 81 the road has built and furnished
convenient receptiOn-houses for the free ac-
commodation of intending settlers and their
families while engaged in selecting their farms.
One OF these is at Duluth. another at Brain
erd, where the road crosses the Mississippi,
and third at Moorhead, at the crossing of
the 1Ied river. IllgrantS used 10 truude
With their oX-carts over forlorn and desoate
prairies, and bivouac where the night found
them. 1t is quite different now. They are
carried III comfort to the very sites of their
future homes and the organization of the
system is such that they are protected from
imposition or spoliation from the time they
leave their old homes across the water till
they begin the foundation Of then new ones
under the sunset. Every able-bodied and in
dustrious man and woman who comes hther
mekes the nation richer and contributes to
the general prosperity and in ,hs view the
condition and prospects Of the road are
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