The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-09-06

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PROGRESS or THE NORTHERN PAcIP-
&c RAILROAD.
At this date august. 1872 regular
freight and passenger trains have been
running for six months on schedule
time over the main line of the North.
ern Pacific Road, from Duluth TO the
Eastern border of Dakota, 252 miles /;
the track is laid and construction
trains now run a considerable distance
westward across Dakota; three
fourths of the 200 miles, between
the Red river and the crossing of the
Missouri, is graded; track laying is
progressing at the rate of nearly two
miles day, and about the middle of
October the Road is 10 be completed
aud in operation to the Missouri river,
30 miles from the west line of Min.
ncsota, and 452 miles west of Lake
Superior. All material and equip
ment are purchased and ready for the
completion aud operation of this sec.
ton of the Road.
On the Pacific Coast, in Washing.
ton Territory, finished section of Is
miles has been in regular operation for
some months, and an additional ex.
tent of 4O miles is now approaching
completion-making 65 miles ut the
western end that will be in running
order the present season. This will
give a total of 5l7 miles of Road put
in operation in q. little more than
twcnty-four months from the date oi
beginning work. notwithstanding the
necessary delays Of the first year at.
tendant upon the prosecution Of thor.
ough preliminary surveys and the sc.
lection of the best line through n
densely wooded region.
A better idea of the real magnitude
of the work accomplished will be
conveyed by stating that the portion
of the Northern Pacific Road, now
approaching completion, is considera.
bly, longer than the New York Cen.
tral Railroad and its connecting lines,
extending from Albany, n. Y, to
Cleveland, Ohio; nearly as long as the
combined roads reaching from Port
land, Maine, through Boston, Provi-
dence. New Haven, New York, Phil.
adelphia and Baltimore to Washing.
ton; and almost one and halt times
the length OF an airline from London
to Glasgow.
In addition to this actual construc-
tion the work of surveying aud locat-
ing the entire line across the cont.
nent has been pushed with system
and vigor, summer aud winter; care
ful engineering, and the selection OF
the best of several possible lines, have
in many instances reduced the cost OF
construction considerably below the
original estimates. Continuous sur.
veys and examinations have been
made from Lake Superior to Puget
Sound, with the exception of short
section on the Yellowstone river,
which is now being surveyed. The
results of two years careful examina.
tions more than justify the Company's
expectations and statements regard
ing the favorable character of the
Valley Route to the Pacific-both in
respect to ease of railroad construc.
ton and operation and the good quail
ity of the country traversed by the
line. Exclusive of the sections al
ready completed or under construc.
tion, there are S36 miles now being
| finally located and prepared for con.
tract. This includes the section OF
226 miles, extending along the valleys
of Heart river and Glendive's creek,
from the crossing Of the Missouri in
Central Dakota, to the crossing of the
Yellowstone in Eastern Montana, and
the section between the mouth oi
Snake river and Lake Pend d'Oreille
west of the Rocky Mountains.
The completion Of this seasons con.
tracts, will give the Road immediate
and permanent control of the very
large and profitable traffic of the Up
per Missouri river. including the Gov
ernment transportation in the North
west. A short distance above the
point where the Road strikes the
Missouri, the latter bends to the west,
Ch' yiuS nav doic Wdtci way 1,ooO
miles. from the railroad crossing to
the foot of the Rocky Mountain di.
vide, at Fort Benton, in Western
Montana. As many as th;rty-three
steamers have been employed in a
single season, to accommodate the
trade of these upper waters. Thus,
on the opening Of navigation next
spring, there will be direct east and
west line f6r travel and transportation
part river and part rail-from st.
Paul and Lake Superior, in longitude
90 degrees, to the populous portion
of Western Montana, in longitude
110 degrees. From Fort Benton
westward across the summit, it is less
than 400 miles to the head of reliable
and constant steam navigation on the
Columbia, which river carries this
natural highway to the Pacific ocean
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