, 1872-12-03
The Iron Rail Laid to Lake Superior.
The Iron Regions Opened Yesterday from
Chicago by Rail.
The First Arrival in Chicago Over the
Milwaukee Il St. Paul.
a New Cutoff from Jefferson on the
G. & N. N. R. ",

Yhe Menomlnee extension Of the Chicago
Northwestern Ri 'ulway, supplying the link neces
! sary to form dnrect au-rai1 line between Chi
cago aud Lake Superior, WAS completed yester
| day. When it is remembered that the extraor
dinary demand for iron, and the exhaustion o
former sources Of supply have caused the heayi
! est iron manufacturers of the country to resor
! to the Lake Superior region for the ore neces
| eary to keep their furnaces at work, the impor
tance Of the new line will be readily appreciated
During the current ear, the utmost resources
Of the Northwt ,stern Company were
| taxed to transport the half a million Of tons
Of ore shipped from .Escanaba up to date. From
this item alone, the incomplete Peninsula Di-
vision yielded an ANNUAL income to the North.
western Company Of 3600,000. During the COM
ing year, one firm, mot hitherto in the field con.
tract to ship over TO-, 600 tons. The shipments,
previously suspended during the close Of naqiga-
tion, will now be continued throughout the win
ter The line will be opened for buKiness the
last Of this month, thus saving to the Company
the valuable land-grant dependent upon the
completion Of this liHb this year.
Tho branch lines from Stanwood, on the Iowa
Division, to Tipton-a distance Of 81 miles
ami from Geneva to Bataviar-3 5 miles-were
opened yesterday. The Madison Extension
1873 miles long-is nearly completed,
and the junction with the West Wis
consfn Railroad at Elroy having been effected,
thror, h line to st. Paul, superbly equipped,
will be- O oened in a few days. The extensions
and new ines projected and already completed
this year Id over 400 miles to the Northwestern,
giving it d + 1tal of about 1000 miles of road.
FINAL co.aa. ELTON OF THE MILWAUKEE AND ST,
PAUL RAILWAY.
The prese>rze upon our space allows only the
1r;ef mentiora OF the Important event that
ferrW and party arrived in this
CITY in the first ca through over the new Mil
waukse t. st. Psul Railway, renching the pres
ent terminus at l. 10 Companys new freight
house On Kinzie street, greatly satis~
fed at the ra 'u1t With which the
to bs pleased. The ne> line is laid throughout
with steel rails, and is 0. 1e Of the best built 1T
will be one OF the best quipped, roads in the
United States. The Com pany have their share
of the right Of way secure d, and it only needs
the completion Of the action begun BY the Penn
Bylvania Road to bring the Milwaukee, d St.
nsa Tbe9e Een asp
intends to build the magnificent worlds wonder
Of passenger house next yeaE. The Mlwau-
kee d St. Paul is no baby railway that
will have an infancy and teething experience,
but comes in the peer in strength and promise
Of any line lending out OF Chicago. It will not
be opened l'or passenger business for some
weeks to coms. J
11Ew RAILWAY CUTOFF.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway have /
nearly completed q new cutoff track, eight |
niles west Of tho city, five miles in length, de-
signed to bring the trains Of the Wisconsin Di-
ialena track, and 80 into tho city on kinrzis |
3tFeet.