The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-11-30
Present Condition of the North Pae fie
RailrDlI.
From the New York Tribune, Oct. 26

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1t is announced that by the middle OF No
vember this new road viii be COMPLETED 10 the
Missouri River. 152 miles west of Duluth This
will be an edition of 200 miles since Spring
Trains have been running daily between Du-
luth and the Red River since April last and
new rolling stock Is ready to equip the extern
sion.
On the Pacific side in Washington Territory
small section of . miles has hecn some
time in operation. Forty miles more of track
viii be completed before the close OF the sea
son. Adding the completed portion on the
Faclhe side TO the Eastern section, it givgs
total OF 5l7 miles oil track lad in little more
than two years Gom the commencement OF
work. When the delays encountered the first
year 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 il
pushed forward. Some idrs O. he work &C
compllshed VIII be conveyed by stating that
| the finished portion Of the road IN November
will exceed IN 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 7igor. The
exploring parties have fought a few scattering
| Indians, but have carried their surveys sue
cessfully to the Yellowstone. The portion
of the road now In operation has a large and
increasing local traffic. L intefsocts the Red
| River at MooThcad, from which point new
ralifoad Is being constructed northward up the
valley to Pemhina, where it viii meet and
join line BOW being built southwark from
Fort Garry. 1t commands the eastward Bound
| freight and travel nf thH british settlements
IN Manitoba and also of the HudsCn's Bay
Company. 1t Is also the outlet of large por-
lion of the grain grown in Mime sofa.
| When the contracts for this season are COM
| pleted, the Company will have a permanent
| business in the great traffic IF the Upper Mis-
r.rtTI Ifyrars al
| portatl"n in The Northwest. few miles be-
| vGu't the point where the railway strikes the
| Missouri the river bends to the westward and
| l. navlgable for steamboats, for coo miles Of
water way from the railroad crossing to Fort
| Benton. At the foot OF the ROshv Mountains
/ IN Western Montana. neatly forty steamers are
employed '"r'n5 the season in the trade of
| theTt 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 populc:.s districts
| IN western Montana, IN longitude 10 degrees.
! FIR, n his point westward it Is about 400 miles
| through the passes of the Rocky Mountains to
that portion of the Columbia River whence it
is navIgablG 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 art nj the Same time rendered
hahltable and salablc. The lands are situated OF
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
! tha" a quarter of million of acres. The
Company has already begun the cancella ior
of its sCven-thirty first mortgage bonds by the
proceeds OF its sal : of land, and is accom-
piistIinE its great worii with the utmost sue
cess and economy.
| There is prospect OF a large emigration o
the tenant farmer class from England IN tn,
coming Spring. One colony aiOue recently
formed there, through its pioneer agents, Sc
cured tract IN Clay County, MINES tn, o
1S5,H0 acres directly on the line OF railway
The intended settlement Is to be named Yeo
WI, after town IN the West OF England
whence the majority of the colonists vii
come The first contingent of this colon,
numbers about 1900; the remainder viii fol
low III 1873.
The bureau having in charge the Land De
partment Of the road has quilt and furnished
convenient reCcption-houses for the free ac
Commodation of intending settlers and thei
families while cncagedi IL selecting their farms
One OF these Is Al Duluth, another at Brain
| eTd, whore the road crosses the Mississippi
and a tlird at Moorhead, at the crossing o
the Red River. EmIgTaBts used 10 truudl,
with their oX-CaCts over forlorn aud desolat,
pTaiueS. and Inv udc where the night iuuu,
them. II i quite different now. They az,
carried IN comfort to the very sites Of then
future homes.-and the organization of TIM
system Is such that they are protected f-un
/, imposition OF SpohatIon 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 III
: dustrlous man and woman who comes hithc
, makes the nation richer and contributes L
, the general prosperity, and IN this view tn
condition ana prospects of the UoSd are
source OF legitimate cougraiuiaticn.