Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-06-07
NUMBER so.
Correspondence Of the Free Press and Times.
a Journey to Minnesota.
BRAIyERp. Minn.. My lG

EdIior o. The Free Press & Tines;
After many congratulations and God-,peels
from kind friends (which, although well inteal-
ed, are like the cheering words Of kind surgeon
ezsming your fractured limb, e he can nake a
nice job Of it, take it off low down, make splen
did stump, the knee action will be all right, ="
while the victim is thinking only of the foot he is
/ to lose,) l found ny face turned tosarls the
setting sun.
THE GRAND raUxK
/ came over the Grand Trunk and was much
pleased with the great improvement since was
last over it Us months riuce). The ;owns
along the line sre fairly waking up,
shaking of their squslil appearance
and look quite Ike Yankee towns, and
l believe that il the Grand Trunk was S narrow
gusge ROAD it would nov be paying one Be
sites the great expense of maintaining the road
way Of broad guage road. there Is constant
expense Of hauling much larger percentage
Of dead weight. For instance, the freight cars
which are built to carry the zane tonnage ss the
narrow ones weigh one quarter more, sal the
engines have to be built in the same proportion.
20 that you not only have this ezra weight to
d
Of hauling \ train Of % CATS on the Graa1
Trunk has to haul st least 50 toEs more
than the Vermont Central, to carry the zane
amount, viz 300 tons, which you will see is =
heavy percentage against the broad roads tbs
ig 8 question which must in future lie practical
ly demonstrated, .s to what width will be the
most profitable for the mAin lines OF this country.
The NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
At St Psul one feels that he has found the
Northern Pa,iic r4i,oad He sc tae large signs,
Northern Pacihs shops, Hortaarn Pacific land
Office, AMI trains Of new cars going forwarI
Every one is busy. No hustle or confusion, ha,
a feeling Of strength, and /, seems more Ike ;he
old army times when every thing W4s going 20
the front without any one seemingly knowing
where or shy, and you have q feeling that goa
NUT fall /. or get ont of the way.
DULUTH.
At Du.a;h are being constru,.el whar seems
immense works, under the mans cement of En-
gineer Col Cav. Mianes5ts Po.at, which vas
formei by the mud from the s.. Louis river
meeting the heavy sea If the laze, is only aoout
. one fourth .f mile wide .ni az miles long,
which gives a magnificent hsrbo- when once
behind IL. The old channel wss oT the s.. Louis
river arouni the end OF the 20 nj, but canal
iocss Iae distance from M,ure,ota Point
90 The south enI c.: the docks on Rice
Point is 3 81 mi.es with depth Of ls0 fle;, ihe
whole distance, AMI room % all aui make them
as vide IS they desire. There Is llso % be three
pie7s running eas; from Rice Point, hal; nile
long each agl 50 fee- wide The piles are all
driven and the whole work is beng pushel
rapidly forward Tracks Viii be placed to sll
points, making the most c1muCliCls snI com
piete arrangement for doing business tbAt have
ever seen. This seems Ike great preparations
for new country, but there are n0E fifteen
steImers that run % Duluth regularly, All it i8
only lj5 miles % St Psul. s.Eins- 33J from
Milwaukee. a1i the Northern Pacific sre 70 lay
this summer, $50 miles Of i5ln al. Of which CONES
via Duluth. twill be readily sen that room
mus; he proyilel for e. much business.
FROM DULUTH 10 ST. PAUL.
Ia leaving Duluth yoa f1l.ov Up the ST. L12.s
river which IL navigable to Fond ID Lac, a.
Old Iniian trsling post, established, il is said,
in 1855, Il was not, them From there TO
Thompson's. si-h, miles, you rise -0J feet. The
bed OF the river Is = szui5-ore, with layers
running Up s;resm. The river cones flaming
down over the elges Of the rock. making one OF
the most scl.iinz Jurbuisl. streams hsve Cve-
seen, one that would be wiiI. even .u
New England From this po.u- wes- 10 tha
Missouri river il is q leve. country where there
are nc heavy crsies OF bad curves, AMI full
trains can run zut move along with 81 ease that
i unknown in New Eng.aui. The ir0n, carE
and engines are al rev AMI o. The very best
1uslity. The r1ai bel VITA very feE ezcep-
lions is first class anl taking II altogether
looks like business Z. W. q.