, 1873-02-28

men may be preserved. Congress will doubtless
furnish Gen. Sheridan with all the means neces-
sary to protect tho men who are TO- build the
road: ..
= F1cu1 Col. c. II: Hazard We fearn the follow
ing facts Id relation to the present status, and
come OF the prospects and plans OF tho Com
pany:
The road which commences ut Duluth, is completed
westward to within few miles o1 the Missouri kls
trains will then be TO the Msso urt, distance OF
4s2 mica On the Pacific coast there in section ct
be Go!abIa Rser. 1ics;hward to Point w!tiin :een
miles OF Mympia In addition ia the r1it now II use the
NoEhern Pacific EatiEoa1 Company nov Own tho ns @ o.
property Of the Oregon 3.ean Navigation Company.
This Company also haze line Of steamers prepared
to connect with tho road ut the crossing on the. s
souri, which viii to the norhwcstwerd 600 miles,
and southward far as may pruTe profitable With
purchased nes the Company oEn nearly 900 miles Ct
valuable portions OF the State and #hen eli ia branch
complete, which, i. IL hoped, viii be done this
year IN evil le5 miles thel:n LAT yeas uasns, 1ad
Duluth to the Red River the State OF 3Innesota
The business done was unexpectedly Large. a. tfssns
river, That trade this year Till lie largely H.
creased b., tic freightage to and from Dontans, rid
Fort Benton, "hlea has annually amounted rot some
years past to nilors Of dollars. The steamers
on the Columbia have alw.ya dore very large and
profitable blsinesa and tile little branch road Of sixty
I've mics from kalama nor:hward toTard Puget
Sound will be fully occupied. All the government
transportation 10 the Northwest has been awarted to-
the Northern Pacific.
1t win not escape yo,r observation that y u,eans OF
our water routes and rail combined. the Northe1n
Pacific viii have this Of the advantages OF
even III this early history Of the ente
PRISE 1nasmuch as there rcmas only tho gap between
Fort Banon and The head Of navigation on Columbia
River to be traversed. This easlly be done this
senson by the mountain expresses, and It Is expected
before II Is over that he Company will be enabled
materially to close 1t.
But interruption has occurred this winter In the
fnn nj I'm Nrr4h IociNr $r4jrR he III
that blocknded trains everywhere throughout the
Northern States nso ndered the t1ans on tto North
opened, and has been kept ali the time before and
since. With reasonable precaut1on, such We have
used In Mnnesota IN the building Of snowfences, we
snow along the whole length of the route.
Tbs emigration upon the line Of the road during tho
prospect this year TINT it Vii be largely increased
WILL be interesting to You also. to know that spite OF
the ht money MARKET the sales Of bonds hase been
but is able to prosecute the work With
vtgor. 1ts income this year viii BE- itrgelJ increased
the business which has been referred TO- and BY the
sale Of its lands in Minnesota.
R1sKT LOT OF FREIGHT
recently laid exposed Oh the -Galeua Division
s;de-tracks, near Kiuzie street, Along with rome
miacB1laneous articles. it hllod box-car. In the
special lot there were about $50 cases shipped
railroad men known that each case contained
tuenty-fot1r pounds Of 11itro-g1ycerine, they
would not have handled the cases 80. careleasly.
The implements and tools thrown in with it
we're jumhed around quite unceremoniously;
II it had gone oil, several persons and buildings
would now be missing: Luckily it did not. In
regular course, the freight Was forwarded to
Lake Superior: Upon reaching Nega1nee-the~
terrninua Of the Northwestern Railway on
the route to Marquette---the Company's off,
cioua agent went emelling into the. car:
and made a discovery that hastened his exit and
sent him breathleasly after switch-engine to
run the car half mile out'of town: This safely
accomplished, the agent reported to bis superb
ors, who sharply wrote the shippe-,-a Mar
quettg miner, anxious to get his blasting power
IT little expense, danger not taken into account
--and informed him that il he did not promptly
remit the s1G0 difference between third-class
and nitro-glycerine freight, they would invite the
.P1osecuting- Attorney 70 step in and collect the
$4,000 fine TO which his fraudulent shipment
had rendered him Liable. His apologetio re-.
sponse is not yet. forthcoming: Mr. GloTer
stands ready, If the proof is furnished, to e1pe-
dite matters. '-----+' $3.50 - - -