, 1873-01-11
ST. PAUL..
Growth and Statistics Of the
City.
The Railroad System Of minnesota.
Spetids Coreapont'tnec a Tho Chicago Tribune.
Gr. PAUL, Jan. (, 1878.

CIR Itl1ff Tan, y
oun CITY.
In the year 1913, tho manhattan NJ t1ia c,tv
was ucarcolv 500: in 1so5' Int N mo, now n ~.
ceoa M ma, nu1diro st,+,.t;og a,,,n oao ,,,,,1J-
lima oreatea t,nrInc liz loat voor NJ ar ovorono
cost Of 81, ,75o-tho totn1 ho;nr 40 ato 4a7 an
amount aroator thnn N1t1wo,,noo oyncni1c;1 for
tho same purpose, Tho population Of tho etato.
hv tbo Inst cansua waa Inv ann th.t -, a.
Paul, %, 600. Bearing in mind t,,o veat aran of
tie State. tho ratjo Iotwoon thu f1onrcs pvcn
clearly show tho importance Of Ills Young mo-
tropoIis.
"Our spocial correspondents. tourists. and
ploasuro-scokorg iaye too ofton orto1tei Tim
heo,,tv of a. ponra arrrourdinoa !, ,nn,,o u
- ~ .u't""1,''l4se ~ ti'"Ao y, ~
nccoss"ls Ill tl,'b a'''o1o 10 aosoant upon IL +;
Htill, tt is hard for my lover oil Nature to ro-
preas hfg glowing foolings and rapture ut
quaint old "Snolline. :" hftnnobaha. tho
,okoa ,oat,;no IT. tho o,r,, - t,a x,~oo,,-
.""oa ps'nb ,',un ~ NV "lHls VI .no si''.
fonoa tiie' una tno endless plaeos OF reaoft anti
natural beauty TINT environ the Capital City.
tho Mississippi, which, Mt tnia point zoos boil
Inc nvcr n ioaoo ~ rnc, mol;nr n fo,1 ~ 10
.os4 s 49, s ' 'e r. M y.
loeh-1nu posaeSsof u ono or 'ho nnoSe anu
mott available Tater-powors in tho world, stands
N"o
AAAA Nt AAEH41nESAl0f
with population Of q, 900 inhabitnnts. It ie
henrt,fu1 and ontornriainc, citv 5o,,o , mann.
faot,,r;o ,,,a;nooa ~ ~an;11x, ;,oroo.;,r
6 .,a"o 0"e'A'''' " t"p'o'5 i''sAo0o'A'e p'o'ol-
tons' ...
Tho territory botvoon tlloso two not rival cticB
is loycl md beautiful country, admirably
adante1 for hrood rvo,,,oa snf, ortona,vo ,,or1,.
,rho s.,to To;. nro,,n1, ns;~;ss. non,' 49, 49,,
o oIa,o 1a" o'''''o' Ot4ti.s taf"' .lo
three hotela are now located on this intervening
tract n 4I,n T,f1fdfn1a rf fpty
formerly located ut Rod Wing. hayo rccontlv
1ocdoa +o ,ocort s ooroa -, "a - tlo,,,
noro tos on'1oa '"Nu a .t' " 'Ao.u ~
noie lux coltose-eronhas, n4a WILL IN
of tho institution, Of cost Of 100000,
The Cbicnro. AIilwnuknn {, St. pnni md +ho
st. Paul i; Pacific nailroads now connect tl,oso
two citiou, over which roads ton trains aro run
daily each way.
a charter las boon obtained md a corporation
formed under tho namo Of tho st. Paul II Min
neapollB Air Limo Rnroad, which will connect
with the stroot-railway gyatonlB Of both cities,
and afford tho utmost facility for intcrcomnuni-
cation. The soors of both citioB predict that,
have met md tic enc absorbed tho other, aud
ST. Paul, with ono mighty leap, lnyo become d
city Of 100000 inhnbitants, to tho surprise aud
nstoniRhmont Of tho moro conservative Eastern
cities.
sr. PAUL
ia tho distributing point for Minnesota, West
Wisconsin md Dnkntn rt'o,r;torv Itnoyar will
neither ioon ii asniro to. bscomo tho riyni
of Chicaro. It ia too far remoyod from tl,o
Garden Gity T. If feel is influence; too hghy
come tributary and dependent upon any city.
Almost as noar to Tie Eaat by water o. CI;caeo'
viu Duluth and Lake Superior. md poBaogsing2
tho advantage Of cheap transportation to al
uointa GouLL I'm the hi;aBaainpi. lin St. pnttl
merchant ] is ablo to % obooso lis mar}et I md Ind avail
h;rsc1f NJ a11 fiucf,atona 1, n;no tl,9t nav av