The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-02-12

AVAN 1SSA - w - ~
Its Necessity, Object, The Country
Through Which it is to Pass, the
Business it can do and Prospects
Of Success.
The comp my was organized in Feb.
1873, and an enabling act authorizing
the towns aud counties contiguous to
It's line to v,;e bonds in aid Of it, Con.
struction, passed by the Legislature OF
that year. The incorp"rators are ali
Mi"n.so,isns. Interested largely i"
property, aud business along the prop
crty, aud business along the pr"posed
liue aud many Of them are practica.
railroad men acquainted with all Of
the difficulties of such enterprises.
That they have faith is at least good
| reason why it should receive the care
tul attention Ut the people who may
he ca led upon fur aid, and VIII" are t"
receive the benefits aris,uy from its
c,ns, ruction N" one should hastily
c'.udam" before studying the subject
~ all its relatmns as u business en-
,crpr;se. as general benefit to thu
State at large, in it's influence up""
freight rates On o,her raIlro IDS. aud
u IFS benefits to the Immediate loc III.
ties through which it may pas
It. is not our i",c"tio" to >pecify i"
d,al / all Of the good to be obtained by
,nch "a road, but merely to touch up !"
few vi the m"re imp"rta"t results;
The people Of each locality ca" readily
investigate i,s relation t" them selves.
aud cnu,uerate in their own m,"is the
numerous local ard general ben, f $.
Tn. great f"aI "bj-c is to c.'""ec'
he nav,sab.e waters Of Lake Superior
at Duluth with thuse of the Missouri,
It Yanktou. OF the success Ut the
road as the shortest through line De-
tween these two imp"rtant business
cc"ters. it is o"ly necessary to state
that bu,hel OF wheat or other produce
Is worth as much Or more ut Duluth
than at Chicago, that Lake fre'gh,s
are as cheap to eastern markets, that
Ya"kton is one hundred mills neare,
than to Chicago, aud that Ya"kto"
now is, aud in the t0ure is to be the
business center of mpre than two hun
dred thousand square miles Of territory
Of the M.>s"u,, aud its tributaries.
naviy.ble large part Of the year, aud
that it is bccom'ns the nucleus Of the
railroad system Of the Upper Missouri.
Its more in'med, tie object, aud the one
which Interests Us the most, Is to fur
uish a great aud c"nvenieut N ,rket tor
the great lumber districts. aud To sup
ply the lumber necessities aud furnish
! better grain market to the south
Western pat vi this State, aud to these
W, objrcts We would respectfully cali
. t-nsivn more in detail
We viii suppose his liae to run very
early as fo lows: from la"k'o" ="
DMu'h b. way "t Ma'>h.Ii, K dw""
Fails Luch6eid and ST. Cloud. fur"
,"a r.iir"ad m.p ct the Sia.e, thai
put .i>I,-d i" the K. K. Cou,n.,>i'"cr>
,a,t r"pnrt being the best, aud draw "
tne between the points Indicated Tine
irst Important fact apparent Is 4ha'
here is no parallel competing road,
,nu the next is that ii cu's d.rscti.
across the SIX great 10 Ids built or In
pr"ve>s Of building, which p~ruea,c
The State, and with the advantage y
distance in It's favor. as to Lake nav,
.ation. over every one om seventy
% ~" hundred aud 6tty mites. FROM
these facts it may he reasonably judged
that its CONSTRUCTION would have more
etfec, i" largely reducing, nd !" reSu
iat,ns the general freight rates in the
State than all vf the Lc.'slat,o" tia,
can be placed upon our statutes From
LitchfeId {" Duluth it p 'sses directI.
through the very heart Ut the best a"u
most extensive forests Ut hard wood
aud pine in the north west, the greater
portion of which is at present prac:,'
cally inaccessible. This sectiou is al.
~ suppIl.d d with the 6n.st Water p"w
e,s ~ the west. aud with its material
resou, ces only needs the market tha,
this line would furnish tU devci"p
t"wus, cities. aud IN ,uutacturius inter.
-sts, aud Instead Of being annually
skinn.d of its ,imber I" make rich the
river cities below. the profits would b.
retained ut hUlnc. St. Llund aud Sauk
Rapids have AL of the resources y.
a,.other minneapolis, aud I'll. building
Ut this road would secure what alone
they need, market for their produc.
,,o"s, aud place them practically i"
cu,u,uaud of the lumber Trade West Ut
the Mississippi. which Minneapolis
now CONTROLS They will also i" c,,,u.
uon with M.ekcr. Rcuvills, Redwood
aud Lyon couu,ies secure n shorter
competing line to Lake superior aud
by the connections of this read with
The different branches of st. p. l. p.
the Il. Il D., aud the W. Il st Z. Il.
RI, s,cu.s add,tioual outlets to St..
Paul, Mi""e.p,i,s, the lumber resio"s
vi M.unesot4 aud Wi.cons,.,. aud With
Milwaukee, Chicago. aud the easter"
markets. Tor ~ this road is organized
under the-xenersl laws Of the State.
aud it's ireiyhts subject 70 such coud,.
tions as che LegisIa' urs may impose, it
c,uuot BE- used to discriminate in favor
oil, Or against, special roads, markets
or men. It's building would iumcd,.
ately quadrupie ~ valus the timbsr
lauds between St Cloud aud Litchlield
for from this source Ill OF the fuel
aud ties aud timber for the coustruc-
,ion aud a.'uual repairs Of two hund
red miles Vi road must be drawn. Al
Li,cl.6sid it would OCCASION the invest'
susot Vi capital in agricultural aud
.aher manufacturing enterprises, rs.
ducs The value ot pine lumber by one
half of the present. irsights frum Min
"espp,'l,s, give the benefit of tso lun
Der a'A'ks's. add materially to the val
Ne vi all the wheat marketed there
aud render 0Oublv Dru.n.rOn. nm .l