The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-12-05
River Falls, Menomonie, Eau Claire
and Chippewa Falls.

River Falls, Menomonie, Eau Claire
and Chippewa Falls.
THE NORTH WISCONSIN.
Two and one half miles beyond
Hudson the North Wisconsin forms
a junction with the West Wiscon-
sin. From this point the former
road runs in northeasterly direc-
ton towards the great unsalted sea
for distance of some forty miles,
through country rich in all the
resources which make men and ma
tons prosperous and happy. Eight
cen miles b.sond Hudson is the
thriving town of New Richmond,
to which point the North Wiscon-
sin was built some three years ago.
1t is noticeable fact that every mer-
chant at New Richmond purchases
his goods at St. Paul, which is an evi-
! dence of the immense increase Of
trade that will benefit our city as
the road is extended and the coun-
| try adjacent becomes settled, as it
surely will be. For notwithstand-
the prevailing impression, the coun-
try, at least as far as the road ex-
tends, was found to be of a rich soil
and as we'll adapted to agricultural
purposes as any portion of our high
ly favored Northwest. Pine, too, is
found in inexhaustible quantities and
of a magnificent growth, growing
not upon a sandy soil as it is gener-
ally wont to do, but upon a rich,
deep soil susceptible Of the highest
cultivation, and this was confirmed
by the luxuriant growth Of hard
wood Of various kinds everywhere
interspersed with the pine. Barron
county, in The heart OF which the
present terminus of the North Wis
consln now rests, our reporter was
informed yesterday by one Of the
oldest and most respected citizens
of Menomonie, Capt. VIM. Wilson,
one of the largest and most success
full lumbermen in the northwest, is
second to no county In Wisconsin
for The richness Of its soil aud pro-
due tive capacity. And still beyond
clear to the borders OF Lake Supe-
rior those who have penetrated the
country were unanimous and enthu-
slastlc in its praises. Col. Staples
OF Saltwater, who was of the party,
declared that no richer lumber or
agricultural district existed any
where.
From the St. Paul Dispatch.
We have already announced that
forty miles of the North Wisconsin
railway has been built, extending
from the junction with the West
Wisconsin, about three miles out
from the Hudson depot, to a point
In the pine region on the divide be-
tween the waters ofHay, Red Cedar
and Apple Rivers, about twenty-six
miles beyond the New Richmond
station in Star Prairie township.
This last twenty-siX miles has been
built this season under the personal
supervision of John a. Humbird,
ESQ, president Of the North Wis
consln company, and is full COM
pIiance with the terms under which
the State of Wisconsin is bound to
convey the grant oflands appertain-
ing to the old St. Croix q Lake Su-
perior railway project to the North
Wisconsin company. 1t is, how
ever, presumed that to secure the
grant to the State it may be neces-
sary that Congress should formally
renew it. An attempt in this di-
rection last winter failed it must
be again attempted this winter.
With this in view, gentlemen who
are alive to the Importance of the
road to northwest Wisconsin and a
large part of Minnesota are en-
deavoring to arouse the interest Of
others and bring to bear upon Con-
gress the united influence in favor
of renewal ofthe grant Of all the peo
pie who are to be benefited by the
building of the road