Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-02


struction operations this season, the roac
run from La Crescent, opposit, La Crosse
Wisconsin, to Winnebago City, 1914 miles
The work this year, now nearly completed
will carry the road to jackson, jackson
county, about forty miles "a total of 2071
miles.
SLEEPY EYE & REDWOOD FALLS.
This is branch or feeder Of the Winona
q st. Peter railroad. It runs from Sleepy
Eye, Brown county, to Redwood Falls, Red
wood ccunty, distance of 26 miles, and
opens up good grain producing country
and milling point to that road. It's con.
struction was placed in the hands of Col. G.
A. De Graft Those who know Col. De
Graft understand what that meant. Quick
work. The road was completed and in OPP
GRAFTON about the LIST of July, the first piece
of road completed in the State for 1873. Tt
was just like Col. De Graft.
ROCHESTER 6 PLA1Ny1Ew AND ROCHESTER &
| CHATF1ELD.
The writer is not certain that the above
designations are the names of any railroads.
| They arc meant, however, to designate the
| lines constructed this season north from
| Rochester to Plainview, Wabashaw county,
and south from Rochester to Chatfeld, Fill
more county. The lines are built as feeders
of the Winona d ST. Peter railroad, and III
| timately to make a new line from the south
ern boundary of the State, through Fillmore,
Olmsted, Wabashaw, Goodhue and Dakota
the richest and most populous counties in
the State-to st. Paul and Minneapolis,
thus giving the Chicago d Northwestern
railway company, which operates the Winona
q st. Peter road close connection at this
point with the lines leading out into the
great northwest, other than that now en-
joyed through the Chicago, st. Paul g. Min
neapolis line. The distance from Rochester
to Plainview is about eighteen miles, and
frsm Rochester to Chatfeld about twenty
miles, giving total built this season of forty
eight miles. The people of the several 10
calties especially benefited by this con struc-
ton propose to celebrate the event in proper
manner, as guests of the hospitable citizens
of Rochester, Wednesday, the 4th inst.
THE MIDLAND.
This is narrow guage enterprise-the
ing southwert from Wabashaw to Zumbrota,
distance of about fifty miles, of which all
but some twenty miles was completed this
season, we believe.
HUDSON & RIVER FALLS.
Though not foot of this road is built in
Minnesota, it is essentially St. Paul insti-
tuition. It was built largely by st. Paul cap
ital, and is operated by the St Paul, Still
water & Taylors Falls road, also a St. Paul
institution, and is in fact branch of this
road It runs from Hudson to River Falls,
distance of twelve and o half miles. River
Falls is a lively manu- acturing point, and is
located in the centre of rich farming coun-
try. The bringing of this section into close
business relations with our people by the
construction of this road is justly considered
q good business slroke by our people.
NORTH WISCONSIN.
This road, starting from Hudson, is being
pushed northward, with Bayfield,, on Lake
Superior, as it's objective point. Though
not SO essentially St. Paul institution as
the Hudson & River Falls road, it occupies,
relatively, the same position. The country
traversed by it is naturally tributary to st.
Paul, and has been brought into close bust
ness relations with our city, by the enter
prise, liberality and fair dealing Of our bust
ness uen. AS the road is extended, and the
country developed, st. Paul will continue to
extend its operations Thus it becomes a
matter OF congratulation to know that the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad
have secured control of the
North Wisconsin, with the intention
of going ahead with the construction OF the
line as rapidly as possible. Track laying on
q proposed twenty mile extension north from
Clayton is now progressing, some four miles
having been spanned Saturday night, and ii
the weather permits, the full twenty miles
will be completed before work Is stopped for
the season. The point aimed for is point
called Granite Falls, in Barron county, about
fifty two miles from Hudson, we believe.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
By the construction last season of the
Western railroad of Minnesota, from Sank
Rapids to Brainerd, sixty and half miles,
and its lease to the Northern Pacific for
ninety>nine years, supplemented by per-
manent mining arrangements over the
branch line of the ST. Paul q
Pacific from Sank Rapids to st.
Paul, this city became and will
continue the eastern terminus of this great
trans continental railway. Owing to the
neglect of the last session of Congress to
grant the extension of time asked for, and to
which it is so justly entitled, the company
were prevented from proceeding with the
construction of the line westward this sea-
son. But believing that the legislation asked
for will be freely granted during the session
which commences to-day, the company has
already put its engineers into the field to
run working line west from Bismarck, and
early the coming season, nothing unforeseen
occurring, active building operations will be
resumed, and steady progress made from
year to year until the line starting from St.
Paul and Duluth connects with that portion
and which will be continued eastward as rap
idly as possible.
REHABILITATION.
Such is a brief resume of the railroad work
done in Minnesota-with mentions of con-
meeting lines closely affiliated with the same
during the present season. It is certainly
a splendid showing, and is full of promise to
our people, and especially SO to the citizens
of st. Paul. When to this is added the large
immigration to the State the present seasan,
and the enormous sales of railroad lands for
immediate settlement and improvement, it
shows that Minnesota is entering upon new
era of prosperous development. st. Paul,
if true to her interests, will take
advantage of this state of things.
| The facts and figures herewith given
will suggest to the wise and thoughtful man,
how the situation may be made most to con-
duce to the interests of st. Paul. A glance
at the following tables will show what has
already been accomplished, and suggest what
still remains to be done, the first being OF
roads upon which work has been done this
season
Miles Total
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