The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-07-04
THE TIMER ACT.

We are indebted to Hon. NJ. II. Dun
nell for copy of the Timber Culture
Act as it finally passed both houses and
was approved June IA. The law is the
same as published few weeks ago,
with this exception: instead of requir-
ing 800 trees to the acre, proof must be
furnished that there are SIS living and
thrifty trees to the acre at the time OF
applying for patent. Elsewhere we
give the full text of the law.
REVIVAL OFRA ILR0AD BUILDING.
1t is gratifying to Minnesotians to
note that their State is the first to re-
cover from the great depression in bust
ness. Minnesota is to-day the most
prosperous and the least depressed
State in tho Union. Her wholesale
men are doing a good business, country
merchants are paying up promptly, and
everywhere improvements, public and
private, are going on, showing that
prosperity has returned and that Min
nesota is to make good her claim to the
title of the Empire State of the North
West. All this goes to prove the posi-
ton of the ADVANCE that prosperity
does not depend upon amy financial
measure, any tinkering Of the currency,
but upon legitimate production. The
immense crop Of last year has made
Minnesota prosperous in spite Of tinan-
cial depression and general business
stagnation elsewhere.
Naturally enough, our prosperity
gives an impulse to railroad building
and there is general forward meve-
ment all along the lines Of old railroads
rs well Us the putting Of new projects
into the field. The Pioneer-Pres men-
tions a number of these enterprises
which are pushing OH to completion the
present season:
The St. Vincent aud Alexandria lines
of the St. Paul s. Pacific are to be COM
pleted by October first.
The Worthington & Sioux Falls, as
our readers are aware, will lie complet-
ed to Sioux Falls in i few days, and a
branch to Blue Earth City, from some
point, probably M;,nkato) will be put
under way this year and probably COM
pleted next year.
A branch of the st. Paul, Saltwater
& Taylor Falls road is building to Riv-
er Falls, Wisconsin.
The Midland Narrow-Gauge road
from Wabasha to Faribault is now in
running operation to Zumbrota, the
first narrow-gauge in the State.
The Hastings & Dakota road is to be
completed to Granite Falls this season.
The Rochester & St. Paul road is
progressing. Track laying OH the first
ten miles is now going on.
Grading is going on or the Plainyiew
& Eyota road which will be ready for
the ties and iron by the first Of Au-
gust.
A railroad between Glencoe and
Hutchinson is to be built this season.
It might seem a little strange that
VIC 1OIlCCA-A lCoos III no oCSCAhA "a VI
cles upon railroad building in the State,
says nothing about the Southern Min
nesota. But it must be remembered
that this is not u st. Paul road. It is
not designed to send water over the St.
Paul mill wheel, and is probably ignor.
ed on that account. But it is pushing
On nevertheless. It has been built this
season from Winnebago to Fairmont
and will probably reach Jackson by
January first. Next year we expect tc
see it built to Worthington, and anoth'
er outlet furnished for the millions OF
bushels Of wheat, and other products
which this Garden of the Northwest
must produce during the next ten
years.
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