Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-28

The direct through line to st. Louis from St.
Paul and Minneapolis via the Chicago, Mil
waukcc & st. Paul, Iowa Central and st. Louis.
Kansas City and Northern roads, is
an enterprise the Importance of which can
scarcely be underestimated. 1t opens a
market FOR Minnesota wheat and flower
and lumber, which, i'll some respects,
is cxcelled by that Of Milwaukee and Chicago
or any other competing point greatly improves
postal facilities and brings within the reach Of
our merchants Il class of people and a section of
country with which an interchange of trade
will be mutually beneficial.
The object thus accomplished has been one
for which Minneapolis and st. Paul and st.
Louis have been indcfatigably working
for number Of years, but certain
conflicting railroad interests have until now
made the move impossible. The final consum-
nation OF the scheme will be realized on Sun
day next, every detail having been arranged, SO
that the regular through trains will then be put
The through car service will be first-class
in every particular, and will include the Pull
man drawing-room and sleeping cars. Instead
of the delays, changes and stoppages incident
to other routes, passengers twice a day
take the Pullman car at Minneapolis or St.
Paul and go direct through to St. Louis in
thirty hours without change. The through
route Is 500 miles in length, 14l miles over the
Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul road, III miles
over the Kansas City and Northern road. Aver
aging the distance and time the speed is found
to be twenty miles per hour, equal to the
average time on all through routes.
In order to show the interest that St. Louis
takes in this important enterprise it may be
StotoI hat l..
Republican, of February Gath, devoted in all
five columns to the subject, publishing COM
plete map of the route, and giving two leading
editorials to full and exhaustive explanation
OF the benefits to be derived. From one of the
Times articles we are enabled to show the feel
ing in st. Louis, and the Importance of the
route to this State, by making the following
brief extract:
by the arrangement of connections with
the Iowa Central at Ottumwa, and the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad at Mason City,
st. Louis obtains through line to st. Paul
and base of tariff that will accommodate the
wants OF farmers living in the great grain pro-
ducng sections of Minnesota and central and
northern Iowa. The bulk Of grain raised in
that country has hitherto been carried into
Chicago and from there shipped to Europe by
way Of New York, Philadelphia, and other
eastern ports. By having direct communica-
ton with ST. Paul, through the route proposed
and shown in the map, St. Louis can command
this trade. Mr.. Lord, general passenger agent
of the st. Louis, Kansas City 4 Northern rail
road expressed his utmost confidence in the
success of this line in a conversation with a
Times representative yesterday. He said that
it would turn the tide of travel from the South
in the summer and fall seasons away from
Chicago through ST. Louis, and that that re-
suit alone would prove highly beneficial to the
city.
Capt. Rhea, of the Barge line. warmly en-
dorsed the project, and expressed confidence in
its success. The captain is thoroughly posted
in matters relating to the grain interests of the
Northwest, and knows exactly how Chicago
stands in this relation. He believes that it
Will REQUIRE e n, tune and persistent energy to
wrest from Chicago the trade she has built M
in this section But he was of the opinion
that shippers would soon discover the ad van
tages of sending their grain through St. LOUIS
to New Orleans and Europe, and when these
advantages would become apparent, the result
would soon throw the bulk of traffic in her
favor. The Barge line will be ready to meet
the demands of this change when it occurs.
The success of this enterprise is a matter of
great Importance to st. Louis, and it certainly
ought to excite strong sympathy among bust
ness men OF all classes: 1t will constitute the
must before very long determine who shall
command the great grain trade of the North
west, whether she, pursuing an aggressive
policy, shall snbdue tracts of country tributary
by right to st. Louis
INFORMATION FOR TRAVELLERS.
Passengers by this new through line can go
through to Kansas City with but one change Of
cars tWenty-four hours in advance of any other
line, connecting for all points in Kansas, Col
orado and the Western territories via The Kan
sas Pacific and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Re lines. Also, at Moberly, Mo-, with the great
Missouri, Kansas u Texas line, with but one
change for Sedalia, Fort Scott Parsons, Vinita
IenlBOn. Sherman Dallas Fort Worth Calves
ton, and other Texas points. Also, at st. Louis
with The Great st. Louis, Iron Mountain s.
southern railway, for Little Rock,
ho1 springs and points in Arkan-