Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31

81, 1879.---TRIPLE SHEET
f.. THE BLUE EARTH BRANCH, .... 49,.
extending from Lake Crystal, near Mankato,
southward]y, by way of Minnesota City to
Blue Earth City, traverses fertile valley
and prairie district, and will
soon be extended, continuously,
through naturally wealthy country to the
coal fields and lime and gypsum beds of the
Fort Dodge region. The ...,
woRTHNGToN 4 SIOUX FALLS BRANCH.
extends through an exceedingly rich prairie
country, in southern Minnesota and Dakota,
to tho greatest waterpower of Dakota, on
the Dakota Tor James) river, where great
manufacturing city is already we'll started.
TIE RED RIVER BRANCH So ...
leads from Luverne, on the Worthington 4
Sioux Falls branch, down the valley of Rock
river to Doom, in Lyon county, and is en-
tlrely within the land grant of the company.
1t was built to open the lands to settlement
and to contribute to the general business of
the trunk line. .z, $780,.
THE BLACK HILLS BRANCH IT,
starts from the main line at Heron Lake and
run northwesterly toward Flandrau Dakota.
Its present winter terminus is at Woodstock
in Pipestone county, eleven miles from Pipe
stone City and twenty-six miles from Elan
drau. AS far as located tho line lies within
fertile prairie region, dotted by beautiful
lakes and lined by clear water streams. Its
direction points unmistakably to future di-
rect connection with the settlements of the
Black Hills and Yellowstone regions and to
crossing the Missouri valley where it is yet
unoccupied, but where few years from now
there will inevitably be large and prosperous
settlements. The
SIOUX CITY & NEBRASKA ROAD
extends from Covington, opposite Sioux
City, northwesterly parallel with the general
course Of the Missouri, to Ponca, the county
seat of Dixon county, Nebraska. Here i,
will enter upon the great valley of the Mo:
brara, and occupies a favorable position TO,
commanding large portion of its trade
and for extension northwesterly. The
OMAHA & NEBRASKA ROAD 49,
is built from Omaha northerly to Oakland
Nebraska. leaving gap of fifty miles, which
will be built early during the season of 1880
to complete the connection at Sioux City
giving the st. Paul & Sioux City company
an unbroken line, all under it's ownership and
absolute control, to Omaha. Its lines beyond
the Missouri will be held, however, and on.
Grated under the name of the Sioux City &
Nebraska Railroad company, new corpora.
ton organized under the statutes of Ne.
braska, for holding and operating the pur.
chased lines and building extensions as the
interests Of the company and the develop
naent Of the country may require. "s ~-
THE CARRYING TRADE
of this system of roads cannot but have i'm
mense proportions. The stock and coarse
grains of Nebraska and the Missouri ani
Niobrara valleys and the coal and lime Of
the Fort Dodge region, with the varied pro
auctions of the great agricultural region.
traversed will make up the leading element.
of east-bound traffic, the volume of which
will be strengthened by St. Paul being
as it is, the best market of th,
Northwest and by the Duluth and Chicaa.
connections with. Eastern markets. TIL,
west bound traffic will have its chief source!
in the lumber regions of Minnesota ant
Wisconsin and in the mercantile and manu-
featuring trade of St. Paul. At the Wea
the company has possession of the RICH
side of the Missouri valley for one hun
dred and fifty miles. Its main line ant
intermediate branches hold a grand ter
ritory in Iowa, Dakota and Minnesota. A,
the East it lays hold upon the creates
produce consuming and shipping points O
| the Northwest. Its future traffic, then, cal
only be estimated by ono whose judgmen
can bound the possibilities of the riches
portion of the Northwest.
LIVE STOCK AND PoRK,
Within few years many of the farmer
of Southwestern Minnesota and Northwest
| ern Iowa have been driven into stock rails
ing, and nearly every county has its grea
and model stock farms. The Missouri an,
Niobrara valleys and all that section of Ne
| braska reached by this company's lines ar
also heavily devoted to stock raising. Th
company already brings considerable stoc
here for st. Paul consumption an
for shipment eastward, but an
ticipates a much larger bushes
in stock carrying, when the new stock ysrd
furnish facilities for rest, care and transfe
Sioux City company to compete for tn
Chicago and Milwaukee stock trade. A di
rect addition to the stock carrying of tn
| road is also expected from the establishment
of large packing houses here in st. Paul, TO
which arrangements are now about com
pleted. In this connection, it may be inter
esting to note what is being done by the on
PACKING HOUSE IN SIOUX CITY.
This establishment, by the way, is locate,
only one block away from the prircipa
| street, but the philosophical people of that
aourishing city know better than to turn uE
their noses at such profitable establish
| nnent- It employs through this winter sea-
son about 120 men, and pays out not les
than $4,000 day. II has already cut u
about 10000 hogs this season and is packing
at the rate of about 1000 week. A con
siderable proportion of the hog
| it packs are carried into Siou:
city by this company's main line, being
purchased for that market at Worthington
LIE Mars and other trading points. Q
course the company would rather have Til
long haul to St. Paul, for the sake Of large
earnings; but the country will be ready t