Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-06
THE BIG SCHEME.


(which Parcels Out the Swamp Lands an
Projects Hosts of Railroads.
The following is a synopsis of the omni
bus swamp bill which was introduced an,
passed through the Senate last night:
Section 1. Fer tho purposeof aiding tn
county of Ramsey in reclaiminc land
therein or contiguous thereto, marshy 0
liable to become oyerhowed, by the construc
ton of necessary levees, dykes and drains
and to the counties of Scott, Kandiyohi
Douglas and LIE Sueur for similar purposes
:nere is granted swamp lands as follows
10 Ramsey county, $4,000 acres; to Scot
county, $4,000 acres; Kandiyohi county, 20,
ooo acres; Douglas county, 10000 acres
Ae Sueur county, 10000 acres.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of creating
fund to be used for the objects set forth il
the acts of Congress-, there arr
hereby granted and sold OF
the terms, considerations and condition.
hereinafter stated, portions of the swamp
lands, as follows:
80 the University of Minnesota, 4OO. OO(
acres.
To the Second Hospital for the Insane
100000 acres.
To the Hospital for the Deaf, Dumb anG
Blind, $4,000 acres.
10 the Dalles Improvement Company fol
the improvement of the St. Louis river, 15O.
900 acres.
TO the Minneapolis and Northwestern
kallroad Company for a line of railroad from
minneapolis on the west side of the Missis
sippi river, by way of Monticello and Clear.
water, to ST. Cloud, eight sections per mile.
To the Mankato and ST. Cloud Railroad
company for line of railroad from Man
kato, by way of Hutchinson and Litchfeld,
to st. Cloud, eight sections per mile.
TO the st. Paul & Sioux City Reilroad
company for railroad from Mankato, by
way CT Garden City, to Blue Earth City
eight sections per mile.
For a line of railroad from some point on
the southern line of this State, by way OF
Austin, to Vases, eight sections per mile.
For road from Princeton to some feast
bic point on the branch line of railroad o!
the First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad company, eight sections per mile.
For road from any point on the Missis-
slppi river in Houston county, north OF
township 1O1, by way of the original plat OF
the village of Caledonia, to the north line of
the State of Iowa east of range Ii, west,
eight sections per mile.
For line of road from Taylors Falls by
way of Saltwater and Hastings to Zumbrota,
eight sections per mile.
For line of road from Plainview tofWa-
bashaw, eight sections per mile.
To the Minnesota & Dakota Northern rail-
road company for a line of road from Moor
head to the north line of town No. 143,
range 4S, in Polk county, and from Moor
int no -
the st. Paul & Pacific railroad in Clay county,
eight sections per mile.
10 the Minnesota & Northwestern railroad
company for road from Minneapolis to
Hutchinson, eight sections per mile.
For road from Perham by way of Alex
andria, Willmar and Window to the south
ern boundary of the State, eight sections per
mile.
10 the Duluth, Iowa & Dakota railroad
company for a line of road from some point
On the Northern Pacific road, in or near the
county of Todd, or any other railroad of
Minnesota by way of Sank Centre, Swift
Falls and Benson, to some point on the
western or southern boundary of the State
IN OF near the county of Lyon, eight Sec
tions per mile.
To the Little Falls g. Dakota railroad
company for road from Little Falls by
way of Sank Centre, Glenwood, and Morris,
to the western boundary of the State, eight
sections per mile.
10 the st. Cloud, Fort Ridgely & Fort
Dodge railroad company for line of rail
road from st. Cloud, by way of Litchfeld,
Hector, Fort Ridgely, and Fairmont to the
southern boundary of the State, at or near
Tenhassen, eight sections per mile.
For line of road from Minneapolis to
Lake Minnetonka, light sections per mile.
To the Southern Minnesota Extension
company, eight sections per mile.
70 the Southern Minnesota Railroad COM
pany, for branch line to Rochester, eight
sections per mile.
For a line of road from some point on the
Southern Minnesota road by way of Preston
to the southern boundary of the State, eight
sections pei mile.
For a line of road from Window to the
south line of the State and to the west line
of the State, eight sections per mile.
For line of road southwesteriy to the
south boundary of the State eight sections
per mile.
For road from Albert Lea to the south
boundary of the State, eight sections per
mile.
For a line of road from Red Wing, by way
OF Hadar, Henderson and Fort Ridgely, to
the west boundary of the State, eight sec
tons per mile.
TO St. Louis county, for a wagon road
through St. Louis, Lake and Cook county
10000 acres.