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

IHE Big SCHEME.
Which Parcels Out the Swamp Lands ant
Projects Hosts of Railroads.
The following is a synopsis of the omni
bus swamp bill which was introduced ani
passed through the Senate last night:
Section 1. Fer tho purposeof aiding tn,
county of Ramsey in reclaimine lands
therein or contiguous thereto, marshy o.
liable to become overhowed, by the construc
ton of necessary levees, dykes and drains,
and to the counties of Scott, Kandiyohi
Douglas and LIE Sueur for similar purposes
there is granted swamp lands as follows
10 Ramsey county, $4,000 acres; to Scott
county, $4,000 acres; Kandiyohi county, 90,
600 acres; Douglas county, 10000 acres
LIE Sueur county, 10000 acres.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of creating 8
fund to be used for the objects set forth in
the acts of Congress, there are
hereby granted and sold on
the terms, considerations and conditions
hereinafter stated, portions of the swamp
lands, as follows:
TO the University of Minnesota, 400, 600
acres.
To the Second Hospital for the Insane,
100000 acres.
To the Hospital for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind, $4,000 acres.
To the Dalles Improvement Company for
the improvement of the St. Louis river, $780,
600 acres.
TO the Minneapolis and Northwestern
railroad Company for line of railroad from
Minneapolis on the west side of the Missis-
slppi river, by way of Monticello and Clear
water, to St. Cloud, eight sections per mile.
10 the Mankato and ST. Cloud Railroad
Company for line of railroad from Man
kato, by way of Hutchinson and Litchfsld,
to st. Cloud, eight sections per mile.
10 the st. Paul & Sioux City Railroad
company for railroad from Mankato, by
way of Garden City, to Blue Earth City,
eight sections per mile.
For line of railroa 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
BILE point on the branch line of railroad of
the First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific
Railroad company, eight sections per mile.
For road from any point on the Missis-
slppl 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 Is, west,
eight sections per mile.
For a line of road from Taylors Falls by
way of Saltwater and Hastings to Zumbrota,
eight sections per mile.
For line of road from Plainview to Wa
bashaw, eight sections per mile.
10 the Minnesota u Dakota Northern rail-
road company for line Of road from Moor
head to the north line of town No. 143,
range 4S, in Polk county, and from Moor
head to some feasible point on the line of
the St. Paul & Pacific railroad in Clay county,
eight sections per mile.
To 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 or near the county of Lyon, eight Sec
tions per mile.
10 the Little Falls & Dakota railroad
company for a road from Little Falls by
way of Sank Centre, Glenwood, and Morris,
to the western boundary of the State, eight
sections per mile.
To 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, eight sections per mile.
10 the Southern Minnesota Extension
company, eight sections per mile.
10 the Southern Minnesota Railroad COM
pany, for branch line to Rochester, eight
sections per mile.
For 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 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 southwesterly to the
south boundary of the State, eight sections
per mile
For a road from Albert Lea to the south
boundary of the State, eight sections per
mile.
For 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 wagon road
through St. Louis, Lake and Cook county
10000 acres.