Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-25
|SAULT STE. MARIE ROUTE

lSAULT STE. MARIE ROUTE
The Proposed LfMe from Montreal to MGnt.
toba and the Nort1syester,s Ters.tt0ry--
Short Route from st. Pa.sI and tie Mime
sofa Syste,a to the Seaboard.
OFFICE MoNTREAL BOARD OF TRADE, Oct l6.
| To the Editor Of tho Montreal Herald-Sir:
Referring to the inclosed statement have to
| inform you that some valuable information
on the subject Of railroad communication with
| the Northwest, which was not available at the
| time of the quarterly general meeting, has since
been received. Actual distances are now sub
details and comparisons being also given. The
result is a considerably greater difference in
favor of tho route from Montreal to
the Northwest via Lake Nipissing
and Sault Ste. Marie; while the
difference in favor of the route from st. Paul
that via Chicago and New York; ia shown to be
GAG miles, instead of SIT miles as first stated;
there being also further probable shortening
of at least twenty miles.
Concurring, you undoubtedly do, in the
Importance Of the subject to the people of
Montreal, and as to the propriety of having the
particulars Stated as accurately as possible,
very respectfully request the favor of having
! the statement, as amended, repeated in the
Herald at early convenience am, sir, your
| obedient servant. w. j. PATTERSON, Secretary.
1.-MoNTREAL TO ST. PAUL, MIMI, VIA CHICAGO.
Miles.
The railway distance vie G.. T. r. from
Montreal to Chicago is.............. 848
Distance from Chicago to st. Paul.. All
l,259
H.-MoNTREAL TO ST. PAUL VIA THE sAuLT STE.
MARIE.
BY an almost airline from Montreal to Sault
Ste. Marie, the distances are:
Miles.
Hochelaga to Ottawa g., NJ, O. g. O. rail-
Ottawa to Pembroke Canada Central exten-
Lake Nipissing to Sault Ste. Marie. :. 1850
SAINT Ste. Marie to 81. Paul (spproximated). 425
1OGal wy
Difference in favor Of Sault route. ....... 1862
The railway bridge at Ottawa will soon be
completed and the Canada Central extension
t. Lake Nj Isslng, it is understood, will be
finished in September, 1880.
The line from Lake Nipissing to Sault Ste.
thority, be built in two years. 1t will, no doubt,
receive early attention, and there can hardly
be question as to it's being efficiently aided
by the Dominion government.
The link to connect the O., NJ, O. & o. rail-
way at Aylmer with the Canada Central at
Portage du Fort would shorten the dietance
between Montreal and Sault Ste Marie by
| twenty miles.
The foregoing figures show that the distance
from Montreal to Lake Nipissing ia practically
| the same az from Montreal to Toronto-the
| small difference mine miles) being inappreci-
able on such distance From Montreal to
Sault Ste. Marie may be said to be the same as
from Montreal to Detroit-the difference being
only eight miles.
| IH.-THE SHORTEST ROUTE TO MANITOBA AND THE
NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY.
! Some of the advantages of the new line of
railway to Sault Ste. Marie Connecting there
wish the railway system of the northwestern
States) would evidently be, ~ in the shorten.
| ing of the present railroad route between Mon
| treal las the inland ocean port of the Domin-
lonl and tho new province of Manitoba; az
while, by making the international communi-
! cation on the Sault, SO to speak, as
sible, large propelers would
reap all the advantages of the long season of
| navigation on that lake, by plying from Du-
luth and Prince Arthur's Landing to the rail
way depot at the Sault, thus making many
! more trips each season than If they had to come
| down to Lake Huron to find railway COM
munication for their east bound freight. And
| ~ short branch from tho main line to Spau-
ish river would, especially in the latter part of
tie season of navigation, give facilities for
propellers from Chicago and Milwaukee to
make more frequent trips, with later Eastern
connections than formerly-also affording
needed outlet for the products of st. Joseph
| and Grand Manitouln Islands, which are being
| rapidly peopled with industrious settlers.
But (4)-and apart altogether from the bene-
| tits which would accrue to St. Paul and Minne-
apolis as the future centre of vast region in
| the Northwestern States from the extension of
the Canadian railway system to Sault Ste. Marie
the advantages to Montreal aud Manitoba
| would be immense. This may be somewhat
| appreciated by rejecting on the single state
ment that when the railway from Winnipeg to
Thunder Bay is finished, and the railway COM
pleted to the Sault Ste Marie, passengers from
Montreal to Winnipeg will be able to make
| the jour hey in sixty hours.
1v.-sHoRTEsT ROUTE FROM ST. PAUL AND THE
NORTHWESTERN STATES TO LIVERPOOL.
The following com parison of distances will
be of interest to the people of the Northwest
ern States: