Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-17

Interesting Northern Pacific Items.
i'The Ne,o Northwest" Philadelphia monthly
publication in the interest of the Mort hern Pa
cifc railroad and the northern tier of western
States and Territories, in its issue fer Septem-
Der, contains the following paragraphs:
The surveyor general of Dakota has ordered
the surveys of public land from Bismarck
north forty miles. taking in that most excel
lent region about Painted Woods. There is
already large Scandinavian settlement in
that neighborhood. Large additions to the
population will be made after the land is sur
veyed.
On August 18th the President of the United
States accepted and approved the report of
the commissioners to examine the first loo
miles of the Missouri division, that it was
built in all respects strictly compliant with
the law, and was first class. The acceptance
of this portion of the road EMIT les the North
ern Pacific company to 2, 560, 600 more acres of
choice land.
The new Duluth elevator will hold 1,050, 600
bushels of wheat. 1t has 225 bins, sixty feet
high. The walks around among the bins will
measure one mile. Three million one hundred
and fifty thousand feet of lumber will be used
in its construction. One hundred and seventy
five carpenters and seventy-6ve laborers, be-
sides bricklayers and machinists, are now at
work upon it..
The Northern Pacific track is laid 1876 miles
west of the Missouri river, and the road will
be extended to the Little Missouri river, 152
miles west of Bismarck, by the 18th of Septem-
her. The rails are laid on the Pend OReille
division, 40 miles east of Ainsworth on the
Columbia river, and the grading will be COM
pleted to Spokane Falls, 157 miles east of the
Columbia, on the Goth day of September.
The Northern Pacific directors have decided
h,1;1 oh dUc fhn
river at Bismarck, and preliminary to it, have
ordered the erection of a permanent dixie start
ing from the west side and curving downwards.
when One-third across, 80 as to contine the
channel to the east side, and provide perma-
hence and security for the west end of the
bridge. It will be remembered that there is
no bluff on the west side of the river as there
is on the east.
We place on record the following prediction,
made on the 26th of August, to the secretary of
the Northern Pacific Railroad company, by an
aged iron master, resident in Buffalo: eff
You have in your Pyramid Park, or Bad Lands
commonly called, that twelve-foot vein of
Brisr Hill coal, and will haul it cheap enough
to Duluth to meet the primitive ores of Lake
Superior, Pocagama Falls and the district
north and northwest of Duluth, you will de-
termine for all time where the great iron
centre of the United States is to be. That
coal can and will make Duluth the iron city,
provided the length and cost of the haulage
is not too great."
Northern Pacific Coal In Washsngton Ter
ritory.
Mr.. W. d. Chandler, formerly owner of the
Wellington mine, B. O., but now principal
owner of Carbon Hill coal mine in Puyallup
valley, arrived in this city Saturday and left
on the Elder for San francisco. He gave to
Oregonian reporter the following information
concerning the development of the new mine,
which will be read with interest by every one
concerned in the advancement of the north
The mine isl situated about thirty.two miles
from Tacoma and three and q half miles from
Wilkeson. Work on opening the mine was
commenced about eour months ago, and coal
has been taken from the veins for the past
five weeks. The coal is a rich bituminous. and
makes excellent gas and coke.
The secretary of the San Fran
recently, pronounced the coal the best on this
coast. The slope is now cleared and ready for
rails. The Northern Pacific railroad will ex-
tend their track from Wilkeson to the Carbon
hill mine during this month, and the coal
company expect to make their first shipment
to San Francisco about September 18th. Mr..
Chandler received telegram Saturday evening
lIOm las SupcIAuucuueut, W. WiuSotc, tuab
they had just struck another new vein. The
company has submitted plans and specifca-
lions to San Fran cisco manufacturers for two
14-inch cylinder hosting drums, link motion,
and two large boilers. Mr.. Chandler will ex-
anime bids this week, and let the contract for
the machinery in few days. Forty-fve men
are now at work in the mine, and within three
weeks the force will be increased to two hum,
d-ed. -Oregomian, august Q.
Lindstr0sn Station 07 the Chis0go Lakes.
The plat of Lindstrom, the village station on
the Ohisago lakes of the Wyoming branch of
the st. Paul Duluth road, is about complet-
ed, and as soon as the lots can be staked, sew
eral important improvements will be begun
and pushed to an early. completion. Among.
these will be the railroad company's buildings,
store building and 2 grain warehouse, besides