Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-24
RAIL AND RIVER,
[ke Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad.

r. s. Munger, ESQ.,, of Duluth, being in the
city yesterday, was questioned as to his knowl-
edge and belief concerning the prospects of the
Duluth s. Winnipeg railroad project, and the
intentions of the men said to be backing 1t
with money. He had no personal knowledge,
he said, except that an engineering party was
to leave Duluth yesterday or to-day to make
the preliminary survey of the proposed line,
and that the engineer in charge who was sent
from the East to do the work, was assured
that there was abundant capital behind the
project to carry it out, and had no doubt
but that it was correc' as reported IN
The newspapers, that Boston capitalists mao
pledged five million dollars towards building
the road. Mr.. Munger was OF opinion That
the project in its present standing, retains the
word "Winuipeg" in its name only because IL
is there. He does not think the road is in
tended to run northwest to the Canadian
boundary, in the direction of Winnipeg, put
does think il is to be run westerly on q line
south of Red lake, and which would cross
the Red River valley in direction oil DeVlis
lake and tho Mouse River country
The GLOBE is Inclined to be OF Ar. Munger's
opinion regarding the direction in which the
road will be built If Is true that men of
large eapital have interested themselves in the
project, and pledged enough money to insure
the building of 500 to $40 miles of road, they
must have purpose to accomplish and Dusl-
ness in view which will pay. The lire from
Duluth northwesterly thu ough the unsurveYed
north part of our State would probably be as
difficult to build as has been The Canadian
Pacific line from Lake Superior TO the Red River
of the North, and would not be Tor the Dllsl-
ness aimed at THAT 10 be concentrated at WIN
nipeg) at all preferable to the Canadian liGe.
But q railway from Duluth west to some
point on the St. Vincent division of the st.
Paul & Manitoba railway, would pass through
a rich forest and mineral region, would tap
the Manitoba business of the st. Paul d Mani
toba road and would have an independent bus
mess from the rich Red River valley. Ii 1t
was to be built by or in the interest OF the 81.
Paul & Manitoba company, or if only on re-
ciprocal friendly terms with that company, 1t
would doubtless connect with that company's
roads at Crookston, where 1t would
receive business from Winnipeg, from the
west side of the river and from that western
road which the St. Paul 81 Manitoba COM
pany is building toward the Mouse River val
ley. If this projected road from Duluth lto
Crookston, say,) should become part OF tue
St. Paul & Manitoba system, 1t would oe IN
directicompetition with the Northern racine
and the shortest line to Lake Superior for all
the Red River valley, the Canadian province
and Northern Dakota, so far as the business
of that country could be concentrated at any
point on the St. Paul & Manitoba in the Red
River country. 1t has happened in one
instance that the Corbin Banking
Company, of Washington, was protector aud
nurse of railroad scheme which when chris
tening time came was acknowledged as
branch of the Northern Pacific. 1t may hap
pen in this instance that the unnamed Boston
capitalists will in good time be resolved into
the capitalists OF St. Paul, MONTREAL etc, who
constitute the st. Paul & Manitoba company.