Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-25
The Northern Pacific In Manitoba.


Vice President Oakes and General Manager
Haupt, of the Northern Pacific, having the
other day visited Winnipeg, especially to con-
fer with the officers of the Manitoba South
western Railway company, we shall probably
soon have revival of the rum0rs which have
credited the Willard party ia the Northern
Pacific company with purpose to extend the
contest of that company with the st. Paul q
Manitobs company by carrying the war into
Aanitoba-the especial territory Of the British
side of the st. P. & M. company, which is
called the Canadian Pacific. One OF the old
rumors was, that the Manitoba Southwestern
charter and franchises had been secured for
the Northern Pacific by New York syndi-
cate. Another was, that the same, or similar
syndicate, was about to gain control of a colo
NAL charter which covers proposed line
from Winnipeg to the Minnesota border,
which is named the Winnipeg q Southeastern
railroad. These rumors, by themselves, not
SO very improbable on their face, were, how
ever, added to and multiplied until they as
cribed to Mr.. Willard and his associates the de-
sign of taking I'D and carrying on a most ex-
tensive and comprehensive system of railways
for Manitoba and the adjacent provinces. A
blanket colonial charter was by these swelling
rumors transferred to the New Yorkers, which
charter, with Valentine (about thirty miles
west of the southerly bend of Lake Manitobal
for it's initial point, provides for railroad
westerly into and through the Peace River
country, another southwesterly to Portage
easteriy to Winnipeg, one to Eelkirk, and the
other southwest to apoint east of Red River
and about twelve miles north of Emerson. An
other charter or project of yet grander con-
ception which rumor also trans
ferred to the New Workers,
is fora railroad line from the Red River
north, on the west side of Lake Winnipeg TO
Fort York or Fort Churchill on Hudson's
Bay. It is perhaps necessary to remark that
these great railway schemes, combined, would
more than equal all the undertakings OF the
Northern Pacific company south Of the in
ternational boundary line. But that being
said it is probably necessary to add that the
rumors were rather wild.
If it be true that Mr.. Willard and his assist
ants, melted by the failure to bring the st.
Paul & Manitoba managers to an agreement
as to future rail extensions satisfactory to the
Northern Pacific, have determined to attack
the Manitoba company in Manitoba, that Is
good reason for supposing that they
would undertake to build and oper-
ate both the Manitoba Southwestern
and the Winnipeg & Southwestern roads. The
latter would naturally connect with the
Northern Pacific in Minnesota, with the road
proposed to be built from Duluth to the Red
river, and with the road lately proposed to be
built from st. Paul via Brainerd to the Red
Lake river, and would be feeder for the
Northern Pacific, and competitor with the
Manitoba line for all business. centering at
Winnipeg. The former the Southwestern,
projected from Winnipeg southeast to within
twelve miles of the international line, and
thence west three hundred and twelve miles,
has most valuable land grant and would un-
doubtedly be connected with the Northern
Pacific or be extended further west to larger
competition with the Canadian Pacific and
with the proposed westward extension OF the
Manitoba's Grand Forks and DEVILS Lake
line.
But the most probable course of the North
ern Pacific in Manitoba will be
to form offensive and defensive alliances, as
against the Canadian Pacific and the st. Paul
& manitoba combination, which may incldde
material backing for the two roads from Win
nipeg, southwest and southeast. Beyond this
it is not likely to 60, and that, we take it,
will be enough to satisfy. for instance, DR..
Schultz and his associates in the Manitoba
Southeastern, who would be glad enough to
keep their valuable charter and grant and yet
have the means to show the men who would
not buy, that tdey can build railroad. eg