The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-01-22
The South Shore Railroad.

Suo loiAo ~ my CieaI SlalSiucuG Oh
this line. OF course all will under
stand that the references to Duluth
apply with equal force to Superior,
tho two towns being only six miles
apart and on the same harbor:
''The length of the newly-pro-
jected line Of railway from Montreal
TO Sault ST. Marie is 500 miles, and
from Sault St. Marie to Duluth is
400 miles. From Buffalo to Sault
St. Marie it is 43O miles, connecting
with the Montreal and Sauit ST.
Marie line near lake Nipissing, now
building, making the distance be-
tween this city and Duluth, via
Hamilton, $50 miles.
From Buffalo to Chicago it is
$50 miles, and from Chicago to St.
Paul it is 400 miles, and from St.
Paul to Duluth it is $50 miles,
making total Of 1893 miles be
tween Buffalo and Duluth via
Chicago, or 3OS miles greater dis
tance than by the direct line
through Chicago.
From Duluth 10 Winnipeg by .
direct line it is 800 miles. A line
is now built and ia operation from
Duluth to Glyndon, 240 miles, and
from Glyudon to Winnipeg 228
miles, in all 468 miles.
The distance from New York
via Buffalo, Hamiltou, AMI Saul ST.
Marie to Duluth, it will thus be
seen, is about 1880 miles, while
from Portland, the winter port of
Canada, TO Duluth, it Is l,29O miles.
Montreal is as much of al inlaHd
town III the winter az is Columbus
or indianapolis. Omaha is nearer
to Duluth than to Chicago. The
western extremity of Lake Superior
extends 24O miles into the continent
farther than Lake Michigan at
Chicago so it will be seen that q
vast region now tributary 10
Chicago will carry It's produce 10
Duluth, or IT, some other port al
the western extremity nf L&ke
Superior, ani when railroad trans
purtation - resortei Il, will take
this route via Sault 81 Marie,
Hamilton, AMI through Buffalo t.
New YORK o. other sc,.Loard parts.
thereby requiring the construction
OF the Niagara river tunnei
The Cana,iians seem IN have, Tor
'ie present at least, abandoned thu
The building OF their Pacific railroad
around The uorth shore OF Lake
Superior, but will construct the
aforesa al. line to SaulL St. Marie,
with the intention OF uniting with
the American lines along the south
shore OF Lake Superior 10 Duluth,
and there connect with the North,
ern Pacific, and its line west as far
as Glyndon, where the St. Paul
and Manitoba Railroad branches
off and runs north 10 Winnipeg,
which branch is owned and operat-
ed by Montreal parties.
The Hamilton and Northwestern
road, which would form q portion
Of the direct line between Buffalo
and Duluth, strikes the Montreal
and Sault ST. Marie line near Lake
Nipisslng, Another branch from
Toronto strikes the main line at
sbout the same place. Both oil
these lines are aided by the govern.
nent, and more tnan half of the
former, the Hamilton and North.
western, is already completed.
There is projected airline rail
road from Duluth to the 49tE
degree, which will save one hun
dred miles in reaching Winnipeg
! Il is land grant road, and will
therefore be built. Nearly all tn,
line. from Sault St Marie 10 Duluti
are aided by government subsidy
which assures their construction
! There is 10 be a new system o
railroads in the north est, in
dependent Of those centerng IL
Chicago, a fact which must not b.
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