Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19

Hastings and it may be from Langdon.
Our engineers will run their line imme-
diately, and the route will depend upon
their reports"
GLOW soon will the matter be definitely
decided?''
"Probably in about week.
"You regard it as reasonably certain
that the line will be built?''
eyes, think it will be.''
Mr. Merrill stated he had no other rail-
road news of moment. His company is
sucN pushing institution, however, that
the GLOBE always feels fearful when in
terviewing him that he will overlook two
or three of the new projects determined
on during the current day.
Railroaes Building In Dak0la.
While there seems to +, be a
cessation of the railway building race
which was going on. last year
in Southern Dakota, between the Mil
waukee & st. Paul and Chicago & North
western companies, both of which have
suspended grading where they left off
last fall, there is lively contest going
on in the northern half of the Territory,
upon which the Milwaukee s. st. Paul
company is just entering.
Last year the Milwaukee s. st. Paul
graded the Hastings & Dakota main line
extension, from Ortonville to the James
river, and few miles beyond, and also
graded some sixty mites of roadway along
the James river valley. This year it is
ironing the main line, and its track lay
ers are now in Day county, about half
way from the west boundary of
the Sisseton reservation to the
James river. 1t is also at
work upon branch line of the ID. & D.,
starting west of Big Stone lake and run
ming northwesterly through the Sisseton
reservation, on line which, projected,
would strike the Northern Pacific about
jamestown. The graders are now about
halfway through the Sisseton reservation
and when they pass from it into Ransom
county they will enter upon the great
wheat region in which the st. Paul 81
Manitoba and Northern Pacific compan-
les are competing for possession of terri
tory.
There is room in this great region, and
IN time will be need, for all the rail
ways these companies can build, but the
contest is warm and promises to stimulate
the settlement of the country and the de-
velopment of it's vast resources.
The st. Paul and Manitoba company,
having apparently abandoned the project,
on which it began work last year, of
building road due west from its Durbin
branch on the ninth correction line, is
pushing the grading of road on south
of west line from Wahpeton, through the
center of Richland county and south part
of Ransom county. If continued as start
ed, on the St. Paul & Pacific survey of
1869, it would reach the Missouri between
opposite the mouth of Grand river and
Standing Rock, and would occupy a con-
siderable part of the territory to be trav-
ersed by the Northern Pacifc's Fargo
Southwestern branch. The Durbin branch
is being extended on west of north
line by large force of graders, and
work has been actively resumed
on the Grand Forks branch
with which the Durbin extension will
probably connect in the west part of
Grand Forks county, while the Grand
Forks branch, running along the north
shore of DEVILS Lake will have for its
future field the Mouse river valley and the
country north of the Missouri to Buford
| if not to Benton or the Pacific. The Penn
bina branch is being graded west of north
erly from the Grand Forks branch and
| will, it is understood, be ironed to the
boundary line, this year. This line will
| probably connect with the Canadian Pa
cific at Portage la Prairie and with Win
nipeg, by the Winnipeg Southwest road.
In all this company will, if the year is ia
vOrable for railroad work, grade and iron
| from 200 to $50 miles of road in northern
| Dakota.
The Northern Pacific company is
crowding the grading of its Fargo South
| western branch. Fifteen miles has been
graded since the work was begun this
season and the graders are making good
progress on the second fifteen miles,
while the line is located for fifty-two
miles from Fargo or to within three miles
of Lisbon, on the Cheyenne river. 1t is
expected that about fifty miles of this
branch will be ironed this year. The ex-
tension of the Casselton branch north
westerly from Blanchard, it's terminus of
| last fall is also being vigorously pushed
The grading is complete, ready for the
rails, from Blanchard to Mayville,
ten miles, and the graders are fol-
lowing close after the locating engineers,
| beyond Mayville. This road, passing
east of DEVILS Lake, Will traverse very
rich wheat region all the. way from
Casselton tie the Canadian boundary, and
will compete with the ST.. Paul & Mani
toba branches for fifty miles. These two
branches will make about ninety miles for
the Northern Pacific, in Northern Da-
kota this year-a total which will be
largely increased if it shall be concluded
to begin this season the building of the
branch projected from jamestown to the
Mouse river country.
Railroad Neacs 6y Telegraph.
CHICAGO, June lS.-Charters for five
million bushels of grain have been taken