Morris tribune., 1881-09-22

toward opening up and putting III thorough
repair the various county highways. The
secretary was ordered, on motion, to re-
quest the village council that they by reso'
buttons instruct the village justices to fur
nish, for publication in the Morris TIKI.
BUNE, each week, list of civil and crimi.
NIL cases tried before them. together with
the disposition of the cases, fines imposed,
etc. This publication to be made without
cost to the village. The object of this
resolution was, that by giving publicity to
offenders against village ordinances, many
would be deferred from violating the peace
and the laws. This is u wholesome reso-
luton and we trust the council and the
justices will cooperate. There is no
question but that if the names of all par.
ties arrested and tried are published, many
will think twice before they do wrong.
The RAILwAYs.-On 10 Duluth is the
order, and consequently the line Of the st.
Cloud & Lake Traverse railroad will be
pushed through 10 Rush City or Pine City,
and from thence to the great lakes via the
st. Paul & Duluth railroad. From what
we can learn from headquarters, it would
seem that the Manitoba company intend
having this road constructed with all pos
sible dispatch. A corps of surveyors are
locating lines and arranging for winter
work in the woods east of St. Cloud, and
two or three parties of engineers are push
ing the work east from Morris, with large
crews of graders close on their heels. The
work of cross sectioning has been COM
pleted through this and part of Pope
county, and will ere this be we'll on to the
Stearns county line, and judging from the
general direction taken, as we'll rs from
other facts already stated, We naturally in
fer St. Cloud is the objective point, al
though the citizens of her enterprising
neighbor, Sank Centre, are making vigor-
Gus efforts to divert the line to the latter
place. We say divert because the line M
established and ON which work has been
begun by the graders, is direct or lair"
line in the direction of the sanity city.
The rival road, the Little Falls & Dakota,
under the energetic management of the
Northern Pacific, is becoming more than
"a mere paper road" as it was once termed
by prominent railroad official. 1t is
growing daily and we have nothing further
to repor, than a continuance of the previ-
Gus rapid progress. The graders are busily
engaged in all directions and the road bed
is getting into shape as fast rs all enormous
force of men and teams can move it.
There has been some interruption during
the past week week from unfavorable
weather, but now that the wheat is secured
and large area of blowing done. teams
and help will become more plentiful and
the .seemingly boastful promise of "a COM
pleted road bed from Morris to Sank Cen
tire before snow f1ies," looks as if it would
be possible of realization. Our exchanges
report good progress all along the line, and
we note that the company are arranging
winter work both on the bridge across the
Mississippi and in the belt of timber be-
tween Sank Centre and Little Falls. None
will dispute the claim of Morris to place
among the leading cities of Minnesota.
We are the point where three lines, owned
by rival corporations, centre, these lines
will come into sharp competition for our
trade, rates will be cut, not only to and
from Duluth but to and from St. Paul,
and with the completion of the western
extension of the Little Falls & Dakota, we
expect to have direct communication with
Chicago and Milwaukee via the Hastings
& Dakota from Appleton or Ortonville'
Low freight rates mean cheap goods, they
also insure the very best prices for produce
of all kinds, thus lcssening the cost OF
living and reducing the debit and increasing
the credit side of the producers ledger
Naturally there are many who perceive the
great future in store for Morris and ere
many months have passed we will have
the greatest boom in the history of our vii
| &c, along side of which the rush OF set
tiers to this point in 1876, will be as moth
ing in comparison. We arc not naturally
over sanguine, but on looking al the vas
possibilities which are opening before US
we arc convinced. il facts are reliable, tina
we have here the coming city of north
western Minnesota, and only ask coupl
of years to prove the prediction.
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