Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-03
RAIL RUMBLINGS.
TIE DULUTH q IRON RIDGE RAIL
ROAD LAND GRANT.

Legislation in Regard to 1t to be Asked at
the Coming -Session-Its Importance to
acknowledgements on Way Freight
Trains-The New Council Bluffs Division
of the c. II. & St P.-Fare to 'Frisco-Mis-
cellaneous Notes.
Tic Iron Range RasIroad,
In 1875 swamp land grant was made
by the legislature of this state of ten sec
tons per mile Glands to be selected in St.
Louis, Cook, and Lake counties) to the Du-
lnth & Iron Range Railroad company to
aid in the construction of a railroad from
Duluth to the iron range, northeast of Du-
luth, and by its aid to help develop this
mineral region.
In 1877 the time of this grant for con-
struction was extended, and later, and some
six months prior to the expiration of the
time of the extension, grant of lands was
made to the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad
company and in said grant there was a
provision giving this grant of the Duluth
& Iron Range Railroad company to the
Duluth & Winnipeg company in case of
forfeiture by the Duluth & Iron Rrange
Railroad company.
No act of forfeiture was ever passed by
the Legislature and the Duluth i Iron
Range railroad company never by any act
of theirs, assented to any such transfer or
abandoned the grant.
It has, by large expenditure of money
during the past three years by the
Minnesota Iron Co." been proved and
established that the iron ore at Yer
million is of very superior quality
first class Bessemer ORGY and in unlim-
tied quantity, and the Duluth l. Iron
Range Railroad company now wish an ex-
tension of time under which they may
earn the lands by the construction of the
railroad from Duluth to Vermilion lake
and will seek legislation this winter which
will enable them to do SO, claiming that
the original grant has been forfeited by
the legislature or by their acts.
The importance of the construction of
this road and the development of the i'm
mense and valuable ore deposits in the
state of Minnesota.ican hardly be esti-
mated. 1t is matter of great importance
to Duluth and the head of Lake Superior;
but it is fully as important to the whole
state at large. It means cheaper fuel
local brought up by vessels for return
freights and iron ore.) and it means
cheaper iron.
The supplies for the mining region
must all be drawn from our state.
Iron ore from these mines must be laid
down at St. Paul and Minneapolis even as
low as ore of equal value can now or ever
be laid down at Chicago. It is now in no
sense (although of great value to Du-
luth) road of local interest.
No one hundred miles of
railroad in the state of Minnesota has as
great general value to the state at large in
the results TO be reached by it as the build
ing Of this railroad.
The parties asking this extension and
willing to make this development have
been branded as there's striving to steal
from the Duluth & Winnipeg rail
road their grant, when only endeavor
ing to save and earn the original grant
made by the Legislature in 1875, for this
special purpose, to them. The public can
see who are amenable to such charge.
Over 100000 have been expended up to
this time by the !parties comprising the
Minnesota Iron company, whose Office is
in st. Paul lover 100000 this Year, and
an expenditure of S3,O0O.O0O Is required
before one dollar of return can be had.
The gentlemen in this company are men
of experience and wealth, and it is mat
ter of vast public interest that such de-
yelopment should go on. and it is to be
hoped. as no doubt will be the case, that
the Legislature will this winter promptly
extend the time to the Duluth Il Iron
Range Railroad company. If done it is
their purpose TO put the road under
contract early in January, the line
being located and ready now for bids.
Any person taking any interest in this
matter and wishing to see what Minnesota
has in the. way of iron oar, can call at the
Office of the Minnesota Iron company, No.
IL Gilfllan block st. Paul. and Mr.. Geo. G.
Stone. the general manager of that COM
pany, will show them the oar and analysis,
and in part any desired information.
AEC Aotccb dA1AJ SiS u tHc Os!E VI Tue
"B-eitung nline," made by the Isabella
Furnace company of Pittsburgh, Pa, is as
follows:
Metallic iron, sS.79.
Phosphorus. .03S.,
from samples taken from all parts of a
stock pile of $500 tons.
It is useless to say anything to an iron
man in regard 70 this ore. 1t has no satpe
TtoT,if il has an eGual.in the United States.
Passengers on Tay Freight T-nins.
The 81. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
road proposes to put stop TO the prolnis
cuous use Of freight trains for travelling
purposes. It has accordingly issued the
following special notice and instructions
to agents and conductors:
ST. Paul AND MANITOBA RAILWAY, ST.
PAUL. Nov. 1. 1SS2.-Freight trains are
run for the accommodation of freight
traffic only, and not for the transportation
of passengers. Passengers will be al
lowed to ride On way freight trains only
for their own convenience and entirely at
their own risk, with the understanding that
the place of entrance and exit from the
trains is at all times subject to the necessi-