Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-30

Manitoba railway. Operr' 81
ill probably be continued earl LIONS
pring towards Devils lake. - IN the
he grade follow its present. ssd . should
ERECTION, the line must strit ~. Sesselly
ithe1 at its northeasterly p, - = 'as l a,.s
ONE probably undermine as VI e: 10.
orthern shores. Now !" ePo. on A''
sked by the syndicate me Puonc are
bev stv,o tben.eIre of Odessa, Or as
,ownsita comnonr IS, the Devils Lake
trenotb Of tn; :, to believe, and on the
money!. that a. belief, to invest their
4. Paul e. powerful corporation like the
uaded or .1anitoba railway can be per-
rs of tn. ecmpelled by a ring of speculat-
o cha 'Col.Towner and Capt. Griggs type
is age the direction of their road from
@ pteS mt and geographically natural
LIZ towards point not perhaps SO diff
u;om of access from railway point of
.os as of egress. For supposing that the
:" ID we're diverted from it's present west
IN course towards Odessa, either of two
results must follow. The line must either
run across the channel at the narrows, and
continuing its course, skirt the southern
and western shores of the lake before run
ming northwest again, or else must back
out from Odessa. making its way in
the shape of the sletter V"
and creep along the eastern shore
of the lake unil its present
line is again reached. 1t may be of inter
est to the general public to know some
thing of the history of the Odessa "boom,"
of which so much has been heard since the
month of October.
Early in the summer of this year, Mr..
Waldron, who had successfully farmed a
large tract in the northern part of this
state, made prospecting tour around
DEVILS lake and after carefully looking
the lands over, finally decided to locate
himself at the Narrows, Judging, and right
ly, too, that for farming purposes he could
do no better. Shortly afterwards we're as
sociatsd with him some gentlemen from
Milwaukee. Up to this time it is beyond
doubt that neither Mr.. Waldron or his
friends had any intentions of laying out a
town site at the Narrows. II seen ap-
peared, however, that Mr.. Waldron vas not
to be left in undisturbed possession. A
body Of spectators, whose business it was
and is to boom town sites in the valley
of the Red river,o OF wherever gullibls pub
lie will follow them, and who attempted
not long ago to anticipate their Odessa
venture at a wretched hamlet named
Harrisburg, on Stump lake, cast eyes
| on the 'Narrows," and after
| ono or two failures, succeeded
| in making an arrangement by which all
the claims which Mr.. Waldron and his
| party controlled were 'pooled." It was then
| that the newly formed ''ring" determined
| to make an onslaught ON the public purse
and lay out townsite, which was to be
| the county seat of Ramsey county, then the
| capitrl of Northern Dakota, and lastly the
great center of trade west of St. Paul.
But as these persons we'll knew. to lay out
town site and to make town, are two
widely different things, and the result ar
rived at by council of war, was, that, to
| ''boom" any new town on DEVILS lake
without aid from the st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis l. Manitoba railway, it would
be necessary to make a very strong dem
| onstration. For this purpose the place
was widely advertised journals subsidized,
| hints thrown out that Mr.. j. j. Hill was in
terested in Odessa, and lastly the most sx-
| pensive scrip in the market was laid on
some hundreds of acres of land around the
Narrows, Valentine scrip worth $50 an
acre. Having made good their title to the
land, the township was surveyed privately,
| Odessa swas christened after the Great
Black sea port by Colonel Towner, the
town was plated out and with flourish
| Of trumpets was thrown on the market, a
truly extra ordinary sale of lots taking
place at Grand Forks On the 18th of Decem-
| Der. As to the bona fide nature of this
$40, 1000 transaction "credat Jud@us." One
remarkable fact may be noticed, that, on
being asked for guarantee that the rail
road should touch the town, the syndicate
| prudently declined to do anything of the
sort. Surely it is not too much, to ask the
public to await the course of events in the
next few months, and Notwithstanding the
wonderful announcements of sales of real
estate, the building of mills, stores and in
land sea fleets, to keep its money in its
pocket until the arrival of the rail-
road settles the question Of q
DEVILS lake town. Not little
has been said in favor Of Odessa, on the
ground that a prominent railway official
is member of the syndicate. A rule,
do railroads shape their course to suit the
views and pockets Of subordinate executive
officers!
"You caa't get round the aarroars" is q
brilliant saying attributed to Colonel
Towner. Perhaps not. But a. not few
| will find TO their cost next summer, you
nay travel west without performing the
tedious operation Of "getting round" the
! narrows.
| To conclude. IL it probable that
the St. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba
railway will make their own town site q
point west, or nearly west, Of thei,
| present terminus, and wAich the company
win Own entirely thsmsslvss, OF on the
other hand, is it likely that the present line
| Of road will be diverted some miles out Of
it, natural course TO touch Odessa, in order
to all the pockets of ring Of spectators
to whose designs The company must be
naturally antagonistic, seeing that every
dollar pat into Odessa is in a sense stolen
from the Golfers of the company. think
the answer is easy to make. Apologising
for The length of my letter. I am, sir. your
obedisnt servant F.I.V.
WON A HEAT.
| The Mutual Union Succeeds in Having the
| order Ia Sue for q Vacation Of Its Charter
| Vaeated--Corn Sales In New York---City
Assessments.
New YORK. Dec. 29.-Judge Armour, in