The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-12

RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.

The various railway companies are already
outlining their new construction for the year
1882. The outlook reveals dwarfed and re-
stricted dsvelopemeet compared with that Of
doubtful if the railways to be constructed this
year shall exceed ), 900 miles. The great trunk
lines leading westward and northwestward from
Chicago will be content with very slight ex-
"ansion this year. The Chicago Milwaukee &
t. Paul company has decided to reduce it's con-
struction account for 1882, and it is under
stood that President Mitchell and the Scotch
syndicate behind HIM have called the halt 1t
is estimated that this company will not build
more than $50 miles Of road this year. The
Chicago Il Northwestern company after COM
plotting thirty or forty miles on tho peninsula,
on or eight of the Audubon branch in Iowa,
will go slow on new construction for the re-
mainder of the year, and will probably not I'M
dertake to exceed $50 miles of new line.
The bridge OF the Little Falls 4 Dakota rail
road. across the Mississippi Of Little Falls is
end and a pier in the middle of the river. Each
span will be 100 feet in length. 1t was at first
thought advisable to build an iron bridge that
would have cost about $50, 900. The one that
is now planned will probably cost about $780,
600. The bridge at Sank Center, crossing the
Sank river will be 259 feet in length, with 100
feet OF Howe truss work and $50 feet Of piing
bridge. All will be put in this winter
Captain W. W. Rich, chief engineer of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis railway, has just re-
turned from an extended reconnaissance ex-
tending from Taylor's Falls to Lake Superior,
with view of selecting the most desirable To-
cation for the proposed extension of the Min
neapolis & St. Louis from Taylor's Falls 70 the
lake. Capt Rich states that he found an unex-
pectedly favorable route, and surveys for the
additional line or extension will commence be-
fore spring.
Fergus Falls Journal: Yesterday the FIRST
regular passenger train ran from Wadena to
Fergus, arriving promptly on time, and quite a
party of citizens came over from the former
place. Until the crossing is effected, which
may require a week or ten days, the train will
stop at the Manitoba crossing, though the track
is laid to the depot grounds, except the crossing
stself.
St. Peter Tribune: It is stated upon what
seems to be reliable authority that the MIL
waukee & st. Paul railroad company will
build the projected line from ManEato to some
point on the Hastings & Dakota road, probably
at Glencoe. A survey OF the route was mado
last winter, the liae running west of st. Peter.
through Oshawa.
A San Francisco dispatch says that Cbas A.
Penny, q Scandinavian, has been engaged by
Henry Willard to bring 5000 or 10, 900 Scan
dinavians to engage in the construction of tbs
Western division OF the Northern Pacific rail
migrants to settle on the line of the road
1t is known that Mr.. r. s. Stimaon has been
rendered and has accepted the position Of gen
eral superintendent of the st Paul & Duluth
road, in succeeding Mr.. E. @ Sewall, who has
been appointed comptroller in the Office Of Gen
eral Manager s. S. Merrill of Chicago, Milwau-
kee Il st. Paul at Milwaukee.
Mr. G. w. Slayton of the land department
the St Paul 4 Sioux City is working vigorously
in behalf of the immigration interests Of Mime
sofa. He has made arrangements with Mr.. A.
Erickson of Luverne to 60 to Norway and
Sweden; also with Mr. W. Fl. Vernon of Man
kato to travel in England
The Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul have issued a circular
notifying that after January only one kind of
l 900 mile tickets will be issued-price $25.
These tickets will be good for only one person,
in whose name it is issued and good until
used.
woman named Mrs. Holman was struck by
an engine on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad in Rock Island recently and was in
stantly killed.
At Marshall, Tex, the depot, boarding
house, baggage and express Office, ETC., of the
Texas Pacific railroad were burned. Loss,
$4,000.
Mr. Flax estimates tue loss Of the trunk lines
and their connections through the existing state
of things, at from $25, 200, 900 to 80, O0O,0 600
per annum