Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-19
RAILROAD NOTES.

RAILROAD NOTES.
James T. Rose, northwestern agent Of the
Collingwood, Lake Superior line, with head
quarters at Duluth. is In st. Paul.
Peter Harvey, northwestern agent Of the
Baltimore & Ohio road, with headqu arters in
st. Paul, has accepted position in San Fran.
cisco and left for that city yesterday after
noon.
henry A. Tower, of North Adams, Mass,
and c. A. Harris, of Burlington, VT, were at
the general office of the Northern Pacific yes
terday, and left for the towns along the line
Of the Northern Pacific road last evening.
Two emigrant trains arrived yesterday, one
over the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road,
and one over the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul. Each train had six coaches and two
baggage cars. The one on the first named road
arrived at O'Clock In the morning and the
emigrants left at s o. m. for Winnipeg. The
other train arrived at $50 and the settlers
started out for Winnipeg at 1880.
REooNNoITERINa ROUTE.
A party headed by Gov. Alexander Ramsey.
of st. Paul, and Col. Richard Chute, of Min
neapolis, accompanied by civil engineers,
started yesterday on reconnaissance of the
route of a railroad of which the construction
is contemplated from Minneapolis and st.
Paul through southeastern Minuesots and
northwestern Iowa, to cross the Mississippi
at some point above the upper rapids and
thence through the Illinois coal fields to GER
tain eastern connections not yet announced.
The movement is made in the interest of
syndicate and largely in response to overtures
from communities along the proposed route
which will be given an opportunity to aid It's
construction by right of way and otherwise.
A DAKOTA COMBINATION.
The Grand Forks Herald says: "President
Stone of the First National bank of Grand
Forks, who has been in Chicago, reports that
while there he was approached by President
Keep of the Chicago 81 Northwestern railroad
with proposition which in brief is as fol-
lows: The Northwestern company pledges
itself to build line towards Grand Forks, or
rather, to continue the building of the plug
which it has now under construction from
Huron, on its Black Hills branch, northward
TO and beyond Aberdeen, until IL reaches a
point few miles north of the Northern Pa
cifc east of Valley City. provided the
Grand Forks and Missouri Valley company
will build out and meet that line. This prop.
osition came from the Northwestern COM
pany, being unsolicited and even unsuspected.
Upon that basis the project was thoroughly
canvassed Mr.. Stone finally accepted the
offer, and an agreement entered upon between
the legal representatives of the two COM
panies on the basis of the above proposition.
It will be seen that the companies have
simply divided the distance into halves, and
each has it's half to construct. The northern
point of the Huron branch is now about $50
miles little west of south or Grand Forks.
1t is now being constructed in an almost
northerly course.
A RAILROAD THAT MUST BE BUILT.
This is the heading that the Bismarck
Tribune gives to an article on the railroad
that is talked of for the valley of the Mouse
river, and under it makes the following re-
marks:
1t seems to be the purpose of the company
which controls the railroad that is heading
for the Mouse river region to make 1t Pa.
cifc road. This road strikes out from Grand
Folks, D. T., straight for Willard, in the val
ley of the Mouse, up that great valley of pas
ture and agricultural lands, tapping the FLYER
at BufOrd, to the renowned Milk river coun-
try,the last resort of the buffalo and the hostile
red. Across that region 1t will take its
course to the foot Of the Bear Paw mountains
and on to Fort Benton, at thu head of naviga-
ton on the upper Missouri river. A Montana
correspondent says that the owners Of this
road are the same men who have the magnifl
cent contract for constructing the Canadian
Pacific, out of which they are making mil
lions of money. When they once get the
Canadian Pacific in good shape for early CON-
petition, they will turn their attention to their
own road, which they have tina means, ability
and disposition to push though as
fast as money and muscle will build 1t. This
company is called the st. Paul g. Manitoba,
end is now known throughout the land as one
OF the strongest aud most energetic corpora
tions in the land. Their line is midway be-
tween the Canadian Pacific and the North Pa
cifc, and through country that presents
scarcely an obstacle until the eastern base of
the Rocky mountains is reached-the grandest
pasture and agricultural lands on the CONT
nent-a succession OF valleys and plateaus,
capable OF high cultivation, and destined 10 be
covered by dense population in the near fu-
ture. Early emigrants went that route from
Minnesota to Montana with their OK and horse
teams, via Benton TO the mines at Helena and
Virginia City, and many of them who still live
will bear testimony to the truth of the forego-
ing statements regarding the country. In
order to make Bismarck the boom center in
1883, the Mouse River road should be pushed
through to Willard in time to meet the new
Pacific road from Grand Forks at that point.
This would give Bismarck shorter connec-
ton with the Manitoba system OF railroads
than 1t now has. 1t would render Bismarck
the supply point OF the Mouse river country,
which within five years will boast popula-
ton that will be numbered by the thousands.
The completion of our Bismarck, Mouse
River, Turtle mountain and Manitoba rail-
road would supply cross link, uniting the
four North Pacific roads and making Bis
marck q center, giving her Pacific and Allan.
tic outlet by four of the great trans continen.
tai iron highways. She Is now in connection
with the Union Pacific by way of the Utah
and Northern and the North Pacific The
proposed road would connect here with the
st. Paul and Manitoba, now building west
from Grand Forks, and the Canadian Pacific.
Under such circumstances, with her location
by the side OF the greatest waterway on the
continent and at the Missouri river bridge,
what is there to prevent Bismarck from be.
coming the st. Paul of this region Moth
ing only the indifference and lethargy of the
men who hold her destiny in their hands.
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