Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-31
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & MANI.
TOBA.

the territorial legislature OF 1861 planned
and divided) for the state of Minnesota
are in existence substantially according to
the original plan, only one of the original
companies is represented to-day by a COM
pany which may be regarded rs Minneso-
tian in its paramount interests. The st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
company successor of the Territorial COM
pany known as the St. Paul & Pacific Rail-
road company, has not only occupied and
filed nearly all that part of the state as
signed to the original company, but has
laid it's rails over much greater area than
was first contemplated and has added to
the commerce of st. Paul and The
state wealth of traffic which could not
have been anticipated by the Legislators of
twenty-si1 years ago. Yet there was
among the old settlers who laid out
the railroad system of Minnesota, as
drawn in their division of the liberal land
grants which congress gave for promoting
the building of the railways, a wise esti-
mate of those resources of central and
northwestern Minnesota, which yet seem
to the men of to-day to be almost beyond
estimate. The growth Of those parts of
our state within the few years since the
Manitoba company succeeded to the st.
Paul and Pacific property and began the
extension of its steel tracks through the
Lake park country into the valley of the
Red River of the North, has been the chief
support of the charging business
of st. Paul. The rate of growth
of that portion of our state and the border
ing regions of Dakota, which the Manitoba
company is opening to settlement with it's
new tracks. is phenomenal. It cannot we'll
be measured, but it may be illustrated by
the fact that the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railway, though leading settle
ment and always in advance with it's road
way of the establishment of productive in
dustries is the best paying of new railways
in new country in all the world.
MILEAGE.
The st. Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba
railway consists at this date of the follow
lowing lines and branches. St. Paul to
the boundary of Manitoba via Fergus Falls
and st. Fincent, 1892 miles: Minneapolis
to st. Cloud, 60; st. Cloud to Sank Rapids.
1874; Fergus Falls to Pelican Rapids.
21.37; st. Cloud to Hinckley, 66.51; Sank
Centre to Brownsville, 25:75:
Minneapolis Junction to the Manitoba
boundary line ria Breckenridge, Barnes
vile, Fargo, Grand Forks and Neche. As:
Wayzata to Minnetonka beach, 6; Morris
to Browns Valley. AZ. Breckenridge to
Portland ria Everest, 1oO.ss; Everest to
Mayville ria Casselton, 1859: Ripon to
Hope, 1851; Crookston to Bartlett ria
Grand Forks and Larimore, 1925 miles:
total of 1909 miles. of which 9O8 is in
Minnesota and 4O1 in Dakota.
The main line track laid this year has
been as follows: Clearwater to St. Cloud.
ID miles; ST. Cloud to Hinckley. 81; Sank
Center to Northern. &c; Durbin to Port
land. 50; Ripon to Hope, 80; Larimore to
Bartlett, 40; Grafton to Neche, Il: Everest
to Casseiton. 3; total, 272 miles. in addi-
ton this company gained in mileage by
its late exchange with the Northern Pacific
company 46 miles-having transferred
eighteen miles and received sixty -four
miles. Its construction account is further
to be credited with about fifty miles of
sidings laid during the year, but which
are not counted in the mileage.
BETIERMKNTs, ETC.
NV AOk'AoSAAk IA lIOu Tails WIFI steer
rails has been finished from st. Paul to
st. Vincent. The grade between Willmar
and Breckinbridge has been reduced to
maximum of % feet to the mile. The
short line double track has been com pleted
to East Minneapolis station and a second
track has been laid from. East Minneapolis
to Fridley. New and large distributing
yards have been put in at st. Cloud.
GAINESVILLE and St. Vincent, with six miles
of track at st. Cloud, five miles at Barnes
vile and seven at St. Vincent.
New round houses and engine
houses have been erected at
st. Cloud. GAINESVILLE, Minneapolis. Grand
Forks, East Grand Forks, Crookston, Hope
and Anoka-with fifteen stalls each at St,
Cloud and GAINESVILLE, six at Willmar. five
at Grand Forks, and four at Crookston. In
addition to the structures on new roads.
deposs have been erected at st. Cloud. Fer
gus Falls, and Grand Forks,a freight house
at Hop,, and an eating house at Osakis. |
Greater facilities have been provided at !
Minnesota transfer. A carpenter shop and
ran Will have been built at st. Cloud. |
Twelve frost proof water tanks and ten
section houses have been built along the !