The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-12-13
RAILROAD NEWS.
THE BISMARCK SURVEY.

The preliminary survey Of the Bis
marck line. we learn, is now completed
to junction with the located line Of
the Spirit Lake Il W+stern in Rock
county. At this point, we learn. the
surveyors leave the survey and pass on
to Pipestone where they begin the
survey again going northwest toward
Bismarck
The line run from Worthington to
the junction named above ls rs follows
rs near rs we can learn. This can he
depended upon rs accurate in the main:
Beginning near Second Avenue in
WorthngtOn the line brars northwest
across %, cuts the ne or. OF %, the sw
of Is, runs diagonally across Sec. 16,
crosses the sw of Sec 8. touches the St
OF and crosses the NV Of :, all III
Worthington town ship, to the Big
Slough, which it crosses about midway
and enters Dewald on section IL. 1t
touches the sw Of sec. l, crosses sec. 3,
cuts the ne Of sec. 2 and then enters
Summit Lake on sec. SO, cuts across
the corner Of this township and leaves
it on sec. 80. Thence it enters Larkin
on sec. 25, cuts across the town diayn-
naily and leaves it at sec. 6, in the INV
corner, where it enters I.eota on s+c
36. Thence it crosses sections 35, ~.
II, 20 and leaves the township on SEC.
l8. Here it enters Battle Plain town
ship, in Rock county, and bears in
westerly direction, crossing the Rock
river at the point where the C!,anaran.
bic Creek flows into it about five miles
south of Edgerton.
FUNDS SECURED TO BUILD THE ROADS
80 ,OOD TONS OF STEEL RAILS
BOUGHT.
A recent issue If the Cedar Rapids
Republican says:
The Republican has for some tim"
been III possession of information war
ranting the belief that the nucl,-talkeI
Of extension of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Falls and Northern railway, better
known rs the Pacific division OF the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids Il Northern.
road from its present terminus, Wor-
thi, gtn,. Minn., to either Fargo or
Bismarck, and possibly to both of these
points. THIS information has of late
taken definite Shape and the Republican
can now for the first time aullnrllA.
lively announce that the funds have
Mo, secured; that 80 GOO tons of steel
rails have been purchased ter the enter
priS' Ivy President Tracy. (instead If
9j.OUO rs announced 10y the Inter
Ocean); that SO much Of II beginning rs
the weather will permit. will br ,naht.
this wintrr. and that the extension will
lie pushed thrnugi, with great energy
as soon AS spring opens.
Thirty thousand tons of steel rails
will build between 800 and 400 miles nf
road. Steel rails weigh from 56 tn 60
pounds to the yard. s" that, at the
lowest figure. it would require 1l2 lbs
of steel to l,y one yard of track, or
10000 pounds to lay mile. This
would be about 96 tons. We learn that
1t requires 81 Car loads If iron and ties
to lay Il mile Of road. 1t will take
about Il Thousand car loads to lay the
road to Bismarck, or from 20 to IS train
loads. So it will I've seen that it is quite
a job to get the iron and ties on the
ground for u strip Of road like this.
STILL ANOTHER NORTHERN CON-
NECTlON.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press of recent
date publishes the following outline Of
another railroad which will give US an
other Northern or Northwestern con-
nection:
The latest railroad scheme which has
assumed positive form us :n assured
event in the near future. was unearthed
yesterday in 4 cOnver saliun with Gen.
q. F. Hatch. who is 1T present coz
fined to his bed by severe injuries re
ceived recently while driving 1T Wat
son. The new line starts from Il point
on the eastern Dakota line ut the foot
Of Lake Traverse, and runs in Il slightly
winding route around the northern
base of the eastern cOuteaux to San
born. Oh the line of the Northern
Pacific III Barnes county, CT OSSing Rich
land. Ransom and I.aNIoure counties; :;
thence it crosses quite directly Barnes
and StutSman counties, reaching its
present terminal point at Carr ngtnn.
Foster county. The entire line is l75
miles in length. and runs through one
Of the richest agricultural regions IL
Dakota. we'll watertd, having 4 fertile
soil and AN excellent crop record. and
already " considerable population Of
the most thrifty people. The prelim-
mary surveys showed that the general
character of the country was exceed
inEly level and well adapted to railroad
building. The heaviest grade SO tar
has been only about thirty feet to the
mile. The road has b-e,, located as far
AS SanbOrn and II portion OF tile right
Of way purchased, while b-yUnd San.
born the preliminary survey has been
completed. The opening Of spring will
see all the surveys completed. the en-
tire right Of way secured and the work
of construction actively begun. 1t is
expected to complete the line. which
will be laid with steel rails, before the
opening of winter in 1854. The final
termini OF the road are not yet d-fnite-
ly as prtaintd, but on the n"rl, it is
intended to tap the famous Mouse
river country, and on the east it vii
probably run either eastward t" Il con
nection with the Manitoba 1T Herman
Oh the Rrpckin .idge division. or south
over the line "f the Fargo Southern
which crosses it at Lake Traverse. to j.;
connection with the Hastings & d..
kOta division Of the Chicago. Milwau.
kee Il st. Paul. The board OF directors
is composed AS follows:
&: F. Hatch. Il. B. Casey. G. II
Christian and J. \. Christian. Mime
apolis; l.. n. Ipnl.a,n. Sanbnru, and
l.. Il. Casey, Darlington. G. f. Hate !
is president and secretary; L. A. Casey
vice president, G. II. Christian. treas
urer.
The gentlemen are men Of ample
means and financial standing. and
Gen. Hatch brings to his Office rare TX
perience and ability as \ railroad man
Lake Traverse is just north of Or.
tonviIle to which the Burlington will
be extended next year. The Fargo