The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-05-11

CouIllcllIdi TOuCc.s ~ ~ Tlcn ana power
full and having conquered its own world
is casting about for another. It has the
prairie province in nylew, but owing to
the insnr,nountable engineering diff
culties north of Lake Superior and the
peculiar state of the disallowance laws
of Manitoba which gives tie monopoly
in that province to the Canadian
Pacific, it was unable to make
any appreciable hcadway in
the direction desired. A short time
since negotiations were pending between
the two distant but rival roads, the gem
eral object of which was to cause each
road to confine itself to tic territory it
now covers; but tleseS were abruptly
terminated by the CanadiarrR Racific, and
the Grand Trunk immediatel telystook the
field against the latter and resumed its
attempt to enter the western roads ter
ritory. Having pooled with tho N1ichi-
gan Central it found itself with a road
extending as far west us Chicago. At this
opportune moment the gentlemen of
the Red River Valley who are moving
in the Fargo, Grand Forks. and. Pembina
project, proposed to solve the problem
of the Grand Trunk by;leading the way
into Manitoba. The Chicago and Rock
Island which alreadvlooked with favor
Oh the Red River Valley road was warn.-
ly seconded by the powerful Canadian
one which is soon to become interested
il forming the chain by which it may
reach its great desideratum-the Red
and Saskatchewan valleys and event
ueAly the Pacific coast. It is from that
source that the Fargo, Grand Forks
and Pembina road, which is one cf the
unbuilt links in two Thousand mile
Chain ofroads, is to come. 10 be more
explicit, the system is to consist of the
Grand Trunk from the Atlantic sea
board to Detroit, the Michigan Central
rom Detroit 10 Chicago, the Chicago
an Rock Islanl and Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern from Chicago to
Worthington, Minnesota, an extension
of this latter road to Wahpcton, the Far
so and Southwestern from Wahpcton to
Fargo, the Fargo, Grnd Forks and Penn
bina to Pcmbina and the Portage, West
bourne and Northwestern from Pcmbina
to the Saskatchewan valley.
The gaps to be constructed are those l,e-
tween Wo,tliington alid Walpeton, laO
miles, the Fargo and pcmbina, It's miles
and Il stretch Of somewhat sllo'tcr lrnyt,
.ilsouthern Manliols,: Que will perceive
1T once the fc.,sibiiity7H the proposed
system is marked, and by completing i.
the Grand Trunk solves its great problem
and ut one quick and comparatively in
expensive stroke outgenerals the talnacli-
IN Pacific and jumps into its well guar
'lcd territory. roa road possessing the
wealth and enterprise uf the Grand Trunk
the construction uf four hundred miles Of
road through ~ level prairie country,
would he small matter in comparison
with the advantages g;linc,l thereby, but
the burden of construction would fall on
the road to an extent less than one-lialf
,,f that named which is all that is neces-
@lry 10 mike the project success. The
t:o-,perution of the chief officers of the
Granl Trunk is assured, and with power
full allies in them, there is every reason
to believe that the Fargo, Grand FORKS
and Pembinu road will be built within
the npxt twelve months,