The Mineral argus., 1883-12-13
NEWS OF THE

uon Is accepted.
NEWS or THE RAILROADS.
Work upon the st. Paul & Northern Pa
ci6c between st. Paul and Sank Rapids,
Mimi, is being carried along as rapidly as
circumstances wilt permit. The track is
now completed from the jun notion with the
Manitoba road to the site for the bridge
over the Mississippi in Minneapolis, and
the work of grading is being carried on all
along the line between Minneapolis and
Sank Bapids. The contract for the culvert
over Basset's creek in Minneapolis has Deen
closed and work thereon will be COM
menced soon. The culvert and accompany
ing construction at this point will prob
ably cost in the neiehborhood Of $40, 600,
three months. Work has been
begun upon the foundations for the bridge
over the rive, aad it is expected that in a
few days the erection of the peers and aDuI-
ments will be commenced. limo unforeseen
accident occurs the iron work of the struo-
ture will be in place by February, and
the bridge will be ready for opening some
time next spring. A force of Workmeh has
been engaged for the past two weeks ia
moving the fence along the line Of the old
Manitoba road. On the whole, matters are
proceeding very satisfactorily, and if the
weather holds open late, great progress will
be made this fall. The length OF track fully
completed in Minneapolis-from the juno.
ton with the Manitoba road to the bridge
site-is W miles.
A party Of drunken tracklayers on the
Illinois Eastern railroad raided the store o
Frank A. Miller, at Smithsboro, recently do
ing about 5000 worth ofdRmage to the stock
and building. The sheriff, with a strong
posse IRON Greenville, repaired to the
scene and arrested a dezen of the rioters
and restored order.
A Larimore paper says that it looks now
as though Larimore would be the winter
terminus OF the st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba road, the same as last year.
Travel to DEVILS lake is not liable to be
very heavy this winter, and il would not
be surprising ifa mixed train once or twice
a week, for the accommodation of local
traffic merely, would be all the company
would attempt TO run.
A special IRON Brownsville, Tex, states
that the progress OF a train on the Merida
railroad Yucaton, was delayed many hours
by immense swarm 4 locusts, which COW
cred the rack, and " en- the wheels crushed
them made such a lubricant that the fric-
lion between the wheels and rail was de-
stroyed, and progress was impossible.
1t is estimated that during the season of
1888, 946 miles of road will be constructed
by tie Canadian Pacific. This, ii is said,
will make a record without parallel in the
history Of railroad building. The total
number Of miles now completed is 1 1902,
and the number of miles under construc-
ton 984.
The railroads are BEGINNING to make
heavy shipments of coal for the winter
supply. The Duluth rC I'd takes on an
average about 100 car loads per day out Of
Duluth, all being intended Tor domestic
purposes.
1t is rumored at Des Moines, on good au-
thority, that the new Canadian, La Crosse &
Southwestern road is negotiating for the ST.
Louis. Dss Moines & Northern road, now
running from Des Moines to Boone.
}. c. Ernest general passenger agent of
the Pan Handle route, until fur
ther notice his line will make the rate 81
from Chicago to Louisville.
The Canadian Pacific has definitely
abandoned Kicking Horse pass through the
Rlcks in favor OF a route eight miles to the
north Of il.