St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-12
SOME NEW EXTENSIONS
Engineers Making New Survey for the
Manitoba Company Return and
Submit Reports.
Which Are Now in the Hands Of Pres
ident Hill, and Will be De-
cided Upon.
The Baltimore d. Ohio Cuts Rates So
and Has Its Office Crowded
With Buyers.
President Gowen of the Reading Re-
EIected--Rock Islands Kansas
Extension.
Completing the System.

GOmDbeIIHE tHe Sy
Several corps of engineers who have been
out making surveys of projected extensions
of the Manitoba read have just returned.
and have made reports to Chief Engineer
Miller Of the Manitoba Railroad company.
Mr.. Miller has in turn submitted reports or
the surveyors TO President HILL who has
them now under consideration. One party
of engineers was making a survey from
Pelican Rapids northwest, and went as far
north as Wild Rice river, the northern
branch. Between Pelican Rapids and a
short distance beyond the crossing of the
Northern Pacific road they experienced
much difficulty in selecting a route around
the innumerable small lakes in that neigh
borhoOd, but they succeeded, it is learned,
in determining upon route over which a
line can be built at cost Of about $50, 600
per mile From the crossing of the North
eTn Pacific road about twenty miles west
OF Detroit, northward a line can be built at
less expense, probably at from SIS, 600 to
$40. 600 per mile The land is generally
fertile, being well watered. and could be
easily cultivated. The country is partially
settled, though not enough so TO make a
line through it paying investment at pres
ent. A line would, however, be the
only means OF developing the country
and it is with this intention that Mr.. Hill
cOntemplates all extension of the Pelican
Rapids branch, adding new territory TO the
Manitoba system, and keeping competitors
out Of the field. Ii is believed that the eX.
tension of this branch is a scheme Of Mr..
Hills to discourage the Brainerd d North
ern project. Another party of surveyors
who returned, were looking up a route for
a line
EASTWARD FROM CRoOKsToN.
The party reached Leech Lake after
being at work two months. Their report,
it is leaned, TO Dir. Hill, was very favorable
as far as the expenditure for the building of
such line was concerned. Some distance
west Of Leech lake good deal of bridging
would have to be done, but the rivers are
generally narrow and the cost of bridging
them would be. comparatively light. Never
theless through this one section the cost
would probably amount to S2s, 600 per mile.
MI. Hill, before the survey was made. said
he intended to build about fifty miles on
G4lS line next season. but now that Mr..
Miller's report has been submitted to him,
it is not known what he will do. That he
will build fifty miles is foregOne conclusion,
but the reports of the surveyors may i'm
press him so that he will build more
than he first intended. The ultimate
terminus of this extension will be Duluth.
The advantage of such an extension has
been discussed heretofore. The Manitoba
company is making preparations for extern
sionS next season in various directions. 1t
is just completing one important one from
st. Cloud in a sOuthwesterly direction for a
distance of twenty miles. Track on this
line is laid to Cold Spridgs, fourteen miles,
and the remaining six miles will be ready
70 iron this week. The workmen are now
engaged on the masonry work of the bridge
across the Sank river. This branch will
have Richmond for temporary terminus.
SURVEYS HAVE BEEN MADE
beyond this point to the Milwaukee & st.
Paul, near Lake Lac Qui Parle. Whether
the line will be extended beyond Richmond
this year has not been decided, but it is be-
leved it will be extended to a junction
with the Breckenridge division of the Man
itcba, near Willmar. 1t has transplred that
the Milwaukee & st. Paul has had engineers
out surveying line from Aberdeen to Fort
BufOld, on the Missouri river, in Montana,
via Bismarck. To build to that point has
for some time past been one of Mr.. Hills
considerations, and early in the spring he
will have engineers at work surveying a
line from Devils Lake to Fort BufOrd. The
route will pro oably be northwesterly
TO Turtle mountains and from thence
almost due west. The Manitoba
has intended to extend to the Turtle
mountains soon, and line from there to
Fort Buford would shorten the distance
considerably. 1t has much the advantage
of the Milwaukee q st. Paul in distance.
and if it gets there first it is very improb-
bic that the latter will follow. 1t might
however, extend ssto Bismarck. Most of
these extensions will be made for protec-
ton against invasion of its territory by
other lines, while some will be made be-
cause the country into which they are to be
made has so developed that railway facili-
ties are essentially necessary. In the new
building, Mr.. Hill is only pursuing the pol
lev adhered to in the past, and which has
50 benefited the Northwest