The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-27
xaSn6SS il Commercial Combination,

The latest scheme credited to the fertile
brain Of PpSSident A. B. Stickney, Of the Chi.
cago, st. Pau 4 Kansas City railroad. -
and nniacatiouis f the entire traffic interests
Of the Missisairpi and Ohio rivers, and the
eonsolidat bni of the St. Paul & Duluth, Du-
q lion Range and the Kansas City
railroa2s with the river levees In one grand
systemk
Mn stiekney's. object is to control the two
gfeaA factors in the freight business-the
iron'ofe and coal shipments. He will take
the iron ore from the mines about Lake Su.
pcri11Eyms.sgst by rail to st. Paul, and trans-
ship II HIRE by boat down the Mississippi
rive; khh..sp. the Ohio river to the iron mills
at u NJ. He will bring the coal back
ovei llGGm ronte from the mines Of Penn
sylvanfa, and will nuke st. Paul the distli-
buting point for the entire Northwest.
There ID eyery reason to believe that Mr..
Stickney' 9 plans have already been consum-
mated. Hthis is 30 the Western railroads and
the tEerx irritation lines Of the great lakes
Mi1k1 1er control the situation. =.
shfrom Pittsbnrgstated that asyn-
1&ktsburg capitalists have about
y StSSpnrchase Of tiray's Iron line and
h0dQ &6ntrolling interests in the ''Dia-
MOI. &2S&k Simultaneously came the
ann6f &4taSnf the purchase of the old
Dav67 &Etle st. Paul & st. Louis
PackeI NElidicate of st. Paul men.
comp6|1 66srs. C. H. Petsch. r. T.
O'ConnS Kfendergast, E. c. Lang,
William 6<1 II. F. Stevens. One Of
the gent3S tied said:
The cof &tfG1 q immense coal and ore
docks at 6xs&&nl will begin at once,
and at leGs&a S44sEill be expended on
these impppyeax k3lMr. Stickney has long
had in his It'll kE41Hessity OF extending his
system to Dnt454 3&12 Esxp the iron mines. He
but to get hold Eti Paul & Duluth is
more Desirable u bfingirg the ore to St.
| Paul, and thence u Pittsburg by the river
route, instead Of via the lake route as most of
it goes noA. it will have to be rehandled
but once Msstead of twice. This is one great
argument lin favor Of the plan. Pittsburg
must havs the ore. OF late years the Pitts
burg capitalists have become alarmed at the
increase Il the iron manufacturing industries
Of Toledo Cleveland, Buffalo and other ports,
made pSSssaihle by their easier access to the
burg will be greatly lessened by utilizing the
| rivers, ana this condition alone makes the
| Pittsburg men take hold of the new scheme
| with q viii. The great benefit which st. Paul
will deritsis obvious. She need ne longer
sigh for a waterway to the lakes or look
| of Duluth. She will be in reality as we'll as
name the head of navigation of the great
| river, and will begin to reap the profits other
geographical position. The river traffic will
be thoroughly revived and put back on the
fourishing basis of early days. The purchase
of the old lines is only preliminary. 1t was
necessary to get the wharfage and other
| facilities. ;
There Is no doubt that the buying up of
| the, river lines by Pittsburg and st. Paul
people is in fultherance Of Mr.. Stickney's
scheme. Pre- the st: Paul men admitted
this wheh questioned. Mr.. Stickney is at
| present in the East.
The trip from St. Paul to Pittsburg can be
made in from seven to ten days by a steam
er towing three barges of3,OO0 tons capac-
ity. The traffic will not OF course, be
confined to coal and ore alone, but
merchandise freight of all description will be
taken. *. Paul merchants can get their i'm
portations from the seaport via Pittsburg as
| well as by the Buffalo-Duluth route The
way freight business will not be neglected,
| and a special attention will be given to the
passenger and excursion business. A side is
| sue will bse the running of II fine new excur-
sion boat between St. Paul and Red Wing
| during the summer months. :