St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-23

the interstate commerce law as railroad
men regard it: and of d general depres-
sion in trade circles all over the cOun-
try, strikes and rate wars, it is not to be
wondered at that the Northwestern
railroads have taken rest this year i'll
the matter of construction work. The
available statistics at hand do not show
total Of more than 1S2 miles OF new
railroad constructed in Minnesota this
year-a material falling off from 1887
and 1856. Tie chief activity has been
with Mr.. Hilfs system in the building
OF connections and extensions. Num-
bcriess new lines have been projected.
and on some from ten to twenty miles
constructed, but with all this there has
been a decided disposition TO await
return of active prosperity before I'm
dertaldng the completion Of their plans.
Well provided with main lines, St. Paul
has not materially felt the dizziness i'll
this direction. The entrance of the
SAUL Ste. Marie gave her the most i'm
pOrtant outlet TO the lakes ever pos
sesscd by her. and provided trade cir
cleS with new strength 10 meet foreign
competition with. The details of the
work done will be found in the follow
ing summaries collected from railroad
sources:
THE MANITOBA SYSTEM.
Mr. Hills tirclcSs energy has not
waited the passing of the dull times,
but forged ahead with work needed to
complete certain connections and eX
tensions. The OrtOnyille d Southern
was incorporated to run from orion
Vile, by ripcstOne, to the southwest
crn limits of the state, and is supposed
TO be a new feeder for his system
already in that territory. The Sioux
City d. Northern was also organized
and running north from Sioux City will
connect with the Manitoba main lines
in this state. On the Montana Central
connection Of the Manitoba system. the
1,00O-fCct-lOng iron bridge at Great Falls
was completed, and the Sand Coulec
branch into the famous coal fields fin
iShed. For the extension and branch
work in that territory, $1,000 tons of
steel rails were necessary, and the
planes not completed vet call for 800
miles Of construction and an eXpcndi-
turc of 5000, 900. The connections
with Duluth are partially completed,
which will give ST. Paul new short
line to the head Of the lakes. The cost
Of this connection will be $S00,000. 1t
runs from lIinckley, on the St. Cloud
branch Of the Manitoba, seventy
miles northeast to Duluth and Superior
connections. The WillmaI, Sioux Falls
u lmktOn branch of $50 miles, COM
mcnccd two years ago, is finished,
bringing st. Paul jObbeTS into Il new
territory hitherto dominated by Chi
cago and Sioux City. The Duluth,
WatertOWn ~ Pacific seventy miles
is well under way, and the Fergus Falls.
Duluth IL Southern to be one of the
new beginnings of 1889. Some sixty
q ,,t,,
taken aud are now i'm various stages Of
completion. 1t seems to be well under
stood among railroad men that Mr.. Hill
Is undecided YET as to whether or not he
viii push his Montana line toward the
coast or 20 southwark toward Denver.
In It's scope, and considering all of its
branches, connections and territory coy
cred, his system already ranks among
the greatest in the world. Should he be
spared to make Idaho and Washington
territory tributary to it, as Minnesota,
Dakota and Montana are now, he
will give to ST. Paul the most gigantic
railroad corporation in America in eX-
tent and operations. His new Duluth
connection opens field of rivalry be
tween him and the St. Paul q Duluth
for the carrying trade TO st. Paul. At
the same time his proximity to the Mo
brara country, and the probability that
he will soon control 1t, means a new
jobbing field of great advantage to the
Capital city.
NEW LINES.
The proposed extension of the Bur
lington from Newport to Saltwater and.
thence to Duluth, under the name of the
Burlington, Saltwater Il Duluth, has
not matCTialiZed yet, although one of
the sure things of the future. Al
though the st. Paul u Duluth received
ample pledges of aid from Faribault
and Waseca as TO its proposed
line from st. Paul to Omaha,
which it is to pass through, these
towns, it has not materialiZcd yet, and
may not under the new management of
The road. The first steps have been
taken in the preparatory work for the
st. Paul New Ulm X Southwestern,
running from Hopkins TO Chaska and
Carver, and thence midway between
the Omaha and Minneapolis x ST.
Louis SYSTEMS to New Ulm, and thence
to OmahN, The Duluth, Red Wing X
Southern is designed to give Southeast
ern Minnesota lake connections
Twenty miles have been completed in
Minnesota. from Red Wing toIumbrota
this year The Duluth, Northwestern
x Winnipeg, the successor TO the old
Duluth Il Winnipeg, is well under way.
It's object is to place the mineral and
timber belt of Northern and North
western Minnesota at the com
mand of Duluth. 1t will have Eastern
connections via the Duluth, South Shore
Il Atlantic. Ii will tap the Red river
valley, and from there run north toward
Winnipeg. The completion of Mr.
WaShburn'S line-the Sault Ste. Marie
gives to the Twin Cities 4 new lake
connection, and an Eastern line through
its alliance with the New York, Ontario
Il Westeu, the Rome, Watertown Il
Ogdensburg and the Canadian Pacific.
The Stickney system, OF Chicago, st.
Paul n Kansas City line, as was antici-
patcd, absorbed the 3q5 miles of the
Central Iowa and made its through Chi
cago connections by the opening
of the line from Dubuque to
Freeport The Duluth X Iron
Range was incorporated for tapping
the mineral belt from Tower to section
21-63-l2. The WinOna n Southwestern
has made Il prosperous beginning, with
twenty miles completed. Its ultimate
destination is from WinOna to Usage,
Mason City, Fort Dodge and Mona to
Omaha and Kansas City. The Duluth,
South Shore II Atlantic completed IFS
line from Ashland to Duluth. the ter
minus. The Burlington II Missouri is
pushing its Black Hills extension from
Alliance with LOCO men and teams. The
line will be los miles long. The second
division OF the Eastern Minnesota (St.
Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba) will be
commenced next spring at Pokegema.
1t will run due south to Coon Greek,
where connections will be made with
the Manitoba's river road, by which ac-
cess will be gained to st. Paul. This
new route will make st. Paul three
miles nearer 10 Duluth than it now is
bv the st. Paul Il Duluth. The Fosston