, 1890-02-13
GREAT NORTHERN,
A Forecast OF It's Impending Con
f!ict With the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
Speculation as TO It's Route and
the Sound Point That
II VIII Touch.

February / find. the lam iliar title otthe
st. Paul. Minneapolis a Manitoba but a
remembrance Of the past To-day the
newborn Great Northern Railway Line
steps into the railroad arena In the shape
of one OF the most compact ana TAR
reaching railroad systems that tue
Northwest las ever seen. Following the
inevitable tendency toward railroad con-
solidation, ihc various lines. leased lines
and branches OF the Manitoba will be
hereafter embraced under the single title
OF the Great Northern Railway Line.
The official announcement Of the consol'
. idaIiou was issued yesterday afternoon.
Asw.ll tc observed. the Great North
crn railway line closely resembles in its
structure Inat OF the Pennsylvania sys-
ten, which is generally considered to be
the most COnipactly orgaui4ed and well
ordered railway system in this country
/ If moi la tho entire world. The Great
Northern railway proper, like the main
f. line o. the Ponnsy ylyanla from harrl--
burgh to tittsburg, viii include the
Original germ OF .ho entire system and
embraces the various lines ianiiliariY
ulnssih, ri under the heading OF the
| UMauitobn. la addition to this tile
Great Northern railway proper will in
| clude under It's Individual management
| the two leased lines, known as the Will
| mar 4 Sioux Falls railway and the
| Duluth. WntertOwn & Paciiic. The other
| closely ai'i Hated lincs--the Eastern uil-
/ yny. OF Minnesota, and the VI oniuna Cen.
| trail railway will each preserve u, own
| separate autonomy and will continue to
| be operated under the same titles as
| heretofore. although included under the
| General title Of the Great Northern Line.
| The jurisdiction of General Manager \
| l.. Mohlc-, General Traffic Manager ".
| 5. Alexander Comptroller {. IL. War
/ rem aud A>sist slant General Traffic Mana.
ger T.. h. Shelby will extend all over
| the lines IN the SYSTEM, so that IN traffic
matters the system may be- rgnrded as
| a unit. The present passenger and
freight officials Of the Manitoba tuow
| the Great Northern proper will exercise
/ the same poNcrs ns before
l Tho total mileage included In the
] Great Northern system viii aggregate
I 3. .825. ~ and is divided among the various
! lines us follows: Great Northern line,
I 3vdl. 80; Eastern railway OF Minnesota,
I ~; Montana Central railway, lui.
Z The Northern steamship Company,
I consisting oi ilect of six steel luke
steamers although operated In connec-
| ti0u with the Eastern railway, OF Mime
/ sofa, j. not included among the proper
U ties 0i ttlt " hftAk NbAhNttEl AlllfH llAt
| properties ol the Great Northern line
| nov extend east as far us Duluth and
I 1T. Paul, north TO Emerson and Gretnh,
upon the ,nlernltional boundary line.
west to butte, mont, and s0uthwnrd 10
| sioux Falls. ;. u. The operations Oft tho
/ line include tie states Of Minnesota,
| Wisconsin, Nouh Dakota, south Da.
| kota and Montana. A. TO thc future Of
| the mctamoTphisod Manitoba road, the
D atf.TtfI ltN
| consolidation of the Arious lines must
| strengthen the Great Northern
/ materially Ia It's irrcpressiblc con
| ,liCt with the Northern Pacific
| aud It's affiliated liurs. That the
| Great Northern, thus strengthened,
/ both In resources and organ lIdtluu, Will
nj once strike boldly into the Northern
Pacific territory upon the Pacific slope
is but iOrcgpuo conclusion. Ihe lack
Uf western ssaboHrd terminus has been
u great source Ct weakness Tor the Man
l itubn road ever since the Montana diV--
ion was built to Butte. ami this weak
ness ia its strategic position lids fair
to he removed Ia the near future. Scy.
. urgl parties Of surveyors are already In
the hcld running trial lines from yarlou,
/ points upon the Central Montana to
Puget sound. Either AsSlnibuine or
Great Falls viii probably De the junction
/ OF the branch line To the coast
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