The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-08-07

Cities their first railroad connection
and has ever since been of untold
advantage to Minneapolis. In the
last ten years nearly 1900 miles
of road have been built by this COM
pany in Minnesota, Dakota and
Montana. These extensions have
opened up to settlement and to the
trade of N inneapolis, vast area of
agricultural, grazing and mineral
lands, while surveys have been COM
pleted for an extension of the road
to the Pacific Coast at Puget Sound.
In 1889 this road delivered to Min
neapolis almost 100000 bushels
OF wheat-nearly one-half of that
delivered by all the other roads and
more bushels than was delivered to
any other city in the country bv all
routes. This is one of the best dis
trlbut1ng lines for lumber, merch-
endise, machinery and all articles
OF manufacture, that MINNEAPOLIS
possesses and the advantages to the
city arising therefrom are easilv
apparent.
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL & KANSAS CITY
Inns comparatively new and Wig
erous line is fast gaining ground,
and as carrier Of freight and passen-
ger business, is rapidly growing in
favor with the public. This road
operates between Minneapolis and
Chicago, and is the short line to
Des Moines, St. Joe, Kansas CITY,
thence to the Western and South
western States.
THE $500" LINE.
This road is now in it's third wear
OF operation, and it's traffic shows q
large and Hattering increase. Its
equipments are first class and it has
become a favorite passenger route
to and from the East, running solid
trains to Montreal, and through
Sleepers to Boston and New York.
This has been the chief factor in
making rates to seaboard points for
all roads, and has consequently been
great benefactor to Minneapolis,
and the entire Northwest. The route
traversed is rich in undeveloped
mineral, timber and agricultural
wealth and which will at no distant
day be filled Up with people to be
supplied by Minneapolis merchants.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL.
This line was one of the last to
reach Minneapolis, of the six lines
competing for the eastern business
by way of Chicago. This road is
now run in close connection with
the Northern Pacific and traverses a
fine agricultural country through
Illinois and Southern Wisconsin.
while in Northern Wisconsin. the
timber and mining interests are verv
large and furnishes the road good
portion of it's income.
Last, but by no means least, in
this enumeration of Minneapolis
railroads, is
THE ST. PAUL & DULUTH.
This road has been an important
factor in the growth and develope-
ment of the Northwest in general,
and Minneapolis in particular. 1t
is by all odds one of the most pro-
gresslve and most thoroughly equip
ed lines for travel and traffic in this
section of the country, and is opera
ted under policy which is deter
mined by the keynote, "the greatest
good to the greatest number" In
matters of traffic it has become a
power in the Northwest, and the
which by the way, is
popular, has ever mani
ested desire to place in effect the
owest possible rates CONSTANT with
he times and their varying situa-
ions, always with the idea of bene-
iting Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth,
West Superior and the towns and
titles along its route, as tits an these
hat the interests of the road are
'entered. This road has a double
rack to White Bear Lake and is the
Short Line" to Duluth, as we'll as
he road to the famous fishing
rounds at White Bear, Chisago,
Forest and other lakes.
The total mileage of roads can+or-