St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-11
GIGANTIC SCHEMES,
Millions to Be Expended in
Developing st. Louis River
Water Power.
All Of the Available Acreage
Now Held by Big Cor
popations.
1t Will Be Used as Sites for
Manufactures Of Mag
nitude.
The Northern Pacific in the
Deal and Will Build q
Branch.
Snnnlai IN tha (.iona

Special to the Clone.
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 10.-Thls after
noon particulars ola gigantic scheme of
development in the Northwest fully
matured, and were given to the public.
There have been for many months ru-
mors of extensive developments in con-
nection with the st. Louis river water
power. Since Messrs. Butler and Houtz,
of the water power company, were here
last summer and made many mysterious
trips to the Dalles of st. Louis, and
since the purchase of valuable acreage
near there by DR.. w. S. Webb, of the
Wagner Palace Car company, and the
Vanderbilts. people have felt that some
thing was Oh foot for early development.
Some time ago it was announced in the
GLOBE that the Northern Pacific had
secured additional track rights between
Duluth and Fond du Lac, and the
prophecy was made that bridge across
st. Louis river was the next probable
step. AT that time
SURVEYORS WE'RE RUNNING LINES
across the river. below and above Fond
du Lac and across the Wisconsin di-
vision of the main line of that road, five
miles southeast. The company's alb
stractors were busy looking up titles,
and then purchasing agents negotiating
for rights OF way and other purposes.
At the same time the st. Louis River
Water Power company, of which Jay
Cooke, Butler and Houtz are the lead
ing owners, had a corps of engineers In
the field for several weeks running
lines on both sides of the river and back
some distance into the country. The
water. power company was quietly buy
ing what additional land was wanted
along the river front between Fond du
Lac and the head of the upper rapids at
ClOquet. The last deeds were signed
two days ago, and now the company
owns every strip of available river
frontage that it needs except one acre
tract on the south side. The railroad
company has also secured what is
needed, and the cat is out of the bag.
TO day three corps of surveyors are in
the field, close to Fond du Lac. One is
tor the Northern Pacific. travelling
about the creeks and highlands south of
the river and near Carlton; and the
other two are locating dams for the
water power company. The surveys
for the Northern Pacific have decided
that company to build across the river
above Fond du Lac as the conditions
there seem most favorable. The line will
strike across the river and run SOUTH
west to a junction with main Eastern
line close to Carlton. The route is
easy, and the line
WILL BE EASY TO BUILD.
1t is expected that bill to allow the
construction of a bridge will be pre-
scented in congress this week and that
work on the line will be completed next
summer. a glance will shoN that such
a line will shorten the hauling of
freight from the West from ten to four
teen miles. This company is now
ready to begin work. 1t is not certain
that the company, as at present con-
ituted, will carry ont this work. An
option for the purchase of the entire
rights of the company, its lands, sur
yeys and holdings of corporate gifts,
was given some time to leading capital
lists in New York. 1t expired on Jan.
10, but was, however, renewed, and is
still in force. This option is for an
even 81 ,O0O, OU0,an it is believed is quite
likely to he taken up. Ii it is, develop
ment may go on even more rapidly
than under the present company, for
the new company is composed Of
younger men with ample
SINEWS OF WAR BEHIND THEM
in the shape of the Cooke party. It is
their intention and the intention or the
present owners. il no transfer is made,
to eXpend in improvements about ST.
10000, and an agreement to this effect
has already been entered into. Elec-
trical engineers of the Westinghouse
company were in Duluth some time ago
figuring on the cost and eXpediency of
conveying electrical power from the
dam at the dalles into this city for run
ming of all classes of machinery. light
ing dynamos. street cars and number
less applications. These engineers es-
tImated that the cost of transmitting