St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-08
BIG RAILROAD PLAN,
The Duluth, Red Lake Falls 8
Northern to Be Pushed to
Completion,
And the Coming Town OF Lake.
port to Be Established on
Superior.
A Wondrous and Rich Coun-
try Will Thus Be Thrown
Open.
GIlttering Prospects Backed
by Unlimited Capital and
Enterprise.

There is considerable interest in
new railroad venture being taken IN
three important circles, viz: The rail-
roads, the owners of pine lands and the
owners aud leSseeS of state mineral
lands. The railroad is the proposed
Duluth, Red Lake Falls 81 Northern,
Some months ago this proposed road
leaked out and was fully exploited, but
the capitalists interested succeeded in
keeping it quiet while they gathered
In certain franchises, terminal and sta
ton rights and considered propositions
from interested parties concerning the
lire the road would take across the
state. Interest has again been revived
by movement made public at Duluth
during the week, by syndicate inter-
eSted III the townSite at the Lake
Superior terminus. This is the
key to the railroad situation. The
lake terminus will be at Sucker bay,
about midway between Duluth and Two
Harbors, where exists harbor said to
be Infinitely better than either of those
at Two llarbOrS and considerably nearer
both mineral field and timber tracts.
The syndicate controlling this site has
quietly bought up the land, and was en-
deavoring to keep il quiet and prevent
fictitious, speculative boom; but il
leaked out and created a great stir in
and about Duluth.
The Duluth, Red Lake Falls e North
ern railroad is as yet lock-bOund mys-
cry. but those Interested say there is
unlimited capital behind it, beside the
interest maintained by the pine and
iron land men, the value OF whose DOS
sessions IS entirely dependent upon a
railroad penetrating that country.
Such road has already been begun by
the Duluth IL Winnipeg and q line OPEN
ing up that country has long been con
templated by the Great Northern, which
accounts for the bitter hostility Of that
road to the Duluth IL Winnipeg or any
other line threatening to reap benefits
of developing those northern counties.
The benefits TO the state of such a road
are incaculable Locked up in ST.
Louis and ltasca counties are millions
Of tons of iron and millions of feet of
pine and hard timber Until placed
within reach Of Il market by Il railroad
line, they are entirely valucleSs. The
Duluth, Red Lake Falls d Northern
proposes to cross the state from Sucker
bay to CroOkstOn, piercing a country
now without railroad facilities, carry
ing to market the mineral OF the east
ern counties and the wheat of the west
ern.
s. O. Brooks, assistant general freight
agent of the Kansas City road, has Just
returned from Duluth, where he went
Oil a mission connected with the new
road. To a GLOBE reporter he said
yesterday:
There is no reasonable doubt that
the Duluth, Red Lake Falls tG Northern
road will be pushed through as rapidly
a nOGGil,ln \ ,faire I'm
condition that there can be no possibil-
ity of the plans falling through. y large
amount Of capital is interested, and the
prospects for such line are so flatter-
ing that more can be commanded when
necessary. The preliminary survey has
been made, and the line of the road
practically determined from Sucker
bay west to about Crookston, with
4 inc into Duluth. The two points Of
interest are the shipping port at the
lake and the country 10 furnish traffic
business for the road. As far as the
first IS concerned, Sucker Bay has fine
harbOr, and. with Il suitable breakwater,
Will be secOn q 10 none Oh the lakes. A
syndicate has bought up the land and
proposes creating toWnste there, with
the certainly that live town will soon
be a reality. The demand for property
in that vicinity is already great, though
half OF the magnitude OF the plans have
not been realized"
''What mineral land will the road
tap?'
at will pierce the heart of the great
est iron range in the world, running
directly to the mountain range of the
Mesaba, with million tons of high
grade iron ore in sight, as we'll as the
Zenith, Great Northern and McCOmber
mines. 1t will also 20 through the heart
of the mineral land of ltasca county,
of which so little is known and from
which so much is expected. Then the
great timber lands OF the Winnebegosh-
iSh cOuntry viii be traVersed and finally
the wheat country OF the northwestern
part Of the state. 1t is great country
and its development means millions to
the first railroad that traveTses it. All
of the ore, timber and grain will be
handled at Sucker bay,at the new town
of I.akeport, and we expect 10 see docks
and elevators line that harbor before
long. The whole affair is a great enter
prise and will be brought to a success
fuI iSSueD