Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-03-17
ANOTHER TRANS.CONTlNENTAII
ROAD.
Plans Of the Canadian Pacific and
the 500. A New Through Line.

Plans Of the Canadian Pacific and
the 500. A New Through Line.
Speaking of the construction Of the
Sou road, northwest to connection with
tho Canadian Pacific, u telegram in the
Pioneer Press of the 18th inst, from
Winnipeg, says:
Your correspondent has it from the
highest authority of the Canadian Pacific
here that road from st. Paul to Regina
to connect with the main line of the
Canadian Pacific Will be built al once.
The Canadian Pacific and the Great
Northern, which have been working har-
moniously together for. the past fourteen
years, will ere many months hence be-
come keen rivals for that business,
which they are now jointly exerting
themselves 10 secure. These two lines
have strong combination for Pacific
coast trade to and from Middle States,
as against the Northern Pacific and
other rtranscontinental railroads. but soon
the Great Northern will have main
line of it's own to the coast and will then
have no further use for its great ally, the
Canadian Pacific, and will strain all Its
energies to divert the traffic oyer its own
line. The Canadian Pacific, however, in-
tends to remain in the feld. The enter
prise which the Canadian Pacific ls
about to undertake is no less than
direct line to St. Paul from Regina,
which will be built this year.
ENTRANCE WILL BE GAINED TO ST. PAUL
by the 500 road, which has friendly
relations with the Canadian Pacific. The
500 IS already extended we'll into North
Dakota, and a branch from Hanklnson
in an almost direct line northwest to the
Canadian boundary. where it will con-
dian Pacific in a south westerly direction.
much shorter route to and from the
middle state for Pacific coast business
than the Great Northern Will have by Its
new line. A daily express train will
be run between Regina and St.
Paul, connecting at the former place with
the Canadian Pacific transcontinental
trains in the same way that the Great
Northern makes connections here now.
AS the st. Paul connection will be made
with all the lines running southwark
from that city, the chief object of the
line is to keep IN the field for the middle
states business, which is increasing every
year. The line will also serve an exten-
slve tract of agricultural country lying
between Pembina and the boundary; and
the 500 will be equally benefited IN
that portion Of North Dakota through
which it will pass. The Canadian Pa
citic Sourjs branch from Winnipeg
will connect with the line near where
it is proposed to establish coal mines,
and the Souris coal can be conveniently
shipped northward to the main line and
Intervening points, aud also south into
the Dakotas.
An engineer. Mr.. Osler, will arrive here
tomorrow from Montreal, and has IN
stru 'ticns to proceed at once with the
IL alton OF the line from Regina to the
boundary He will organize eurveing
party here and leave for Regina next
week to begin work. As soon as the To-
cation has been completed and estimates
placed in the bands of the company. the
work OF construction will be commenced
ard pushed forward to completion with
al due dispatch, it being the intention
Of the company to have it finished this
voar