St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-08
Great IRON CHAINS
That Link st. Paul With the
Vast Country to the
West.
Probabilities OF Trade With
the Coming Great TeP-
ritOPy.
Statistics of Construction
and Mileage Of the New
Great Northern.
an Interesting Sketch Of
General Northwestern
RaiIroading.

The railway now leads in the devel-
Dpment of the American West. The
locomotive goes forward into the forest,
ON to the praIries and into the mountain
Businesses. and calls for the lumberman,
The farmer. the stock raiser, the miner
andthe business man. 1t scatters towns
along its line like beads on a string. In
past decades. when the railway followed
settlement. the pick and shovel were
the main implements used in the con-
struction of roadwavs. Time is too pre-
cIous in these days for plodding work,
and so plain tools in the hands OF men
have gwen way to scoops on wheels
which carve their way speedily over the
surface of the prairies, while steam
shOyels and steam drills cut and
gnaw through the hills, and pow
der ana dynamite tear away the
rock barriers. The engineer bores
through the mountain instead Of going
around it and the tunnel takes the place
of the long steep curve. steam derrlckS
lift and swing bridges into position and
the bridges are of steel, stone or heayy
tmbers. instead of temporary trestles-
and machines rlVet ana SPIN OUT tile
steel track like yarn running from the
0id-tashloned wheel. halWay DuIuIn%
has been advanced 10 Jne dlSuIIy OI
science, and engineers and builders
nave become spetiall5l5 IN Ile sUuuY On
strength sdIeIy- uuIdDlllly ana spoGu;
distance mas oeeh put az ulScO UNI IN. az u !
dlNesled OF us lorce. TIC IHeIciaLu u
the win cues lAlHkS 10 uloIe u
trans-b0cky Jrp Jhah me bOStOu man
breads me run 10 Ne" lOIh'
Great Northern Extension.
MISREPRESENTATION, or +bo Groot Iortb
avn, ~ t1a Pocifc rida [vatar on
80 ,,,,'-,d l.. ., r1arta, o sn,reIna I'M
-,C'r,occe tn NJ p9mI and tha North
49,. i-,5ead fo +6a ,,,hoIa aoTntrv 81
8,,I ..i,n,II I've ,,rol,I of If becaI,sa if IL
-,,, [,,nIl- a. II PAM man ana we
e.,o,., In his Dro,d aclievpment and tha
49, 1,,.,,,osai f., euif9bIv commencement.
az .1ai- II mans am adjustment If
-ot,,y man husinaes nripcinIes The
1.Csd ,rsslf has been huilt unop business
-,,1,,.inIas Inv nracticai men There
Eove heen No wheels within wheaIs and
Ella snacnIaficn at tha pvpeuse of stock
f..i',i, M n,oreganent bas mad tha
li,-'a.-o,oa of o+Iar com anies in tne
o.0t.strUotioI of mountain lines II has
Toi He Tapnft of the cheaDar and
lsf+sr D,otariats of today Of
r7odarD improvements i'm grad
mo troclr-lavinp ana bridga buildfDp.
ii,Eo ,rotari9Is nsAd i'm the making nj fhn
- stlaI iron wood etc have baan
.,,t,iaor.d to everv known fest i'm the
oGa5oinai ond nbvsicai lahorarorv of the
o-,,',,.,,r, me track ot The extension is
If Steel and weighs eighty pounds 10 the
vard The heaviest i'm Inc West. and
every rail was given expert inspection.
Every tie was examined. The grade is
sixteen feet wide. almost wide enough
for TWO tracks. Built quietly and with
ont ostenta ion and government help.
ana time. too. when gigantic undertake
inps eugrOss public attention. vet its
comnIption is one of the wonders and
friumnhs of modern engineering skill.
business energy. ENTERPRISE and sa-
p9citv In was not MANY wears ago
fhot what is now the Great Northern
system had nine miles of track. eX-
Tending from St. Paul to ST. Anthony.
To-Day lis tracks reach into and across
seven commonwealth and as many
more are directly Interested. Its main
stem extends from the Mississippi aud
Lake Superior 10 Puget sound on the
most direct route possible of cOnstruc-
tion and through the only belt across
thp continent i'm which exist resources
oauable of DEVELOPMENT and giving
snnnort to y continuous settlement and
c05frfbuting local business to a railway.
nm local husiness of the line will be
e+.tiaiant in nav fixed charges. The in
dai,fadness ner mile is scarcely more
mon. half rhat of orhpr transc0utinentaI
Inns
rFr,o yH57a,ma
,,.. ~ L., ..,..4,,,. 8. 49,
OF tHe l1 - ~
4'o2v' Wy ~, W. 80 a5 $50. 49,, 80
1.o'l l9Co!la'l, 80 ~ 't' 80
NoilH o Ia pit;st
Lu@Ho' 90 'I'''l'7 e',I,o- ~ holI,,la,.,
Ooivu ola o. ~ I.,i+6a tai,s
On ulo nv ~, ,,,JaI ~ NraI,aei-a
my ~ 90 w. ~ tho NGrtba,.,, eteo11
anu ny 10 - - -, ~
sup llS piS ny e., II 1rosa.
luIh dllu ~ - ~
tH9 49, go 6iissl,,.; and tGn ~ ~
1llSsl9sl ppl' INC -'Ilo7UJil GU nv ~
Iuluuid' anu Dii''7a e,,,ario1.
t5u lIe9H N"'OA III -
GiosesO pos9' a..
q-e, ~ my, C''I ar,ar Tho0 tGn D.
rife The earfb' s LARGEST ocean. and IN,
older East-Japan and China-are be
fore us. The present mileage of the
Great Northern is nearly double that 0
the whole United States fifty years ago
and more than is found IN the vast anC
populous continent OF Asia today, out
side OF India. W nen through trains
are put ON from ot Haul 10 tugeI sounl
the length OF the run VIII De equaleS
ON no other continent eAcePt our own
whose mileage Is ohe-liall OF Jne Wiiol'
amount now eNistlllg on out pa p!aii S-r+h