St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-10

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bismarck is in fair way to become
the Pittsburg of the Northwest" said
Captain l. P. Baker, of Bismarck, yes
terday afternoon at the Merchants.
1.-The improvements which will be made
this year and during the next few years
will have the tendency to bring to the
state of North Dakota, and. especially
to Burleigh county, thousands of set
tiers and workmen. One of the i'm
portant steps which was taken short
time ago. during the term of the legisla-
ture, was the appropriation for the COM
pletion of the capital. This gives a
solid ground for business and CONNER
cial interests, and the men with money
now have no fear of putting their
money into the real estate and other in
terests in Bismarck and vicinity.
but the most important of all i'm
provements proposed and expected will
be the completion of branch of the
Sault road into Bismarck and the car
rying out Of the plans dreamed of by
the old settlers for number of years.
This will give to the city two transcon-
tinental lines, with uneXceptional facili-
ties for the shipment of all kinds of
produce and merchandise. 1t will also
give to the state the most important
position on the continent for the distri-
buting of wheat and minerals.
81 f has not been generally known that
the state is rich i'll minerals, and es-
pecially in the vicinity OF Bismarck.
Above the city. about sixteen miles
north, are number of coal mines, as
yet undeveloped. There IS an mex
haustible quantity of coal there; no one
knows how much, but the extent Of the
deposits are as yet unknown. There
will be branch OF the Sault road con-
structed from the city of Bismarck to
these mines, and in the vicinity of the
immediate future number of smelters
end other buildings for the working of
minerals. Probably in the near future
there will be line built from the
mines to the northern portion of tn e
state, at the onjunction Of the Can
adam Pacific with the 500 at Regina.
This will give us a straight line from
the Pacific Northwest to Bismarck, and
then from there to Montreal and Bos-
ton. OF course we now have the North
ern Pacific, which runs to Chicago, but
the new line will take us to the Eastern
ports.
''In the Western states there are thou
sands of tons of mineral taken out an
nually, monthly. This can be brought
to the smelters at Bismark, and, after it
has been made ready for shipment, it
can be taken direct to any of the lake
points, Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Montreal, New York and Duluth. 1t
will make Bismarck one of the best
points in the United States for the trans
mission of metals. The ineXhauStible
deposits of coal will make it cheaper for
the metals to be smelted there than at
any other point. 1t will bring thou
sands of settlers to points along the line
of the 500 road and i'll the vicinity OF
Bismarck; it will increase the value of
land, make wheat a better commodity
and generally add to the prestige of the
state"
Mr.. Baker states that politics are quiet
in North Dakota, and that Mr.. Roach
has the best of the argument all
through. he is thought more of now
than before the scurrilOus attacks on
him. He says the condition of money
in the state is good. and there have been
no bank failures. He considers that
the words of President Cleveland, to
the effect that he will not permit the
volume of currency to be decreased,
had more confidence in the minds Of the
people than was ever felt from any OF
the expressions of Mr.. Harrison, and
the Republican bankers of the state
say so.
r. Masuilma, legal adviser for the
Japanese commission OF the worlds
fair, was in the city yesterday as the
guest of the Minnesota club. The Wis
itor is native Of Japan, and has been
educated in England in a number of
things. This is the first visit he has
paid to this country for ten years. He
is OSten5lbly the legal adviser OF the
commission at the worlds fair. but he
Will in reality spend his time while i'll
the United States i'll travelling. He was
taken on drive around the city, to the
capitol and other interesting points.
Mr.. Masujima left last evening for Chi
cage over the Northwestern line.
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James E. Campbell,o of Mandan, n. D.,
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way to Mandan from a visit in the East.
He says that there are crowds of office
seekers at the capital, and that there
are number of disappointmentS. ~
think it was wise move on the part OF
the president TO say that if he desired
the presence of man III regard to
politics he would send for him." said
Mr.. Campbell. 1T would have saved
considerable trouble and expense fol
the candidates if he had sent the word
out sooner" MIR. Campbell shook his
head in rather doleful way. He had
been to Washington himself.
The Earl of Dysart, a real English
lord. and two gentlemen of leisure bear
ing the hyphenated names of Z. and A
| Astley-Cooper, were among the nota
| bles who registered at the Ryan hote
yesterday. The trio are touring the
world. so they explained to GLOBE
man last evening, and are how going
down to Chicago to see the worlds fair
"Do you think We'll see anything
| there we never saw befOre?" quantity
inquired the earl, with few airs anG
| avs interjected, which the reader may
imagine. Assured that he would
he returned, do you think so. really"
1t was the first visit of the party tt
the Northwest, in fact to America, anC
the tour that they took yesterday of tht
business centers of Minneapolis and st
Paul was a revelation to the young mel
whose sole experience in city life wa
confined to the staid cities of Europe
and the curious settlements of Calcutta
Pekin, Alexandria and Toxic. "Thi
American hustle is perfectly beastly
don't you know" remarked the Earl