St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-09
Falls through Helena to Butte, together
with branches tn Naihart and Rarkar

Falls through Helena to Butte, together
with branches to Neihart and Barker.
KALIsPELL DIvILIoN. 356.04 MILES.
This extends from Blackfoot over the
Rockies to the Flathead Valley, the
the Kootenai country to Bonner's Ferry
aud Spokane.
CASCADE DIVISION. 31S.08 MILES.
This extends from Spokane, through
the Big Bend country. to Wenatchee
(whence the Chelan-OkauOgan country
is reached), and over the Cascades to
Snohomish and Puget sound at Everett,
LISA miles from ST. Paul, 126 miles the
shortest route from the East to Pacific
tidewater.
COAST DIVISION, l44.45 MILES.
This is made up of the Seattle u Mon
tana, Fairhaven q Southern and New
Westminster Southern, and extends
from Seattle TO Everett, Mt. Vernon,
Fairhaven, New Whatcom, Blaine and
New Westminster, b. G.
DULUTH, WATERFOWL PACIFIC d.
VISION. 69.S4 MILES.
This line extends from Watertown to
Huron.
WILLMAR SIOUX FALLS DIVISION,
1861 MILES.
This line extends from Willmar
through Granite Falls, Hanley Falls,
Marshall, Pipestone, Garrettson (whence
connection is made with the Sioux City
& Northern for Sioux City and Sioux
Falls.
EASTERN RAILWAY DIVISION, 1897
MILES.
This extends from Hinekley to West
Superior and Duluth. where the CON-
pany owns extensive lake terminal
facilities, and connection is made with
the Northern steamship line, with six
large steel-built freight steamers, capa-
BILE of handling $1,000 tons each way per
trip. Mr.. Hill is also building two fine
passenger steamers, equal in finish aud
strength with the best ocean steam
ships. These steamers form a part of
the Great Northern transcOntlnental
system, and put the products Of the
West within 400 miles Of the Atlantic
seaboard. The Northern Steamship
company has handled over 100000
tons of freight since going inco commits
sion four years ago. Until this line
was organized no Western rail-
way had direct concern in lake
traffic, all the steamers being
controlled for the Lake Mich
igan cities. To MIR. Hill's
lake line st. Paul's wholesale trade and
manufacturing interests owe more than
TO any other single instrumentality.
Without 1t the business interests of the
Northwest would be tied to Lake Mich
igan. and our city scarcely more than a
way station.
This has been dealing with Mr.. Hill
in connection with his railway, which
of course is his pride; bot as it perme-
ates the interests of vast country, so,
too. do his own interests. There Is
scarcely town or city along the tracks
of the Great Northern in which his
helping hand has not been extended to
build up or foster manufacturing, bank
ing, mining or mercantile interests.
His gifts to benevolent, educational and
charitable objects are numerous, in one
instance reaching the munificent SUN
of $500, 900 in aid OF an educational insti-
tuition in our city, on which work is
now in progress. and which promises to
take high position among the great
schools of our land.
Mr. hill is an unobtrusive man and
avoids publicity. His home in this city
is one of the most beautiful in the West,
the exterior being solid and substantial,
typical of the owner. 1t contains every
convenience modern life and taste can
suggest. Being lover of fine arts, his
gallery is one of the most complete In
the country, with representative pict-
ures from the easels Of many masters.
His home is filled with children, and is
presided over by mother and wife be-
fitting her station and opportunities. as
kindly, gentle and thoughtful in her
domestic life as her husband is aggres-
sive and Napoleon-like in the world of
business.