The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-30
NORTH SHORE LINE A GO.
Work Has Actually Begun on the.
Proposed Grand Marais &
North Shore Railroad.

The Grand Marais s North Shore rail-.
road company, organized to construct
and operate a railroad along the north.
shore of Lake Superior, have actually
begun operations. A corps Of surveyors
headed by r. W. Nichols, county survey
or of st. Louis county, came down on
the Dixon Sunday evening and are now
running the lines around the harbor for
the purpose Of making profile and So
curing terminal facilities. No trouble or
delay IS anticipated, and we have no
doubt that all the interests in the town
will be glad to contribute literally
toward what the company may require
for docks, yards and all purposes for a
successful operation of it's road along
the shore as we'll as the branch to Gun
flint. It is a fact, however, that the sur
vey begun is to be thorough one, taking
the government survey as a basis, with
view to making their case complete in
case the company is obliged to resort TO
cOnQemnaL1On proceedings.
We are informed that the various in
terests in both Cook and Lake counties
are fully aroused and determined to back
up the Grand Marais & North Shore
Railroad company IN it's efforts to give
this rich section all the transportation
facilities required to thoroughly devel-
ope the whole county. We also upder-
stand that the business interests Of Du-
luth are deeply interested in the enter
prise and are actively supporting it.
We are not informed that the Canadian
Pacific road is actively interested in
their plans but we do know that they
feel very cordial toward the promoters
of this road and, joining as it will Duluth
and Port Arthur, it must prove of the
utmost Importance to the Canadian road,
especially in it's western traffic, shorten
ing as 1t will it's present western facil1-
ties via Duluth, st. Paul and the 500
line fully 500 miles. The Grand Marais
& North Shore road being only 1856 miles,
in length from Duluth to Port Arthur,
will make the Canadian Pacific success
full competitor with the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern roads for through
passenger and freight traffic for all Pa
cific coast points from Duluth.
The timber interests on the North
Shore are actively behind the enterprise
because the construction of this road is
the only way by which they can market
their extensive holdings in the country.
Alger, Smith & Co., of Detroit, and other
large pine firms are heartily in accord
with this enterprise and regard the tim
Der interests of sufficient Importance to
construct and equip the road. That be-
ing the case the important mineral
wealth of Lake and Cook counties as
we'll as the large gold interests in the
Rainy Lake country only add to the
value of this railroad enterprise as a
business investment.
The Ontario & Rainy River railroad
having received a subsidy from the Can
adian government have begun it's opera
lions to construct it's road from near
Gunhint to Fort Francis. This road will
be another feeder for the Grand Marais
line as the shortest and most natural
connection for the traffic over this road
into the United States is by way of
Grand Marais to Duluth.