The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-06
Again q Railroad.

Duluth Herald-An era Of Develop
Weht seems about to strike the
counties OF Cook and Lake. Lumber
men for the past two years have beeii
luildihg steam logging loads to tap
Dig tracts Of timber 4 scheme for
an ore railroad from Grand MaraiS 10
Idunflint Lake is under serious con-
slderatiOn at the present time, with
good prospects Of being Carried
through. Now comes very authentic
Information I hat the old Port Arthur.
| Dului & Western will he extended
To Ely, MINI.
| A gentleman who has substantial
interests in Cook county was recently
at Port Arthur. While there he met
| ID. ID. Mann, one of he head men in
The Canadian Northern c0lSt ructiun
work
| las soon AS we get the Canadian
| Northern Completed. said Mr.. Mann,
| I'VE propose To take IL part Of our
force, now engaged in construction
work upon illat and put it, 10 work on
an extension OF our line. ending at
Gun Flint Lake, on The iniernat innal
boundary, about 20 miles from Ely.
There are unIv 81 miles tn he Coli
strtlcted, as the logging road that
runs mort beast from Ely can he used
| for some miles. If Desirable"
This plan. ii carried out, will give Il
rail route between Duluth and Port
Arthur, something very advantageous
To both places. Ii has often been
maintained that the ID. & |. r. inter
ests are inimical to The filling in Of
this gap l,et ween Gunflini and Ely. as
The ID. & l. r. is. principally an ore
carrying road and not d-sir0lis OF Sllar-
ling Its tracks with general passenger
and freight traffic. Heretofore. too.
| IL has been represented as being OPP
posed To the opening up OF iron de-
p0sits supposed TO exist between Elv
and the Internal i0ual boundary to
the eastward.
The double track from A lien juno
tiOn to Two Harburs is favorable
condition. In the winter time. too.
| the ore road would he Il revenue pro-
Queer to d greater extent than ever.
There was Il time when the logging
| train business was not much OF an
item, but how H. is ii big thing and
encouraged i'm every way.
1t is pointed out, also, that III the
Canadian Northern could not get into
| Duluth over the ID. & l. R., it easily
could build Il direct line to Duluth,
| tap the Minnesota lion ranges and
carry in bond to Port Arthur. ore that.
now goes to lower lake ports from
Duluth and Two Harbnrs. The road
could carry ore as cheaply as the
Minnesota roads are now doing and
even wheat might go by rail 20 Port
Arthur via Duluth.
| The OLD Port Arthur, Duluth &
Western, now part Of The Canadian
! Northern system. il being thoroughly
| repaired from Stanley Rails 10 Gun
Ifint. New les are being put in and
tile thick growi h of brush and bushes
cut from the right Of way. where IT,
grew up the past few years, for dis
lance of 20 miles. This il Il strong
Indication that the Mckenzie & Mann
Interests propose I'd make that
branch an important factor their in
tSysteni.
A recent Winnipeg dispatch, by the
way, said that The Canadian North
erll railway will ship its wheat To Du.
luIh this fall. That is an indication
that the Canadian Northern does not
expect TO get the line from Winnipeg
to Port Arthur done in time to take
the Manitoba crop by an all Canadian
route at least until late in the fall.