The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-11
A HOLDING COMPANY
The Rainy Lake Completes organi-
cation and Will Build Thru
to the Boundary.
Connection With Canadian North
ern in 1904 Mills to Be Built
/ and Country Developed.
Special to The Journal.

bpeclai to The journal.
Duluth, Mimi, June 1.-THE new Plummer
& Ash mill, at the village of Virginia, which has
been under construction for some months IS
working day and night steadily and we'll, and
lumber is commencing to pile up in the yards.
The mill Is up-to-date in all arrangements and
machinery. 1t Is 90 by $50 feet, excluding tho
engine house. 30 by so. and shingle and 'lath
mill, 30 by 40 feet Its ten-hour capacity is
about 125. 900 feet
The Rainy Lake company has finally COM
pleted its organization. The incorporators are
Charles F. Ruggles, NJ. j. Smiley, Chicago;
r. Z. Parcher, Wausau;, e. G. Filler Manistee;
". Fl. Cook H. f. Smith. Duluth. and d. o.
Anderson Virginia. The company Is ''holdng
company. 1t controls the Duluth, Virginia &c
Rainy Lake railroad. which Is building thru
much timber to the international boundary line
at the foot of Rainy Lake, where there are
1t also controls the Virginia Lumber company,
the Minnesota Land and Construction company,
and other associated interests.
The company has under contemplation the con
gtruction Of two large sawmills the line of
Its road, but 1t has not vet announced their
location.
Boundary Reached in 1904.
The road will this year reach Pelican Lake,
in township 65-19 ninety miles north of Duluth.
and forty miles north of Virginia Another
forty to fifty miles will carry 1t to the interna-
tional boundary at Rainy Lake. where it will
connect with the Canadian Northern road. This
connection Is expected to be made the summer
of 1904. Then the road will permit the Can
adam Northern to reach Lake Superior with its
vast store of export and eaStbOund grain over a
line 104 miles shorter than It's present line to
Port Arthur. and there is no reason to doubt that
the road will carry large part of this
traffic, especially If there is favorable develop
ment to the plan for Canadian reciprocity.
Between the village of Virginia and the bound
airy line the new road passes thru district con-
tanning much fine agricultural land. and settlers
are going there in goodly numbers. It also opens
what is doubtless the largest spruce area in the
northwestern part Of the United States and 1t is
expected that paper mills will be placed at
Koochiching falls of the Rainy, as we'll as at
Duluth.
New Town of SNOWFALL.
Preparations are being made for establishing
village in section 10, township &c. range %, in
Itasca county. on the Western Mesaba range
This will be fifteen miles east of Grand Rapids
and four miles southwest of Nushwnuk, the
latter itself village Of last falls inception
The new town will be called SNOWFALL, from the
lake upon which it will be located.
So far there are no mines it, but there
will be in time. Hibbing, which not long age
miles along the range, from Mountain Iron tt
same stretch. while it has grown in the pas
twelve months from 5000 to 1900 people.
Bituminous Coming Fast. -
Coal receipts very heavy now, and full,
100000 tons are expected here in the comm,
week. Yesterdays cargoes aggregated 80 OO
tons, mostly bituminots. Hard coal Is comm,
more slowly than 1t should. owing partly Il
an inexplicable ''car shortage" on eastern roads
But 80 far this year $50. 900 tons of hard Goa
have been received at Duluth and Superior,