The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

early part Of April; sowing is begun in
April and completed in May, and spring
wheat is ripe about the middle or end OF
August. The rapidity Of growth is almost
as great as that of plants grown under
glass.
Railways.
Maps of their lands for sale may be had
upon application to the land departments
of the railway companies, and upon these
are marked their present and prospective
lines. The reader who refers to these will
see ct a glance Information which lie
would take hours to acquire by mere read
ing. But as some of these maps are not
quite up to date, it may be well to record
briefly. the extensions understood to be
contemplated.
The Canadian Pacific railway are build
ing no new lines in Manitoba this year.
In Assiniboia they will build from Arcola
to Regina, a. distance of 125 miles. through
magnificent wheat growing country
This road will probably be finished in 1908.
1t parallels the 500 Line. The branch run
ming northwesterly from Kirkella on the
I main line to Pheasant Plains, north OF
gu .Appelle, is 100 miles long and expec-
ted to be in operation this season. Having
acquired the Manitoba & Northwestern.
the Canadian Pacific extended it for SO
miles westward of Yorkton last year to
lnslnger From that point they expect to
continue on another fifty miles this sea-
son, and ultimately, by way of Quill Lake
Saskatoon and Battleford, reach the town
OF Wetaskiwin a point on the Calgary &
Edmonton railway, forty miles south OF
Edmonton. The speed with which it will
be completed will depend upon the re-
quirements of the country. AS it passes
all the way from Saskatoon, on the South
Saskatchewan, to Wetaskinwin, through
country In which a great bulk Of their
lands is situated. it will be in the interest
of the Canadian Pacific railway to conn
plete this road without loss Of time.
The Canadian Northern expect to conn
plete their line from Erwood to Prince
Albert during the present year. 1t is to
cross the South Saskatchewan at Chak1s-
tapasin's Indian reserve q Their more
southerly branch, now graded fifty miles
west of. Grandview, Manitiba, is intended
| to be part Of transcontinental line to
the Pacific. 1t will cross the South Sas-
katchewan near Saskatoon, and the North
Saskatchewan at 1.-The Elbow which viii
be a divisional point; thence up the coun-
| try north of the river to a point ono
mile from Battleford. Then again cross
ing the North Saskatchewan at a short
distance above Battleford it will RIM
through the present village Of vigreville,
at the crossing of the Vermillion, and then
on north Of the Beaver Hills, to Fort
Saskatchewan, where the North Saskat-
cheWan is again to be crossed. The next
station is the town Of Edmonton, at which
the line unttes with the Edmonton. Yukon
& Pacific railway, which holds a charter
for a road to the Jasper or Yellowstone
pass of the Rocky Mountains. It is un-
derstood that. work on the construction OF
this line will proceed from Edmonton
easterly towards Battleford, simultan-
eous1y with the work being done from
Grandview, to the westward. According
| to the public utterances Of President
Mackenzie Of the Canadian Northern rail-
way this line from Grandview to Edmon-
ton is expected to be In operation by the
| fall of 1904, or at latest In 1905. Tho
work may be completed as far as the Ell
bow Of the North Saskatchewan by the
end of this season.