The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-27

vast basin, covering 300 square miles, ,
a reservoir unequaled by any water
power save Niagara.
Railroad Center to Be.
The railroads with their usual saga
city and foresight, are headed from
several directions for the new center.
The Canadian Northern has already
and Fort Frances, across the river on
the Canadian side, in direct touch with
the channel of east and west trade. The
Canadian Northern runs from Winni-
peg down to Port Arthur on the north
shore of Lake Superior, furnishing an
outlet almost at the head Of the lakes
for grain and -four from the
Falls is 230 miles from Port Arthur, its
water outlet, and 20S miles from Win
nipeg, the center of the Manitoba wheat
belt. Then there is the Minnesota &
International, headed north from
Bemidji with International Falls as it's
destination. This road is owned by the
Northern Pacific, and by next fall will
Rainy. In 1906 International Falls will
he it's terminus, and will be in direct
communication with Minnesota, as it
now is with Ontario and Manitoba. The
Duluth, Virginia & Rainy River is also
surveyed to this point, and doubtless
will reach here in two or three years,
giving connection between Interna,,
14O miles. This city, which is develop
ing resources on both sides of the boun-
| Gary, will then have both an American
and Canadian port. Another railroad
is projected from the west, which will
give direct line from the Red river
valley, and send the wheat of that sec
ton also in great quantities by the
northern gateway. ~
Ideal for Flour Mills.
The Falls of Koochiching, for -four
milling purposes, occupy strategic po-
sition. They are from 100 to $50 miles
nearer the Red River valley wheat
fields than Minneapolis is. They are
on the direct line Of shipment for Ca
thus has two countries to draw on for
| wheat, which is almost SO per cent No.
l hard, is unrivaled for the making of
5 patent flour. The rail haul from the
> wheat fields will be a short one, the
+ power to grind it cheap and almost I'm.
, limited, and railroad rates for the fin
| ished product will be advantageous
: The Canadian Northern has a milling:
E in-transit rate from Winnipeg to Port
: Arthur of 10 cents hundred, which
l will be used by the International Falls
7 mills. To appreciate this, it must be
' understood that Minneapolis pays Il
= River wheat just to bring it into Min
neapolis. There is then the -four rate
j, to Duluth that must be paid before
:, the product can be put on the Great
Lakes. By use Of the milling in bono
8 privilege allowed by. the American tar
y if laws, the Canadian wheat can be
y ground without paying cent Of duty
. pete with those Of Canada in thu
! world g markets on an equal basis. The,
!. will have the inestimable advantage o:
> cheap water power. There will Away
> be fine market for the offal. It cal
: be shipped in bond, duty free, into On
4 tario, where the dairy industry is splen
= didly developed, and the demand TO
u also be a fine market for it on tn
g American side. Cereal mills will ais
q find an ideal location here, for the US
4 of barley, oats and rye in prepare,
Il foods. - -.
70 Paper-Pulp Factories.
one ahe Of p1e e gne aa dsTe1oped her
II The power and raw material tributar
" to the greatest mills now in America
lee the Great Northern Paper company an
i the. International Paper company, ar
J. has provided in the falls here and tn
- vast spruce forests on both sides of tn
boundary, in the Rainy river bash
: Experts say that there are 100000
"a cords of pulp wood Immediately avail
j. i able, which is supply enough to kee
10 pulp and paper a day in operation f
w 100 years. Such a mill would kee
~ 1000 men busy the year round in tt
10 manufacturing process alone to sa
~ nothing Of the crews employed in &c
p ting out the logs and driving the
u, down the streams to the mill. Pla1
- are already outlined for a paper an
81 pulp mill to turn out 1875 tons a da.
II. and as the market is developed, tn
~ capacity will be increased.
20 The chief product Of this mill wi
9, be plain white paper for newspap.
~ purposes, product now controlled +
> the trust, and the raw material f,
re which is steadily diminishing. tt
n the line, from the Mississippi on Il
n south to a distance of 100 miles mort
w in Ontario, and from Gunfint lake
he the east to Red lake in the west.
es is region surpassed in area and stan
ay ing supply Of pulp wood by no access
er BILE preserve in America. The 8,OO0,Ot
70 cCruS OF spruce, Wnlcn are cOnSerV
he tive estimate, will make 100000 to-
a Of paper. The total paper output Of II
dig United States for 1900, by 1853 mil
al amounted to only 3,347,128 tons. II
lc- 121 establishments making newspap
lis print made only 569,212 tons, valued
ce $4,000 ,874. These figures can east
&c be analysed to show that the materi
he tributary to the Koochiching mills W
in be sufficient for ten-year supply
lie all the newspaper print mills of Il
er. United States. With the accessib
by timber it is estimated that the pu
"a wood can be delivered to the mills
it's So to SIS cord, while the eastern mi
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