The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-02-15
GREAT NORTHERN
FACES PROFILE
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the situation of this great trans-con-
tinental line, is further sub5tantiated
by the following from the Wall Street
Journal of February 8th.:
!, James J. Hill says 1t is an open
question with him whether to doub e
track the Great Northern Or build a
new railroad. Mr.. Hills propcnsities
/ for blazing his way through new coun
try with a locomotive headlight is
we'll known, and it would not be sur
prizing II this is the course he will
follow now in relieving the congest-
ion on the Grea. Northern railway
This does not necessarily mean that
a new transcontinental line will be
built from St. Paul to Puget Sound,
but the idea is tantamount to the
same thing. The proposition will de-
pend largely on the future growth Of
business in the northwest The first
first step in the application of Mr..
Hills idea for relieving the congestion
on the Great Northern will doubtless
be a new line to connect st. Paul
with the main line of the Great
Northern in the western end of North
Dakota. The most congested portion
Of the Great Northern is between
Grand Forks on the Red River of thu
North, around the north of DEVILS
Lake to Minot..
A new line from Fargo to Minot
would not only completely relieve the
congestion, but also open up a new
country Mr.. Hill and the various
roads which he dominates have under
construction or projected no less
than 5000 miles of new railroad in
various parts of the country between
the Mississippi river and the Paci-
| fic coast.
| Aside from any new lines now con-
templated the Hill lines have about
5000 miles under construction, or pro-
jected now, or completed since the
last fiscal year. OF this the most
important item is the new transconti
mental road building in Canada. The
line Is NOW practically done from Van
couver through tho Rocky mountins.
1t will be pushed across the prairies
Of Alberta, Assinniboia and Manitoba
to Winnipeg, which will be the east
ern terminus. The new line will be
about 500 miles long, and should be
finished within the next two years.
This new transcontinental road will
be owned by the Great Northern. Its
Importance to the Hill system could
hardly be overestimated 1t will be
directly competitive to the Canadian
Pacific from Winnipeg to Vancouver
and is retaliation on a gigantic scale
for the temerity with which the Ca
madam Pacific built down to Spokane.
If a new line is built from Fargo
to Minot it will very closely parallel
the 500, a Canadian Pacific line, al
most its entire length. 1t will be
possible to throw freight from the Hill
lines in Washington, Montana and ov-
en- North Dakota across into Canada
and brought to the east on the Ca
madam route, Or it will be possible to
route freight from the rapidly devel-
oping Canadian territory into the u
nited States for the American route
There are no state legislatures Or any
interstate commerce commissions in
Canada.
The most important project OF the
Hill lines besides this is the line from
Spokane to Pasco, 423 miles, half Of
which is now practically completed
and the other half of which will be
open for operation early next year.
Aside from the foregoing the Great
Northern railway has under construct
ion a the present time about 5000
miles Of new line, most Of which will
be completed the current fiscal year.
The Northern Pacific and the Bur
lington have under construction sew
pral hundred miles of new line. In
addition, all three Hill roads have
been running surveys in various parts
of the west and each line has Varl-
Gus additions in contemplation,
], ]. Hill today virtually has three
transcontinental roads in the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific ana Cal
cago burlington & Quincy. The Bur
ilington is scarcely a transcontinentai
line. although Of course 1t Is one OF