The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-31

lines. and there have for several
months been rumors Of the construc-
ton Of q limo Of railway reaching d.
rectly south from q point on the
Grand Trunk Pacific, in Manitoba, and
extending southward 20 40 to tap
practically the Same country for
which the new line Of the 500 10 con-
templated 40 feeder. and rumor has
It that this new Grand Trunk Pacific
line was intended to form Q chain In
q system that contemplated. building
on southwark to connections with
leased lines In southern Minnesota
that would give an air line to Chi
cago. this latest proposition hinging
on the passage by congress Of the
Canadian reciprocity bill.
G. 7. p. Scheme.
A more general statement Of the
Grand Trunk Pacific scheme credited
that system with being back Of
survey OF, line which commenced at
Rannfe, Man. on the main line Of the
Grand Trunk Pacific. and extending
southwark to SpraSue, on the .Canad-
ian Northern. on south to the west
of Roseau, through Beltrami county
west Of Red Lake and to the northern
boundary Of Clearwater coup The
line In Clearwater county o. ID to
have been surveyed southwA @. ON
the northern boundary Of theN "
and crossing the new 500 line\N
Leonard, and on south, one propoAf
survey crossing the Grand Forks-Dh>S
luth line Of the Great Northern rail-
way at Ebro, and another crossing
the Great Northern at Bagley, the lat
ter being the survey most acceptable
to those interested in the alleged sur
vey. Tho same authority extends the
survey southwark. west of the Itasca
state park, and on generally, south and
eastward to New Ulm, there to con-
meet with lines which would probably
be leased to Chicago, the whole gov
ing a Chicago-Winnipeg line, claimed
to be shorter than any now that could
be devised over lines already con-
structed.
Late newspaper talk credits the G..
P. R. with contemplating putting on a
through Toronto to Winnipeg train,
by way Of Chicago and the twin cities,
by using the Wabash from Toronto to
Chicago, and the Wisconsin Central,
which is owned by the @. p. R. from
Chicago to st. Paul, and the 500 line
from st. Paul to Winnipeg.
A much shorter and more direct
line Is also connected with these late
statements, but nothing has been pub
lished concerning this plan which
would insure the passage through
Bemidji of a Canadian Pacific railway
train which would include all modern
o&}ns~c Th}o no,kov,, 1ok - 4
train would run from Toronto to Chi
cago over the G. p. r. and the Wa
bash, from Chicago to Duluth over the
Wisconsin Central, using the 500 from
Duluth, via Moose Lake and Bemidji
to Plummer. and northward to Win
nipeg.
Another Rumor.
Still another plan, and one that 10
said to be more probably put In force
some time in the very near future, Ii
the running through BemidN Of the
g. p. r. conpany's transcontinental
trains, which have heretofore gone
westward from Montreal through
Manitoba to the Pacific coast. The
new plan would be to use the G. p. r.
westward from Montreal to Sudbury,
thence running over the tracks of the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic to
Duluth and from the zenith city via
Moose Lake, use the new Plummer-
Moose Lake 500 line, passing through
Bemidji from Plummer or Thief River
Falls, going westward through North
Dakota to Kenmare, thence north
westward to the connecting of the
main line to any of the G. P. r. at
Moose Jaw, sask., where the train
could go westward to any Of the G.
p. r. coast points.
There is little doubt but that the
Plummer-Moose Lake line of the 500
is destined to form very important
link in the chain of competition be-
tween the G. p. r. and the 500 and its
competitors in the matter Of traffic
from the head Of the lakes, Chicago
and points in eastern Canada.