Stream, 20 feet wide (Goose River, main branch) 5.52 204.88 15.42 220.30 22.90 243. 20 11.39 254.59 14.82 269.41 18.49 287.90 7.61 295.51 9.72 305. 23 13. 64 318.87 Table of Distances of portions of various Routes between St. Paul and Pembina. West Branch of Chippewa River (Pomme de Terre), 140 feet wide. Elbow Lake. 93 62 64 68 5 73 101 84 3 87 1 89 101 99 100 Rabbit River (west branch of Tipsina) Small brook, 12 feet wide Small brook (tributary of Rabbit River) 11 9966 1434 4444 1081 117 123 51 1282 140 Bois des Sioux River, 8 miles above mouth Stage and Mail Route.-Table prepared by Mr. B. C. Borden. 1859. III. FROM ST. CLOUD TO 72 Miles. Total. 17 58 2 60 ST. CLOUD, viâ SIOUX WOOD RIVER, TO GOOSE RIVER. Lake M'Leod (Grove Lake) Branch of Chippewa River, beyond White Bear Lake, Graham's Point Crossing of Maple River. Creek emptying into Maple River Rush River 15 2144 VI. From the Upper Sioux Agency (Yellow Medicine), on the Minnesota VII. RAILROAD LINES. 1st. The length of the "branch" line of the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad from St. Paul to St. Vincent, as far as surveyed and located, to Crow Wing, is about 125 miles. 2nd. The length of the main line of the same railroad, as surveyed and located to a point on the Sioux Wood River within 8 miles of Breckinridge, is about 207 miles. D. Breckinridge to Pembina by the channel of the Red River of the North. E. Routes and portions of Routes to the North and North-west of Pe.nbina. IV. PEMBINA TO MOUTH OF RED RIVER BY WATER. Atlantic Summer Port of Montreal to Gulf of Georgia, B.C. Western extremity of Canadian Inland to Gulf of Georgia Miles. 650 100 650 400 800 400 3000 2350 1600 APPENDIX "F." ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD. STATEMENT. Hon. EDMUND RICE State Senator. By an Act of Congress, approved March 3rd, 1857, a grant of land was made to Minnesota to aid in the construction of a railroad from Stillwater, by way of St. Paul and St. Anthony, to a point between the foot of Big Stone Lake and the mouth of Sioux Wood River, and from St. Anthony, via St Cloud and Crow Wing, to the navigable waters of the Red River of the North, at such point as the Legislature might determine. The land granted consists of every odd numbered section for six sections (or square miles) in width, on each side of said lines, being 3840 acres per mile, in length of road, and amounts in the aggregate to 2,457,600 acres. By an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Minnesota, approved May 22nd, 1857, and amended March 10th, 1862, "THE ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY " was incorporated, and all the abovementioned lands were granted thereto; and the terminus of the first named line was fixed at Breckinridge, on the Sioux Wood River, and of the other at St. Vincent, near the mouth of the Pembina River. The length of the former line is 222 miles, and of the latter, 428 miles, making in all 650 miles. The line from Stillwater, via St. Paul to Breckinridge, has been accurately surveyed and located, as also from St. Anthony to Crow Wing; the maps have been filed with the Governor of the State, and with the Commissioner of the General Land Office; the locations have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and by his direction the lands have been alloted to the company. The charter is liberal in all its provisions, and contains no restrictions as to the rate of tolls, speed, the mode or manner of connexions with other roads, &c., and requires no taxes to be paid; but in lieu thereof, 3 per cent. of the gross earnings of the road (deducting running expenses) is to be paid to the State annually. In other respects it is all that could be desired. It will greatly facilitate the object of this publication if the reader will consult recent maps of Minnesota and North America. The great object proposed by the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, and for which the grant of lands held by them will be a munificent endowment, is to connect, by railroad, the navigation of the Mississippi River, and its tributaries, at St. Paul, near the Falls of St. Anthony, and at Stillwater, on the River St. Croix, with the Red River of the North, and other navigable streams of North-West British America. While the |