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- -T- C - f ttfl^ffHetiHHKH&B'SHKHiii "W * FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 2& 1902. SPEND MILLIONS Northwestern Railroads Reaching Out for Addi tional Territory. Extension the Rule for the Coming YearProspect- ive Improvement. Northwestern railroads will spend mil lions In improvements and extensions in the course of the coming year. Heavy Immigration has made much new terri tory productive, some of which will be given railway facilities for the first time. Other parts of the northwest have in creased their tonnage to such an extent as to make It probable that ne w roads will be attracted to regions now fairly well supplied with railroad facilities. The past year has been exceptionally prosperous for all northwestern roads. Good crops and good times have increased the earnings and the margins of profit. This has placed all of the properties in a position to make improvements and exNorth tensions. There is a disposition on theritory part of all the roads to make road beds and equipments as good as possible and equal to the new opportunities offered In increased traffic. These expenditures have helped in the general good times of the past year and will be the same live {actor In the next twelve months Minneapolis has eight, railroads, the total mileage of which is about ^36,750. The acquisition of the Rock Island through the purchase of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, gave it a third big system tapping the middle west, with a mileage of over 6,500. This Is an imthe portant addition in view of the fact that some of Minneapolis' hottest trade bat tles in the future will be fought out innorthern, the southwest. One gratifying feature of the present business eta. is the financial progress of the Soo and Minneapolis & St. Louis roads. For the commercial advancement of Minneapolis these roads have done much. The Minneapolis & St. Louis cross ing Chicago lines in the south and south west has been instrumental in bringing much grain to Minneapolis and carrying back merchandise, which before the road's construction and recent extension went to Chicago. The Soo road furnishes an outlet for Minneapolis products direct into choice territory both east and west. The securities of these lines, which at onedirect time dragged at low figures, are nowsin rated high. Extensions In Western N. Dakota. Extensions made In various parts of the northwest have bettered the territory in which Minneapolis distributes goods. Western North Dakota has been the scene of much of the railway building this year, the Soo and Northern Pacific having completed important extensions. Wrille no program for the coming year has been laid out by any of the roads, of ficials are confident that there will be much building occasioned by the popu lating of newer sections of -the country. The Soo road has a wonderful opportun ity to strengthen itself by new exten sions in the .northwest, particularly in Dakota. The Great Northern's ter in that state has been filling up fast and two important branches will probably be built within a short time. The Northern Pacific is paying attention to the Missouri river country in North Dakota and defending its position in the traffic of that region. The Milwaukee is completing a new line which touches southern North Dakota and whleh by agreement with the ^Northern Pacific will give it access to Bismarck. In northern (Minnesota -there has been little construction aside from a few log ging roads this year. Some of the older logging lines are being taken over toy Orea* Northern and will form a basis for more extensions in the future. There has been considerable development in the counties and more roads are needed. The Northern Pacific 1B planning on a cut off through the White Earth res ervation which may be begun under the guise of a logging road and he taken over by that system later. In southern Min nesota the North-Western will have its new line from Evan to Marshall com pleted late in the year. The Milwaukee expects to have Its iMankato-Farmington extension ready by November. The Rock Island is hurrying Its construction into Minneapolis. With the Soo and Omaha active in west ern Wisconsin some extensions will be made in that territory which will be a benefit to Minneapolis. Wiscon lands are more highly appreciated than ever before and a steady immigra tion into that region is on. The Milwau kee plans a big extension in western South Dakota to cover the range coun try near the river and tap some grain dis tricts which have yielded remarkably well this year. All Making? Money. Xl\ big tonnage which -will roll mony Into the railroad hopper during the com ing year will put the northwestern lines on the best foundation in their history. All but one of the systems serving Min neapolis are on the divided list and that one could pay dividends this year if it de sired to sacrifice a portion of lt9 oppor tunity for Improving its position by im portant extensions. Those lines which tap the newer sections of the northwest will of necessity make large expenditures In improving the shipping facilities at many points, building new side tracks and in some cases equipping new sta tions. Railroad payrolls will increase and all of this money will go to swell the volume of northwest trade in which Min neapolis business institutions are largely interested, A view oi rne state fairgrounds. Blue Limestone, Footing and Dimension Stone, Rang e and Rubble. CRUSHED ROCK FOR QUICK SHIPMENT. RAILROAD FACILITIES. Sixteenth and Central Aves. NE . urn ! .ii.u.^M|.ia~f limit teas J! 4 % .J 'i it J I rf? FOLLOWIN G IT S ESTABLISHE D POLICY The Minneapolis General Electric company . * . , = WILL ON = SEPTEMBE R FIRST , NEX T - Reduce Its Tarif f Rates fo r Incandescent LightingI2EFollowing: for the ilrsi two hours dally use of me customer's maximum demand, 1 5 cents per kilo-watt hour. For the third hours dally use ol the customer's maximum demand, to cents per kilo-watt hour. For all use over three hours per day, 6 cents per kilo-watt hour. From above rates a discount of ten (10) per cent will be allowed if bills are paid at the office of the company on or before ten (10) days from their date. This reduced rate effects a large saving to the user of electric light, and it is hoped, will convince the company's consumers and the public gener- ally that this company's policy is to reduce its lighting rates as fast as its business will warrant, and, with THOROUGHLY FIRST-CLASS SERVICE AT REASONABLE RATES, build up a business, the foundation of which will rest upon the good will and confidence of its patrons and the general public. We have also R E V I S E D and R E D U C E D our electric power, rates and will have pleasure in explaining same. r _ The company's facilities are second to none in the country. It can handle successfully any installation of either light or power, no matter how large or small. ."" t . A \ - - . : ' _ - " ' \ . ' : - \ , -- , wv we Will prepare specifications lor electric tight wiring, and furnish the services ol in inspector without cost. \ Ou^ representative will call at any time, upon'^q^ ,. . 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