. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . panies toward communities wholly dependent upon them for facilities of natural advantages of Minnesota are not confined, either, to these two great outlets for con-veying her products to the markets of the world, but the Red River and its navigable tributaries affordher communication with the vast, fertile region still farther distant in the Northwest, and which is nowbeing rapidly peopled. In the not very distant future these will, no doubt, become useful as comme
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . panies toward communities wholly dependent upon them for facilities of natural advantages of Minnesota are not confined, either, to these two great outlets for con-veying her products to the markets of the world, but the Red River and its navigable tributaries affordher communication with the vast, fertile region still farther distant in the Northwest, and which is nowbeing rapidly peopled. In the not very distant future these will, no doubt, become useful as commercialhighways and contribute materially to the prosperity of the State. Then there is the St. Croix andMinnesota Rivers, and the Mississippi above St. Anthony Falls, which are navigable for small steamers,and could, with slight improvement, be made to afford some four hundred miles of increased channelsfor commercial intercourse by water in the interior of the State. These rivers, too, are connected withnavigable lakes that may readily be added to this system of interior communication and extend it CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. A NETWORK OF RAILWAYS. Besides these natural thoroughfares, Minnesota is richly provided with railway facilities. Six greattrunk lines connect her with Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, and all the grand railroadsystems of the United States and Canada. She has direct communication now with the Pacificcoast at San Francisco and, by means of the great Northern Pacific line, at Puget Sound; and with theAtlantic evV? the newly completed Soo route. In the more distant future the Manitoba and CanadianPacific roads will connect her with the vast and fertile region the latter traverses, and open stillanother avenue to the Western ocean. Two other great railway corporations are operating lines acrossDakota. These roads place it beyond question that Minnesota affords cheap and ample facilities notonly for supplying the Eastern markets with her agri
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