-----------------+-----------------------------------------+---------- a | From La Crescent to St. Paul | 128 b | " Hastings to Glencoe | 75 c | " St. Paul to Southern State line | 127 d | " Mendota to Minneapolis | 9 e | " Austin to Lyle | 12 f | " La Crescent to southern State Line| 25 g | " Mankato to Wells | 40 h | " St. Paul to Duluth | 156 i | " Minneapolis to White Bear | 15 j | " Minneapolis to Sioux City Junction| 27 k | " Duluth to Moorhead | 253-1/2 l | " St. Paul to St. James | 121-1/4 m | " St. James to southern State line | 66-1/4 n | " St. Anthony to Breckenridge | 207 o | " St. Paul to Sauk Rapids | 76 p | " Sauk Rapids to Melrose | 35 q | " Brainerd, 4-1/2 miles south | 4-1/2 | " a point 12 miles S. of Glyndon to | r | a point 28 miles N. | 104 | of Crookston | s | " St. Paul to Stillwater | 17-1/2 t | " Junction to Lake St. Croix | 3-1/4 u | " Stillwater to South Stillwater | 3 v | " Grand Crossing to Winnebago City | 167-1/2 w | " White Bear to Stillwater | 13 x | " Winona to western State line | 288-1/2 y | " Junction to Mankato | 3-3/4 +---------- | 1978 Since the publication of the report of the railroad commissioner as given above, showing 1978 miles of railroads in Minnesota; there have been 216 miles built in 1877, and 350 miles in 1878--total, 2544 miles now operated in the State. In 1862, we had but ten miles of railroad in Minnesota; in 1878, sixteen years afterwards, two thousand five hundred and forty-four miles. This past year, the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad has extended its line to the British Possessions in Manitoba, connecting with a road there and giving us direct railroad communication with the vast country lying north of us; while the Southern Minnesota, the Hastings & Dakota, the St. Cloud branch of the St. Paul & Pacific, are extending their lines, like arteries, through the heart of the State. In much less than ten years, Minnesota will have the most perfect railroad system on this continent.