ANNUAL REPORT—COMMERCE. 85 
Iowa and Minnesota Division — 
McGregor to St. Paul. 212 
Mendota Junction to Minneapolis. 9 
Conover to Decorah. 10 
- 231 
Iowa and Dacotah Division - 
Calmar to Algoma. 126 
Austin to Mason City. 40 
- 166 
La Crosse Division — 
Milwaukee to LaCrosse. 196 
Watertown to Madison. 37 
- 233 
Mortliern Division — 
Milwaukee to Berlin. 94 
Rush Lake to Winneconne. 15 
Horicon to Portage City.,,.. 44 
- 153 
Total miles road owned by M. & St. Paul Railway Co......, 1,018 
Additional Roads operated by the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Co .— 
West Wisconsin Railroad; Tomali to Menomonee. Ill 
St. Paul and Chicago. 61 
Hastings and Dakotah Railroad.. 22 
Milwaukee and Northern Railroad. 20 
Total miles of road operated by Mil. & St. Paul R’y Co .... 1,232 
Western Union Railroad and Iowa extension. 234 
Total length of railroads from westward running into Mil.. 1,466 
Direct Tributaries — 
Southern Minnesota Railroad—La Crosse to Winnebago City.... 170 
Winona and St. Peter R. R—Winona to Mankato and St. Peter.. 144 
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad—St. Paul to Willmar. 105 
... .do.do.St. Paul to Sauk Rapids. 76 
St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad—St. Paul to St. Janies........ 122 
Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad—St. Paul to Duluth.... 156 
Total length of Milwaukee railroads and western tributaries. 2,239 
“ Of the above roads upwards of eighteen hundred miles are operated in 
the interests of Milwaukee. The Winona and St. Peter Railroad alone is con¬ 
trolled by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, but as it has no outlet 
save over the lines of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, it is necessarily 
tributary to same extent to Milwaukee. The St. Paul and Sioux City and the 
Lake Superior and Mississippi railroads are understood to be controled in the 
interest of Duluth, but their management is in no degree hostile to Milwaukee, 
and as the region through which the_#run becomes developed, they will in¬ 
evitably contribute largely to the business of the roads terminating in this 
city. 
“ The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company, have during the past 
year extended their Dacotah Division to Algoma, 40 miles beyond the ter¬ 
minus of a year ago, a point 362 miles on a nearly direct line westward from 
Milwaukee, and also built a branch line of 40 miles in length, between Aus¬ 
tin and Mason City. The latter was built more especially to meet the wants 
