Show Railroad Racket Minneapolis President Villard of the Northern Pacific Railroad has announced an-nounced that his company has closed the purchase from the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company of the latters I line along the east bank of the Mississippi river between Wutab and Anoka He also states that the Northern North-ern Pacific company will now proceed to I bridge the Mississippi at Anoka and from that point extend their purchased line to Minneapolis These changes assure to the Northern Pacific a continuous continu-ous line owned by itself from Minneapolis Minne-apolis to Brainerd on its trunk line and from Minneapolis trains will reach St Paul over the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul The Manitoba company having hav-ing disposed of its line on the east bank of the Mississippi will now complete its west side or St Cloud and Minneapolis branch which thus becomes the mainline main-line St Louis 3From a source deemed eminently reliable it is learned here tonight to-night that the reported sale of the Chicago Chi-cago Texas and Mexican road to the Bluff Colorado and Santa Fe is confirmed con-firmed The price paid is stated to be 16000 per milu instead of 19000 It is said the papers ere ready for signature and submission to the two directories and the transfer of the property will be r formally made by July 1st I |