Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-09
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
ANOTHER FALSE REPORT OF THE
SALE THOROUGHLY DENIED,

ANOTHER FALSE REPORT OF THE
SALE THOROUGHLY DENIED,
Mr.. Sarg ent Denies 1t and Proves it-Bil-
lings Says He Owns Nine Millions ana
Won't Sell-Merrill Profanely Styles Bill
Kings Editor an Ass for Sending Fool
to Interview Him-Wilbur f. Storey Tells
Why the Northern Pacific Will Stick
His kilograms to the Chicago "Times"-A
Glowing Tribute to the Country.
The youth, who presides over the manifold
paper of the Pioneer Press, and edits the tele-
graph, occasionally gets tired of the job of fur
nishing up others thoughts, and takes a hand
in himself. When he does, however, he makes
a ass of himself. Yesterday he stopped over in
special purporting to come from Chicago
relative to the speedy transfer of the Northern
Pacific R.R to the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
railroad company. With an amazing original
ity the youth based his news upon the fact of
Alexander Mitchelrs well-known departure
for Europe. The veracious youth went on to
say that Alexander Mitchelps trip to Europe
was to negotiate the purchase of the Northern
Pacific, though ostensibly taken for health.
This was we'll enough for Mitchell,
who was out Of reach, but the
he connects Mr.. II. f. Sargent's, general man
ager of the Northern Pacific, late visit ts Chi
cago, with the same business.
MIR. sARaENrs DENIAL.
Now Mr.. Sargent claims the Metropolitan
hotel in this city as an abiding place. But
Bill Kings youth was SO enamored of his ro-
MAJ he ~
to just step over and find out the
facts. Moreover facts would have
clipped the wings of the imaginary piece of
news.
The GLOBE, alive to the Importance of facts,
took the trouble t, find Mr.. Sargent. Here's
what he says.
why, the rumor is all nonsense, SIR" said
he in reply to an interrogation about the OBJ
ject of MIR. Mitchells trip to Europe.
Your visit, tn, n, to Chicago few DAYS ago,
had not anything to do with a proposed sale?
No sir. That Is as absurd as the other
story"
Then there is no truth in anv sucb rn-
mor?"
Emphatcally SO. The sale of the Northern
Pacific has never been contemplated. The
heaviest stockholders are the dir. ctors, and
their policy is to retain the road and complete
it. The stockholders, not directors. are in full
harmony with the policy. just look herer'
PRESIDENT BILLINGS DENIAL.
At this, Mr.. Sargent handed the GLOBE re
porter letter from President Billings, of the
Northern Pacific railroad. and he was permitted
to make the following extract:
"The rumor that Alexander Mitchell had gone to
Europe to buy up tho Northern Pacific is absurd
There's little or stock there. Mitchell owns
OOO." ''
In conclusion, Mr.. Sargent repeated his de-
II mn furt hor< hot
the transaction was not and neves had been con-
templated. He stated that an authoritative
denial of the whole business had been dis
patched to Chicago and elsewhere.
With these assurances. followed by others of
a social nature, the GLOBE and Mr. Sargent
separated.
MIR. S. S. MERRILL's DENIAL.
Yesterday, the Pioneer Press published what
purported to be an interview with General
Manager 8. s. Merrill, of the Chicago Milwau-
kee Il st. Paul railroad. Like all the rest of
the f. rs elaboration on the sale of the
Northern Pacific railroad, 1.-THE interview was
a fabrication. gawk of thatpaper actually
call upon MIR. Merrill. The decrepit got
IN the neighborhood of the Metropolitan about
midnight, and aroused Mr.. Merrill. The in
terview which did occur is as follows:
Report of the p. P.-Mr. Merrill, have
in an alleged current report that the Chicago,
Milwaukee st. Paul railroad company has
Dough or il going to buy, if Mr.. Mitchell,
VINO has gone to Europe, can effect the purchase
of the Northern Pacific railroad?
Mr.. Merrill-What d-n fool sent you to
make such d-n fool inquiry?
Reporter of the p. P.-Mr. Wheelock, sir.
Mr.. Merrill-Whoever did send you was a
ID ass for doing So and you are id fool
for coming. Go back and tell 'em so.
The interview terminated by the withdrawal
OF the gawk, but not before Mr.. Merrill turned
his sight away from the representative of so
much personitied id foolishness.
WILBUR F. sToREY's DENIAL.
In this connection the GLOBE had the good
luck to get ON to WILDER +. Storey's dispatch
to his own paper, the Chicago Times, in regard
to this affair, which as we'll embodied glow
ing tribute to Minnesota. The dispatch was
sent off on the 9TH inst. and appeared in the
Times of the oth inst, which arrives here to-
day. Thus the GLOBE is enabled to give MIR
Storey.s views to this constituency in advance
of his own paper. The dispatch is as follows:
Especial Telegram to the Chicago Times
ST.. PAUL, Aug. THE Times excursion
party arrived in this city at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
and jointly agreed that they had traversed from
this poin to Fargo, and from Fargo to BIS
marck through the least known, most under
rated and most valuable wheat lands in the
American union. There is very little poor
land along the Northern Pacific from Detroit
in Minnesota. to Bismarck in Dakota, it's ter
minus ON the Missouri river. And the largest
portion of it is superior for oats, rye, barley
and wheat. The illusion of years-an illusion
arising from the Jay Cook failure-that the
major portion of Dakota territory is sterile and
incapable of tillage and fertility, has
been dispelled. Seeing is believing, and
now. since the Times has intinerated and in
spected, traversed and tested Dakota with an
experienced 'orps of candid and disinterested
observers it halls Dakota, the Yellowstone val
ley, Montana, Idaho and the whole country
traversed by the Northern Pacific road until its
weste' terminus is touched, as the greatest
direct contributor in the future to the colossal
commerce of Chicago.
Neither the Southern Pacific nor the Union
Pacific nor bott combined can ever have, from
agriculture along their lines, the local traffic
which the Northern Pacific will find in the
wheat fields of Minnesota and Dakota alone,
and Montana will be with them in the near fu-
ture for wheat products, and surpass them in
the expectation of fat CATTLE in the last product
having no equal in all the. Northwest.
Traversing such country, vital with such
miraculous possibilities, and how directed as to
it's policy by Frederick Billings, Of Vermont,
Benz P. Cheney, of Boston, George W. Cass,
of New York, Hugh Mccullough, of Indiana.
Joseph Dillworth, of Penusy ivania. and Charles
B. Wright, of Philadelphia, the Northern Pa
ciic railroad in the immediate charge and ecn-
n"mloal supervision of General Manager q E.
sargent, ceases to be specu-
lation and becomes a real enterprise.
1t lives and thriyes upon the rapidly developing
agriculture which skirts it's lines. 1t will be-
com" the populous we'll as the popular. route
to the Pacific coast. and. refusing favors. in
long contracts 20 all express companies, doing
Its OWL express business, and barring out all
parasitic fast freight lines, the Northern Pacific
WILL soon out rank it's two rivals in all that