Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-06

ST. PAUL, April Sat Duluth Jay Cooke
is understood to be the owner of the most
valuable part of the water power of the st.
Louis river, and a railroad up the bank of
the river to near the falls, to facilitate the
building and operating of mills is talked of. A
large grist mill, it is said, is to be built at
about the foot of the rapids this season, and
it is also reported that negotiations are in
progress for the establishment of several
mills along the river. The fact that the near
approaching final settlement of Jay Cookies
estate is likely to leave him about as rich as
he was imagined to be seven years ago, gives
credit to these reports and rumors.
| The immigration movement into Mime
sofa, Dakota and Manitoba is increasingly
large, especially on the st. Paul & Manitoba
road. The evening freight trains from this
city on that road are mostly loaded with stock
and immigrants goods for stations all along
the line. The snow Is about all gone from
the Red River country, and so far it has not
produced any floods.
Friday evening two of the Northern Tran
sit company's steamers started from Chicago
for Port Huron. The grain-laden Chicago
| fleet, carrying 2,575,000 bushels of corn,
10000 bushels of wheat, $1,000 bushels of
oats, $4,000 bushels of rye, and $4,000 BUSH
els of fax-seed, have probably most of them
set sail ere this, and number of boats from
the lower lakes will soon be due at Duluth.
Later reports are that several of the grain
feet set sail from Chicago Saturday.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul COM
pany has secured the government contract
for carrying military supplies from Chicago
to Yankton.
The arrivalof immigrants at New York
continues on an extensive scale, and the indi-
cations are that the stream will increase
rather than diminish. There were landed at
Castle Garden, last Monday, 2,479 immi-
grants, of whom 1,184 came by the Inman
steamer City of Berlin, that being the largest
number on any one vessel since 1873, when
the Egypt brought over l, 400. Among those
now arriving there are large number of
Irish peasantry, who, it is observed, are
mostly provided with tickets for points in
the West. There are also an unusual num-
Der of Hollanders, and among the rest there
are 126 starving Hungarians, who will have
to be provided for in some way.
Fifteen Car loads of black walnut logs,
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diameter, were shipped in one day last week,
from West Liberty, Iowa, bound for Liver
pool, England.
| ALI the Eastern trunk line roads have ad
vanced the wages of their subordinate Of
dcers and employees.
| A reduction of five cents on freights for
the seaboard will probably be made by the
trunk lines on the 18th if not earlier.
| Tho g. pouI &, Mopif0ho rood hoe IotoIU
been short of cars for West bound freights,
because many of its cars have
been standing loaded at western and north
ern stations, waiting for the wagon roads to
improve SO that the goods can be removed.
These cars will soon be released and brought
back.
| UPPER MISSOURI TRANSPORTATION.
The steamer Key West will leave Bismarck
for Fort Benton on the 18th inst, carrying
passengers for all river points and for
Helena. Arrangements have been made by
the Northern Pacific management with the
steamboat lines to send out passenger boats
| tri-weekly from Bismarck for Fort Benton
during the season, making this route to the
upper Missouri and Montana more desirable
than ever, as regards time and comfort.
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landing on the river between Bismarck and
Benton may be had at the office of the
Northern Pacific company, No. 43 Jackson
street. The railroad company will also con-
tract through rates for freight. The road is
now clear of the wintsr distractions and in
good working order, with both freight and
passenger business increasing very rapidly.
The company is well supplied with cars for
present needs, but the growing business
will soon require more, and 200 new box
cars have been contracted for, to be de-
| livered this month.
| ST. p, N. & NJ. LAND SALES
The sales of the first three months of this
year by the land department of the st. Paul
& Manitoba railroad company were as fol-
lows;
Acres. Sold For. Cash Reefs.
January. 49, 99 SO $76.276 46 $2O.944 16
February SO $50 60 1854, 507 Is 31.972 SO
March. ,479 SO 154,210 SO 57,3l3 46
Totals. 49, 37 50 1892, 1894 60 $11O,230 81
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