Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-05
RAIL, RIVER AND LAKE.

Merely a Observation-Disclosures Lands In the
Southwest COunties-Lincolnshire Farm
ers Coming-PersOnsls-T Tables-Un-
Gle Sans Land Sales in the Northern
Pacific and st. Paul g. Manitoba Territory
The Northern Paci4c to Tunnel the Mis-
souri, River at Observation-Disclosures, Du-
luth and ST. Paul Navigation Notes.
All work has been suspended on Washburn's
Taylor Falls road and the men who have been
employed to make show of building it have
been withdrawn.
The annual meeting of the old Sioux City d
st. Paul railway company was held at Sioux
City yesterday and the necessary formalities
gone through for keeping the corporation alive
until the transfer of its property is formally
contaminated.
Business as the st. Paul & Sioux City land
office is INCREASING fast The town lot business
is thriving and the favorable crop conditions
are encouraging farmers is apply for the refus-
al of lands they wish to add to their farms or
to hold for their children or for relatives still
in the East.
A gentleman from Lincolnshire, Eng, is on
visit to Cottonwood county to select large
quantity of st. P. & s. G. lands for an associa-
this country for that purpose. The members
of the association are intending to emigrate to
this country in body, and will bring consid-
cradle aggregate of cash capital. They had heard
favorable reports of Cottonwood aud adjoin-
ing counties from Englishmen who have visited
this country and on that directed their agent
there.
Persons intending to go north should bear
in mind that a new time table went into
into effect on the st. Paul & Manitoba lines last
Sunday. The new time table works great
saving of time to residents along the line whu
have to visit st. Paul.
President Ilsley, of the st. Paul q Duluth
company, is expected home from New York to.
day.
time will go into effect on the st. Paul & Du-
luth road next Sunday. A through night train
will probably be put on and one or more addi-
tional White Bear trains. And right here it is
proper to remark that this season, as hereto
fore, the company will take good care of all the
summer travel between st. Paul and White
Bear and do its best towards accommodate
sng all the lake visitors and residents.
Laborers are being forwarded from here to
work on the extension of the North Wisconsin
railway.
The entries at the United States land offices
at Crookston, Duluth, St. Cloud and Fergus
Falls, all of which sell lands tributary to the
Northern Pacific and st. Paul q Manitoba lines,
during the 16 months beginning Dec. 1st 1878,
and ending March 3lst, 1880. amounted to
l,156, 08I acres. The government land Office at
Fargo selling Dakota lands nearly all tributary
to the Northern Pacific, during the Is months
ending March 3lst last, disposed of !, 434, S9l
acres, under 1854 entries. ALI of this land
has been taken by actual settlers, under the pre-
emption, homestead and tree-culture acts.
Up to March 3lst the Northern Pacific COM
pany has sold from its land grant, east of the
Missouri river, q 304. 1853 acres.
Chief Engineer Anderson of the Northern
Pacific, having completed his examinations for
crossing of the Missouri at Bismarck, has
gone to New York to mature plans. Having
found no serious obstacles in sounding the
river bed and shores, Gen. Anderson has adopt
ed the idea of crossing by tunnel and will
urge its approval. Mr.. Clark. who proposes to
construct the tunnel, is the builder of the Bos-
ton water works, which include twenty-four
miles of tunneling.