Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-18
COMMON CARRIERS.

Movement of Railroad Men-AcCident Near
Cedar Lake-An Offer to Indians for Right
of Way-Northern Pacific Freight Yard
Steamboat Excursions River News-Arri-
walls and ClearanCes at Duluth.
Hon. E. F. Drake, vice-president of the
Sioux City consolidation, returned home yes
terday and will remain some time to attend
to private business and his duties as trustee
of the St. P. g. S. @. lands.
s. S. Merrill and j. w. Losey returned
yesterday from their trip to Ortonville and,
after dinner at the Merchants, went East on
the river road.
Messrs. Porter, Bishop, Lincoln, Clarke
snd Winter went out yesterday ON the first
morning train for Sioux City, to inspect the
Omaha d Northwestern road and look over
the country between the Northwestern and
Sioux City.
General Manager Hill started last evening
for Grand Forks, intending to be absent
most of the week.
At about l A. M. yesterday morning an ex
ira freight train coming in from Willmar,
on the st. Paul d Manitoba road, encoun-
tered broken rail, near Cedar Lake, in
Hennepin county, and twelve cars were
thrown from the track. None of the train
men were hurt but the wreck INSTRUCTED the
track until near 2 P. NJ.
The rights of way, each 100 feet wide, for
three tracks from the Missouri to the Black
Hills, and for land on the west bank of the
Missouri for terminal shops and facilities,
the M. & ST. P. and @. & N. w. companies
Jointly offer to give the Sioux bands, owners
,,f kba IN 000 hood Of
year old cattle.
The contract is to be let to-day for bring
ing in one of the suburban hills, for filling
in the space between Rosebel, Prince, Fourth
and Fifth streets, for the Northern Pacific
freight houses and yard.
The officers of the Omaha consolidation,
have provided proper care for the two men
injured by the land slide at the excavation
for the company's headquarters building and
yesterday provided the funeral for Christen-
sen, one of the two. He died from his in
juries on Sundsy. The Iother it is thought,
will recover.
The railroad shops at Yankton have got to
be moved to save them from the Missouri,
which is cutting through towards them at a
dangerously rapid rate.
Grading has been begun on the main line
of the Southern Minnesota west of the Big
Sioux.
Thursday evening last, the Sioux City
track between Sheldon and Sibley, Iowa,
was, for two miles or more, covered with
water foot deep, and when the storm ended
and the water fell the track was still OBJ
structed with earth, corn stalks, hay and
brush which the food had lodged on it.
Trains going west were delayed about twelve
hours.
Improvements at the Blair crossing of the
Missouri enable the Omaha consolidated to
cross about one hundred cars daily.
The night train on the Northern Pacific
Sunday, took west about one hundred and
fifty Norwegian immigrants, just arrived
from the old country. They were hardy
looking party, men. women and children,
and were possessed of considerable means.
About one-third of the party will locate on
land alraady selected for them by friends on
the line of the Northern Pacific in Minneso-
ia, while the remainder will locate in Dako-
ia, in the vicinity of Fargo.
Mr.. G. A. Hallenberg, State immigration
agent, has gone west over the Northern Pa
cifc for a few days.