Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-16
RAIL, RIVER AND LAKE.

Personal and Local Railway NOtes--St p.
NJ. Land saIes--The Casselton Branch and
Northern PacIflc EXtension--Low Water
inth, Two Big Rivers--Arrivals and De-
partures Mt Duluih--The Scandinavian
Editors.
The II. & D. division of the c., III. L st.
?. railway is to have spur track of three
miles into Excelsior on Lake Minnetonka
from the line now being built into st. Paul.
Mr.. j. A. Humbird, who is experimenting
the building of the North Wisconsin extern
sion, was in st. Paul for few hours yester-
day.
williams, Brink, Brink & Brink, the con-
tractors for the brick work of the union
depot, have nov nineteen expert bricklayers
employed on the nice work on which they
are engaged. They are making good prog
ress though somewhat delayed by all the
foundations not being finished. Eight of
their bricklayers were brought from Phila-
delphia especially for this Job, and others
from Chicago and st. Louis.
Messrs. Hill and Angus returned from
Chicago yesterday, accompanied by Presi-
dent Stephen, from Montreal. Their sd-
journed meeting of directors of the st. P. il
NJ railway company will be held some day
this week, but there will probably not be
any business transacted of public interest.
The st. Paul S Manitoba company is in
receipt daily of fifteen car loads of steel rails,
or enough for about one and half miles of
road. These rails are for relaying the
breckenridge division.
For convenience of superintendent the
st. Paul & Manitoba railway is now divided
into three divisions. The Breckenridge
division is the line from East Minneapolis to
Breckenridge; the st. Vincent division is the
line from Breckenridge to st. Vincent; and
the Fergus Falls division is the hne from ST.
Paul TO Fergus Falls.
The transactions of the st. Paul & Mani
toba land Office in July are summed up as
follows: Land sold for cash, $3.50 acres,
S3,418 15; lands sold on credit, $50 $50
acres, 81, S15.02; total, ,424 SO acres, $780,
233.17. The cash receipts of the office for
the month vere as follows: From cash sales
of lands. SIS, 41S,15; on credit sales of the
month, S2,36S.60; on former credit sales.
S64239; interest payments, SIS, 711.b6; from
town lot sales, S50S.13; from sales of grass,
ETC., $394.75: total, 81, 043.58. A large
business was not to be expected in July and
August, but the fact that nearly hundred
small farms were bought from this office last
month shows that the tide OF immigration
still sets toward the St. Paul & Manitoba
lands aud the Red River valley.
Mr. French, the third auditor of the treas
ury and inquisitor general of land grant rail-
roads, and Mr.. Nichols, of the government
commission, appointed TO examine the new
roadway of the Northern Pacific, did not
go to Duluth Friday night, but did go yes
terday. They were taken in the business car
of the Northern Pacific, attached to the st.
P. & D. day express. After resting at Duluth
to-day, they are to proceed over the North
ern Pacific to the end of the track.
The Northern Pacific land office has rs
ceived from Wsdena about fifty specimens of
as many different varieties of birds found in
Wadens county, neatly stuffed and pre-
served and arranged with taste and natural
ness On and about an imitation tree, which
is an abominably poor imitation. The whole
is the work OF an amateur taxidermist, q
resident of Wadens.
Hon. +. Il. Deiano, who came down from
the Northern Pacific country yesterday, re-
ports that the Casselton branch being built
under his supervision Is completed ia
TO the main Elm river, thirty-two
miles North Of Casselton, where
the track layers are waiting on the
bridge builders. 1t is intended to lay the
track IL miles farther, to Great Goose river.
This is the road that follows the section
line due north, without deviation, and fol-
lows the lay of the land without one heavy
grade, for the thirty-two miles now com
pleted. Mr.. Delano says that there will be
100000 bushels of wheat of this years crop
TO be brought ont by the Casselton branch,
and that about 600 bushels have been
raised by the aqustters on the unsur-
veyed lands in the western part of
Grand Forks county. The government
surveyors are now going in to extend the
surveys to the west line of that county, and
also into Ramsey county, If their appropria-
lion holds out, But north to the British
line, and west to Mouse river, there are no
eurvevs. The Canadians, driven out of
Manitoba and the Northwest Territory by
the operation of their land laws, are scatter
ing all over this country, taking gquatter
claims, and will be ready 20 give the Cassel-
ton road business by the time il can reach
them.
The Northern Pacific grade will be finished
10 the Little Missouri about Wednesday of
next week, when all the graders will be trans
ierred to the line between the Little Mis-
souri, and Yellowstone, where large force is
already at work. The track layers are
FIVE miles beyond Green river bridge and
making good progress. About thirty miles
of material has been accumulated at Green
river aud is now being sent to the front.
The reports Of the engineers on the Mis-
souri, river crossing of the Northern Pacific
at Bismarck are said to be completed and to
have been submit ed to the officers of the
company. Their opinions are said to be in
favor of tunneling under the river, on the
ground that the cost Of making the tunnel
would be no more than that of building a
bridge, while the expense of maintaining a
tunnel would be less than that of maintain
ing bridge.
The train men on the morning freight
from the west on the st. Paul & Manitoba
road, shortly after leaving Minneapolis yes
terday morning, discovered fire in Car of
Pratt's st. Paul & Minneapolis Express
line. The train was switched without loss
of time and the burning car left on side
track after all efforts possible had been made
to subdue the flames, when the car and con-
tents were consumed. The car was loaded
with seamless bags and miscellaneous mer-
ohandise. The loss could not be asoerteined
yesterday, but must reach between S209 and
$500.