Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15

any business transacted of public interest.
The st. Paul & 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 relayiDg the
Breckenridge division.
For convenience of superintendent the
st. Paul & Manitoba railway is now divided
into three divisions. The Breckinridge
division is the line from East Minneapolis 10
Brecki Drids e; the St, Vincent division is the
line from Breckenridge to St. Vincent; and
the Fergus Falls division is the llne frou. st.
Paul to Fergus Falls.
The transactions OF the St. Paul & Mani
tobs land Office in July are summed up SO
follows: Land sold for cash, $3.50 acres,
$3,4lS 10; lands sold on credit, $50 SO
acres. $42, 815 o.; total.s s 424 SO acres, $46,-
233 II. The cash receipts VI the Office for
the month were as follows: From cash sales
of lands. $3,418,15; on credit sales of the
month, 1888 60; on former credit sales.
town lot sales, $508 Is; from sales of grass,
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 d Manitoba
lands and the Red River valley.
MIR. 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 60 yes
terdsy. They were taken in the business car
of the Northern Pacific, attached to the St.
P. q 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 re-
ceived from Wadena about fifty specimens of
as many different varieties OF birds found in
Wadena county, neatly stuffed and pre-
served and arranged with taste and natural
ness on and about an imitation tree, which
is an abominsbly poor imitation. The whole
is the work of an amateur taxidermist, a
Resident of Wadens.
Hon. F. r. Delsno, who came down from
the Northern Pacific country yesterday, re-
ports that the Oasselton branch being built
under his supervision is completed ts
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 dee north, without deviation, and fol-
lows the lay of the land without one heavy
grade, for the thirty two miles now com
pleted. Mr.. Dslano says that there will be
500, 600 bushels of wheat of this years crop
to be brought oct by the Casselton branch.
and that about ESQ, COO bushels have been
raised by the squatters on the unsur-
veyed lands in the western, part lof
Grand Forks county. The government
surveyors are now guing in to extend the
surveys to the west line of that county, and
also into Ramsey county, if their appropria
ton holds out. But north to the Blush
line, and west to Mouse river, there are no
surveys. The Canadians, driven out of
Manitoba aud the Northwest Territory by
the operation Of their land laws, are scatter
ing all over this country, taking squatter
claims, and will be ready TO give the Oassel-
ton road business by the time it can reach
them.
The Northern Pacific grade will be finished
to the Little Missouri abont Wednesday of
next week, when all the graders will be trans-
ferred to the line between the Little Mis-
scuri 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 ha, been accumulated at Green
river and is nov being sent to the front.
The reports of the engineers on toe Mis-
souri, river crossing of the Northern Pacific
at Bismarck are said to b. 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 tie
ground that the Q ,ss Of making the tunnel
would be no more than that of building q
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 q 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
caandise. The loss could not be ascertained
yesterday, but must reach between $500 and
$500.