Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-08
RAIL AND RIVER.

Contract for Union Depot Foundations Let
to Michael O,Brlen---The Chicago Short
Line Bridge Bill Passed by the Senate
Large Freight Movement on the North
ern Pacific Increased Earnings of tho
st. Paul & Duluth---Delano's Easy Rail-
road Building---A Rising River, &c.
The United States Senate has passed the bill
authorizing the]' Chicago st. Paul Short-Line
Railroad company" to build bridge over the
st. Croix.
The freight movement on the Northern Pa
cifo in the six months ending Dec. Slst last
amounted to 81, ,475, ,544 pounds or l55, 7S7 tons
"a big business, but which will be consider
ably increased the first six months of this year.
The English gentleman who went down the
Sioux City road few days ago to spy out the
fatness of the land, is said to represent asso-
citation of English farmers, about five hundred
in number, who are preparing to emigrate. He
has visited New iceland in their behalf and in
that country in January last saw the new crop
wheat being loaded for London. He has also
visited California Nebraska and Kansas, and
his conclusion is that Southwest Minnesota will
suit English farmers better than any other
region.
date call him, has got an easy thing in railway
building, on the Casselton branch, on the west
side of the Bed River valley. The first thirty
four miles is located on section lines due north,
and, SO far as graded being thirty miles, there
is but one cutting and that only three and
half feet deep at the deepest place. he is now
laying the ties and iron and will complete the
road-a far as located, fifty miles, in time for
moving the wheat crop OF this season.
The Fargo Times anticipates the coming to
that city of three more railroads, to-wit: A
branch of the st. P. & N. from Barnesville;
Northern Pacific branch, running southwest up
the vslley of the Sheyenne into Ransom
county. and the II. & d. extension. As to
the latter the Times says the building of it to
the British boundary via Fargo would fairly
bull the stock.
A hollow, half filed with water, part of the
deep slough which once occupied all that vi
cinity, has been uncovered in removing the
platform of the Sibley street depot.
Laborers were employed yesterday in taking
up theSt Paul & Manitoba tracks near Sibley
street, on the ground which the Union Depot
builders will take possession of Monday.
The Union Depot committee yesterday award
ed the contract for excavation and foundations
for the depot building to Michael o O'Brien, who
will begin work Monday.
The following are comparative earnings of
the Chicago, st. Paul & Minneapolis road for
April: $780, $ll9,126; 1879, S91, ,913; increase,
$27,21S.
And the following the earnings of the Mil
waukee & st. Paul road for the same period:
1880, $671 600; 1879, $678, 1885, increase, $780,
56l.
The Chicago & Northwestern earnings show
an increase of $50, 500 for the fourth week of
April, $157, ,440 for the month, and 1924 ,445
since June l, 1879.
Sioux City Journal, Thursday: "a gentle
man who arrived from St. Paul yesterday re-
p )rts meeting not less than forty cars of men,
teams and tools bound for Ortonville to build
the extension of the Hastings & Dakota line.
Among the Sioux City boys who have jobs on
that line are Ben Smith and Ole Peterson"
Railway Age, May 6. ''The Chicago Rock
Island &c Pacific railway company is on trial be-
fore the Illinois railroad commissioner for the
crime of carrying freight too cheaply. The
Illinois & Michigan canal commissioners claim
that the company is wickedly conspiring to dry
up the canal by giving excessively low rate
and they demand that it be compelled to
charge more. 1t is hard work to run a railway
to suit everybody"
If the movement OF freight east and west
was about equal the railroads could probably
carry flour from st. Paul to Chicago for leo per
barrel and wheat for SC. bushel. But the
freight movement is not about equal and the
companies are able to charge more and they
do it. But some time they will work around
to low rates.