Daily globe., 1881-05-17
RAIL AND RIVER.

Local and Personal Notes -Langdon, Blsh
op Co.'s Big Contract-Jay Gould
Thought to be Behind vilIard-No
River Boat Yesterday. But Two Due
to Day.
Mr.. VIM. 81. Dixon, Northwestern passen-
ger agent of the c., M. & St. P. road, left here
for the north yesterday morning by the St..
Paul & Manitoba road. s 3
Mr.. J. C. Boyden, Northwestern freight
agent of the c., M. & st. P. road, returned
yesterday morning from a trip to Council
Bluffs.
About 5000 passengers were taken over the
c., NJ. & 81. P. short line, from the two cities,
to Union park, Sunday.
Judge Chaniler, general agent of the G., NJ
& st. p, is slowly recovering from his severe
attack of rheumatism, but will probably be at
his desk part of the day.
Mr.. g. X. Barnes, general passenger agent OF
the Northern Pacific, returned Yesterday from
his trip to New York.
In railroad circles hereabouts the S., 600 900
''blnd pool" raised by Willard for obtaining
control of the Northern Pacific, is explained
by the supposition that Jay Gould is backing
Willard and that Willard is working to further
the scheme of Gould to unite the trans-conti-
mental lines under substantially one direc-
tory.
Mr.. Ed. McCourt, stenographer of the
Northern Pacific general freight Office, return
ed yesterday from short visit to Fond du
/ Lac, Wis, accompanied by Mrs. McCourt,
who was, until a few days ago, Miss Pinkham
of Fond du Lac.
Messrs. Porter, Winter, Hatch, Clarke and
Gere, of the c., St. P. & o. line, will return
about noon to- day from their trip to Omaha.
The passenger department of the st. Paul &
Manitoba road is advised that about 1900
Scandinavian immigrants were landed at Que
bee Sunday by an Allan line steamship, and
that most of them are bound for Manitoba.
Gen. j. w. Bishop, of Langdon, Bishop &
Co., contractors of the Milwaukee & st. Pau
short cut across Iowa to Omaha, was in st
Paul over Sunday and last night returned to
Council Bluffs. Gen. Bishop states that it is
the intention to have the road, 265 miles long
wholly built and put in operation this year
| which will be an extraordinary feat in railroad
building. The contractors have now
| about twelve hundred teams distributed
along the line and construction gang a,
work on every twenty miles. They are alse
| increasing their forces as fast as possible, in
tending TO employ as many men and teams as
can be worked to advantage. The new line
runs as direct as possible from Marion on the
Cedar Rapids line (about six miles east of c.
dar Rapids) to Council Bluffs. Mr.. Langdor
is experimenting that part of his firms con
tract which is east of the Des Moines river
| and has his Office at Marion. Gen. Bishop
has charge of the work west of the Des
Moines river, and his Office at Council Bluffs
Gen. Manager Haupt of the Northern Pa
cific will return from the western end of the
| track the latter part of this week.
The M. & St. L. company commenced Snn
day running through sleeper to st. Louis
The train leaves Minneapolis at $50 P. NJ, aut
connections can be made with it from St. Pau
by the $40 train on the St.P. & NJ. or the 3:4C
train on the st. P. & o.
1t was rumored yesterday that Post-traders
Winston and Shaw are here to consider {
proposition for taking large construction
contract on the Canadian Pacific, under Gen
Rosser's superintendency,
Some ten days ago dozen laborers about
the st. Paul & Manitoba railroad shops in
formed the master mechanic they desired ar
advance of wages from 81 .25 to $1.50 per day
Their demands not having been complied with
the men omit work Yesterday.