Daily globe., 1881-06-09
RAIL.AND RIVER.


st. PauI-The Boats-M. s. st, p. Line to
stillwater-Eddy' North Star-Survey OF
the Proposed Duluth and Winnipeg
Road-Commissioner Fink Explains and
Denies.
The jackson street M. E. church excursion
party goes to the Dalles of the st. Cro;x to-
day.
| Mr.. Peter Simons, formerly city passenger
agent for the st. Paul & Manitoba railroad,
has been employed in the same capacity for
| the Northern Pacific.
| Mr.. Charles j. Larson, for several years a
passenger agent of the Chicago & Northwest
ern road in Chicago, has been appointed to
and yesterday accepted the position of travel
| ing agent for the immigration bureau OF the
| St. Paul & Manitoba road.
A report sent to Mr.. A. E. Johnson, chief
of the immigration bureau of the st. Paul &
Manitoba railroad, shows that the emigrants
who sailed from Christiana, Norway,in April
numbered 2 ,S39. Most of them were bound
for Minnesota and the new Northwest.
The Scandinavian miners from northern
Michigan, thirty to forty in number, who left
here last evening 10y the St. Paul & Manitoba
train tor Warren, Marshall county, are ac-
companed by Rev. Mr.. Lind, their pastor,
| who came with them from the old country
some years ago and has since remained with
them in the iron region of Michigan.
General Agent Eddy, of the st. Paul & Du
luth road, who is the artist among railroad
men of st. Paul, has adopted a six-pointed
star as the distinguishing advertising device
for his road, which he designates as the
sNorth Star Summer Route to Lake Superior,
| White Bear Lake, .Chisago Lake, Dalles of the
st. Croix, Dalles of the st. Lons," etc.
Should the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
company conclude to connect Saltwater dl-
rectly with its railway system, it will probably
build from near the Hastings bridge and run
| its line by or near to Alton and Lakeland. The
| building of this road would give the lumber
men of saltwater for market the prairie re-
gion traversed by the Hastings & Dakota
| road.
Mr. F. B. Clarke, general traffic manager Of
the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha line, issues a
circular to-day announcing the appointment
of Mr.. J. A. Munroe to be general agent OF
the company, in charge OF commercial bus-
ness of the Nebraska division, with head
quarters at Omaha, vice j. Budd, resigned,
and W. G. Linn, assigned 10 other duties.
| Mr.. Munroe, who was formerly general
| freight agent of the Green Bay & Minnesota
road, is an active, energetic young railroad
man.
| Col George C. Ginty, of Chippewa Falls,
and T. H. Malone, general freight agent, aud
F. N Finney. general manager, of The Wiscon-
| sin Central railroad, visited st. Paul yester-
day. 1t was understood that
they came for conference with
President Porter, of the Chicago, ST.
Paul & Omaha company, and not meeting
him here, will visit him at Chicago. The ]a;e
reports sent out from Chippewa Falls make ii
presumable that the object of the lnterded
| conference relates to the project of extending
| the Wisconsin &. Minnesota division of the
Central road from Chippewa Fal into Mime
sofa.
From information obtained from the railway
offices, Secretary Young of the State Board OF
immigration ascertains that the number Of
| immigrants Second and third class plssen-
! gers) brought into Minnesota since Jan. last,
up 70 May 81, was 10,795. OF this number
$3.50 were tlcketed to or through st. Paul, as
| follows: January, 200; February, ESQ;
March, 500; April, 1,5O0; May. 5000.
These figures do not include the
arrivals Of immigrants in wagons, who are
include the Canadians who have passed through
| on their way to Dakota and Manitoba, who
are also estimated at 1,500, Besides, hundreds
| of persons who have moved into Minnesota
| this season have come as fiist-class passengers,
| and no record could be kept of their number.
| In all, it may well be estimated that thirte IN
| thousand have, so far this year, been added to
| the population of Minnesota by immigration.
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