Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-21
IRON AND WATER WAYS.

lKON AND WATER WAYS.
They Wont Mix, But They are United in
transportation. Service, Though just
Now There's too Much Water for Com
Portable and Regular Railroad Working
Scandinavian Immigrants Coming-An
Old Baggage Man Forgets His Baggage
The Manitoba Short Line Conference at
Minneapolis Yesterday River Notes.
Somebody's carelessness, probably that of a
section hand, came near causing terrible ac-
cident on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Short
Line yesterday forenoon. Only the watchful-
ness of the engineer prevented it. AS the
| train which left Minneapolis at 8 A. NJ. was
approaching the stock yard switch, near the
| Merriam farm, the engineer observed num-
Der of section men, and at the same instant
saw that the switch was open. By instantly
applying the air brakes he checked the speed
of the train SO that only the engine and tender
and forward trucks of the first coach ran off
the track, and, as the roadbed is there level
and solid, no person was hurt and the engine
and cars were but little injured; and the one
track was INSTRUCTED for only short time.
The "boyssswere laughing yesterday over
the singular, forge,fnlness of Charley Weed
| He was starting out on his first trip north, to
to advertise the Milwaukee & St. Paul, and
although he has been boss baggage man for
many years. he actually forgot his own bag
gage and left it in St Paul--hammer, tacks,
posters, folders and all.
Mr.. A. E. johnson, Western manager for
| the Cunard line of ocean steamships, being in
/ xA1 kI.,A <Nf
| line landed at Boston Monday one hundred
and fifty Scandinavian emigrants, all bound
| for Minnesota.
The military and railway telegraph lines be-
| tween Bismarck and Fort Keogh were down
Yesterday, SO that no additional information
could be obtained as to the floods beyond the
| Missouri and their effect upon the railway.
But as the Missouri at Bismarck is again ris-
! ing, it j. probable the western tributaries OF
| the river are at food stage.
All the railroads are threatened, and some
are suffering by the spring floods. The pas
senger train on the st. Paul d Manitoba,
iue here from St. Vincent on
Tuesday evening, came in yesterday,
having laid over at Ada while
| a washout between Glyndon and Crookston
was being repaired. Yesterday no serious
damage occurred to the roadway but high
water WAS reported from all along both line
| # the roadway, with the track flooded in sew
eral places in the Rel river country with back
water. No break Of the track has occurred on
| he Northern Pacific east Of the Missouri.
| The st. Paul & Duluth was all right Yesterday
but the big and little rivers crossing the track
| ale beginning to swell. The Hastings u Da-
kota had two or three small washOuts yester-
| day, which were quickly repaired. The Iowa
| & Minnesota is ali right The St. Paul & Oma-
! ha is useless for the present west III
| Sheldon on account of washous, and water
| over the track The NJ. & St. P. train,
| due here over the River division at noon yes
| terday, was several hours late on account OF
| flooded tracks in western Wisconsin,. he st.
| Paul & Chicago road Was all right at III P. M,
with trains ON time.
According to the gauge there was eight feet
and seven inches of water in the river at this
| point last evening, a rise OF seven inches III
| twenty-four hours. AS this rise is entirely
| from the Minnesota rivera stream that Trains
| the country tributary and carries of the sur
plus water quickly-no fears need now be an
| icipated of anything approaching flood. That
misfortune may be looked for when the head
| waters of the old father of waters begin to
come down. Then look out, and get your
| high rubber boots and skiffs in readiness.
Capt John B. Davis, We old time upper Mis-
sissippi river man, will walk the roof OF the
Josie, of the Diamond 10 Line. this season.
| Capt Davis, knows the river as he does the
| IL. D. L s., 10 IuOlOu9u ScHtlCuidH, auu LAS
God boat,
That was quite an interesting meeting at
| Minneapolis yesterday between General Mama
ger Hill, of the ST. Paul & Manitoba road and
| the council committee on roads and bridges,
| for the purpose of considering the ordinance
admitting the Mantoba's short line to the use
| of certain streets, etc. The proceedings and
result of the conference are reported elsewhere,
| but portions of the remarks by which Mr..
| Hill converted the committee to his views,
which are not fully given, may be interesting
| to railroad m n. For instance, in reply TO
| Aid. KEGS he said his company would not gain
| money by the new line. 1t wouldn't increase
| it's rates nor would the line increase the
company's business. But it had been COM
piained that Minneapolis hadn't a fair show.
1t is no great object, he said, to get the short
| line travel, as that could be pooled without
building the new line, and there are only two
trains day that pay anyhow. Before that,
| he had said that if the section four remained:
| subjecting the company to indefinite liability
| for damages, the company would stop at once,
| and it was of no use to argue the point
| Afterwards, the width of street bridges being
! under consideration, he declared that If I'M
reasonable conditions were imposed upon the
company he would drop the short line project
right there, AMI be glad to do so. Finally the
committee amended the proposed ordinance TO
suit Mr.. Hill, and reported it to the council
last evening, and it is now probable the Mani
| toba short line will be built.
| NJ.