Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-20
RAILWAY NOTES AND NEWS.


Of Snow Drifts-Too Much Water In the
Southwest-Person Notes Col. Cal
Uline in the st. Paul & Manitoba Land
Office An Accession to Sioux Falls
Rumors Lacking Confirmation.
General Manager Merrill and Superintendent
Van Horne of the NJ. & st. P. passed through
the city yesterday.
Mr.. C H. Hudson, the lately appointed gen.
eral superintendent of the M & St. L. road
arrived at Minneapolis yesterday, and is to 60
over the road to-day, accompanied by Messrs.
Washburn and Gay lord.
The Southern Mime sofa has been reopened
to Fulda, the second station west of the St. P.
& z. crossing.
Col. CAL Uine has taken the position OF
salesman in the St. Paul & Manitoba land Of
flee, a position for which he is most thorough.
ly qualified and where the company, we doubt
not, will find his services of great value.
The Nj & st. L. road has been licensed to car
ny bonded goods.
Messrs j. II. Drake and c. w. Hubbard, of
the st. P. & 8 c. land office, having waited
several weeks for the railway to be open, in.
tend 10 leave to-day for Sioux Falls. Mr..
Hubbard, who was lately elected director OF
the Sioux Falls water power company and
secretary of the Dlk0ta improvement CON-
pany, goes to Sioux Falls to take up his resid-
ence there. where he will have charge of the
mill and quarry business of the first named
company and of the property interests of the
| second company, including the erection OF
one hundred houses on the improvement COM
pany's late addition to the city. Sioux Falls
gains good business man and gentleman in
Mr.. Hubbard.
Col. r. N Newport, of the N. P, has gone
to New York to attend the April meeting OF
the directors, Thursday of this week, at which
the land department affairs are to be consid-
cred.
1t was reported in railway circles last
evening, too late for confirmation or correc-
| ton, that VIM. M. Burke, freight agent at the
| St. P. 81 NJ. depot, was about to retire from
the service of the company.
| Thomas Dowse, Esq, has resigned his
position in the St. P. d M. land department to
| 90 into other business.
Rumors circulated here yesterday of tracks
| being under water in Wisconsin, near La
Crosse, and in the vicinity of Breckenridge,
Mimi, but no such information was obtaina.
bic in railu ay offices, and as trains over the
| roads referred TO came in as usual it is pre-.
sumabe that the floods are not extensive.
The st. Paul & Omaha line in north e>tern
Iowa was obstructed by floods and washouls
| yesterday. Ihe passenger train which lett
Sioux City yesterday morning was
turned back from LeMars and the
morning train from st. Paul, carrying full
load of passengers was turned back from
Worthington. A washout was reported west
of Slbley, and all streams including Blue
Earth rlver), and runs on the main line and
Sioux Falls branch, are bank full. FLOYD
creek, however, which threatened the greatest
danger, was receding yesterday afternoon
but no serious damage to the road is appre
hended unless the melting of the snow is has
tened by heavy rain. The telegraph lines
went down west of Sheldon, Iowa, about
| O'Clock last evening and washout is reported
TO have occurred there. Trains will be sent
out to-day, however, on schedule time and al
effort will I've made to run through both ways
Pending the floods, 1t will not be attempted to
trnwd forward the freignts which have beer
! accumulated.