Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-30
THE RAILWAYS

Going East and West by Way of Pennington
Early Prospect of the Omaha Line
Being Restored Retirement of General
Manager Sargent-A Lake Superior Gem
pany Receiving West-Bound Freight
Advance of st. p. S d. Stocks-The Mis-
souri, Division, Etc.
Beginning to day and continuing until its
own line is repaired, the st. P. & o. COM
pany will send passengers by the I. s. NJ. d.
vision trains to Owatonna, thence by the w.
q st. p. road to KasOta, thence by its own
roads to way points and to Blue Earth City,
Sioux City, Woodstock and Lu Verne, with
| transfer over the Des Moines river.
The I. & M. division train, which should
have left here at S:45 last evening, was held at
the jackson street depot till about II o'clock,
waiting for nine or ten cars of stone wanted
| Immediately for use on the r.. & D. road bed
| and which were to be delivered at Farming
ton.
The timber and other material for repais OF
| the st. 2. d 0. road and bridges is loaded and
ready to be distributed along the line to-day
| and tomorrow.
the NJ. & St. P. company's trains for Chi
| cagO leave on time as usual, but have to &C
by the way of Mendoza and Pennington unit
the flooded and washed track opposite Pigs
Eye is repaired. Until then the arrival OF
trains will necessarily be several hours be
hind time.
The s. NJ. was open to Jackson Thursda,
and was expected to be open to Flandrau yes
terday.
The l. & D. road was open to Spence
Wednesday night andwas expected to be opel
to Rock Valley Thursday night.
II. & D. trains are sent out by the M. & st
L. road to Chaska and thence on the H. 8 D
track to Montevideo, where the bridge is out
The Lake Superior Transit company has no
titled Eastern shippers that it will begin re
ceiving Monday, canal, lake and rail freight TO
st. Paul and other Northwestern points.
The M. g. st. P. train which arrived uie
Farmlngto1 about p. NJ. yesterday, brough
five coaches filled, with Scandinavian immi
grants. 4%a
St. Paul & Duluth common stock is quotes
in New York at 80, and preferred at So. Tn
late advance in the preferred stock is though
to indicate Increasing confidence in the futur
business of the road.
| The Missouri division of the Northern Pa
cifc will be fully repaired by tonight, and the
accumulated construction material and sup
plies at Mandan will at once be sent to the en-,
of the track.
Mr.. H. E. Sargent yesterday retired from
the position of general manager of tn
Northern Pacific, and last evening starte,
for his home in Chicago, intending
to apply himself to business interests he ha
in that city. HE departure from the servic
of the Northern Pacific is sincerely regretted
by all who have had opportunity to observ
his good judgment in all business affairs, ant
his uniform courtesyto those with whom h
had to deal as the company's representative
1t is fortunate for the company that his sue
cessor, Gen. Haupt, brings to the position no
only the results of large experience In manage
ment, but also the qualities of caution ant
courtesy, with energy, which have character
lied Mr.. Sargent's service.
The Northern Pacific has issued its annua
circular, announcing the opening of the Mis-
souri, river route from Bismarck to Missouri
river and Montana points, with boats leaving
Bismarck trl-weekiy, and also furnishing
Eschedule of through freight and passenger
rates from st. Paul and Duluth to all points
on the upper Missouri and in Montana.
1t is expected that the st. P. & o. compan,
will have its St. Paul and Sioux City divisions
all in good working order by Monday next
Meantime passengers and freight, as collected
by the company, will be sent west by Owa
tOnna and KasOta.