Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-29
RAIL AND RIVER.

Long Routes Around the Floods-Two
More Trains of Manit0ba Immigrants
Coming Personal and Local Railway
Notes-A Boat To-Day, and Daily Boats
Next Week-Capt. Sencerbox ON Big
Stone Lake,
The M. 4 st. L. track is reported to be COW
cred with water for several miles south OF Al
bert Lea.
Superintendent Smith had a large force at
work yesterday repairing and strengthening
the river transfer track of the st. p & D. road,
washed by the current which sets into Phalen
creek and over the low land of Klttson's addi-
ton.
General Manager Hill was heard from yes
terday at Coaltown, Iowa, and, after visiting
Fort Dodge to-day, expected to return home
Sunday. His trip into that region was taken
| for the purpose of inspecting the st. P. & M.
company coal mines and for arranging for a
regular supply of coal equal to the needs of
the company and of the people along its roads.
Vice President Angus, of the st. Paul 4
Manitoba company, who arrived at. Montreal
from Europe Tuesday last, expects to leave
Montreal for st. Paul tomorrow or Monday.
After May LIST the St. Paul s. Manitoba
company Will run sleeping cars through to
Winnipeg. Heretofore it has been short of
sleeping cars, but it now has several new ones
| to put into service.
| Iowa q Minnesota division trains of yes
terday were run to and from st. Paul yester-
| day by the Minneapolis short line and thence
past Fort Smelling, thus avoiding the break al
st. Paul Junction.
Hastings & Dakota trains were sent out for
Montevideo yesterday by way of the Minneapo-
| lie g al fbona ,ocf
on the Hastings & Dakota track.
| The Southern Minnesota, now open to Jack
son will, it is thought, be opened to Flandrau
by Saturday.
| The Mason City line to st. Louis is cleal
and in good working order.
| Two trains, bringing Canadians bound fol
| Winnipeg, left Ottawa for ST. Paul yesterday
morning. 1t is reported that government ant
railway officials in the eastern provinces are
becoming alarmed at the large migration to
the States and western provinces and are in
clined to undertake measures calculated tC
keep their people at home.
| The st. Paul u Omaha company will place
It's round trip tickets on sale at all stations OF
its eastern and northern divisions next Mon
day. The tickets intended for the western ane
Nebraska divisions are water bound and canno
be sent to station agents.
Mr.. M. P. Martin has been appointed audi
connection with this appointment and that o
Mr.. Geo. G. Sanborn to be treasurer of thu
company at St. Paul, it is proper to explain
| for the benefit of those having business will
the company, that when Col. r. N Newport
late auditor, was appointed general land agent
it was decided to divide the duties of the Office
he had held since 1874, making one person tn.
company's financial agent at st. Paul and thu
other it's financial accountant. Hence the two
appointments.
Reports to st. P. & O. headquarters las
evening were that the Minnesota was falling
at Mankato and stationary at st. Peter. trains
will be run to-day between LIE Sueur and st
james and between Window and Sioux city
and if passengers can be transferred over tn
Des Moines, regular communication will b.
kept up between LIE Sueur and Sioux city.
The Chicago train due in st. Paul at 1:3'
yesterday from the River Division, came with
in sight of the city, but on account of tn
track being flooded and the embankment wash
ed opposite Pigs Eye, was turned back tt
Hastings and came on by way of Pennington
arriving here at $50 last evening.