Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-19
THE RAILWAYS.

Eastern Trains Delayed by a Snow Storm
At and Near Chicago-Nortbern Pacific
Buildings to Go Up This Season in St.
Paul and Brainerd - Still Digging for
Snow Covered Tracks in Dakota and Big
Stone Counties Personals and Locals.
The carpenters are making the union depot
roof ready for the skaters. The grand hallway
is now clear and looks grandly.
Work on the St. P. & Omaha headquarters
building is progressing towards completion Of
the exterior.
Mr.. d. C. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent of the st. Paul 81 Manitoba, returned
yesterday from Chicago.
The Northern Pacific passenger train,
which left Fargo two hours late,
Paul on yesterday morning.
Mr.. W. 8. Kemp, who was severely scalded
by the engine accident on the Lakeland spur
track the other day, was out yesterday, but
with part of his neck, both hands and one side
of his body under healing influences.
The st. Paul Omaha company is employ
ing the first days after reopening the st. Paul
& Sioux City road, to send forward abundant
supplies Of fuel, for it's locomotives and
for the people along it's line.
The excavation for the Northern Pacific
general Offices building, on Broadway, is al
ready deep down and going deeper-the OBJ
ject being to remove the soft peat underlying
what was formerly the bed Of a marsh until
good foundation can be made, either by
piling or by building up from the bed rock.
The peat or muck lays too lightly 10 even
hold pile in place.
On the Morris & Browns Valley branch
yesterday the weather was clear and mild with
no wind, and the snow shovelers expected to
have the track clear to Browns Valley last
night.
The death of James Goldsberry, resident
at Breckenridge, an engine driver on the st.
Paul & Manitoba railway, was distressingly
sudden. He went out with the passenger
train which left st. Paul for Breckenridge
Wednesday morning apparently IN his usual
health, but before reaching Darwin became
in his head. From Darwin he
rode to Breckenridge in a
passenger car and was quickly taken home,
where he expired soon after. His disease was
pronounced congestion of the brain. He leaves
his wife with one child
The Northern Pacific company has lately
contracted for three millions of brick for its
buildings to be erected this serson at st. Paul
and Brainerd. The st. Paul buildings will be
the headquarters on Broadway and an engine
house and small repair shop on Seventh street,
east of Brook street. The Brainerd improve
ments of the year will consist of anew engine
house, with twenty-four stalls, a general
machine shop, 300x100 feet, boiler shop, a
tin shop, etc.
The Hastings & Dakota road, Pennington
to Hastings, and Brownton to Ortonville, was
expected to be cleared of snow by last night.
Heavy SnO,o Fall at Chicago and Ticinify.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1s.-The snow, which began to
fall last evening, continued all night at very
rate, and at 6 O'Clock this morning there
inches on the ground in the city. Signal service
ports show that the storm CONN enced In northern
Texas, where there was heavy rain, and travelled
northward rapidly. At Indianapolis the rain fall
amounted to eighty-hve one-hundredths Of an inch
and at this point, reducing snow to water, fall of
sixty.two one-hundredths OF an inch. In Illinois,
as far west as Mendoza, there was seven to eight
inches. Westward from there to the Mississippi 1t
gradually increased TO fifteen inches. In Iowa the
fall was less. There has been trouble on the rail-
roads, many freight trains being abandoned and all
trains were delayed greatly. On the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern and the Blltmore & Ohio roads
the delay in mail and passenger trains is from two to
ten hours. Other eastern lines more nearly on
time, the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne bein notably
prompt Of the western trains none on time
but they actively working 10 clear the tracks to-
night. The Chicago Northwestern and the Chica
go, Milwa ikee St. Paul alone report nc delays and
only local disturbance along their lnes. No acc-
dent. are reported in any quarter.
DfNvER, Coz. Feb, 18 The rear passenge
| coach and seepe OF the Kansas Pacific train due
here yesterday afternoon was thrown On its side
near the river bend about 80 last night by broken
rail Several persons were slightly injured, but
none seriously.
RICHMOND, Feb. f18.-Last nights through e1-
press train on the Chesapeake & Ohio railway came
into collision with section of the eastward-bound
| freight train between Callahan md Backbone sta
uoRs. W. R. Cundi, engineer of the freight train,
was killed, and Fireman Peck seriously Injured. The
cause Of the collision misunderstanding about
| train orders.
LEADvILLE, Feb. 18.-The charred body of Geo.
g. Mtchellana, miner, was found in his cabin yes
| terday. Cause, the result OF lamp explosion.