Daily globe., 1881-03-17
OUR IRON WAYS.


The Milwaukee & st. Paul Not Shut
Out from the Black HilIs-A Semi-An-
nual Dividend of Three and n Half
Per Cent.
Mr.. F. B. Clark, general traffic mana
ger of the Omaha line, arrived home from
the South yesterday morning
Mr.. Ii. G. Ives, of the general mana
gers Office, ST. Paul & Manitoba, wasYin
Louisville yesterday expecting to return
home in few days.
The Minneapolis s. st. Louis road re-
mains closed.
The Hastings 81 Dakota road was open
yesterday to Bird Island.
The Winona & st. Peter road was open
yesterday to Sleepy Eye.
The Austin & Mason City and Kalmar
& Mason City roads remained closed yes
terday.
The Eastern roads were in good work
ing order yesterday, the last snowfall hav-
ing had no effect on them.
Floed prospects along the middle sec
tion of the st. Paul & Duluth road are
being considered with some anxiety by
the operators of the line. But unless the
great body of snow in the woods melts
rapidly there is little danger of harm to
property.
A part of the steel rails for relaying
the st. Paul & Duluth railroad are being
brought on by rail, so that the work may
be begun early in the season, without
waiting for opening of the Sault canal.
The whole roadway is to be relaid and
and the bridges substantially rebuilt.
AT Bismarck, yesterday, the Missouri
flood had lifted the ice TO the height of
the river banks without breaking it.
The shovelers on the ST. Paul s. Sioux
City road worked hopefully yesterday,
having at last still, warm day, with no
snow falling, and the sun shining bright.
superintendent Lincoln telegraphed early
in the day that the prospects were now
better than they had been at any time for
three weeks past. But he has big job
on his division, and with the most favor
able weather, cannot hope to clear the
road from Sioux City to st. James before
Saturday night. Another bad storm.
like that of last week, might delay the
opening for another week. The st. Paul
division was again cleared to st. James
yesterday.
The Blue Earth branch is open again,
with trains running
ill ~. w Old COU, VI lie OG. raul "
Sioux City land Office, whose exploit in
walking from Heron Lake to LIE Mars was
lately mentioned, having returned to
Heron Lake by train just before the last
storm. after waiting till Tuesday, again
started out on fOot-this time for St.
James, Mankato, or st. Paul train. He
has now been four weeks in the blockaded
region, and this is his second experience
nf Il ind 10 h L, r..
been snow bound in the same region for
two or three weeks.
The snow throwers on the Breckenridge
division of the ST. Paul g. Manitoba road
two crews, one working from Morris west
and the other from Breckenridge east
were in sight of each other Yesterday.
and probably completed cleaning the track
in time for the passenger train which left
here yesterday morning to go through to
breckenridge without delay. The last train
before this to run into Breckenridge
from St. Paul was on Wednesday night
of last week. The shovelers Yesterday
were handling dry snow, no thaw having
yet occurred in the vicinity OF Morris.
which is considerably above the altitude
of st. Paul
Trains have been run two or three
times week over the Breckenridge ex-
tension to Durbin, ak.,-often enough
to attend to the local traffic of the region
but the late storms having reached that
road snow plow will have to be sent up
that road
The Grand Forks road to Hill city has
not been obstructed day this winter.
Work was resumed on the Morris &
Browns Valley branch yesterday and the
road is again open to Graceville.
Mr.. Allen Marvel, assistant general
superintendent of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway, visited General
Manager Hill Monday and returned to
Chicago without being engaged for the
Manitoba company.
Latest information from the ST. Paul &
Sioux City road is as follows: At $40 last
evening the last drift was cleared away
from the Blue Earth branch. At about
the same hour the snow crews at work
between Madelia and ST. James were
drawn off for the night, leaving 1000
feet of track to be cleared this morn
ing. The passenger train which leaves
st. Paul this morning will run through
to st. James and connect with the train
for Blue Earth city. At $50 P. NJ. Lake
Crystals weather report was clear, fine,
and no wind; and St. James, clear, warm.
and going down. At close of work last
evening the Sioux City division was
cleared from Sioux City to eleven miles
east of LIE Mars and from st. James for
three miles out. To-day a larger force
will be sent out from ST. James to work
westward.