Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-09
RAIL, RIVER AND LAKE.

Chromos - Picturesque st. Croix =
Runners About Northern Pacific Land
Department-Personal and Lccal Notes
Duluth Port List, Etc.
The House of Hope Sunday school ex-
cursion to White Bear yesterday, included
over three hundred persons.
Danz's band, of Minneapolis, is to give
a concert and furnish dancing music at
Leip's Pavilion, White Bear, this even
ing.
The Lumber line sent southwest from
st. Paul, in the week ending with July Z,
24S cars of lumber, amounting to 2,72S,-
600 feet.
Mr.. A. E. Johnson, commissioner of
emigration of the St. Paul s. Manitoba
company, returned yesterday from visit
TO Chicago.
Mr.. c. K. Barnes, general passenger
and ticket agent Of the Northern Pacific,
went to Chicago yesterday, intending to
ret I'm Monday.
Breen & Young, contractors for the
basement of the Northern Pacific Office
building on Broadway, have begun to lay
the footings for the walls.
Seventy nine immigrants left St. Paul
yesterday morning, by the St. Paul &
Manitoba trains, for Alex ander, Willmar,
Litchfield, Herman, Atwater, etc.
Arrangements are pending for bring
ing a large excursion party from. Still
water TO attend the State funniest at
Union park week from tomorrow.
The Germania society of st. Paul is
arranging for its annual concert and pic
mic festival at Lake Elmo, to take place
probably two weeks from tomorrow.
Heavy rain in all the southwest coun-
try was reported to the c., st. P. & o. gen.
eral offices Thursday night-enough to
raise the streams and give the farmers
more water than their crops need.
The weighing station of the Northwest
ern association, which was Hudson, has
been removed to Elmo station, and was
inaugurated yesterday by Superintendent
Flournoy of the Lumber line, who weigh
ed the first cars. An agent of the weigh
ing association will be on duty at Elmo
day and night.
Beginning with the train leaving Min
neapolis tomorrow afternoon, the st.
Louis passenger express of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis company, will run
by way of Keokuk to Quincy, instead as
heretofore, of running by way of Mon
mouth, Ills. The change saves about
thirty miles in distance and nearly two
hours in time,
The fire at the Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha shops in Hudson Thursday morn
ing was limited to the blacksmith shop,
frame building, one story, veneered
with brick, about IS by so feet in size.
Some of the blacksmith tools were in
jured to the extent of their handles being
burned out, but the implement of most
value, a steam hammer, was uninjured.
The building was wholly destroyed. The
loss is covered by insurance.
Mr.. VIM H. Dunno, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, who, by the way, is spending the
summer on the Spiritwood farm, in the
Northern Pacific country of Dakota, has
issued revised and enlarged edition of
his picturesque ST. Croix" The book
is literally illustrated with good pictures
of scenery in northwest Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and the descriptive sketches,
anecdotes and legends are interesting
reading. Withal, the book will serve
well as railroad guide to the best re-
sorts for tourists and sportsmen, and as
such is being circulated by railroad men
their personal friends.
Messrs. Merrill, Van Horne and Cary, of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul COM
paAy, Immediately after their return
from Saltwater Thursday evening, start
ed by way of the River Division for Du-
buque, where they may witness the
opening of the new riverside rail
line between St. Louis and St.
Paul. 1t is understood that the results of
their conference at Saltwater were salts
factory, and will probably lead to action
assuring the building Of the Saltwater
branch from Langdon or Hastings-the
latter as the engineers shall determine.
Two gems of chromos were on exhibi
ton yesterday at the emigration bureau
of the st. Paul & Manitoba road. They
are views of Rock Rift on the Delaware
river and the famous Starucca valley
two fine illustrations of the picturesque
Erie railway. They are mounted on
pretty little ebony easels so that the Gu
rious may pick them up and read on the
reverse a modest announcement of the
of the Erie route. Accom-
panying them was card inscribed "With
the compliments of l.. 7. Stanley, Chi
cage, Western passenger agent of the
New York, Lake Erie g. Western rail-
way" Now that Stanley has introduced
the fashion other passenger agents will
have to ''thrOw in chrome" or talk low
about beautiful scenery.
The fact that Hermann Trott, ESQ.,, of
this city, formerly land commissioner of
the St. Paul s. Pacific company. is
one of Mr.. Wizards guests and
companions on his excursion tour over the
Northern Pacific, has received a recent
rumor that he is about to succeed Col. r.
NJ. Newport as land commissioner of
the Northern Pacific company. The re-
vived rumor goes so far as to say that
Mr.. Trett, duridg late visit to New
York, was assured by an influential
friend who introduced him to Mr.. Vii
lard that within short time he would be
rendered a position at St. Paul equal to
or better than the one he had under the
st. Paul s. Pacific company. In connec-
ton with this rumor it may be stated the
New York management of Northern
Pacific affairs has had in consider
alton plan of running the
chief officer of the land department to
New Y ork city and committing the i'm
mediate charge of the land business to
two, three or four agents, located at
principal points on the road. Knowing
of this plan some who heard the rumor
above stated have surmised that Col.
Newport would be removed to New York
and that Mr.. Trott would have the prIn-
cipal land agency at st. Paul. But this
would be at variance with the reform
which it has been understood the Willard
party was to make in Northern Pacific
operations. 1t was understood that