Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-03
RAIL NOTES AND NEWS.

n. p. Express t. Miles City and Fort
Keogh--A Score Of Agents Sent to Eu-
rope by One Land Saturday
Nisht Trains for Fargo--Personal and
Local Notes.
The Chicago, st. Paul q Omaha company's
western through passenger trains, it is re-
ported, will run solid to Kansas City after this
winter has passed.
The passenger department OF the Chicago,
st. Paul & Omaha company has added several
Georgia tickets to its line Of round trip south
ern tickets for winter tourists.
There's little more talk about electric
lights for the freight yards below Broadway
and for the Unien depot yard. But nobody
says, for sure, that tho lights are soon to be
provided.
Two trains for Fargo tonight. One over
the Northern Pacific and the other over the
st. Paul g. Manitoba. And there are two trains
for Fargo every night In the week, and don'1
you forget it.
Mr.. James C. Pond, of the Northern Pacific
passenger department, having lately been ap
pointed passenger agent of the Philadelphia
and Baltimore lines OF ocean steamers, now
represents all the ocean lines as far as they
are connected with the Northern Pacific.
Mr.. Charles j. K. Rosenberg, of Philadel-
phia, agent of the American line Of Liverpool
steamships and the Red Star line of Antwerp
STEAMSHIPS, has taken rooms at the Windsor
for few weeks, and will cooperate with our
railroads in measures for promoting immigra-
ton next season.
Reports which have been published assign.
ing d. z. Sargent, late general manager OF
the Northern Pacific, or A. A. Talmage, pres
ent general manager Of the Missouri Pacific,
to the general superintendency of the Chicago,
Milwaukee q st. Paul, are probably without
foundation in fact.
this city, after rest of two weeks in st. Paul
will return to Nebraska to day to rejoin L. Il.
Wakefield's party Of engineers, surveying FOL
The party will soon be transferred to Iowa to
locate new road for the same company.
To-day the Northern Pacific Express begins
receiving matter for Miles City and Fort
Keogh, having arranged with the engineer
department for prompt transmission over the
new track from Glendive, and detailed an
agent and messengers to attend to the bust.
ness. That is prompt and will confirm the
feeling at Miles City and Keogh that they
have been annexed to the world and civlliza-
ton by the N. P. company.
The Chicago. st. Paul & Omaha company is
said to feel the need of an Independent line
from Elroy to Chicago The St. Paul d Mani
toba company is said to be figuring to reach
the Iowa coal fields by way of Red Wing and
Mankato, in connection with line to be built
on the east side Of the Mississippi to La Crosse
and thence on an airline, If such thing be
possible, to Chicago. And the Green Bay,
Winona & St. Paul project of line into st
Paul is said to be reviving. These are only
samples of the guess work which is being in
dulged IN regarding the railway building OF
next year.
The St. Paul & Sioux City compAny's land
department is equipping one agent for Scot
land, another for England and Wales and a
third for Norway. ali to start on their mis-
sious early next week. And by New Years
the company will have twenty to twenty five
agents at work in various parts Of Europe
organizing emigration to COLOMBO it's lands in
the south western counties of Minnesota.
These lands have been partly neglected for
several years, while large sales were being
made in the adjoining counties of Iowa; but
It is now proposed to sell off the Minnesota
lands as fast as possible and it is believed the
agents at work this winter will bring out two
or three hundred families next season for Cot
tonwood, Martin and Jackson counties.