Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-11
RAIL AND RIVER.

| A Great Ocean Steamer-A New Road
Along the Red River Two More Boats
This season-Largs Land Sales by the st.
Paul 4 Manitoba-Personals, Etc.
The river yesterday was at twelve feet four
inches, two inches lower than on Wednesday.
VIM. Harder, ESQ.,, of Winnipeg, traffic
manager of The Canadian Pacific road, tarried
yesterday in st. Paul, on his way East.
Mr.. ]. w. Smith has been appointed ticket
agent at Blair, Neb., new joint station of the
Sioux City d Pacific and Chicago, st. Paul
& Omaha roads.
The Diamond 10 line will have one more
boat this season from st. Psul-the Mary Nor
ton, Saturday-and the st. Louis and st. Paul
| line will probably have one more bOat-the
Arkansas, next Monday.
The hold of the st. Paul & Manitoba COM
pany upon the lower Red River valley, it is re-
ported, is to be strengthened by road from
Moorhead, near to the river, to st. Vincent,
and it is asserted the work of making the road
| bed is already in progress.
Mr.. ]. B. Glover, late station agent at Lang
don, yesterday began work n st. Paul, as Sec
rotary for Mr.. F. D. Underwood, assistant di-
waukee & St. Paul road, whose labOrs have SO
| increased lately as to furnish full employment
for secretary.
| A. B. Stickney, Esq, general superintendent
of the Canadian Pacific railroad, being in st.
Paul for few days, was yesterday asked as to
the truth of a recent report that, on retiring
from his present place at the close OF the pres
| emit year. he would become vie president ana
chief executive officer of the Minneapolis q
at. Louis road. Mr.. Stickney said the report
was not true.
j B. Jones, of Toronto, general agent Of
| the Dominion line of steamships, is in the city
on business with our railroads of his company,
ocean steamers-the Vanc0uver-whlch Will
| BIZ $50 feet long, forty-fie feet broad and
thirty-three feet six inches d. ep, and will have
carrying capacity of 5000 tons, or equal to
the loading of twenty-four railway trains,
| of twenty to twenty one cars each. This YES
sci will have four masts, two tunnels, four
decks and seven water-tight compartments,
and will have engines of the three-cyllnder
| type.
Mr.. o. j. johnson, general Scandinavian
agent of the Northern Pacific railroad, has
rendered mis- resignation, to take effect from
December 1. He became connected with the
company four years since, and under the OIL,
rectiOn of Mr.. James B. Powers, the late lana
commissioner, did most excellent and profit
able work, bringing 10 then orhwest thou
| SAINTS OF settlers from Europe as well as many
parts of the United States and Canada. He
will be e. eaty missed by his hosts of friends,
both in the company and on the line OF the
road and if his resignation is accepted, the
Northern Pacific will lose valuable man.
The land department of the st. Paul & Man.
itoba company has started this month big
boom in land selling. Yesterday it sold five
sections in Polk and Kittson counties, amount
ing to over $20,u00, the purchaser being
party from Cambridge, Ill. 1t also
| sold several small farms land accepted orders by
| telegraph from parties who are examining its
Red River lands, to reserve for them four ana
half sections Of land. In addition, negotia-
tions were pending with prospect OF speedy
and favorable conclusion, for the sale of
twelve sections to one eastern party. All
these lands are within the limits where a re-
bate of So per acre is allowed for
breaking and first crop for three years, and all
is being taken for immediate improvement.