Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-31

ways.
Hon. John A. Chandler and j. c. Boyden,o of
the c., NJ. & St. P, returned yesterday from
Chicago and report the summer rates Of
freghts between Chicago and Milwaukee and
St. Paul and Minneapolis, are substantial
the same as those of last season. They go
into effect April 18th, or week from next
Monday.
Mr.. Jas. H. Hiland, of the c., st. P, NJ.
& O., will return from Chicago to-day. Mr..
F. B. Clarke, of the same road, after attending
the rate meeting in Chicago, proceeded South
to join his family in Florida.
Something of the difficulty of clearing the
snow covered railroads out West may be
Judged from the observations ola gentleman,
encountered yesterday, who last week had a
twenty mile sleigh ride, from Appleton west
| ward, on a sleigh track over the rail
road track. The sled road had
been well used, ana the snow under it was
packed hard upon and between the rails, while
in one place for miles it ran on top of snow
| fifteen feet deep. The snow under that sled
| road, as may be imagined, can only be removed
| by the use of both pick and shovel.
Mr.. A. B. Rogers, chief engineer of the
Mountain division of the Canadian Pacific
| railway, left here yesterday afternoon for San
Francisco, whence he will proceed to New
Westminster, British Columbia, the fixed coast
| terminus of the Canadian Pacific. From New
Westminster Mr. Rogers will come eastward,
| examining the passes through the mountains,
| the object of his exploration being to shorten
and improve the heretofore projected line of
the road. On the eastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains in May, or early in June,
he is to meet four engineering
parties which will be occupied during
the season, under his direction, in determining
the proper location of the mountain division.
| the originally projected line may be shortened
| by about $50 miles.
The principals of the Canadian Pacific syn
dictate make us public promises, but persons
| who are in position to be inspired by them
or to judge what they are likely to do, say
that the first all rail line from St. Paul to
Puget's sound will be the st. Paul Il Mani
toba, operating in connection with the Can
| adam Pacific. 1t is pretty certain that the
Canadian road will be built as rapidly as pos
sible.
Tuesday evening the Morris & Browns
Valley branch of the st. Paul & Manitoba
| railway was all clear except about two miles
oil very solid snow. 1t was last evening sup
posed this two miles had been cleared, but as
| there is no telegraph line beyond Graceville
| The fact had not been made known here.
A dispatch from Michigan City, Ind, re-
ceived yesterday announces the departure from
| the car shops there of twenty-five box ears for
| the st. Paul q Manitoba railway, to be TO-
Loved by twelve cars daily until the contract
tor 70U box cars and 800 fiat cars is filled. The
| incre;r ing business OF the road has created
| car famine along the line which the new sup
| ply will rele7e
Er,, ho
| safe to predict that the union depot will be III
| use before July 1st. The llthers and pl ster-
| RS W II certainly occupy the building for four
| - six weeks to come and then the carpenters
| nd painters will trke four to six weeks long
| r to put on the finish ng touches When the
mldiug is complete, however, our people will
unit it well worth the waiting for it. 1t is
rpt large enuugh-or, rather, the track ground
not large enpugh-to accommodate all the
ilroad business St. Paul will have before it
tiv' years OIL; but the building is superior
IN every respect and will be, we think, noted
| one for the originality of some of the archi-
iectural features and for the fine effects pro-
luced thereby.
The Winona & St. Peter division of the c. &
n. w. railway is opened to Sleepy Eye and to
Redwood Falls, but its extension, the Chicago
e. Dakota division, cannot be cleared of snow
before the last of next week.
The superintendent of the Dakota division
Of the Northern Pacific telegraphed from Bis
marck at 3 P. NJ. yesterday that the river flood
since the ice broke the night before, though
higher, was running out nicely, and that the
company's transfer steamer was all right.
Railway communication between st. Paul &
Worthington has been restored af.
Ter being closed since February 18th.
Passengers who left here by yesterdays
trains went through to WOrthngton
without delay. 1t was hoped Tuesday
that all distractions between Worthington and
Sioux City would be cleared away by one more
days work, but the best which could be said
last night was that the prospect was good for
completing the work of opening the road to
day. To-morrow's trains will probably run
through to Sioux. City, for the first time since
January 9th.
The Sioux Falls branch of the Omaha line
was yesterday opened to Luverne with fair
prospect that the whole line will be cleared so
| that trains of Saturday may be run through to
Sioux Falls.
Some ingenious New Yorker has started the
| idea of consolidating the two great granger
| railways under one management. The idea is
| such big one, and, withal, so far within the
| range of probabilities, that it is given a place
below in the GLOBE, although it is accom-
panied by mistaken ideas of a Chicago paper
| which reproduces it.