Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-24
RAILWAY MEN.

Their Doings and Sayings--Large Mime
tonka Travel From st. Paul--Red River
Crops Looking Well--Rapid Progress of
the Northern Pacific Towards and Up the
Yellowstone--River Navigation Notes.
Local Personals, Etc.
Mr.. 8. c. Guthrie, general manager at De-
troit, Mich, of the Erie & North Shore Dis
patch, visited st. Paul yesterday.
Mr.. A. G. Dawes, general passenger and
ticket agent of the K. G, st. j. & G. B. road,
was in st. Paul yesterday on business of his
company. -l
Superintendent Wakeman, OF the St. P. d M.
road, just returned from trip to the Red river
valley, reports the grain fields of that region
as looking splendid.
Mr.. A. B. Stickney, general superintendent
of the Canadian Pacific, is in st. Paul for a
few days, arranging for the transportation of
men and material for building his road.
Passengers leaving st. Paul by the N. P.
train Tuesday evening will be in time to take
the steamer Bachelor for Fort Custer and in
termediate points on the Missouri and Yellow
stone. ~ -t-
The Chicago train of the c., st. P. d o.
company, due here at 1:30 P. M. yesterday
was detained by freight train being off the
track, ten miles west Of Madison, and did not
arrive until 5:25 P. M.
Messrs. Stephen, Angus and Hill, of the st.
P. s. NJ. company, accompanied by j. s. Ken
nedy, ESQ.,, of New York, visited Minneapolis
yesterday-probably to view the localities of
the company's contemplated improvements in
that city.
The passenger department of the st. P. &
NJ. reports that one hundred and sixty round
trip tickets, st. Paul and Minnetonka, were
taken up on one train Sunday, which goes to
show that Minnetonka is becoming favorite
resort of st. Paul people.
Mr.. w. II. Dixon will leave to-day for
Chicago to attend a meeting Of the Western
Passenger association, which has elected him
it's commissioner, and may proceed from there
to New York on the business of his new place,
in which case he will not return to ST. Paul
until after entering upon his duties as COM
sioner of the association.
THE YELLOWSTONE DIVISION.
Col. R. NJ. Newport, land commissioner of
the Northern Pacific railroad, on his recent
visit to the Yellowstone, adjusted satisfactorily
to all concerned matter of title which at first
promised some trouble. The people of Miles
City, it appears, on surveys being made,
found that they were on land belonging to the
railroad grant Instead of on government land,
as they supposed, to which they had acquired
title by settlement and occupation. The
matter was serious one for many
of the residents of Miles, City and
some of them were fearful it might cost them
dear to acquire good title to the property they
have occupied and improved. The arrange
ment made with them by Col. Newport, while
protecting the interests of the company, is
said to have been reassuring to the Miles City
people. Col. Newport says that track laying
on the Missouri division is progressing at the
rate of mile and half a day and the division
will be completed to Glendive by the middle of
June. On the Yellowstone division, beginning
at Glendive, the road-bed is nearly ready for
ties and iron all along the way to Miles City,
which is seventy eight miles, and It is believed
the track will be laid to Miles City by the
middle of August. Beyond Miles City the
graders are at work and will have long
Stretch of road-bed ready for track laying
before Miles City is reached.