Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-26

As the snow drifts disappear the immigrant
comes, herald or forerunner of spring, and
present indications are that the immigrant and
his household goods will be Of great use in
Withdrawing the minds of railway men from
their hard experiences through the winter.
The newcomers are already coming in so fast
that the railroad men find it no easy thing to
provide cars for conveying them on to their
destinations.
Horses and mules ore just now of unusual
interest to the officials of our northern and
western railroads, for scores of them are to be
sent forward to almost every farming settle
ment in the new Northwest.
Mr.. Robert Fairweather has started with
sixteen head of horses for his Red River farm,
near Euclid, Polk county.
Superintendent 81. A. Towne, of the North.
ern Pacific, was registered in st. Paul yester-
day.
and twenty horses, resting at the stock yard,
which he will forward to-day or Monday to
his great Lockhart farm in Polk county.
The proper officers Of our Chicago roads are
to meet in Chicago Monday next to revise
their freight tariffs, and will probably give
freighters here improved rates.
The signs of the times Indicate warm con.
test between the St. Paul & Manitoba and
Northern. Pacific companies for Moorhead and
Fargo business.
Both Chicago trains due here yesterday noon
were behind time, but came in during the af-
ternoon, having been delayed in Central Wis
consin.
The five trains of immigrants and their
movables, mentioned yesterday, were trans.
ferred very promptly after arrival to the st.
Paul & Manitoba road and will this morning
and to-day be delivered at their destinations in
the Red River valley, from Glyndon to WIN
nipeg.
Two special trains, containing five coaches
filled with immigrants and twenty-three cars
loaded with their effects, arrived last night
over the Milwaukee & st. Paul's River division,
and will be taken to-day to their destinations,
Fargo and beyond, by the Northern Pacific.
The party numbers ISL persons.
Mr.. Addison Leech and two SONS, of Erie.
Pa, who are at the Metropolitan, represent
anumber of the capitalists of Erie, who are
interested in Dakota lands, near Fargo and
westward. They have made up party OF
about fifty persons to locate on and cultivate
these lands, which party is on the road. Mr..
Leech and his sons own 1000 acres of land.
about twelve miles southwest of Fargo, OF
which 5000 will be seeded this spring and
1000 acres more will be broken this eeason for
seeding next spring. In the same region other
Erie men are large landholders. A. L. Reed
has 1000 acres, Churchill & Williams 1900
acres, VIM. Marshall 1000 acres, and T. NJ
Walker, E. 7. Moore and ]. Davey each one
section. The Messrs. Reed are shipping to their
farm four cars of mules and three cars for
their associates-the animals having lately
been bought in Missouri. The Erie party
they are bringing out includes mechanics as
well as farmers, and is expected here to leave
for Fargo Sunday evening.
The first snow cut on the st. Paul division
east of st. James was surveyed the other day,
and found to measure about three thousand
feet in length and to average twenty-four and
q half feet IN depth. The land cut under this
great body of snow is not more than one and
half feet deep and had been Widened and
sloped from the sides so that the ordinary
winds of the country would have blown snow
out of it instead ofIflling it up. But south
east wind gently moving over the smooth
prairie laid a foot or two of moist snow in
the cut and as day after day snow plows and
shoveers cleared the track the steady
northwest wind filed the cut
and piled. -, -, snow .. a;gs against inst, ITS ITS
present depth. But there are other great
drifts on the road which would seem to have
even less foundation. One long one, eighteen
feet deep, is said to have started with fringe
of weeds by the side of the track.
The work of clearing the Sioux City division
and Sioux Falls branch of the Omaha line
made such good progress yesterday that it is
now confidently anticipated that both will be
open by Tuesday next. But there is great
deal of snow to be removed and is often found
so hard that the pickaxe has to be used to
loosen it.
The absurd story of so-called financial
paper of New York to the effect that the G. NJ.
s. st. P. has lost so much traffic and money by
snow blockades thatit had to borrow money
to nav its last dividend has been personally
contradicted. No contradiction was necessary
to convince the people of the Northwest that
the story was false. A letter in the
New York World signed I. R. D. of st. Paul,
Minnesota, says: The earnings of the st.
Paul road up to the LIST of February last were
unprecedented in amount and equal to at least
Is per cent on the capital stock. During the
past year the lines have been extended until
they now exceed $500 miles of road, and when
these lines are capitalized-and they have not
been as yet-a scrip dividend for at least 80 per
cent. should be declared to the shareholders.
The present capitalization is S74, 600, GOO, and
capitalization to keep pace with increased
mileage should be at least S133, ,0O0, 900 or q
scrip dividend of $50, 100000. am confident
that such dividend will be made in short
time on the plan adopted by the New York
Central Railway.
Northern Pacific Eastern Dirtston.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.]