Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-15
RAIL, RIVER AND LAKE.

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er-Figuring Up the Cost Of Right
of Way-Two Great Special Trains to
be Run from Chicago and Milwaukee to
Bring Visitors to the Rifiemen's Reunion
Next Month-Return of the Willard
Farty, Favorably Impressed with All
They Saw between st. Paul and Glendive
The New Parties In the Northern Pa
cifc Favor Bending all Energies to Early
Completion of the Main Line to the Pa
cifc-The Little Falls & Dakota Road a
Sure Thing-The Gem City for st. Louis
To-day and the Big Centennial To-
Morrow.
Mr.. C. H.iLord, agent at Breckenridge fol
the St. Paul & Manitoba company, was visi-
for to St. Paul yesterday.
The Elmo excursion Wednesday night was
great success. everybody participating
having had pleasant evening.
The White Bear trains last evening were
crowded with excursionists going to cool off
to the music of the Great Union band at
Leip's.
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha company
received yesterday new steam shovel, which
will be forwarded at once to Superintendent
Gere for use on the Sioux City division.
A circular from Superintendent Lincoln an
nounces the resignation of P. Fl. Hoynes and
the appointment to succeed him of H. M.
Brown, acting train dispatcher of the st. Paul
division of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
railway.
Forty Scandinavians, fresh from the old
country, who landed in Boston few days
ago from Cunard steamtr, arrived here yes
terday afternoon and went out to locate at
their new homes along the St. Paul d Mani
tOba roads.
An excursion party of about one hundred
people came to st. Paul yesterday over the c.,
St. P. & O. line from Black River Falls and
Mcmillan. Their train was two hours late, SO
that their visit to the city was limited to less
than four hours.
superintendent Lincoln went to Mankato
yesterday afternoon to confer with the city
council of that city last evening, about the
occupation of certain streets of Mankato by
the c. St. p. q o. track. The matter has
been standing trouble for years.
Passenger business on the North Wisconsin
railroad has steadily increasec since the COM
pany put on an exclusively passenger train,
running at regular hours. A great improve
ment OF local business is also reported from
all the other roads of the c., st. T. & O. COM
pany.
Kansas City passengers, since the extension
of the c., st. P. & o. company's run to that
city, take up about all the sleeping car, to the
exclusion of passengers coming on at Council
Bluffs. A second sleeper has accordingly been
put on the trains between Council Bluffs and
st. Paul, beginning with the trains of yes
terday.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Western railroad of Minnesota was held
yesterday land the following board of directors
elected: Frederick Billings, Chas. B. Wright,
Johnston Livingston, Geo. w. Cars, Geo. L.
Becker, r. M. Newport, l.. E. Reed and +.
Delano. The Western road, being from Wa
tab to Brainerd, is a part Of the Northern Pa
clhc line, held as such by perpetual lease.
Crop reports of yesterday from tele
graph stations on the St. Paul
q Manitoba roads represent all
crops as looking better every day. Elk River
says tie grain in that vicinity is recovering
from the effects of the late storm and Albany
says the grain in that vicinity was not dam
aged to any extent by the late rains. Else
where there is no mention of damage but on
barley never looked better.
II Messrs. s. 8. Merrill, John W. Cary, W. H.
Morrison and P. M. Myers, of the Milwaukee
g. St. Paul company, again visited Saltwater
yesterday to continue arrangements for build
ing a branch road into that city, from New
port or Hastings. A route into the city has
been selected and proceedings inagurated for
procuring right of way. 1t is reported that
the preliminary survey shows that the ap-
proach to the lower part OF the city will not
be as difficult as was at first expected, but the
line will be an expensive one for few miles.
Mr.. Gustav Leue has chartered two excur-
sion trains from Chicago and Milwaukee to
st. Paul for the great reunion of the ritlemen
of the United States, to meet in ST. Paul, COM
mencing August 2. Mr.. Leue at first made
arrangements for but one train, but such was
the demand for accommodations he has been
compelled to arrange for another, and it is by
no means certain he will not have to arrange
for still another before the rush is provided
for. The trains will leave Chicago Monday,
August /, at 9 p. M, and reach here at IL M.
of Tuesday, the I'd.