Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-25
IRON AND WATER WAYS.

An Accident, Fortunately without Much
st. p, M. & 0. Road--W. M. Burk to be
Freight Agent of the st. Paul s. Duluth
More Immigrants--Big Travel--Person-
ais, Etc.
About thirty immigrants for Dakota left here by
the Northern Pacific train yesterday morning.
President Smith, of the st. Paul h Duluth, will
continue to attend to the legal business Of the com
psny.
The threatening weather prevented many from go.
ing to White Beer last evening to attend the second
concert at Hotel Leip.
Mr. D. B. Quinan, of Chicago, travelling passer gen
agent of the Union Pacific, was In town yesterday.
on business Of his road.
Assistant Passenger Agent Davis, Of the st. Pau
Manitoba road, who has been absent eight or ten
days, is expected home from the East to-day.
The night train for Chicago on the Milwaukee &
st. Paul river division includes two sleepers every
trip, from St. Paul, and third one from L.
Crosse
Mr.. h. L, Hall, Of st. Joseph, Mo-, northwestern
passenger agent Of the vandalia, Pan Handle 4
PENNSYLVANIA route, visited st. Paul railroad men
yesterday.
Special trains run to Red Rock from st. Paul, al
1898 A. NJ and 6:l6 P. NJ and the regular passenger
trains Of the river road stop there during the con
tinuance of the camp meeting.
Sixty-seven immigrants left here by the st. Pau
and Manitoba trains yesterday, for Collar, Cokato
Wilmar, Morris, Warren, Rothssy, st. CLOUD, Alex
audria, etc. Several of them were known to have
funds enough on hand to make a comfortable start
in their new homes.
The Milwaukee st. Paul. river division, is having
big passenger business nowadays. The Thursday
noon train for Chicago. with mail, express and bag
gage cars, had eight passenger coaches, and the
train in yesterday noon included eleven passenger
coaches This train came In forty minutes late, hav
Ing been delayed only by the large passenger busi-
ness.
Through error Of the types the other day, In this
column, the wheat stand on the Kelso farm near
Hslock was understated by ten inches. A letter
received at the st. Paul Manitoba conpany's land
Office yesterday states that 1t now stands twenty in
ches high and remarks also that seven snlsy plows
are running the farm turning over moro land for
seeding next year.
Tho Boston agent OF the emigration bureau of the
st. Paul & Manitoba road has notified Commissioner
johnson Of the landing of large party of immi-
grants from Northern Norway, who are in charge of
farm near Hallock, in Kittson county, and are
coming to settle along the Manitoba road between
Orookston and Hallock.
Six miles east of Eau Claire at $50 A. n. yester-
day the passenger train Of the Chicago, st. Paul
Omaha company, due at st. Paul at 80 P. NJ, en-
countered q broken rail, over which the engine,
tender and baggage car passed safely, but the e1-
press car and two passenger coaches jumped the
track. Neither one was upset and passengers and
train men escaped Injury. The track was cleared
about P. M, in time for the noon train out to pro-
coed without delay and the train to which the acct
dent happened was brought in last evening.
Mr.. W. NJ. Burk, formerly freight agent fer the
st. Paul Manitoba and Chicago, st. Paul l. Omahs
com panies, but who has been out Of the business
since the lat of the month, has been rendered and
has accepted the position of freight agent of the St
Paul Duluth railroad, and will enter on duty a.
such July LIST at the company's freight depot or
lower Third street. Mr. Burk IL . well known old
resident of st. Parl and has many friends who viii
be pleased to read this announcement. He is
furthermore, good business man, and the Duluth
company has done well to secure his services.