Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-22

General manager sargent yesterday moIn'
ing accompanied Mr.. Hobert, the nswly ap.
pointed superintedent Of the Dakota division,
n. P, to his station, at Fargo.
General Manager Hill, accompanied by his
little girl, Mrs. R. B. Angus and two children
and Mr.. P. 81. Kelly, left here Saturday even.
ing on the Omaha line for Chicago, and have
had the pleasure Of waiting at Baraboo
for the blockade to be raised until last evening,
when their car was started for Chicago. Mr..
Kelly is to stop at Chicago, while the rest Of
the party go on to Aiken, 8. G., to return with
Mrs. Hill and party, who have been sojourn.
ing at Aiken for several weeks.
|, The Mankato, st. Cloud & Austin Railroad
company appears to have been organized under
very favorable auspices. The company will
receive under the Legislative act of 1879 a
grant of AS 900 acres of State swamp lands
and has about $500, 900 of town and county
bonuses assured. It is stated that it has also
been pledged, by a responsible and influential
financial house of New York, all the money
and credit which may be required to build the
road.
The river division NJ. & st. P. train which
left here at noon yesterday was to be turned
back from Portage. The train which left here
at P. NJ. was to stop at Lacrosse unless on
its arrival there 1t was learned that the La
Crosse division was already open to Milwau.
kee. At 1890 P. N. it could not be ascer.
tanned here that the blockade was removed,
nor could the probabilities as to the time OF
opening be ascertalned here yesterday after.
noon.
The Southern Minnesota road was re.opened
and in operation yesterday to Fairmont.
Regular trains on the Hastings & Dakota
road are running to Bird Island.
The Iowa q Minnesota division NJ. q st. P.
Is open to Mason City and McGregor, but the
Central of Iowa is still closed, and not likely
to be cleared before tomorrow night.
Saturday night the Sioux City division, St.
P. & O., was open from Sioux City to Hospers
and from Hesson Lake to Window, but Sun.
day and yesterday drifting wind storm pre-
vailed from Madelia to Sioux City, which no J..
only suspended the work of clearing the
track, but again and for the tenth time, filed
up the just opened cuts. The storm came up
suddenly and its effect may be judged from the
fact that a snow plow and shoveling party was
started east from st. James Sunday morning
and had proceeded only two miles when the
storm came on and filed up the track they
had so traversed so that 1t was z P. N. before
the party could get back with their engine and
plow to st. Sames. The condition of the road
after seven weeks of continuous
wind, with heavy falls of snow,
Is such that Nt will probably
be impossible to keep 1t open, if it can be
opened, until sun and rain assist to reduce the
snow. The whole prairie country Is covered
with four to eight feet of snow, laying for
and hollows filled. Over this leveled bed of
snow the northwest winds, drying out the sur
face snow, sweep along, day after day. sliding
along enough snow to fill up in day any road
track or railway cutting. The railroad COM
pany would undoubtedly have abandoned the
useless efforts to open the road several weeks
ago, and so saved many thousands of dollars,
had 1t not been that public opinion
and the permanent interests of the com.
no possible efforts or expense should
be spared. In one respect, however, the COM
pany has been fortunate, in comparison with
the other companies which have had to fight
the snow. It has not broken up its engines or
wrecked its cars. At 1:45 r. NJ. the weather
was clear and cold, with drifting wind at
Worthington, Sioux Falls and Woodstock. At
st. James the wind was moderating.
The st. Paul division, st. P. & O. and Blue
La and st. james, which will probably be
cleared in time for to-day's trains from st.
Paul to go through to st. James.
Saturday three coaches filled with immi.
grants, en- route to Fargo, arrived at Chicago
from the East, and during Sunday there ar.
rived there party bound. to Manitoba which
requires $50 full tickets, and has seventy-fve
carloads of movables. It is
probable that all these immigrants
were sent out from Chicago for st. Paul last
evening, as iti understood they are to come
over the Omaha Eastern division. They will
probably arrive here tonight and tomorrow.
At 10 P. II. last evening 1t was learned here
that the blockade on the Northwestern lines in
Wisconsin had been lifted and that the regular
St. Paul & Omaha train was sent out from
Chicago at 9P. M, to arrive here at 1:S0 p.
II. to-day. The two trains sent out from here
yesterday, one at noon and one last evening,
will run through to Chicago.