Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-03
RIVER AND RAIL.
Personal Mention and Gossip---Hastings
g. Dakota observation-disclosures Of
River Steamers.

Personal Mention and 0ossip---HastiDgs
& Dakota acknowledgements Of
River Steamers.
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha railroad
are handling from 100 to 2O0 loaded cars daily.
The frame work is going up for the new
freight house of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road, on the river bapk just below
the Davidson elevator.
All trains on the eastern division of the
Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road, will stop at
the st. Paul Rifle park this week, for the ac-
commOdation of parties desiring to attend
the schuetzenfest.
A party of four prominent Scandinavian
merchants of Baldwin, Wis, left last evening
on trip over the st. Paul & Manitoba road,
In search of point to which to transfer their
business interests. Another party of five
from Northfeld left by the same train on
similar mission.
R. B. Angus, vice president, and j. Donald
Smith, of the board of directors of the st.
Paul & Manitoba road and of the Canadian
Pacific syndicate arrived home yesterday from
trip to Winnipeg and beyond. General Man.
ager Hill who accompanied these gentlemen
on the trip will return to-day.
George Hazard issued credentials for an ex.
cursion down the lakes, to party consisting
of the following: Walter Mann and family,
Rev. Mr.. Gilbert, of Christ church, and fam
lily, r. A. Lanpher, D. Canady, of Monfort d
Co., j. B. Beals and family, Prof. j. W. Willis
and sister, G.. Heinemann, of Esterley &
Heinemann, and Miss Jessie Gilman.
Mr.. Chas. 81. Ermentrott, for eight or nine
years past connected with the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad, has resigned, to accept
the position of local freight agent at st. Paul
of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha company.
The position made vacant by Mr.. Ermentrott
with the Minneapolis q st. Louis road has
been filled by the appointment of Mr.. w. H.
Whiting, for the past two or three years with
the Erie & North Shore road, headquarters in
st. Paul.
Geo. Hazard, of the Minneapolis d st.
Louis railroad, is arranging st. Paul moon
light excursion to Lake Minnetonka. The
excursion will come of Friday the 9th. The
train will leave here at 6:45 p M, and arrive
at the lake at 8p. M, where tbs steamer will
be in waiting to convey the excursionists on
trip about the lake, touching at the principal
points, and returning to the ears SO that the
party will reach st. Paul on their return about
IL midnight.
s. &. Merrill, general manager OF the O., M.
& st. P. road, passed through the city yester-
day on his return to Milwaukee from trip
over the Hastings & Dakota road, to the scene
of constructing operations on the extension
beyond Aberdeen, D. t., where track laying
is progressing rapidly on two branches, one
running north and the other south, through
the far famed Jim River valley.
Mr.. Merrill is enthusiastic over the
richness of the country, which his
road is making tributary to the merchants
and manufacturers of st. Paul, declaring 1t to
be unequalcd by any other section Of the
Northwest. While on his trip Mr.. Merrill
closely. observed the growing grain, and he s
Minnesota and Dakota this season will be fully
equal in amount to that of last year. and su-
perior IN quality, while the yield Of other
sms II grains will be considerably increased.
F. Merrill, and D. s. Wegg, assistant solicitor
of the road