Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-28
THE AIR LINE TROUBLE.
Tho st. Paul Committee Graciously Re-
cefved at MadisOn-Prospect OF Securing
Payment-The Laborers at the Superior
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ifYs Neck.
Yesterday morning D. r. Noyes, Gen.
Sanborn and Mr.. Erickson arrived in St.
Paul from Madison, where they went as
a part Of the committee to lay before the
Wisconsin legislature the injury done to
the laboring men and sub contractors, by
the transfer of the road to the st. Paul
& Omaha company, and to ask the legis-
lature to make the Indebtedness lien
upon the land grant.
MIR. Noyes regards the trip as sue
cessful one. The members of the COM
mittee on reaching Madison called upon
the governor and many of the members
of the legislature, and were very cordial
ly received, and what they had to say
was listened to with attention. The com
mittee does not take a position of
hostility to the st. Paul & Omaha COM
pany, but the members are all favorable
to the st. Paul & Omaha road having the
land grant that goes with the Chicago,
Portrayed Superior City road, according
to contract. While they are all of this
opinion, they think thelroad which gets
this valuable land grant should secure
the laborers and sub-contractors for the
money and work they have put into it.
The governor of Wisconsin said he would
do all he could consistently with his pub
lie duties to see the laborers get their pay.
If this is done, there will be no trouble.
and all the dealers that have furnished
supplies will be paid. There has been
some trouble on the line of the road and
the laborers have made some threats.
The bridges have to be patrolled and
other precautions have to be taken to
protect the property belonging to
road At O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
the governor sent a dispatch to furnish
the laborers with supplies. Messrs. Kel-
ly, Finch and Maxfield, of st. Paul, and
Col Stone and Col. Graves, of Duluth,
accompanied MIR. Winter to Chicago to
consult with Mr. Porter, to see if he would
agree to an arrangement to secure the
laborers.
Gen. Sanborn, who went down as a
member of the committee, reached st.
Paul at $3.50 O'Clock yesterday morning.
He reports just about the same result as
does Mr.. Noyes. All parties, he says, as
sured the committee that it should have a
fair hearing before the committee on
Wednesday next. He says the members OF
both branches of the legislature treated
the members of the committee with the
utmost consideration, and assured them
that they should have fair hearing and a
just decision On the merits. The senti-
ment of the legislature seemed to be in
favor of transferring the grant to the St.
Paul & Omaha road. The details of the
transfer had evidently received but little,
if any, consideration. 1t was the feeling
of all members of the committee that the
public interests of St. Paul and those OF
the St. Paul & Omaha road were identi-
cal, and it was hoped a conference with
Mr.. Porter would result in an agreement
that the bill before the legislature should
be so amended as to secure the laborers
and those who had furnished the sup
plies.
Mr.. Erickson, who went down with the
committee, also returned to st. Paul yes
terday morning. He thought the mem
bers of the legislature he talked with ap-
peared willing to do the just thing, and
he had confidence that they would.