Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-07
RAILROAD NOTES.

The washout at Ada, on the st. Paul, Min.
neapolis & Manitoba road, has been repaired.
Gen. Haupt and Mr.. Cushing, superinten.
dents OF motive power have returned to st.
Paul.
The local travel over all the divisions OF the
Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road is very
heavy.
The river division of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul road was two hours late yes
terday afternoon.
w. H. Rhodes. city passenger agent at Chi.
csgo, Of the Chicago, Rock Island s& Pacific
road is in st. Paul.
Mr.. H. E. Sargent, formesly manager OF
the Northern Pacific road, was in st. Paul
yesterday and left for the east
The land department of the Northern Paci-
fc receives daily over two hundred letters OF
inquiry about lands in the northwest.
Two trains of immigrants that are to come
over the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road
will probably arrive this afternoon. They
left Canada Wednesday.
Mr.. Chas. L. Catlin, recently located in st.
Paul, as attorney of the Chicsgo, St. Paul &
Omaha Railway company, was yesterday adj
mitted to practice in the courts of this state
by the supreme court.
W. c. Mckay, travelling agent of the Penn
sylvania company with headquarters at War
saw, Ind, who Is on a leave of absence, left
St. Paul yesterday afternoon on the Northern
Pacific road to look after a home in the north
west.
The st. Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba road
received yesterday. from Barney Smith & Co.,
OF Dayton, Ohio, two sleepers, modern in all
particulars, including smoking car and ladies'
retiring room. All the interior is finished in
Mahogany.
The water in the river is rising rapidly.
Yesterday morning the gage showed ten feet
seven inches, and at four o'clock in the after
noon it measured eleven feet, and was still
rising. If 1t keeps on at this rate little
longer the people in West ct. Paul wont
like it.
Mr.. johnson, of the land department of the
st. Paul & Manitoba road, desires to call a
halt on the rush OF people to the northwest.
He says the hotels and all accommodations
for people in the northwest are crowded full,
and he advises people to wait till the houses
that are 30 overtaxed are relieved by the land
hunters.
Among the arrivals at the Merchants yester-
day was Mr.. MI Munro of Morris, brother of
the master mechanic of the st. Paul & Pacific
railroad, headquarters IN this city, for several
years. The many friends Of Mr.. Munro here
will be glad to know that he is prospecting.
He is now assistant superintendent of the
Mexican Central railroad, with headquarters
~ fHa ~ ho hos
seven hundred miles OF road in operation and
three hundred miles additional are now being
constructed.
The officers of the Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha road at Chicago, telegraphed the
officers OF the road at st. Paul that a lady,
Mrs. A. Austin left Chicago on Wednesday,
for st. Paul, on her way to st. Cloud, and
that in some way little boy belonging to
her was left behind, The officers of the road
in st. Paul were requested to look her up. So
far as could be ascertained she did not come
to st. Paul, and it was supposed that she must
have gone back to Chicago on discovering
that her boy was not on the train.
The emigration from Canada to Manitoba
that was slightly checked by the storms that
swept the prairies and blockaded the trains
has been renewed and now the emigrants are
coming faster than ever. Two trains left
Canada yesterday to come over the Chicago,
st. Paul & Omaha line, and they will prob
ably arrive Sunday. The Chicago, St.
Paul e. Omaha road brought
$50 emigrants for the up country. Besides
the above two other special trains are On the
way over the same road. The first is COM
posed of eight coaches and three cars of bag
gage, The second train consists of eight
coaches and four cars OF baggage. These
come over the Great Western and will proba-
bly, ba here at O'Clock this morning.