Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-30
RAIL AND RIVER.

returned yesterday.
EsMr. A. Robinson, travelling agent of the
Great Western railway, arrived yesterday.
General Superintendent stirson, of the
Manitoba line has returned to his pretty office.
Assistant G. A. P. Davis, of the Manitoba,
went east last night over the Milwaukee road.
Mr.. s. F. Boyd, G. P. A., of the Mime
apolis d st. Louis line, was in town yesterday.
Mr.. Teasdale, of the Omaha line, left Sioux
City last night, and will arrive in st. Paul TO-.
day.
branch road twelve miles long will prob
ably be constructed by the Milwaukee road
from Brandon to Markeson.
The Omaha line carried a.big train of stock
cars, filled with cattle from Montana, bound
for Chicago yesterday.
A new freight house is to be built by the
Milwaukee road upon the site of the old one,
which is undergoing demolition.
Mr.. Fred s. Carpenter. travelling passenger
agent OF the Chicago & Grand Trunk railway,
was among the arrivals yesterday.
President Hill, of the! Manitoba Railway
company, with party of friends from the
east, went north last night on a chicken hunt.
General Manager Hauft, of the N. P, went
went up the Duluth road in the business car
yellowstone" in company with an excursion
party.
An addition is being built TO the depot at
Minneapolis, for the purpose OF Introducing
the gate system there, as in the st. Paul union
depot
1t IS reported that the Northern Pacific
Railway company has surplus fund of $4,-
00O, 600 to be used exclusively in paying
dividends.
At Crookston, and other points the curious
spectacle was presented of farmers approach
ing passengers who looked like working men
and Offering to employ them at good wages.
Reports from southeast Dakota say wheat
is grading largely No. 1 hard, and running
largely twenty eight t. thirty five bushels to
the acre. Oats are averaging sixty bushels to
the acre.
Apropos OF railway crop reports, the re-
turns from Alexander Drake's farm, at Ma
della, Watonwan county, show an out turn of
twenty.six bushels to The acre, machine
measure.
The steamship "Werra,'' of the Lloyd line,
arrived in Baltimore last Saturday with 400
steerage passengers, mostly Germans. About
$50 of them yesterday passed through st. Paul
for the northwest.
Mr.. Fred. 8. Capron, Northwestern travel
ing agent of the Chicago s. Grand Trunk rail-
way, arrived in st. Paul yesterday. He was
surprised to find so much rain and mud in
the city, as he had noticed that SO far up as
Hastings the country was fearfully and won
derfully dusty. His road is now offering the
surprisingly low fares of $40 from Chicago to
Toronto and return; round trip to Kingston,
$l3; Montreal, SIS; Portland, $25. He says
the Grand Trunk lived through the panic and
can stand this reduction.
The st. Paul city street railway yesterday
received six more new cars from st. Louis.
which makes ten new cars received lately.
There are twelve more to come soon The
old cars will continue In use, but
greatly shortened There will be a
car between Wabashaw aud Jackson street run
every minute during the day time. Every
other car will be run into the stable after 9
O'Clock at night. The last car will leave
Fourth aud Wabashaw street at 10:45 q. m.
The last car returning will leave st. Anthony
hill at 9:52 O'Clock at night.
Mr.. johnson, emigration agent of the Mani
toba railway, returned from trip 20 Hal
lock, Kittson county. He stopped while en-
route at Ada, Crookston, the wonderful rail-
road town of Warren and Stephens.
At all of these points he talked with the farm :
ers, and as they came into town on Friday and
Saturday to get their mail he had an excellent
opportunity to interview at least hundred OF
them while they were waiting for the post
Office to open. The report of every farm er
interviewed was to the effect that rain b ad not
fallen in sufficient quantity to interrupt work
since harvesting commenced. With contin-
uance OF fair weather they will finish cutting
grain some time during the pres
ent week, ard stacking will
be well under way. In striking an average of
the various estimates as to yield, it Is safe to
place 1t at twenty bushels to the acre for No.
hard, which is for the upper tier of counties
on the Minnesota side, to-wit: Norman, Polk,
Marshall and Kittson. The average estimated
yield in Kittson county would be twenty-four
bushels, and this according to conservative
estimates. Crop news from the Da-
kota is very favorable, and the aver
age will be handsome. Next week
thrashiDg will begin In earnest all along the
line on both sides OF Red river. Carpenters
are at work night and day completing new
aud increasing the capacity of old elevators.
The demand for mechanics has been SO great
that any one who can drive nail or saw
board is getting $3.50 to 50 per day. Com
mon laborers in the harvest tileds are receiv-
ing S2.25 TO s. so day, and farmers cinnos
get enough help at those figures.