Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-12
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Omaha train yesterday brought in IT'S
settlers.
Three hundred settlers left Sarnia Wednes-
day, by boat, for the Northern Pacific and the
Red River valley.
The st. Paul & Duluth road will put on
night freight and Sunday passenger trains to
White Bear next Sunday.
J. B. Power, of the land department, has
gone to the Red River valley to look after the
| interests of the St. Paul & Manitoba road.
Minneapolis & ST. Louis stock closed in
New York yesterday at % bid and 26 asked
for common, and 63 bid and 81 asked for pre-
ferred.
The advices from all points along the Chi
cago, st. Paul & Omaha line, east and west
yesterday, were to the effect that rain was
everywhere.
E. B. Cable has been appointed by Assstan
Superintendent Wakeman as assistant super
intendent of the Fergus Falls division OF the
st. Paul & Manitoba road.
Trains are going along through to Winni-
peg now over the st. Paul & Manitoba road in
the usual way, and the renewal of the emf.
grant business will soon be made.
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road will
sell round trip tickets to Chicago and return,
| for the great festival which takes place there
on the 2lst and other days up to the 28th, for
$16 so.
Summer travel from the southwest has com.
menced on the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
line. Quite large party of summer tourists
arrived yesterday from Kansas City and other
points in that direction.
| Gen. Haupt, Vice President Cakes and party
will leave Glendive this morning on their re.
turn from trip out beyond the end of the
road. On Saturday they expect to leave
| Fargo, and will arrive in St. Paul probably
| soon after.
Gal. Uline has resigned his position in the land
department of the st. Paul & Manitoba road and
will 20 out on the Northern Dakota division
of that road, as right of way agent of the
company. He will begin work on the line to
be extended from Larimore westward, on
which work will be begun early this season.
Manager Marvel went up the line last night.
A special parlor car containing thirty very
beautiful young ladies, will leave st. Louis
for st. Paul on the 18th, and will arrive here
on the 10th. They will come over the Albert
Lea route, ana return by the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul road. These ladies will
make trip to Minnetonka, and while here
will look all around, and visit all the points of
interest in this vicinity.
| Mr.. Teasdale, general passenger agent OF the
Chicago, st. Panl & Omaha road, is receiving
large number of letters from people in the
East who propose to come out to Minnesota,
making inquiries as to the cost of living, the
size and capacity, and also the quality of the
boarding houses, ETC., etc. He will turn
| these letters all over to Mr.. Fogg, of the
chamber of commerce.
| As one indication of the immense business
being done by the st. Paul s. Manitoba road
it may be stated that the Chicago, ct. Paul &
Omaha road has on its side tracks over 700
| freight cars loaded with freight to go to Mani.
toba. Now that the road is getting into
working order again through to Winnipeg,
| these cars will be showed along as rapidly as
possible and will soon be disposed of.
Mr. E. A. Whitaker, travelling agent of
the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis railway, was in
| st. Paul yesterday, on business for that road,
and took occasion to distribute a very beau
tifully illustrated book entitled "Sum-
mer Resorts" which gives directions
| to tourists in regard to where
to 60 and how to get there. 1t is book of
sixty-two pages and is full of information of
very valuable character. OF course, Lake
Minnetonka occupies prominent position in
| the book. Mr.. Whitaker is of the opinion
| we shall have a much larger number of tour
lists in Minnesota this year than ever before.