Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-10
RAILROAD NOTES

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O. H. Hudson, general nansgsr Of the Min.
neapolis 4 St. Louis railway. Min town.
A. h. Bodie, general traffic manager OF the
Minneapolis & st. Louis road is In st. Paul.
The Northern Pacific company will erect at
Fargo, this season three-story brick depot.
Mr.. J. II. Murray, travelling agent of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois road; is In St.
Paul.
J. W. Riley, travelling passenger agent Of
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway,
with headquarters In Chicago, is making q
short visit IN st. Paul.
The st. Paul q Manitoba people sent an i'm
mense special train through to Winnipeg last
night, to accommodate the unusually large
crowd OF people that are going up into the
Northwest.
James Robinson, travelling agent of the
Great Western railway, and D. A. Holbroak,
the we'll known immigration agent, passed
through st. Paul yesterday on their way from
Winnipeg to Toronto.
The Castleton branch of the Northern Pa.
cifc road is to be extended to Larim0re, which
IS the temporary terminus of the Grand
Forks Western branch of the Manitoba. This
will give Larimore boom.
Twelve Window county, Vermont, farmers
left last night on the st. Paul q Manitoba
train to locate farms between Norton and
Grand Forks. They will be followed by
Others who desire to get into this garden spot.
Two special trains filled with Canadian peo-
pie who are going through to Manitaba, will
arrive in St. Paul at O'Clock this morning on
the st. Paul & Omaha line. One train will
consist Of seven coaches and three baggage
cars. The other will consist of nine
coaches and two baggage cars. In ad.
ditiOn there will be an unusually large regular
train run on the same road, which will have
on board those that could not be accommo.
dated on the two special trains.
The Northern Pacific train yesterday morn.
ing took out thirteen Canadian gentlemen
whose departure for the Northwest means
something. These thirteen gentlemen repre-.
sent thirteen families. They 60 out to Coul.
son on the Upper Yellowstone, 100 miles west
of Miles City, where they expect to locate
They will look about and make selections
and as soon as possible take their families out
there. Arrangements are made through
which other families will follow.
Mr.. Davis, the general passenger agent Of
the St. Paul & Manitoba road, contracted
yesterday for the transportation of 400 men
each one the head Of o family, to the Rec
River valley, four weeks from now. They
90 up for the purpose OF selecting farm.
ing lands from tracts that have ALREADY
been examined by agents sent out by them
some time ago, to determine upon tracts from
which the members Of the colony are to make
their selection. All these people come from
Wisconsin and Illinois, and are practica
farmers.
The action of Railroad Commissioner
Baker in calling upon the Union depot com
pany for report of Its gross earnings for tn
last half Of the year 1881, upon which Il
form basis of state taxation, was considera
bly, commented upon in railroad and business
circles yesterday, the general opinion being
that his position was IN accordance with thu
requirements Of the law, and that the repor
would have 10 be made and tax paid. Tit
action OF Gen. Baker in this case is another
indication of the Jealous intelligence Gen
Baker is bringing to the conduct of his office
Mr.. 8. B. Gault, northwestern agent Of thu
Pennsylvania company, who has been locatet
ia the first floor of Princes block for severa
years, has changed his location, and will here
after have desk room in the Office of the Min
neapolis & St. LOUIS railway, on the northeast
corner of Third and SibleY streets. Mr. ]. D
drOwn, passenger agent for the Chicago, Mil
yankee s. st. Paulroad, will occupy the plac,
vacated by Mr.. CAN'T, while the room vacated
by Mr.. Brown will be occupied as private of
flee by Mr.. 8. 8. Merrill when he is in town
aud when he is not By Judge Chandler.
Mr.. J. 4. Drake has received letter from
Mr.. Slayton dated about three weeks ago. Al
that time Mr.. Slayton was in England, ant
was preparing to start for Norway and Swe
den. He was meeting with good success ovel
there, and people were greatly interested il
the farming business in this country
coming over to locate in tn,
southeastern part OF Minnesota. Sir Richard
Keene is making arrangements to come ovel
in August next with The view Of purchasing
considerable tract OF land for farming pur
,,oses. Mr.. Slayton v i'll return to Minnesota
April.
r. Chandler, general passenger and ticke
gent of the Missouri Pacific railway ant
leased lines has issued circular setting forth
that persons holding unlimited, or first clasl
limited tickets via. the st. Louis, Iron Noun
tain & Southern railway, who desire to stoE
of at Malvern for the pupose Of visiting Ho
Springs, will be allowed to do 50 within tn,
limits ofthe tickets, II limited. This applies
to tourists and land explorers tickets, and il
no case to be understood as extending tn,
limits OF their tickets, which must not be ex
tended beyond the regular period for the pur
pose Of stopping over.