Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-09
RAILROAD NOTES.


The Union depot will be lighted with cleo
trio light on Saturday.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul train
was late yesterday morning.
W. S. Alexander, of the st. Paul s. Mani
toba road is absent from town.
A. L. Gregory, loss car agent Of The Mime
apOlis & st. Louis road, is in st. Paul.
Mr.. Brown, assistant passenger and travel
ing agent returned yesterday to st Paul from
Milwaukee.
Mr.. j. j. Hibbard, who is engaged in the
construction of the Northern Pacific depot
and other buildings at Superior, Wis. is in
st. Paul.
Sweetland Bros. of Chicago, have arranged
for transportation to Miles City Of men and
material for the construction of variety thea
tire In that town.
Tomorrow two excursion trains loaded with
immigrants from Canada to Manitoba will ar
rive in st. Paul from Chicago over the St.Paul
& Manitoba road.
The Northern Pacific road sent to Fargo
last night, fifteen persons with their goods,
and nineteen to Valley City and Steele and to
other points along the road.
The Northern Pacific has issued a new
through freight tariff from st. Paul to all
points on Its line, introducing new classified
tions and adding few new stations.
The snow is so abundant up at the other
end of the st. Paul & Duluth road that the
lumbermen are at work IN the woods with
great confidence as to the harvest being good
one.
On the 18th of this month the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road will stop the sale of transit
and excursion tickets for all southern and
southwestern points except st. Louis and Hot
springs.
Mr.. Powers, of the land department of
the st. Paul & Manitoba road, has not been
out for two days on account Of illness. The
illness is not regarded as very serious, though
it Is sufficient to keep him at home.
Mr.. L. s. Steele of Steele, Dakota, the owner
of the big Steele farm, is gong to build big
hotel in that town. His house and his neigh
boris houses are all full of people who are CON-
PEELED to stop with private families for the
want OF public accommodations.
Two extra trains with large number of
immigrants for Manitoba will arrive to-day
on the Milwaukee road. The coaches that
bring the party of immigrants are the same
ones that were mentioned few days ago as
having been sent down to Chicago empty.
Alfred Meyers telegraphed yesterday from
Miles City that the celebrated parlor cattle car
had been loaded with Montana steers. People
here are good deal interested in regard to
what is to become of the car. good many
do not believe il will get through with these
steers on board.
The st. Paul & Saltwater road has just
elected it officers. The directors are, J. j..
Hill, s. s. Merrill, H. H. Porter, P s. Harris,
W. s. Alexander, E. w. Winter and James
Smith, Jr. The directors held meeting and
elected the following officers: President,
James Smith, Jr., and P. s. Harris, secretary
and treasurer.
Reports have been received from the west
along the line of the Northern Pacific road, to
the effect that the snow plows have been
withdrawn and that there is no trouble. All
freight and construction material for the Mis-
souri, division has been got across the river.
Although the ice is broken above the Yellow
stone 1t is solid at Buford and will not go out
probably for some time to cone,
Last night Mr.. R. J. Borlang, business
man of Norway. Goodhue county, with q
party of twelve of his neighbors, left St. Paul
for the purpoae of exploring the Red River
Valley. They will first proceed to St. Vincent,
where the party will cross the river to Penn
bina county, where they will make careful
examination, after which they will traverse
the counties lying south along the line of the
St. Paul & Manitoba railway for the purpose
OF locating lands.