Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-24
RAILROAD NOTES.

RAILROAD NOTES.
Mr.. Winter, assistant president Of the st:
Paul d Omaha road, has gone to Chicago.
Superintendent stimson, of the st. Paul &
Duluth road, went up to Duluth yesterday.
VS.. Alexander, general passenger agent
OF the st. Paul g. Manitoba road, has re.
turned.
Forty Scandinavians left on the Northern
Pacific road yesterday, to locate sixteen miles
north Of Bismarck.
A Grand Trunk excursion party of Winni-
peg was to have left Rockville on Tuesday.
It is on the way, but at the latest dates had
not reached Chicago.
sixty-two car loads Of emigrants merchan-
disc, for Manitoba, was transferred at the
Minnesota transfer, during the twenty.fOur
hours preceding 6 o'clock last night.
Mr.. Teasdale, of the St. Paul & Omaha
road, Is getting letters daily asking for copies
OF his illustrated pamphlet of the picturesque
Northwest, and the Oscar Wilde bills.
Mr.. Teasdale, general passenger agent Of
the st. Paul & Omaha road, has received q
circular from the Illinois Central stating that
that road has withdrawn from the "pO com.
mission" compact.
Two special excursions from the Great
Western road of Canada, containing in al
twenty coaches loaded with emigrants, al
coming through for Winnipeg on the regular
passenger train time over the St. Paul &
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morning.
The railroad men who arrived in town yes
terdsy were busy consulting all day, but they
are very silent. It is rumored though that s
scheme is being considered for bringing pas
sengers by the Rock Island, the Chicago, Bur
lington s. Quincy and the Minneapolis & st
Louis road into st. Paul over the st. Paul 8
Manitoba road
R. R. Gable, vice president and general man
ager, w. W. Sage, general freight agent, E
st. John, general passenger agent, all of thu
Chicsgo, Rock Island & Pacific railway, anG
c. J. Ives, general superintendent of the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids g. Northern railway
we're in st. Paul yesterday arranging business
connected with their roads.
The big hotel built by j. ]. Hill, the i'm
mense steamer built by Capt. P. 8. Davidson
to run on Minnetonka lake, the Improvement
on White Bear and the thousands of attrac
tons at all our lake resorts are ex
pected to attract an immense number
of tourists from the south thiI
season, and all the railroads are making theil
arrangements accordingly.
II. B. Stone, superintendent of the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy railway, with headquar
ters at Chicago, and W. D. Sanborn, division
freight agent of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railway, with headquarters at st
Louis, have arrived in st. Paul TO arrange fol
the summer time table In view of the immense
excursion travel expected over their lines an(
the Albert Lea route for the summer resorts
They expected to leave for home last night.
Superintendent Tayler, of the Northern Pa
cifc road, who left St. Paul to look after tn,
persons who were injured on the road a
Sweet Brier, returned to Bismarck yesterday
morning. Everything has been done FOL
those that were injured that could be done
They have been placed in warm, comforta
building, and the best medical attendance tina
could be procured has been furnished. TIT
dead were buried at Msndan. Mr.. Cross will
reach st. Paul tomorrow.
The crowd of passengers for Manitoba ant
the upper country was SO great yesterda.
morning at the Union depot, that 1t becam
necessary to shut the doors against them, an(
many were compelled to wait till night. TIL,
demands upon the St. Paul & Manitoba roa,
at this time is so great that all the rollin.
stock is called into constant servise. That
with what is being added to it, would hav
proved sufficient but for this late and unex
pt cited snow storm. The road is now righte,
up, the trains are out Of trouble, and bushes
will 60 on as usual to-day.
The unfavorable results of the late storm
have come nearly to an end. The Norther,
Pacific was clear to the Missouri. Their,
was some snow all over the prairie country
| with considerable wind and some drifting. o.
the St. Paul & Manitoba from Fergu
| Falls north there were high wind
aud some snow, but the passenger trains wer'
pushed through without serious delay. TINT
en- grant trains all got through without any
| BARN to any of the emigrants and withou
much delay. On the Canadian Pacific from
the boundary line to Winnipeg there wa
some snow, but they were getting along
| without much difficulty.