Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-30
RAILROAD NOTES.
Alfred Meyers, OF the Bozeman cattle farm
ia in St Paul

is in st. Paul.
Two car load of emigrants arrived yesterday
over the Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul road,
with several car loads of moveables.
The Northern Pacific land commission sold
yesterday 10000 acres Of land mostly IN
Barnes and Stutsman counties, Dakota. lds
W. II. Fisher, formerly OF the st. Paul q
Manitoba road but now OF the firm OF Well
ington & Co., left for the east last night = 5
Superinte nendent Gross, OF the Northern
Pacific road, left last evening for Bismarck on
business for the road, and was accompanied BY
his family. Hsi
Forty land hunters obtained land hunters
tickets over the St. Paul g. Manitoba road
yesterday, and will look over the lands near
Grafton, Portland, Halleck, Crookston, Bel
trami and Ada. So S,'s-s -
Hamilton B. butcher; at present the agent
Of the Chicago, Milwaukee g. ST. Paul road at
Rock Island, has been appointed to take the
place of Mr.. HOllister, whose resignation was
announced yesterday, Mr.. Hollister viii be
assigned to another place on the same road. u
Rev. NJ. Hanson, of Chicago, prominent
Scandinavian minister, who last fall selected
government and railroad lands, near Stevens
Martin county, for his two sons, sent through
st. Paul yesterday two car loads Of stock,
farming utensils, and is on his way up there
to start the boys. - ''S-tYs 8, =
Heretofore the St. Paul, Chicago s Omaha
road has had two freight depots in ST., Paul.
one at the foot OF jackson street or-Iwest
bound freight and one below the Union depot
for east bound freight. Hereafter there will
be but one depot for that business the,two
Union depot where all freight will be received.
About geo ladies assembled at the Union. de.
pot yesterday morning to go up to Minneap
oils on Colton's free train, but they were
greatly disappointed to find that there was nc
train going up, owing to the scarcity OF cars
on account of the immense emigration travel
They determined not to be prevented from 60
ing up after having put up their back hail
and arranging their bangs, and so they paid
their fare and went up on the regular train.
Mr.. Geo. K. Barnes, general passenger ani
| ticket agent Of the Northern Pacific road Ii
preparing rev advertisement setting forth
the great attraction at Ciark's Fork gOll
mine in Montana, south of the Yellowstone
on the northern boundary of Wyoming, con
southwest of Coulson. The Northern Pacific
road is built out forty miles beyond Mile
City, and it is 100 miles from there to Coulsor
go that thoss who 60 now will have $50 miles
to go overland in order to get to the gol(
fields. ia
The condition OF the roads and the weather
| in Manitoba, is q little doubtful and railroad
men are moving cautiously. As mentioned
| frequently in this column, the people in tha'
region have been treated to several very heav.
storms that have blocked up the roads and
| impeded travel. With three feetsof snow. on:s
level there isEo telling how soon the roads ma.
be blocked again. A little wind will do TIL
| business, and it does not take much either tx
lift the snow around and distribute where il
| will do the most injury. One train thatiefl
Winnipeg Tuesday got through to st. Vim
| cent Wednesday aud will be in st. Paul thi:
morning. The railroad men in st. Paul wert
| good deal interested in this matter yesterday
aud it was ascertained TINT uD TO 5 0'clocl
last night the roads were all open, the wealth
er pleasant and everything promising for I'M
obstructive roads, but there was no telling
what the condition might be few hours
after. 1t was concluded finally TO start on,
the through train for Winnipeg last evening
and she went. 49,