Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-24
RAILROAD NOTES.

d. d. I'LL. OF Inc st. Raul d Manitoba
road, returned yesterday.
Col. Flournoy, of the lumber line, will
leave for Kansas City on Sunday.
General Passenger Agent D. K Lord, of
the Baltimore & Ohio road, is expected in
ST. Paul this afternoon.
Mr.. Hiland, of the ''Royal route, and
Mr.. Boyden, of the Chicago, Milwaukee g.
st. Paul road, left yesterday for Chicago.
II. Nelson, an old settler in Dane county
Wis, was in st. Paul yesterday and left for
Kittson county, where he goes to select
lands for himself and friends.
Quite party of leading men from Ish-
peming, Mich, Pullman, ILL.,, Usage, Iowa,
and Minneapolis left on Friday for the
Red river valley to hunt up locations for
themselves and large number of others
who will follow.
The Northern Pacific road has issued a
circular announcing the appointment of
j. NJ. Graham as superintendent of the
Dakota division, in place of G. t. Odell,
promoted to superintendent of transporta-
ton, in place of Geo. w. Cross, resigned.
There has been some talk about putting
on the "Flying Dutchman,'' but it is not
likely to be put on till the weather will
warrant it. At any rate there is no GER
tainty about it. If the weather should be-
come reasonably mild, it will be put on i'm
mediately.
There seems to be quite an extensive
movement to Dakota over the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road. Yesterday 16S
cars OF, emigrants passed over the Iowa
q Dakota and Hastings & Dakota division
of that road for Dakota, and will be fol-
lowed by others, and by coaches with pas
sengers.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road is receiv-
ing about 1900 letters per day making
inquiries about where to locate on the line
of that road, and how to
take up land. In opening a pile of these
letters Mr.. II. G. Davis, assistant passen-
ger agent, yesterday found interrogations
of this description fired at him from Ida
no, Washington Territory, Montana, South
ern Dakota, Massachusetts,, Texas, Wyom-
| ing, Nebraska, Ontario, Canada, Kansas,
Kentucky and Maryland.
Sioux City Journal: When the breakup
of the Missouri came, theBlair bridge con-
tractors had the two piers in the channel
completed, and the pier on the bar down
to bed rock and built up above high water
mark. The work on the fourth and last
| pier will begin within a few days. This
last pier starts from a bank above high
water mark, and so will not be interrupted
by any stage of water. There is now every
| indication that the bridge will be complet-
| I'D hITN ~,
| tract.
Commissioner Fink announces that the
trunk lines have agreed to the following
changes in the classification of west-bound
| freight, to take effect Saturday, March "a:
Oranges, in carloads of 10000 pounds or
over, D. R. freight charges guaranteed
| class 3; lemons, in carloads of 10000
| pounds or over, o. R. freight charges guar
anteed, class 2. Commissioner Fink also
announces that by an agreement between
the trunk lines on and after March 81 the
basis of west-bound rates to points named
below will be as follows: Alliance, O., Be-
lott, Dasmascus and Woodland same as
Cleveland.
Red Wing Argus: The Midland railroad
from Wabashaw to Zumbrota has been for
mally transferred to the Chicago, Milwau
kee d st. Paul company for considera
ton of 81. The Wabashaw Herald say
the Midland will be changed from a marrow
to the standard gauge and ibe extended from
some point in the vicinity of Harmon {
to Rochester, and thence to Austin or SOM
other point on the Southern Minnesota di
vision. This extension will give the Mil
waukee st. Paul company direct line
from Eau Claire and Menomonie to the
broad prairies of Iowa, Nebraska and Da
kota, and the amount of business don,
over it will be immense.