Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-15
RAILROAD NOTES.

Mr. Marvel, of the st. Paul & Manitoba
road, will return to st. Paul this afternoon.
Mr.. d. @. Shepard, the well known rail
road builder, returned yesterday from the
east.
Mr.. Davis, of the st. Paul & Manitoba
road, is not expected back before Tuesday
next
Marvin Hughitt, president of the Chicago,
st. Paul & Omaha road, is expected in St.
Paul to-day.
Mr.. Van Horne says that the Canadian
Pacific will build 737 miles of road which
Is good deal.
The colored MINISTRIES who appeared at
the Opera house last night arrived On the
Royal Route and they say it is first
class road.
Mr.. Van Horne, general superintendent
of the Canadian Pacific road, has returned
to st. Paul, and yesterday was looking
around the railroad offices here.
Gen. Alexander of the st. Paul & Mani
toba and Gen. Haupt and Mr.. Hannaford
of the Northern Pacific, who went down to
Chicago Monday, to attend the meeting of
the Northwestern Traffic association, re-
turned yesterday.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road is stock
ing up preparatory to the opening of the
season, and proposes to have cars enough
and abundance of rolling stock for all
emergencies. The managers of the
road have had, for long
time orders out to the builders of cars,
1o1I Iufra
installments of cars of various descrip-
tions. Yesterday morning the road re-
ceived four new passenger coaches from
Dayton, Ohio, together with two new bag
gage cars from the same place. This
the last two weeks, and
still. the order is not filled.
Others will continue to arrive right along
now from day to day. All these are equip
ped with English steel tied wheels, the best
that can be made anywhere. The coaches
are furnished with all the latest improve
ments, designs, woodwork, and decorations.
They have also been receiving, from time
to time, instalments of locomotives. Four
new ones are expected to-day. The mana
gers of this road propose to be prepared for
all emery encies of the coming season
and to be in first class shape for business.
The mails, yesterday, at the emigration
department of the st. Paul q Manitoba
Office brought in over 200 letters direct
from Europe. The general appearance of
the Office reminds one of the appearance
last season. The Office was full of
people all the afternoon, all bent on get
ting information about the new North
west. Some wish to become squatters on
the shores of DEVILS lake. Others
wished the choicest Red river valley lands
convenient to station, while others again
looked for business chances, mill sites,
water powers, etc. One party rep
resenting a large Chicago lumber firm, was
looking for locality where from $4,000
to $4,000 capital could be used to advan-
tage. Some parties from Iowa passed
through the city yesterday with household
goods, en- route for Polk county, in the
Red river valley. Another party, from
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, representing
several families of we'll to do German far
mers, and some business men, was looking
for location where he could find elbow
room for himself and friends, by obtain
ing sufficient amount of lands near sta
ton, and finding business open
ings in the villages. Quite
called at the Office en- route to Larimore.
A committee of representative people from
Minneapolis also called at the Office to ar
range for starting out for the Red river
valley. Altogether it was busy day.
Fred Puehler, editor and proprietor of
the Ada Alert, Ada, Norman county, in the
Red river valley, was a caller at the emil
grant department of the st. Paul & Mani
toba road yesterday, and IN an interview
stated in substance that they have had
very pleasant weather in the Red river
valley during the past two weeks and that
the people look forward with the expecta-
ton of an early spring. Judging from
present indications Mr.Puehler thinks seed
ing will begin about the 10th or 18th of
April. The shipment of wheat from Ada
of the crop of 1882 exceeded 100000 bush
els, which was $4,000 bushels more
than in 1881 and more than
was shipped from any other point in the
valley. With even an ordinary crop for
this year the shipments will be 100000
bushels. The increased acreage will be
fully % per cent. over last year. Ada does
not expect any extraordinary boom this
year. There will be no street cars or cleo
trio lights, but it il confidently expected
that the county OF Norman, OF which Ada
is the county seat,will receive its full quota
of experienced, practical hard working
farmers, the advance guard of whom has
already begun to come. Dur
1ng the months of January and
February no less than $4,000 was RENTED
directly to Europe by parties living in
Norman county, with which to pay pas
sage for relatives. Domestic emigration
promises to be equally good and the pros
pect altogether for Norman county is all
that can be reasonably expected. Mr..
Puehler is one of the pioneer settlers in
the Red river valley, and an active ener-
getic newspaper man.