Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-22
RAIL, RIVER AND LAKE.

st. Paul g. Duluth Earnings-Re- cleo
ton of Directors and Oficers-PersOnals
River FaIling-B0ats for To-day and
To-morrow-Diamond JOS New Boat
Duluth Port List.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth rail-
road last month were $57, 1851, an increase of
$7,712.46, as compared with the May earnings
of last year.
Messrs. Angus, Hill and Wakeman, of the St.
Paul Manitoba company, returned last night
from tour of inspection on which they were
absent two days.
The new depot at Halleck, on the st. Paul &
Manitoba road, taking the place of the one re-
Gently burned, will be completed in about two
days.
Messrs. J. W. Bishop, E. F. Drake and J.
FL. Drake, went yesterday to Sioux Falls to at
tend meeting of the Sioux Falls Water Power
company.
The St. Paul & Sioux City company has re-
duced the wages at its shops in Sioux City five
to ten per cent.
The st. Paul and Manitoba contractors have
resumed grading along all the line from Morris
to Browns valley, and also on the Brecken-
ridge northwest branch to nine miles beyond
Sheyenne river, and on the Grand Forks south
west branchsas far as Goose river.
Sc. Paul and Duluth Election.
The annual meeting and election of the St.
Paul & Duluth railroad company was held in
this city yesterday. The votes cast in electing
directors represented 1862 shares of stock,
leaving 10, 1876 shares unrepresented at this
meeting. Mr.. III, r. Bigelow, of this city,
voted about 81 600 shares, belonging, it is IN
derstood, Ito a syndicate formed in the interest
of tine Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
company for the purpose of giving that COM
pany controlling will in the directory and
management of the st. Paul q Duluth COM
pany.
The ticket elected was as follows: J. P.
Ilsley and VIM. Fl. Rhawn of Philadelphia;
David BOWS, r. p. Flower and Peter Geddes,
of New York; Alex. Mitchell of Milwaukee; O..
81. Graves of Duluth; and James Smith, Jr.,
and J. @. Adams of st. Paul. Mr.. Bigelow'
ticket it is understood, had other names sub
stituted for those of Messrs. Ilsley, Rhawn,
Graves and Smith. The only change in the
directory is that Mitchell takes the place of
Jeremiah Milbank of New York.
The new directory organized by re-electing
the officers of last year, viz: John P. Ilsley,
president; VIM. 81. Rhawn, vice president; and
E. @. Sewall, secretary and treasurer No
change will be made in the executive staff.
The RiUeTS.
A dispatch of yesterday from Bismarck
states that the steamer Eclipse is loading for
Fort Benton, to leave on arrival tonight of the
train from st. Paul.
The Mississippi is falling slowly, but as the
government gauge has been carried away,
probably by some boat striking it, the exact
tage cannot be stated. The gauge will be re-
newed in few days.
The Red Wing yesterday took out about fifty
passengers and goodly load of freight. The
Annie will be the next boat of the same line,
arriving tonight and going out for st. Louis
Wednesday noon.
Diamond JOS new boat built at Dubuque,
and bringing an excursion party from that
city, left Winona at A. NJ. yesterday, and will
arrive here about the same hour to-day. Up
to this time the agents here are not informed
of the name of the new boat but somebody
who has seen just the first and last letters of
the name guesses it to be MARY E. Norton"