Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-15
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
Items Collected in q Round of the Rail-
way Of1ces of ST, Paul.

Items Collected in K0und OF the KALI
way Oflces Of ST. Paul.
Achange Of time of the evening passen-
ger train for the north went into effect on
the st. Paul & Manitoba road yesterday.
The train now leaves at 7:30 P. ". instead of
at z ?. M. as heretofore.
Fifteen car loads of Montana cattle, prob
ably the last of the season, were started East
from Bismarck at 12:45 ?. N. Saturday and
will arrive here this morning. This drove
came down overland on the left or north
side of the Missouri.
If the weather is favorable the people of
Taylors Falls and vicinity will have an excur-
sion to Minneapolis and st. Paul this week.
It is to be regretted that there is little prob
ability of hospitalities being extended to
them in st. Paul eqnal to their reception and
entertainment of the st. Paul excursionists
last week.
President Ilsley, of the st. Paul & Duluth
railroad company, who is also president of
the Changwatonna mining company, went
East Saturday, accompanied by Mr..
j. Bennett Smith. the mining
company's superintendent. Mr.. Ilsley will
be absent only short time. Mr.. Smith has
gone to spend the winter with his family in
the interior of Pennsylvania, intending to
bring his family with him on his return next
spring. Before going East Messrs. Ilsley
and Smith let the contract for sinking o
mining shaft at Ohengwatonna this winter,
one hundred feet deep. The contractor is
Michael Mahon, of Chengwstonna.
80 far as could be learned yesterday all
the railroads in Minnesota were cleared of
snow and ice distractions and no further
trouble was anticipated. A gale of wind on
the prairies might, however, renew the
trouble on the a. & D., ST. P. & 8. O., NJ. &c
st. L., w. & st. P. and s. NJ. lines. North
of the Minnesota valley the roads have had
little snow and no drifts to contend with.
In the opinion of some of our railroad
men the fuel question, with reference to the
prairie settlements depending on the rail.
roads to supply them, is matter for seri-
GUS consideration and energetic action. They
estimate the available supply of wood to be
drawn to the western prairie stations as
not sufficient for the winter and
say the coal supply for the southern part of
the State is very small. The Milwaukee &
st. Paul company is seriously embarrassed
by the failure of an Iowa coal company to
fulfill its contract made with Manager Mer-
rill early in the season. The contract was
for 22O, 900 tons of coal to be delivered at
Des Noines at the rate of thirty car loads a
day, but the deliveries have not averaged
more than ten Car loads day. It was in
tended, and Mr.. Merrill gave instructions
accordingly, to sell this coal to consumers
along the corapany's lines, in the prairie
country, at the contract price and only actual
cost of hauling added, but instead of abun-
daLce of coal to sell, as was expected, the
company is at this time supplied with no:
more than enough to operate the roads for
week.
A printed copy of formidably long docu-
ment was received for record by the score
tard of state Saturday. It is entitled "The
Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Rail-
way Company to Central Trust
Company of New York; First Mortgage
Minnesota and Dakota, $6,O0O,O00. Dated
Nov. 1, $780," The mortgage covers the
completed railroads from Morris to Browns
Valley, from GAINESVILLE to Moorhead, from
opposite Breckenridge northwesterly 4e
miles, from Grand Forks westerly - miles
and from Grand Forks junction to Fargo
also an extension of the Breckenridge branch
to be built'northerly through Richland, Cass,
Trail, Grand Forks and Pembina counties
to the Manitoba border. The terms of the
mortgage provide for the issue of bonds al
the rate of $4,000 per mile of constructed
road, including the unbuilt line when con.
structed, the aggregate not to exceed &c.
100000.
At midnight last night driving but light
snow storm set in at st. Paul. If it ex-
tended to the prairie regions railroad
men will have trouble enough on hand to-
day.