Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-03
THE RAILROADS.

| The Nebraska Division of the c. St. p. s
| O. Liue-The Claim OF an Original Miu-
] nesota Director Denied--The Pennsyl-
vania Company Cuts Loose from the Il.
& o. Company as New York-The Mis-
souri, Pacific System to Be Increased to
4,600 Miles NJ, K. s T. Late Odacials
Taken On by the M. p
It was pay day yesterday for the men who
have been employed in completing the road
way of the NJ. & ST. r. short line, and =
crowd of them were assembled yesterday af-
ternoon at Judge Chandler's Office.
General Manager Hill and Vice President
Angus of the st. Paul & Manitoba road
went north yesterday to be absent two
or three days.
Freight agents here were notified yester-
day that the Michigan Central blockade at
Chicago has been relieved and that grain
and -four shipments will now be received for
places east of Chicago in line cars running
over that road.
Mr.. j. E. Smith, general freight agent K
c., st. j. d @. B. railroad, Mr.. j. II. Hiland,
| assistant traffic manager @. st. P. M. & O..
railway, and Mr.. II. P. Hoppin, pool secre
W
tend pool meeting to-day.
special train will be run from Mime
apolis this evening on the st. Paul & Mani
toba road, leaving there at 10:15 P. M, for
accommodation of st. Paul people attending
the Bishop Foss reception.
A circular from the general managers
Office of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
railway company reads az follows: "The
c6x 0pol npGs -
under construction by this company IN the
State of Nebraska will be hereafter known
as the Nebraska Division of the st. Paul
and Sioux City Railroad That portion of
said railroad between Coviugton and Omaha
will be known es the 'Omaha Line.'i That
portion (now under oonstruction) between
Kenesaw junction and Norfolk will be
know as the Norfolk Line That portion
between Coburn junction and Ponoa will be
known as the 'Niobrara Branch The jur-
isdiction of Mr.. j. E. House as superin-
tendent will on the 1st of December next
be extended over the Omaha Line and the
Niobrera Branch. The jurisdiction and
authority of MIR. o. D. Brown as chief engi-
neer will at same date be extended over all
the roads in operation or under construction
in the Nebraska Division.''
Woodbury. as. The c. d N. W. Railroad Co.
A decision was rendered by Judge Brill
yesterday, in the case of Dwight Woodbury.
against the Chicago d Northwestern railroad
company, in which suit was brought to re
cover extensive rights as one of the direct
ors of that company. The action is based
on valuable interests formerly owned BY
the plaintiff in the ST. Paul & Pasifc, or the
St. Paul & Chicago railroad company, or
ganized in Ter ritorial days. to operate o
railroad from Winona to st. Paul.
Extended land grants were obtained by
the company of which the plaintiff was an
original diector, the Others being II. T.
Wells, E. A. Hatch, Fl. M. Rice, Richard
Chute, r. E. Nelson and james E.
Thompson.
In 1867 H. NJ. Rice was empo wered to go
East and effect loan with which to COM
plete the road. Arrangements were made
with the Chicago & Northwestern railroad
company, which, for valuable considera-
ton, took lien on the road.
The railroad was sold to the Milwaukee &
st. Paul company in 1872 for $4,00o,000.
As ground of complaint witness alleged
that the negotiations with the Chicago &
Northwestern road, by which the railroad
was practically sold, had been conducted
without his knowledge or consent as a di-
rector and with the intent to defraud. The
suit was brought to recover his supposed
rights in the premises.
T, g decision of Judge Brill is lengthy
and denies that the plaintiff is entitled to
any relief.
Ia conclusion the court says: Plaintiff
never made objection to the contracts with
the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad COM
pany aforesaid, nor SO far as it appears did
he after the 9th day of November, 1867,
ever claim any right or interest in said St
Paul & Pacific or st. Paul & Chicago COM
panies, their stock or property, bsfore the
commencement of this action.
Defendants are entitled to Judgment and
for their costs and disbursements.
Il Kicfs 6y ti,e Pcnnsyi vanta Compang.
New YORK. Dec. 2.-This morning the
agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad COM
pany received notice from the Pennsylvania
road that no more freight belonging to the
former could pass over the latter road, con-
sequently, said freight agent to reporter,
"We are without an outlet for the present.
| How long this will last cannot be stated, but
| it will save merchants trouble if they will
| until further notice, ship by some other
route. All freight taken yesterday has been
| forwarded 80 that merchants need be under
no anxiety with regard to that. No freight
has been taken to-day. At the Pennsyl
vania Offices it was stated that the B. & 0.
railroad company might take away thei,
freight traffic at any time as they had their
passenger traffic and it was only self preser.
vation to prevent the latter from making
convenient use of the road merely to discard
| it at any moment when it suited their pleas.
ure. Therefore it was decided to shut
down at once upon the business. It the B
& Q. railroad carried its passengers by the
new route they might as well take theil
| freight the whole way
This evening the Baltimore & Ohio com
pany announce that they are prepared to re-
ceived merchandise destined for that road a
the depot of the Central railroad of New
Jersey, to be forwarded over the new lint
via the Central of New Jersey and Bound
Brook route, TO the west and southwest.
4 Big Ihina for st. Lo,sts.
Sr. LOUIS, Dec. 2.-Some twenty clerks
and large number of accountants of the
Missuri, Kansas & Texas railroad Offices a
Sedalia, arrived here this morning, and the
remainder of the general Offices of the com
pany at that point will be removed here this
week. Col. Talmage, general manager, ant
| several other officials Of the Missouri Pacif,