Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-04
RAILROAD FOLKS.

RAILROAD FOLKS.
A Party of Owners and Directors on a Tou
of Business and Pleasure-Annual Meet
ings of the Omaha Companies To-Day
The Struggle for Territory in the North
west-PersOnals, Locals, Etc.
At the Metropolitan last evening, wa!
registered the following party: Davit
Dows and wife, Mrs. Leggett, Miss Orr
Geo. Stebbins, r. P. Flower, wife ,daugh
ter and maid, BENZ. Brewster, Henry
Seibert and r. s. Middleton, all of New
Y York; r. r. Cable and wife, and P. L.
Cable, Rock Island; j. A. Ellis and wife
H. H. Porter and c. w. Hillard, Chicago
P. Sawyer, Oshkosh, and G. F. Hatch,
st. Paul. Messrs. Dows, Flower, Brew
ster, Sawyer and p l.. Gable, are
stockholders and officers of the st. Paul
d. Sioux City and Chicago, st. Paul &
Minneapolis railroad companies, which
are in operation consolidated in the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
line, and others of the party are associated
with them as stockholders, not only in
this property. but in the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific and Chicago & North
western railroad companies. Messrs.
Dows, R. r. Cable, Flower, Brewster and
Porter are directors of the Chicago, Rock
Island g. Pacific company. Mr.. Flower
is director of the Chicago g. Northwest
ern railroad company, in which other
gentlemen OF the party are interested as
stockholders.
The party left Chicago Thursday even
ing for railway trip through Wiscon-
sin, Minnesota and Iowa, over railways
in which the gentlemen are interested.
The gentleman of the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha line are to attend
at st. Paul this forenoon the annual
meeting of the St. Paul g. Sioux City
railroad company, and at Hudson this af-
ternoon the annual meeting of the Chi
cago, st. Paul & Minneapolis company.
1t is not presumable that these annual
meetings will develop any material
changes in ownership Of the properties.
The party was accompanied from Chi
cago Thursday night by Assistant Presi-
dent Winter and General Superintendent
Hatch, of the c., st. P. & o. line, and
was joined at Hudson yesterday morning
by General Traffic Manager Clark. Yes
terday was devoted to a trip up the North
Wisconsin road. Sunday will probably
be given to rest in st. Paul and vicinity
and Monday the party will probably go
west to Sioux City, from whence or from
Omaha its members will return to Chica-
go and New York, at such time and by
such route as the ladies may request.
Miscellaneous.
The proposition being made for the
picnic excursion of the Jackson street
M. E. church to the Chisago lakes and
Dalles of the st. Croix next Thursday,
are such as to promise a wholly enjoyable
time to all joining the party.
The land sales of the st. Paul & Man
itoba company last month amounted
to about 1000 acres AS most of the
sales were in small lots, to actual settlers,
it may be estimated that over three hun
dred families, numbering about 1,500
persons, are added to the population
of the Red River valley by these sales.
And, as the land department has also
during the month, as is its policy, aided
many immigrants to secure government
lands, it is probable that in all it has To-
Gated not less than $500 people in the
valley during the last month.
General Manager Hill and Vice PIesi-
dent Angus, of the st. Paul & Manitoba,
have not yet returned from their visit to
but are expected here to-day.
The earnings of the ST. Paul & Manito-
ba company during the month
Of May amounted to $780, 642. 80, an
increase of 500, 742. 80 over May of 1880
The earnings of the company for the year
will probably amount to over $4,000, 900
in Minnesota besides the earnings of it's
Dakota branches) requiring it to pay the
State, in lieu of all other taxes, not less
than 800, 900.
Some Of our exchanges are inclined TO
the contest between the St.
Paul & Manitoba and Northern Pacific
for possession of territory in
central Minnesota and in the Red river
country. 1t Is not life and death strug-
gle, nor even such conflict as will lead
either company into wasting its capital
in the building of funprofitable roads. AS it
stands now about all there is of it is that
the readiness of one company to build
feeders to its main line stimulates the
other company to road making which it
might else postpone for few years. In
good time all the great wheat country
of the New Northwest will beso well
supplied with railroads that few grain
growers will be more than twenty miles
from market town, but there are not
many trunk lines to be created before the
settlement of the country and develop
ment of commerce marks out trade lines
Then some of the little roads may be
parts of great transportation lines. Mean
time, so far as they are not feeders to es-
tablished courses of trade, they are merely
speculative.
The Railroad Gazette summary of rail-
way accidents in the United States for
the year ending April 3Oth, foots up as
follows: Number of accidents 1854;
persons killed, 3s5; persons injured,
1878. 1t is noted that nearly as many
lives were lost by the one recent steam
boat accident at London, Ont, as were
10 st by rail accidents in all the United
States during the whole year. Not less
than 5000 trains were moved daily dur
ing April, carrying not less than half
million people, and accidents occurred
on an average daily to only two trains,
with injuries to only three persons.
Gaippe,ra Falls and st. Paula
MILWAUKEE, June 3.-C. H. Colby and
others, of milwaukee,, to- day, sent articles
of incorporation to be filed at Madison.
tomorrow, for the organization of the
Chippewa Falls g. st. Paul railroad COM
pany The road is to be built as soon as
possible, from Chippewa Falls, Wis, to
st. Paul, Mimi.
At the annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin s. Minnesota company to-day C. L..
Colby was elected president and treasurer;
E. H. Abbot, vice president and secretary