Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-07

In the land and accounting OmceS OF the
railways the clerks ace busy closing up the
books for lastyear.
The Chicago trains due yesterday at 1:S0
were behind time one to two hours.
Reports of yesterday noon from the new line
of the Hastings & Dakota, in the western
prairie country, were that a high wind was
blowing, and snow was coming into the cuts
faster than it could be shoveed out.
Mr.. A. M. Eddy, general freight agent of
the st. Paul g. Duluth railroad, left Yesterday
noon for a business visit to Chicago, intending
to be absent about week.
A circular of date the 31st ult., signed by T.
B. Clarke, general traffic manager, announces
the appointment of Mr.. T. w. Teasdale as gen
eral agent of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
line, in charge of matters relating to passen-
ger and baggage business, with headquarters
at st. Paul-the appointment taking effect
January 1st.
Mr.. George H. Knebel, formerly clerk in the
traffic managers Office, lately contracting
agent of the G., st. P. g. o. line, is reported to
have been appointed depot ticket agent for the
line at St. Paul-to enter upon the duties when
the present joint depot agency is suspended.
Mr.. Knebel is quite popular in railroad circles,
and the report of his appointment causes gen
eral qualification.
Although the Northern Pacific company is
not operating this winter its new line beyond
the Missouri, except for construction pur-
poses, yet the arrangements allow of passengers
for Fort Keogh being carried to the stage
road crossing near the end of the track, where
by two days of stage riding are avoided. But
arrangements for conveyance from the track
to KeOgh have to be made beforehand, as the
stage is ordinarily merely conveyance for the
mails. When the railway is opened to Glen
dive next summer, passenger stages will prob
ably be run from there to Keogh and other
points, and stage line to the National Park
and Helena is not among the things improb
able.
The passenger which left Sioux City for St.
Paul Wednesday ght came in
late, having been detained by snow drifts on
the Sioux City or prairie division. Yesterday
severe wind storm prevailed all over the prai-
rie country of Southwest Minnesota and snow
was flying in quantities enough to make
trouble on all the railroads in that region.
The story of the dicharged engineer, told
Wednesday night, about wholesale dismissals
of conductors and other train employees of
the St. PBul g. Manitoba railway company,
including q number of the old and well
known conductors, turns out to be, as was
suggested, on a par with the reports army
officers and war correspondents in the South
used to attribute to-. reliable contrabands." 1t
had remote basis of fact but was mostly
q fiction. None of the old and well known
conductors have been discharged. About
month ago three or four freight conductors
were dismissed for neglect of duty, and recent
Iy two or three engineers have been dismissed
for violating the company rules regarding the
speed of trains. These are the most serious
accusations or complaints which have been
brought against any train men. As to the
old and well known conductors, General
ronorIyod yoafordov fbof thay
and Others in the company's employ are men
whose characters would recon-
mend them for any place of trust. He was
pleased to know that the company was served
by such men, and that the company's employees
are generally faithful men. 1t was the policy
of the company to take care of the men who
take good care of it's cash and its interests and
in the few removals that had
been found necessary the pleasant part was
that deserving men could be and were pro-
NOTED.
Tue air where gossips met yesterday was
full of rumors regarding startling changes
impending in the railway situation. The
rumors were rather indefinite but they pointed
evidently to the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
railroad. There did not appear to
be any visible or outspoken au-
thority, but the rumors seemed to be somehow
connected with the presence in the city of III.
H. Porter, Esq, president of the several COM
panies forming the c., st. P, q 0. line and
lately elected president of the st. p g. D., in
which latter he is principal owner. What
the gossips said was not much-only that
there was big railroad rattle" going on and
that there would be surprise for the public
in day or two. What they hinted was
much more: The c., St. p & o.
line was to be consolidated with the Chicago
& Northwestern; then the Milwaukee & st.
Paul company would get right up on Alexan-
ander MitchelIs ear and buy the st. Paul d.
Duluth road. The st. Paul & Duluth was to
be consolidated with the Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha, and then the absent stockholders of
the North Wisconsin were TO get excited
and violently wrench their road and
the West Wisconsin out of the line. The
G. & N. w. general officers were coming up
to oust the c., st. P. & o. general officers.
The c., st. P & o. officials were going right
over to that new building on the corner Of
Fourth and Wacouta streets to put the St. P.
& D. folks out of those nice, new and comfort
able apartments to which they have hardly be-
come accustomed. And SO the speculative
gossip ran wild. In all of it there was only
one thing sure-that President Porter was in
town and he was the miner
who was to blow, up the settled order
GLOBE went for information. He was fonnd
disengaged and ccurteously responded to the
inquiries made. His answers were such as to
leave no doubt. In substance what he said
was as follows So far as he knew, and he be-
lieved he was in position to know, there was
no startling thing in store for the public re-
garding the railroads with which he was con-
nected. The Chicago st. Paul g. Omaha line
was not about to be consolidated with the
Chicago & Northwestern. The st. Paul 81
Duluth was not about to be consolidated with
the st. Paul & Omaha or to be sold to the
Milwaukee & ST. Paul. There was no change
impending in the position, policy or manage
ment In short there was nothing doing or
about to be done which would change the re-
lations of the roads 10 the city and State-not
even anything that would interest a curious
public or helpa reporter to make sensa-
ton,
Raif,caU Building In 1880.
CHICAGO, Jan. 6.-The Railway Age, in its
forthcoming number, presents summary
showing the mileage of track actually laid