Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
RAIL AND RIVER.

First Contract on the Duluth 6 Winnipeg
Road-The New Superintendent of the
Milwaukee Il ST. Paul-Capt. Rus. Ruiey
and His New Eoat-Personals, Etc.
Vice President Angus, OF the st. Paul d
Manitoba road, returned from Montreal yester-
day.
General Manager Haupt, of the Northern
Pacific, is expected back from Fargo to-mor-
row.
General Passenger Agent Barnes, of the
Northern Pacific, viii arrive home from New
York to-day.
j. NJ. Hannaford, general freight agent of
the Northern Pacific, viii return from the
West Monday.
Mr. j. W. Crippen, St. Paul agent of the
Erie & Milwaukee line, is recovering from his
late severe Illness.
Messrs. Porter, Hatch aud Clarke returned
yesterday from their visit to the western
divisions of their Chicago, st. Paul & ON aha
line.
George w. Cross, superintendent of trans
portation for the Northern Pacific company,
returned yesterday morning from tour over
the road.
The Milwaukee Il ST. Paul company an
nounces a change of time for its St. Louis
train, over the River division, which is
called the "Flying Dutchman." This train
will hereafter leave st. Paul at a. M, and
will arrive here at $50 p. III.
The fall demand for fuel being partly sup
piled, more cars are being furnished the lum
Der trade, and western and southwestern
shipments are largely increased, as shown by
the long trains of ears loaded with lumber
which are daily transferred along the levee.
The employees in the land department of the
st. Paul & Manitoba are indulging in appetite
ing anticipations of delicious game to eat this
week, Col. Cal. Uline and Gen. c. Kline, of
that department, having gone to Ten-Mile
lake. In OSakiS county, to kill ducks and geese,
and other game of the season. Some of them
even expect 10 have venison steaks and roasts.
Mr. E. c. Davis, railroad contractor, of
Crookston, well known in st. Paul, was in
this city yesterday, buying implements and
supplies for his contract on the Duluth 81 Win
nipeg railroad, to grade the first seventy-eight
miles, from Duluth to the Mississippi river,
on which he will begin work this week, in
tending to prosecute it vigorously through
the winter.
Col r. NJ. Newport, land commissioner of
the Northern Pacific, arrived home yesterday
morning from trip to the end of the track on
the Yellowstone. He found the track-layers
at work eight miles west of Powder river,
within eighteen miles of Miles City, and I'M
derstood that they would be into Miles City
before the lst of December The weather had
been very favorable, and the work was being
crowded as fast as possible
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha company
is rebuilding the telegraph line from st. Paul
to Sioux City. and will have it done during
this month. tits also stringing third wire
on that line and building new line to Nor.
folk, Nebraska, and has just completed an eX-
tension to Salem, Dakota. In addition it is
rebuilding its line to Hudson, stringng fifth
wire to Elroy, and putting up another COM
mercial wire to Saltwater. In all, this sea-
son, it will have set $50 miles Of new poles
and put up 700 miles of wire.
H C. Atkins, better known as Club"
Atkins, who is said to have been appointed
to succeed W. C. Van Horne, as general sup
erintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st.
Paul railway, is now superintendent of the
Chicago and La Crosse divisions. He has been
in the employ of the Milwaukee company for
most of his railroad life, and was formerly a
conductor on the Prairie du Chen division.
He was also for time a conductor on the
Winona 81 st. Peter railroad. He is first
class railroad man, and ought to have been
gensral superintendent years ago.