Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-22
RAILROAD NOTES.


Track Layers in the Field-The Winter
Bridge at Bismarck - The Passenger
Agents-Time Changss-Persona,s, ntc
Mr. N. A. Phillips, general baggage agent
Of the Chicago & N rthwestern, is in st. Paul
for day or two on business.
Mr.. A. E. johnson, chief of the emigration
bureau of the st. Paul & Manitoba road, re-
turned from Chicago yesterday.
The st. Paul & Duluth company is taxed to
Its utmost to supply cars for meeting the
present demand for coal and wood.
Mr.. Smith. travelling passenger agent of the
Missouri Pacific company's Iron Mountain
route, is advertising his line in st. Paul and
vicinity.
Mr.. A. c. Mohler, general freight agent of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
road visited some of the railroad Offices in
st. Paul yesterday.
Mr.. j. W. Crippen, agent of the Erie and
Milwaukee line, was in his Office yesterday
for the first time this month, having just re-
covered from quite serious illness.
General Manager Hill and Vice President
Angus, of tae St. Paul & Manitoba company,
snd General Superintendent Van Horne, Of the
Canadian Pacific, are expected to arrive in St.
Paul this morning, returning from visit to
Winnipeg.
The Northern Pacific track up the Yellow
stone will, it is believed, reach Miles City by
the 1st of December. Although that does not
com plete the division, it is probable the track
from GlebdIve 10 Mics City will soon after BE-
turned over to the operating department.
The st. Paul & Manitoba short line double
track switch which was on Sunday moved
from Como avenue to College Place will. about
the LIST Of December-probably on Sunday the
4th-be moved to Minneapolis junction. That
10 to say the new short line will be finished
and the double track laid by that time; but
further improvement is to be made next sea-
on by making shorter cut through East
Minneapolis to the west side.
Division Superintendent Taylor telegraphs
that the winter bridge of the Northern Pacific,
across the Missouri at Bismarck, was CON-
pleted Saturday, SO that the first train crossed
at p. M. within five days after ferry transfer
was stopped by the ice. The bridge is built
by driving piles through holes cut in the ice,
and on these laying the caps, ties and rails, as
on an ordinary pile bridge, thus making it a
firm and perfectly safe structure, until the Ice
begins to break up in the spring.
The st. Paul & Manitoba company has three
parties Of track-layers in the field besides
those engaged on the short line On the Min.
uespolis Northwestern branch ole party of
track-ayers are at work in Wright county,
five miles beyond Crow river, having laid the
track from Minneapolis twenty-five miles
Arc her party Is at work on the Durbin ex-
ension in Dakota, thirty or forty miles north
of the Northern Pacific. The third party is at
work on the branch from Grand Forks to the
international boundary. Each Of these parties
will keep at work thr, ugh the winter, when
ever the weather is not too severe.
The st. Paul ASSOCIATION of passenger agents
met yesterday at the Union depot, those in
attendance being Brown, of the M. & st. P.
road, Teasdae, Of the c., st. P. & O., Marsh,
of the NJ q st. L., Farnes, of the N. P,
Dav 8, of the st. P & M, and Eddy, of the
st. P. & D., with Mr. Pond, the secretary of
the association. The rate sheet was corrected
for the December issue, with an addition of
round-irlp all winter rates to principal points
in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas
some miscellaneous business was transacted
nd December 20 was fixed as the date for the
next meeting.
The new time schedule for the Milwaukee
& St. Paul road, taking effect Sunday noon,
vas not received here till yesterday. The
changes from the last preceding sched-
ule are as follows: The st. Louis
River division trains will leave at 6 a. M in
stead of q. m. and will arrive at $50 D. m.
instead of 7:55 p m. The eastern or Chicago
das express will leave at 1910 p. m. instead of
rs p. m, and the Chicago night express will
leave at 7:40 p m. instead of $40 p m. The
Chicago trains will arrive at 6:15 a. m. and
$50 y. m. instead of $50 .. m. and 1855 D M
The Glencoe accommodation will leave at 1895
a. m. instead of 1870 a. m, and the Dakota
train will leave at $50 p. m. instead of $50
m. No changes are made in the short line
local trains.