Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-10
RAIL AND RIVER,

New Station Buildings at White Bear
LindstrOm and Harris--New Coaches
G. b., w. & st. p. Personals
and Local Rail Notes-River and Lake
News.
More rolling stock, in preference 10 more
roadway, is the great need just now and for
next fall.
Munson I. Case, general passenger agent of
the Green Bay, Winona & st. Paul company,
arrived here last night.
j. P. Farley, Dubuque, receiver of the old
st. Paul q Pacific company, arrived at the
Metropolitan from Dubuque yesterday.
Fl. G. Hope, superintendent of telegraphs
for the st. Paul & Omaha company, left for
Chicago last evening, to be absent few days.
E. A. Jewett, Chicago, division superin.
tendent for the Pullman car company, was in
the city yesterday, registered at the Metro
politan.
A new sleeping coach, the "Fargo," will be
received here to-day by the Northern Pacific
company, from the Barney & Smith shops at
Toledo, Ohio.
MIR. VIM. 8. Brewster, of Brewster & Phelps,
Chicago, railway supply brokers, was talking
seals, punches, ETC., to some of our st. Paul
railroad men yesterday.
The evening trains for White Bear yesterday
were were well filled with persons going to at
tend the Great Union bands concert at the Leip
house. Another concert will be given there
next week.
The st. Paul & Omaha company's Chicago
train due at 1:30 Yesterday, run in two sections
on account of the number of coaches, cameln
three hours late because of delays between
Chicago and Elroy.
At NicoPs station on the St. Paul g. Omaha
route, yesterday morning, two freight cars
were accidentally run off the track, but with
no other damage than to delay the morning
passenger trains short time.
The train which carried the jackson street
church excursion party to Taylors Falls yes
terday consisted OF five well filled cars, but
only about seventy-fve excursion tickets had
been sold prior to about train time.
A few visitors from the South have already
been received at Elmo Lodge, but the full
opening for the season is deferred to about the
18th, when an evening fete will probably be
given in the park by the lake shore.
A new passenger coach, just from the shops
to-day, completes the train making the st.
Paul and White Bear run on the St. Paul &
Duluth road. The train now consists of two
new coaches and new baggage and smoking
car.
The last of the old sleeping cars on the st.
Paul and Chicago route of the st. Paul &
Omaha company went out with the east bound
train last evening, and on arrival at Chicago
will be taken to Pullman for rebuilding. The
route is now supplied with fine, new Pullman
drawing room and smoking room sleepars.
Ten coaches full OF immigrants came in
with the st. Paul & Omaha company's train
from Chicago yesterday afternoon. One hun
dred and fifteen were ticketed to points on the
St. Paul q Manitoba road and the remainder,
about five hundred in number, were partly for
the Northern Pacific country, and part to
choose their destination after reaching ST.
Paul.
Circulars from W. P. Johnson, general pas
senger agent of the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern railroad, were received here yester-
day, making formal announcement of the ap-
pointment, from June 1, of Charles B. Foster
to be Western passenger agent of that compa-
ny with headquarters at Chicago. Mr. Foster,
as mentioned before, was formerly ticket
agent in st. Paul of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
road and is well known here
The Green Bay q Minnesota railroad COM
pany, reorganized as the Green Bay. Winona
g. st. Paul railroad company, at its annual
meeting held this week, elected Samuel Sloan
president; Timothy Case, vice president, gen
eral manager and treasurer; Theodore Sturgis,
secretary and treasurer; E. A. and VIC. Larned,
of Chicago, solicitors; Theodore s. Case, gen
eral attorney and assistant superintendent; w.
+. Abrams, assistant secretary Mr-Sloan as
president succeeds E. F. Hatfield, Jr., of New
York.
Major Smith, general superintendent, and
James Smith, Jr., attorney for the st. Paul &
Duluth company, went to Duluth last evening
to arrange for building a new dock having
500 feet front on the inner harbor. This will
give this company about half a mile of dock
frontage and about 10000 square feet of dock
room at Duluth. The new dock will be
assigned to the new fuel company, in Which
Hedstrom & Co., Chicago, and other Chicago
and Buffalo men are associated, andIwill give
them about as much dock room as is assigned
to the Northwestern Fuel company.
Capt James Starkey, of this city, proposes
to bring suit to-day against the Northern Pa
cifc company for $4,000, claimed as damages
on account of a breach of contract. The COM
plant alleges that in March last he was
awarded the contract for building twenty
miles of the Wisconsin division, from North
ern Pacific Junction to Superior City; that he
accepted the award, and, under Instructions
of the company's officers to proceed at once
with the work, purchased supplies, etc., and
hired men, went out on the line, established
supply routes and received points from the en-
gineer in charge. March 20 he executed a
written contract, and three days after he was
required to give bonds in 1000 for faithful
performance Of the contract. Regarding this
as new condition he refused to accede to it,
but demanded to be allowed to proceed with
the work, which was refused, and hence the
suit.
New station houses are to be Immediately
erected at the Lakeshore, white Bear) Lind
strom, (between the Chisago lakes,) and at
Harris. The house at the Lakeshore will be
large and elegant, for passengers only, and
will be in style and finish corresponding to
the fashion of the day in ornamentation and
colOring at summer resorts. The house at
Lindstrom will be similar in design and orna-
| mentation, but is planned to accommodate all
the business of a way station of considerable
importance The building at Harris,
which is a main line station In the
woods between North Branch and
Rush City, has fairly been forced on the COM
| pany. At first (only a few years ago) Harris
was m ,rely stopping place, with a little
platform for landing occasional packages of
freight. Then, as the business increased, a
temporary building, put up near by when the
| road was being constructed, was swung
| around to the track and converted into depot
building, which answered the purpose for
time. Busy workers in the woods thereabouts
| continued to multiply, however, and now the
| company, to take care of its business, has to
put up good station house and add to its
| side tracks there.
River Navigation.
The river declined two inches yesterday,
leaving nine feet two inches above low water
mark.