Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-26
ON THE RAIL.

Or at Loast 1T Would BE on the Rail If It
Was Not on the Water-The Movements
of Trains Sadly Interfered With G.. G.
Sanborn- Appointed Treasurer of the
Northern Pacific -Personal Mention.
Nr. ]. II. Drake, land commissioner OF the
st Paul & Sioux City company, returned from
Chicago yesterday.
Reports current here yesterday that the
booms at Knife Falls and Thompson had gave
out were contradicted by dispatches received
| at the st. Paul & Duluth offices.
Mr.. c. G.-Franklin, (beiter knownas Benz,
arrived from The East yesterday, and will soon
| open the season the St. Paul Office Of TIE
Like Superior Transit company.
/ Mr. Flournoy, general agent of the Lumber
Line, returned yesterday from business trip
| on the Wisconsin Central road. 30 far as h-
could see the snow was gone from the Upper
" sconsin country without flood or damage
| to the railway.
Major John Ham lton, assistant generai
freight agent of the ST. Paul &
Manitoba IA lfood, who has been in North
Carolina through the winter for benefit OF
| his health, returned home yesterday morning,
much improved in his ply steal condition ny
his sojourn In the tar and turpent ne State.
The Northern Pacific agents Will soon be
supplied with a new series of coupon tickets,
got up for convenience and security on new
plan devised by General Passenger Agent
Barnes.
Dispatches from New York received here
yesterday announce the appointment OF u. u.
Sanborn, late general traffic agent of the
Northern Pacific, TO be treasurer of the com
pany at st. Paul. The company should be
congratulated upon Mr.. Sanbora's return to
its service. e5q
The Northern Pacific transfer boat
at Bismarck is busily occupied Ill
crossing the cars loaded wth construction
material which have been accumulated ut. Bis
marck since the winter crossing Was aban-
doned. The government warehouse ON the
Bismarck levee, damaged by the ice jam March
3lst, is eng repaired and cleaned for recep-
ton of the .overnment goods with which nli-
merous cars are loaded. The Northern Pa
cidc will, therefore, soon have its usual am
pie supply of rolling stock for all business
offering.
Taylors Falls is about to enjoy the excep-
tioaal luxury of travelling cheaper than stay
ing at home. The St. Paul d Duluth COM
pany, to meet the competition of the st.
Croix boats, yesterday put on morning
train out from iaylors Falls, bring
ing passengers to Saltwater or St.
Paul at $50 A. NJ, giving them about six
|. hours ID town aud returning them to Tay lors
Falls by bed time. Upon the boat beginning tc
, cut fare, the railroad agent was instructed tC
follow suit and the boat went down to free
fare. Yesterday the purchasing agent of the
railroad was out looking for chromos and in
curing the wholesale price OF dinners. II the
war goes on the Falls community will unani-
mously come to st. Paul or Saltwater every
| day.
Three at least of the Milwaukee & st. Pau
company's roadside H. q d., s. NJ and |.
q D., are suffering from floods, as is the WI
mona & st. Peter, belonging to the Chicago q
thwestern, and also the Min
ueapolis q st. Louis road. But a;
neither of these three companies is represented
, | lied to tell the condition Of
their roads, it can only be said that rumor re
3 ports the operations on these roads partly tc
wholly suspended. On the st. Paul q Omaha
line the situation was changed for the worse
yesterday ON the St. Paul division. Tit
morning train from St. Paul was turned bach
from Merriam Junction and on account o.
the overflow being up to the embankment IL
! many places all train service was suspended
The rivers on the Sioux City division have be
gun to fall, but 1t Is estimated that the
roadway and bridges cannot be repaired under
week or ten days. The following oficia
announcement was received from the COMPANY
yesterday afternoon:
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
On account of nigh water we must for The
present decline TO receive freight for any point
, on the st. Paul & Sioux City railway. Through
J passenger trains will also be temporarily
abandoned. F. B. CLARKE,
General Traffic Manager.