Daily globe., 1881-11-17
RAIL AND RIVER.

Disappointed Sight-Ssers-Lumber Cars
Plentier-The N. p. Eastern Line Into st.
Paul Close Of Lake shipments-Big
River Freights-Personals, Etc.
The work of placing temporary roofs over
the track platforms at the Union depot was
begun yesterday.
j. II. Drake, land commissioner of the st..
Paul & Sioux City railroad company, returned
from Sioux Falls last night.
The st. Paul & Duluth and Northern Pa.
cific operators at Duluth, yesterday, reported
a heavy rain at that point.
Clear and pleasant weather was reported
yesterday all along the western divisions of
the 81. Paul & Omaha line.
The St. Paul & Duluth company, yesterday,
suspended the receipt of freight Tor eastern
points VIA Duluth and the lakes.
h. c. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent of the st. Paul & Manitoba road, has
gone to Winnipeg, TO be absent few days.
j. II. Hiland, assistant traffic manager of
Chicago, st. Paul q Omaha line, will return
this morning from days. visit at Mankalo.
E. A. Jewett, Of Chicago, superintendent OF
the Pullman palace car COMPANY, of that CITY
Is in 81. Paul for few days, on business OF his
company.
Jno. B. Fowler, travelling passenger agent OF
the Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific railway, ar
rived from Chicago yesterday and will remain
u lew days IL st. Paul.
Hugh Spencer, superintendent Of the east
ern anu northern divisions Of the Chicago, 81
Paul & Olnaha railway, Was at home yes,er-
aay, SICK, having u severe cod.
e. F. Kindred, assistant land commissioner
of the Cauadlan Pacific railway, arrived neie
yesterday morning from Winuipeg, and left
Iast evening for Ottawa and MonLreai.
F. D. Underwood, assistant superintendent
of the Milwaukee q Sc. Paul road, went 10
Milwaukee yesterday with the New York Cen
trail party, to be absent a few days.
An extra sleeping car was attached to the
Omaha train out yesterday, to carry w. w.
Eastman, and party of ladies and gentlemen
accompanying HIM on visit TO CalifOrRis.
The sleeping car St. Cloud, which has been
running between st. Paul and Kansas City,
has been sent to the shops for overhauling
aud repalis, but will shortly be returned ~
the line as good as new.
Lumber cars are plentier now, and lumber
men are beginning TO catch up with their Or
ders, although the demand from the south
west holds large, as one may see by the long
trains OF loaded lumber cars, daily moved
along the levee.
About the hour of arrival of the Omaha
tram yesterday, good many idlers and curl
GUS peri ons assembled at the Union depot,
hoping to see the murderer Of the Coleman
brothers, Ed. Williams, who was expected IN
ON his way In custody to Menomlnee. But he
didn't come.
The official car of the st. Paul & Manitoba
company is to be sent up the line Monday
next, to carry Frank r. Sterrett of St. Paul,
Charles Miller of WInuna, ex-COnductur
Phelps, who Used to run on the river division,
and several other good folks. They are going
10 inspect the Red River valley and, if they
like it, buy it.
MIR. Horace ]. Hayden, general traffic man.
ager of the New York Central & Hudson River
railroad, and his companions of the party of
railway officials, who have been guests Of
General Traffic Manager Clarke in this city
DIS lar as Milwaukee by a speclal train over the
Milwaukee & St. Paul road.
E. NJ. Sullivan, fuel and tie agent of the
Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha company, left by
the North Wisconsin train yesterday for a
tramp over the graded part of the line of the
branch being built from the North Wisconsin
to Superior City. He will have a walk of
about forty miles, but expects to be back Sat-
20
miles from ST. Paul.
The increase of earnings of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis Railroad company for the year
1881, up to and including the second week of
November, over the same period in 1880, is
$370, 900, equal to nearly IL per cent. on their
entire issue of preferred stock. The entlre
issue of eierred stock ie a ,O0O, ,O00-$8O0 100
of which, however, is owned b, the company,
and is in its treasury. Its bonded indebted
LESS is but $l3 500 per mile, which makes its
fixed charges the smallest of any road in the
Northwest.
When the Wisconsin division of the North
ern Pacific railway is built along the south
shore of Lake Superior, its westward bound
trains, from the Montreal river, will run into
st. Paul over the North Wisconsin road. On
tanagon interests are, however, manifested in
favor of more direct line to st. Paul through
the pine woods of northern Wisconsin. The
connection would be desirable ore, on ac-
count of the mineral resources to be reached
at Ontanagon, as we'll as because of the in
creased lumber supply to be opened up by
such line.
Closi,,g Of the Rtuer Seasen.
The river yesterday morning had dropped to
ten feet ten inches, and during the day II
two inches more, Evidently the river sources
are freezing over.
The St. Louis & st. Paul line agent expects
at least one more boat this season-the Ar
kansas or the Minnespolls-and that it will he
in to-day or tomorrow.
The steamer Imperial, Of the Diamond 10
line, was in port yesterday with her barge,
bringing the freight of the disabled steamer
Mary morton. This proved to be enough OF
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