Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-02
RIVER AND RAIL.

Bidding for Lake Shipments-Winter Rail
Rates--Savannah Transfer Renewed
Rushing Business at Duluth-Boats for
To-Day and To-Morrow-Personals &c.
Railway telegraph men reported light
fall of snow in northern Dakota yesterday.
A Minneapolis & St. Louis freight train was
partly off the track short time yesterday at
Harris. No damage.
6. K. Barnes, general passenger agent OF the
Northern Pacific, is expected home from
Chicago Sunday next.
General Superintendent Hatch, Of the
Chicago. st. Paul & Omaha road, returned
from visit to Chicago yesterday.
Winter rail rates to Chicago and st. Louis,
from st. Paul, will go into effect November
Is. They are said to be about the same as last
winter.
the Northern Pacific, left last night for the
end of the track on the Yellowstone, on a
business tour.
Mr.. 81. s. Jones, private secretary to the
general superintendent of the c., st. P. & o.
company, returned yesterday from his vaca-
tion visit to Nebraska.
The clerks at the c., st. P & o. headquar
ters were enjoying summer temperature
yesterday, the steam heaters having been put
to use for the first time.
II. H. Porter, Chicago, president of the the
Chicago,St. Paul g. Omaha Railroad company,
arrived In st. Paul yesterday, and has apart
ments at the Metropolitan.
Dispatches received at the Milwaukee g. st
Paul office yesterday, say the Savannah trans
fer has been restored, which makes perfect
again the St. Louis route of that company
along the river.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul company has
notified shippers along its lines that the lake
and rail lines at Milwaukee are prepared to
take care of all the east-bound business that is
offered and that it will allow local cars to be
loaded with freight for that route, while east
bound shipments via Chicago must be loaded
only in line cars.
The Northern Pacific company moved 191
freight cars in and cut of Duluth, Monday.
OF the incoming cars forty-one were loaded
with wheat, Eighty cars loaded with coal
were taken west from Duluth, and fifteen cars
of coal were taken from St. Paul The people
along this road appear to be pretty well stock
ed with fuel, and the company is now increas
ing its own stores along the line.
The South Shore Lime.
R. c. Villas, general freight agent of the
N. Y, L. E. & w. Railroad company, under
date of the oath ult., issues the following cir
cular:
"On account of a notice having been re-
ceived from the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railway company of their withdrawal
from the South Shore line on December 3lst
next, the impression has gone abroad that the
line will cease to exist on that date. We take
this method of informing our connections and
patrons that such will not be the case, but
that the South Shore line will continue to do
business in the future. giving as low rates and
vs quick time as given by any of its competit-
ors."
Mr.. c. D. Parker is Northwestern agent of
this line at st. Paul.
The Ricer and Boats.
The river continued to rise slowly yesterday
and at p. m. was up to II feet inches, a
rise of inches since Saturday morning.
The steamer Minneapolis of the st. Louis
and st. Paul line is on her way up and will ar
rive here tonight or tomorrow. The Gem
City, which was expected, is not coming.
The Diamond 10. line will have the steamer
Libbie Conger in to-day and has billed her to
leave for st. Louis at 6 p. m. The next boat
in will be the Josie, probably on Saturday
next.