Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-19

Western Trunk Limo PASSENGER Ass0Cia-
ton New Appointment in the st. Paul
3 Manitoba Company-Superintend
Gere and Lincoln to Change Places--Elmo
Lodge Lease-Moyements Of Railroad
Men. Immigrants, Etc.
The st. Paul and Duluth railroad company
is building new yard tracks at Duluth to ac-
commodate the fast increasing lumber business
of that city.
Col. G. G. Smith, chief engineer of the St.
Paul & Manitoba railway, returned last night
from visit t, Fargo.
Major Geo. 81. Smith, superintendent of the
St. Paul & Duluth railroad, returned yesterday
morning from his pay car tour, and acknow-
lodged that the boys were all glad 70 see
him, this time.
Rolla Parker, the Milwaukee & St. Paul
freight conductor, held to bail in this city to
await the result of injuries inflicted upon
brakeman named Sullivan in ejecting him
from Parker's cabo0se, Is the only Remaining.
son OF the late Truman Parker of GoOdhue
county, widely known early settler.
His younger brother, also in
railroad employ, was accidentally
killed on the Hastings & Dakota road few
widowed mother.
Mr.. A. E. johnson, Chicago, manager of
the Western department of the Cunard line of
ocean steamers, yesterday signed an engage
ment with the st. Paul q Manitoba Railway
company, and will from the first of June have
the position of immigration commissioner for
the Manitoba road. In this position Mr..
johnson will have charge of considerable
business OF the company which has heretofore
been divided between the land and passenger
departments, but his bureau will be distinct
from both departments.
The steamer China arrived at Duluth yester-
day, the first of the season from Buffalo.
This first of June Capt. T. P. Gere is to go
to Sioux City, to superintend the Sioux City
division of the Chicago. St. Paul u Omaha
Line, and Mr.. j. F. Lincoln will return to st.
Paul, and superintend the st. Paul division.
Mr.. John Knox, travelling agent of the st.
Paul & Manitoba road, returned yesterday
from Winnipeg. f Gfa
Mr.. W. ii. Dixon, general passenger agent
of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road at st. Paul,
yesterday accepted the position of Com
missioner of the Western Trunk Line Passenger
Association, to which he was unanimously
elected at a meeting of the association held in
Chicago Tuesday. He is to enter upon the
duties of the place June LIST and will have his
Office in Chicago. Mr.. Dixon has been twelve
years in the railroad passenger business in St.
Paul and his numerous friends here will regret
to lose him; but the new place brings con-
siderable increase of earnings and is well up in
the front ranks of railway business. His
duties as commissioner will be the auditing
and division OF accounts and BUSH
ness for and between the asso-
ciated passenger roads. Heretofore
the commissioner has been Mr.. Henry w CIVIL
ner of New York, formerly general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania road, and now com
missioner of the Eastern Trunk Line Passen-
ger association, but the Western agents having
concluded it was desirable to locate their head
quarters at Chicago, proposed to make Mr.
James Charlton, general passenger agent of the
Chicago & Alton road, their commissioner
His company, however, would not part with
Mr.. Charlton, and then the unanimous choice
of the ASSOCIATION fell upon Mr.
Dixon. The st. Paul friends of the
latter have no doubt about his making
good record wherever he is placed. As his
rheumatic but happy friend Judge Chandler
expresses it, the election was unanimous, the
acceptance was unanimous and the approval
is unanimous.
The St. Paul & Duluth company will send
three extra coaches to Taylors Falls to-day to
bring to White Bear tomorrow morning a
Sunday school excursion party, which Will
spend the day at the lake.
Work ON the new line of the st. Paul &
ManltODa company, peGWee1 SG. raul
and Minneapolis, is being pushed
started in on Monday at the College Place
deep cut, and another will be put at work in
few days, and all the men and cars which can
be profitably used are employed on the job.
The new line leaves the old roadbed about a
mile and half from the Wacouta street depot,
and beyond crosses it two or three times, but
does not at all follow it. The improvement
roduofiOu nf the Srrodac OH
half, and Strengthening the line SO that there
will be no short curves between the two
cities. When the new roadbed is
made three tracks are to be
laid, and the c., St. P. & o. company
will then run a part of its Chicago passenger
trains to and from Minneapolis by way of its
East ST. Psul station, and close connections
with St. Paul & Manitoba trains will also be
made from the same station, to and from Min
neapolis for North Wisconsin and Wisconsin
Central passenger trains. When the new line
is completed the st. Paul & Manitoba COM
pany may shorten it's time between the two
cities, from the union depot in St. Paul to the
union depot in Minneapolis, to twenty mln-
utes or less.
Chicago & Northwestern and associated
lines will have their Chicago
terminus at the great new depot at
the corner of Wells and Kinzie sire cts. This
new depot is not only great improvement
upon the several scattered depots at Chicago
of the Northwestern, but it is one of the finest
railroad buildings in the country.
Mr. Perceval Lo veil, late general passenger
agent (at Omaha) of the Burlington & Mis-
souri, railroad, IN Nebraska, has been appoint
ed general passenger agent of the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad, and leased
lines in Illinois and Nebraska, with his Office
in Chicago.
Mr. D. A. Holbrook, immigration pas
senger agent for the St. Paul & MANITOBA
road at Toronto, returned to St. Paul
from Winnipeg yesterday, after placing
large party of Canadians in Manitoba. Mr..
Holhrook represents the emigration fever as
running high in the Canadas, and with the
hope of intending emigrants generally turned
toward Manitoba by the very favorable re-
port sent back by those who have settled in
the prairie province during the last three to
four years.
The st. Croix railway and improvement
company owning Elmo Lodge and grounds
yesterday leased the property for the season
| to Gen. NJ. D. Flower, who has success
| fully managed it, season after
season, since the Lodge was built. Gen.
Flower was somewhat reluctant to continue
the business, but now that he has under
taken it, will give it his best efforts and en-
.eavor to maintain the good reputation of
this beautiful lake resort. He will be assisted