Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-22
RAIL AND RIVER NEWS.

Splendid Testimonial Present to Major
George H. Smith, Ex-Superintendent of
the Duluth Road-A Tramp Collides
Withl an Engine-Washout ON the
M. s. st p. and Train Suspended-The
Long Gem City for st. Louis To-Day
Local and Personal Rail and River
Notes
Mr.. ]. A. Monroe, general agent at
Omaha of the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha
company, is in st. Paul for day or two.
Vice President Winter and General
Superintendent Hatch of the c., St. p. s.
o., left for Sioux City yesterday, to be
absent two or three days.
After about two weeks the Union De-
pot and Transfer Company will take
charge of all the transfers of cars at st.
Paul, much to the satisfaction of freight
ers and relief of railroad men.
General Manager Hughitt, of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway, accom-
panied by party of friends, IS taking a
trip In his private car over the Winona q
ST. Peter road and its extension to the
Missouri.
About two hundred persons went out
to White Bear on the $50 a. m. Ytrain to
picnic at the lake. The party was from
the First Baptist church, and the weather,
for part of the day, could be called favor
able form other but Baptist picnic.
Liberal reductions of fare are to be
made by all the Wisconsin railroads for
attendants at the Wisconsin Sunday
School convention, which is to be held in
camp on the bank of little Lake Mon
ona, opposite Madison and mile by water
from that city. The convention will be
held August to August r.
President Smith, of the st. Paul & Du-
luth company; Assistant President Win
ter, CT the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
company, and Col, Gray, general attorney
of the Northern Pacific company, return
ed from Duluth yesterday morning. The
latterswill remain here few days before
returning to New York.
The Kansas City run of the g., St. P.
s. 0. line continues success and appears
Southwest and Minnesota. The two
sleepers of each train are daily filled with
through passengers, ,and parties coming to
the lake resorts have to engage berths
one to three days ahead. A pleasure party
of twenty five from Nebraska City will
arrive to-day.
A good deal of finishing work remains
to be done about the Union depot, but
the present situation promises that in
two weeks at farthest the lower floor viii
be ready, and it is intended then to begin
use of the building. The cathedral glass
was being placed yesterday over the
grand hall, and the floors of the principal
waiting rooms were being finished. The
platforms outside the building can be fin
ished in day or two.
In the secretary of states Office yester-
day was filed trust deed by the St. Paul
s Duluth railroad company, conveying
10 the Central Trust Company, of New
Y ork, the property and franchises of the
railroad company to secure its bonds to
the amount of one million dollars This
the road, and is made for the purpose of
IuC IOduWdy dllu
adding to the rolling stock.
AS the Chicago train which arrived in
St. Paul yesterday morning over the
River Division of the nj. & ST. P rail-
way, was running at full speed between
Byron and La Crosse, Wis, it encounter
en- a harvest hand or tramp, walking
eastward on the trick. The engineer dis
4 L, to- lot or I,
before reaching him, but gave him ample
in time for him to have stepped
off the track and out of danger. Never
theless the man deliberately, walked on as
if asleep, drunk or insane, and was run
down, crushed and killed by the locomo-
tive
The Milwaukee & st. Paul company's
Chicago train, due here at 1:30 p. m. yes
terday, had not arrived at 2 o'clock this
and the evening train out was
Details as to the cause could
not be obtained here, butt is known that
the roadway was badly washed east of La
Crosse and along the river this side of La
Crosse, by heavy rains which fell Wednes-
day night and yesterday. Repairs will
be made promptly, but as a
storm was raging last night in the vicinity
of Chicago, other delays of Eastern trains
may be expected to-day.
The Northern Pacific passenger de-
in connection with the princi-
pal Eastern trunk lines, is issuing posters
advertising the great harvest excursions
of July 26, August 2, 9, 16 and %, from
the East to Fargo, jamestown and Bis
marck. The literary artist who composed
the matter of the poster has "done him
self proud.' as witness this opening SEN
tence of description of the North Pa
cific country and towns: cat this glori-
Gus season of the year, when nature is
bright and beautiful and the garden of
the world wears it's brilliant carpet of
gold, o'er which the prairie zephyrs play,
the tired toilers of the old and crowded
portions of the country should seek the
great Northwest and witness the wonder
full development of the new and rich re-
gion Of the new land of promise"