Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-01
RAILROAD NOTES.

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General Agent Of the st. p. & M. at Minne-
apoiis-New Years Csrds-Division No.
40, r. G Building Pullman Sleeper
at Brainerd-Scenery and Sporting Cham
Ces Along the N. p. f. g. q. II. Road
Personals, etc.
A Pullman sleeper for the Northern
Pacific road is being built at the railroad
company's shops In Brainard, under SUI
perintendence of master mechanic of
the Pullman company.
Mr.. E. H. Slower, proprietor of the
Grand Central hotel, at Miles City, OAK,
who was agent at Mankato for the st.
Paula Sioux City road for ten years, ar
rived in st. Paul yesterday, for short
business and pleasure trip, and straight
way went the rounds of the railway offices
to inquire how the boys like the old bust
ness. Hotel keeping seems to agree with
him.
Division No 4, of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, is to assemble at the
Merchants at 2 p. m. to-day and thence
proceed to the hall, No. 371 jackson
street, for initiation of twenty-five candi-
dates, according to the revised work of
the order. 1t is hoped that Capt. l. C.
Wheaton, of Elmira, N. Y, G. G. c.,
will arrive in st. Paul this morning and
assist at this meeting. If not, he will
certainly be present at the next meeting.
The New Year card from the general
passenger department of the Northern
Pacific exhibits on the exterior Old 1881
training Young 1882 in the use of Time
ScYthe, with the N. p sheaf of golden
grain for the reverse, and on the interior
two open pages of Barnes inevitable book,
one page headed $751;" reads, 'sAnother
page is closed. Again thanking you for
the remembrances it contains, let us aim
to make each succeeding year eminently
more satisfactory than the last" The
other page reads 1852. Wishing you
happy and prosperous year, l am, sin
cerely yours, G. K. Barnes
Harry Davis, chief of the general pass
enger department of the st. Paul & Man
itoba road, accompanies his New Years
card, with a little pretty satin bag, on
one side of which is printed the standard
picturesque heading of the cred River
Valley Line,' Through the Park Region
to the New Northwest" and the other,
s'with the compliments of the st. P, NJ.
g. M. railway. Specimens of No. hard
wheat, being sample of over 8, 900, 900
bushels harvested on its lines in the Red
River Valley in $751; In these unique
advertisements the department has dis
tributed throughout the civilized world
over 5000 bushels of wheat of 1881.
General Manager Marvel announces
the appointment of Mr. j. E. Smith to be
general agent of the St. Paul 6 Manitoba
company, with headquarters at Minue-
apelis, vice j. G. Hamilton, resigned on
account of i'll heath. In addition to the
special duties at Minneapolis Mr.. Smith
will have general charge of station and
yaro work at Minneapolis, East Mime
apolis and Minneapolis Junction. His
appointment is in effect from to-day.
Mr.. Smith was, until the late consOlida-
freight agent of the Kansas Guy, St. Joe
& Council Bluffs railroad, and stationed
at Kansas City His railroad reputation
is quite good, and his personal experience
has made him somewhat familiar with
railway operations in Minnesota
Messrs. Barnes, Cross and others, of
the N. P, returned yesterday from their
trip to Fargo, which was extended to
Mayville on Goose river, Dakota, the
winter terminus Of the CaSselton branch,
and on the return trip was diverted into
an excursion over the n. p, F. & B. FL.
branch to within one mile of Fergus
Falls, where the track ended Friday
morning, with fair prospect of being ex-
tended into Fergus before nightfall yes
terday. Mr.. Barnes describes the new
line, from Wadena to Fergus, as passing
through beautiful lake country. Battle
lake, he thinks, will become popular
summer resort 1t is an irregular body
of water, six miles long and three miles
wide, with gravelly beaches, translucent
water, and game and fish abundant. The
track follows the beach of this lake for
two miles. The smaller lakes also abound
in fish, and Clitherill lake was noted as
one of the prettiest The country ira
versed by this road also abounds plenti-
fully in game birds, and Mr. Barnes will
next season advise sportsmen who come
to him for tickets and information, to
visit the lake and prairie country along
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