Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-22

dition.
The Minneapolis Eastern company, which
means the local transfer company in Mime
apolis, elected yesterday the following board
OF directors: s. S. Merrill, c. b. Prior, P.
E. Myers, ]. A. Chandler, E. W. Winter, j. b.
Hiland, W. H. Truesdale, j. A. Monroe
and J. s. Pillsbury. The directors elected the
following officers: John s. Pillsbury; e. d.
Prior, secretary and treasurer; Fl. s. Gray,
auditor.
The Vanderbilt Party.
The following New York railroad and
money kings were in st. Paul yesterday: W.
H. Vanderbilt, c. Vanderbilt, J. 81. Van
derbilt, Augustus Schell, William
Trumbull, Geo. j. Magee, Edward Ellis, J. C..
Eastman, J. F. Dewey and j. Tilllnghest. To-
gether with this party of New Workers are
Albert Keep. J. D. Laying and Marvin Hewitt
of Chicago: They all arrived IN special car
about So'clock yesterday morning and went
up to the Metropolitan in company with some
of the railroad men in St. Paul. Soon after
they were taken in carriages by Mr.. Porter
and Mr.. Hatch, of the Chicago, st. Paul &
Omaha road, and Mr.. Hill, of the st. Paul &
Manitoba road, and other local railroad men,
and driven around the city, taking in during
the drive, Commodore Kittson's Midway
stables, where the party stopped and looked
llshment. It was regretted by all that so
many of the best animals were away,
in attendance upon the races at
Fargo. Many of the party are pretty
good judges of horsefesh and expressed their
qualification at the sight of so many fine ami
mails, and their surprise at such extensive
grounds and accommodations for them. In
the afternoon they drove up to Minneapolis
for an hour or two and returned at night. In
the evening they went out for short walk
and then returned to the Metropolitan, where
most of the party retired quite early, to be
ready for the trip to Superior and
Duluth this morning, for which place
they will start at Z O'Clock. Both
the Vanderbilts and other members of the
party were interviewed as to the purposes of
the trip. All were exceedingly pleasant and
did not object at all to being INTERCEPTED, but
the amount of information furnished on rail-
road matters could be put into the eye of a
cambria needle, and then it would see clear.
Like the interviews with the Hon. Alex Ram
sew, the beautiful climate and charming
weather of Minnesota formed considerable
part of their replies. They would not admit
That there was any business in this trip, and
positively declared thai it was merely pleas
ure trip-made to this part of the vineyard
LOT Inc puTpOSc Vi SSCluS lOl luCuoCiFCo
whether or not the reality bore out the high
sounding praises that are being universally
sung throughout the East about the great
Northwest. The country has evidently made
deep impression upon these people. It is
not only the country, after all, that has made
this impression, bnt the vast possibilities that
struck them all. They all have seen enough
to convince them of the Importance of this
great empire, its vast capabilities. In short,
-, ehr md
business men, they see business here,
immense business, just as much as
the railroads can handle. This
they substantially admit, and that is what
they are up here looking after. These men
are not the kind of individuals to throw away
two or three weeks time making trip over
!, 500 or 1000 miles of railroad into this new,
western country just for the fun OF the thing.
1t is ali business with them, and just what
that business is can not be learned. The gen.
tlemen OF the party all express but one opin-
lou of the country, and that we have all very
often heard. They see out here millions of
bushels of wheat, besides other produce, to
transport, and an immense population swarm
ing in here that soon is to make an
empire out of this land. This is
what the they see and the handling
of this vast commerce is what they are con-
templating. The party will leave at this
Duluth road, for Duluth and Superior, and
VIII go thence East, as is now intended, as they
expect to be back to New York on the 2Sth.
Il Railroad Ripple.
CHICAGO. June 2l.-Replying to an attack
made by Vanderbilt upon the New York, Chi
cago, & St. Louis railway, President c. R.
Cummings says: at becomes the president
of the Lake Shore 10 talk about the fixed
charges at which it is hoped to sell this line.
l undertake to say that the fixed charges of
our road, when it shall be completed and
equipped for business, will be lower than
those of any line of similar length, traversing
so populons section of the country. Its con-
struction, management, and facilities
all combine to make it one of the
most economically managed roads in the
country. 1t is not unreasonable to expect
that the earnings of the new road will ap.
proach to something near those of the Lake
Shore, and l estimate there will be large
surplus Of net earnings" 1t is learned that
only twenty miles of track remain to be laid to
complete this road between Chicago and Buff
falo, and it is rumored a number Of packers
and marine operators have combined with
that road to form freight line for handling
and forwarding fronChicago freight intended
for export.
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