Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-22
RAIL AND RIVER

Assistant Traffic Manager Truesdale has
gone west.
r. G. Barber, of the D., G. IL. 81 NJ. railroad,
left for Winnipeg yesterday.
Manager Tourney, of the Lumber line, de-
parted yesterday for Omaha.
General Superintendent Lincoln, of the
Omaha line, is in Wisconsin.
Mr.. VIM. E. Hoyt, general eastern agent of
the C. & A, left for the East yesterday
Mr.. G. c. Connors, general superintendent
of the Western & Atlantic railroad, is in the
city.
Mr.. VIM. Sage,G. F. A. of the G. R. l., & P.
railway is rus.icatipg around the 8. s. (Salt-
less seas
Superintendent Prior, of the Milwaukee
road, has gone to visit the extreme end of the
Hastings & Dakota.
Superintendent of transportation, Geo. W.
Cross, of the Northern Pacific, returned from
Fargo yesterday morning.
Mr.. j. c. Robertson, OF the Manitoba freight
department, started for Denver yesterday. He
will be absent couple of weeks.
The crop reports received by the Manitoba
yesterday were highly favorable. The storm
did very little damage in Red River valley.
land seekers excursion, in charge of Mr..
c. F. JOHN, travelling agent of the Manitoba
road, will start from Lake Superior for The
Red River valley during the week.
Messrs. Geo. Stephen, president OF the CAN
ada Pacific and ex-president of the Manitoba
railway R B.Angus, and Mr.. John S. Kennedy,
the newly elected vice president of the Mani
toba, departed with their party last night for
the east
The Denver d Rio Grande railway announce
that connection has been made by their Utah
extension with Sanderson's stages at Kezar,
Col, for Barnum and Lake City; also at
Cimarron for the cantonment at Uncompah-
gre, for Ouray, and for San Miguel. By
August 81 connection will be made to Mont.
rose.
Mr.. W. Lowell, formerly of the auditing
department OF the Omaha line, has accepted a
position in the Union depot ticket office. It
is busy place, and it requires men of the
genus clip" to run itsright. 1t is unneces-
sary to add that the present force of gentle
men are all that fastidious and very numer-
GUS public couId desire.
The directors of the st. Paul, MINNEAPOLIS
& Manitoba railway met yesterday afternoon
and elected Mr.. James J. Hill president of the
company. Mr.. John s. Kennedy was elected
wee president. Mr.. Edward Sawyer was ap-
pointed secretary and treasurer, and Mr. E. T.
Niccolls, Jr., assistant secretary. The re-
mainder of the business transacted was of a
routine character. The new officials will serve
till June 80, 1888.
Walter Stewart, a brakeman on the Mil
waukee road, while coupling gravel train at
Dayton's bluff yesterday afternoon, was
knocked down by the falling apron of one of
the cars, and was then dragged for a short
distance, sustaining number of bruises and
severe injury to the left leg. The friction
of the rail tore out large piece of flesh just
below the knee, and sawed half way through
the bone. But DR.. Murray, after making an
examination, said he hoped to be able to save
the leg. Stewart is game fellow, and when
asked how IL happened replied that the en-
gineer was not to blame. The old engine was
stiff, AID It would take two men to throw
ker back The first time size bumped
she came 30 hard as to throw the coupling off.
The second time she came with more force
If anything, throwing down the iron apron,
and couldn't be stopped in time to avert the ac-
cident. Stewart has been sailor, andis with
out friends in the city. He had been boarding
at Mrs. Dawson's place at Commercial and
Conway streets. He was sent to st. Joseph's
hospital TO be properly cared for, by order of
the officers of the Milwaukee road.