Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-09
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Rail Notes.
Charles Howard, travelling freight agent
of the Omaha line, departed for the west
Yesterday.
COL Dick Flournoy, of the Omaha line,
returned from the east yesterday, accom-
panied by Mrs. Flournoy.
A. D. Mason, principal assistant engi-
neer of the Northern Pacific, arrived in the
city yesterday. from Brainerd.
The Office of the ALDER Lea route will be
removed to its old quarters, corner of
Third and Sibley streets next week.
The Iowa Trunk Line ASSOCIATION has
advanced the rates on lumber three cents
per hundred, from Chicago to Omaha.
The morning train on the River road
was forty-fve minutes late yesterday. An
exceptionally heavy load did the business.
Vice President Truesdale and Superin-
tendant Clark, of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis road, left yesterday on tour of in
spection.
After Monday the amount of baggage
carried by the st. Louis, Alton & Terre
Haute road on one irst-class ticket will be
limited. to $50 pounds.
j. Dabney, stock dealer, started for
Livingston, NJ. T., yesterday with two car
loads of cattle, by way of experiment. He
went by the Northern Pacific.
Canada Southern freight agents are
authorized to contract freight in car loads
for Oswego, N. Y. at Albany rates, and to
High Bridge at New York rates.
Emigrants to the number OF sos arrived
in the city yesterday from the East, and
left last night for Dakota, Montana,
Washington territory and Manitoba.
David Dow, vice president of the Rock
Island road, and a party of friends, will
arrive this morning from Chicago, by
special train over the Albert Lea route.
General Manager Marvel, of the Mani
toba road, visited Lake Minnetonka yes
terday,to canvass the situation pre- paratory
to the opening of the season at that re-
sort.
The adjustment of claims against the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific for over
charges in freight has been transferred
from the freight to the accounting de-
partment.
Departing trains bore as passengers
from this city yesterday, large number
of whilom citizens against whose sojourn
here, the mayor has issued his pronun-
ciamento.
The directors of the Milwaukee d ST.
Paul road are pursuing their tour of in
spection over the Manitoba road in gor-
geous style. Each traveller is said to have
a car all to himself.
On and after tomorrow trains will
leave for Fort Smelling, Minnehaha and
Minneapolis at II :05 a. m, 2:35 and Cos
P. m. Returning they will leave Mime
apolis at 1925, 1925 and 5:2S p. N.
Assistant President Winter AID Super
intendent Whitman, of the Omaha line,
went to Eau Claire yesterday, to meet the
directors of the road, who will arrive
in the city this morning to hold the an
nual election of officers of that corpora
ton.
Oscar Vanderbilt, of the Oregon Railway
d Navigation company, Walter Wyan, of
the Michigan Central, and L. S. Allen, of
the Baltimore q Ohio roads, left for
Chicago last night to attend the exposi-
ton, prod Jumbo, and exhibit themselves
to Barnum.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy;
Chicago, Alton 81 st. Louis; Chicago, &
Eastern Illinois; Wabash, st. Louis q Pa
ciic; Illinois Central; Missouri, Pacific &
st. Louis; Iron Mountain g. Southern roads
have issued joint supplement to through
freight tariff between points in Texas and
Louisiana.
"HalPs picturesque Northwest descrip-
ton of the scenery, points of interest and
other particulars connected with the
Northern Pacific, has been issued by Geo.
b. Hall, of Minneapolis. The publication
is in pamphlet form of twenty four pages,
and work of inexhaustible information
and decided merit.
The Northern Pacific is within five miles
of Helena, NJ. T., to which point it will be
completed on Monday. When finished,
another source of speculation and inquiry
will be taken from the reportorial gang
The cred River BOOM" however. will re-
main for them to dilate upon without
single stripe erased nor single star OBJ
secured.
John R. Allen, Chicago theatrical man.
ager, prominent member of the order of
Eiks, and known from ocean to ocean as
one of the most genial gentlemen in the
profession, passed through the city yester-