Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-16
TRANSPORTATION NOTES.

General Alexander, of the st. Paul d
Manitoba road, is expected back TO-
morrow.
SIN. Osgood, general agent of the At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe road, with head
quarters at Cedar Rapids, is in st. Paul.
The meeting of the St. Louis pool,
which was to have been held in Chicago
Friday, has been postponed until next
Wednesday.
President Loveioy of the Denver Sc
Rio Gfande, will attend tha meeting of the
Colorado Pool association in Chicago next
Wednesday in person.
By agreement betwesn the trunk lines,
on and after Dec. IS, the basis of west
bound rates to Huntington, Ind, will be
the same as to Fort Wayne.
Surveyors are busy at work on the Fort
Wayne, Peoria, & Galssburg railroad.
They have surveyed the lines as fer as
two miles east Of Metamora.
The Union Pacific earnings this year
havs decreased over 500, 900, as compar-
ed with 1882, nearly 100000 of the de-
crease having been within the past TWO
months.
The Norfolk & Western have voted to
close the books the 22d, and will declare a
scrip dividend out of the earnings of the
last year, the amount of which is not yet
determined.
Manager Merrill remains in the east,
and no word has been received from him
at the st. Paul general Offices which would
| indicate mis- intention Of returning before
the first of this week.
The Eastern trunk lines has agreed to
the following changes in the classification
of west bound freight to take effect at
once: Paper, wrapping, MANILA, printed,
| in bundles, o. R., Glass 2.
| Officials of the Detroit, Grand Haven &
| Milwaukee and Grand Trunk railways have
recently inspected the Ottawa Iron works
with view of purchasing them and turn
ing them into railway shops.
The ST. Paul & Manitoba road ha. issued
a circular stating that on and after to-day,
| and until further notice, trains of the
Aoorehead branch will run Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Commissioner Fink announces that the
Boston & Albany and Providence & Wor-
cester railroads will accept Boston rates
and divisions On east bound shipments of
dairy freights to Providence, E. 1.
It is rumored that the Detroit, Grand
Haven i Milvaukee will build a branch
road from NuGica, On its main line, to
Muskegon, where the winter harbor facili
ties are better than at Grand Haven.
There is rumor in the air that the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & 81. Paul railroad has
absorbed the Sioux City & Pacific. Nc
confirmation of this could be obtained ell
the office os1he company yesterday.
A ffteen-year contract has just beer
made between the Atlantic & Pacific Rail
way company and the Pullman Car com.
pany for running the latter's sleeping and
buffet cars between ST. Louis and Sa1
Francisco for the time named.
Henry Monett, general passenger agent
OF the New York, West Shore g. Buffalo
informs connecting lines that his road will
be open for freight and passenger bust
ness between New York City, Albany
Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Black Rock
and Niagara Falls on and after January
1884. He requests through ticket and
baggage check representation equal to
thas granted to other trunk N s.
The recent inspection trip of John B.
Carson, ex-manager OF the Hannibal & ST.
joe railroad, over the Louisville, Nea
Albany & Chicago railroad lines. is said to
have been in the interest of a syndicate
formed to purchase the road if his report
is favorable. Should the purchase be made
Mr.. Carson will have charge of the physi-
cal operations of the road, otherwise he
will not be connected with it. President
Bennett n. Young and Mr.. Carson are now
in New York comforting with members OF
the syndicate.
The opening exercises for the Michigan
Central's new cantilever bridge at Mag.
ara Falls will not be as elaborate a. at frzi
intended, and invitations will be issued
only to railroad magnates and engineers.
President Vanderbilt, Of the Central, and
President Ledyard, of the Michigan Cen
trail, with large number Of friends, will
be present. Tables will be spread all day
at Rosh's hotel. A large number of Buffa.
lonians will want to attend, and it is prob
able there will be heavy excursion trains
from many points.