Daily globe., 1883-08-03
-RG(E Notes,

The First NJ. E. church had picnic over
the st. Paul & Duluth road to Mahtomeda
yesterday.
H. G. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent of the st. Paul and Manitoba road. is
at Minnetonka.
R. W. S. Alexander, general traffic man
ager of the ST. Paul & Manitoba road, will
be home Saturday.
Geo. K. Barnes, the general passenger
and ticket agent of the Northern Pacific
road, left last night with the editors for
the Yellowstone park.
The Northern Pacific is spending some
thing like half million oD the overhead
track across the Mullsn pass, merely to
save some six weeks time.
The Royal Route brought the editors up
to st. Paul from Chicago in II hours and
AZ minutes, which is the shortest time ever
made between the two cities.
1t is rumored among railway men that
the Grand Trunk is about to commence
building at the Montreal shops 00mogul
engines of immense power.
Sioux City Journal: The Fargo and
Ortonv1lle officials have gone to Nj weukee
TO confer with the officials of the Mllwau-
kee company. IL this Fargo com pany is
anything it is tool of the Milwaukee, to
be used to build from Ortonville to Fargo
without offending the Northern Pacific.
Sioux City Journal: 1t seems that the
talk of building Judge Porter's road from
EldoHa to Alden was only bluff to bring
Iowa Falls to terms. The citizens of Iowa
Falls have taken fright at the move, and
are likely to raise the $4,000 bonus needed
to secure the road. So far $4,000 has been
subscribed. t.
Bismarck TribRne The North Pacific
company have staked out the line of their
temporary track TO the capitol grounds.
and grading Will be commenced at once.
The road will run up Ninth street to the
ravine south of the hills, and thence west
to the grounds. The track to the peniten-
tiary is completed, and material for the
structure is being taken to the scene OF
operations at a lively rate. The special
track to the capitol grounds will be about
mile in length.
Jamestown Alert: 1t is reported in rail.
road circles that since the official change
on the Northern Pacific, there will be con.
siderable changes made in subordinate
Offices and trainmen. It If understood
that Trainmaster A. j. McAbee, of Fargo
is to be made assistant superintendent OF
the Dakota Missouri division and that
Ernest J. Swellenbach will be promoted to
hcAbee's position of tralnmaster. Both
are experienced and efficient railroad men
and deserving of this recognition ON the
part of the company.
Mr.. james Smith, Jr., president of the
st. Paul and Duluth road, has Just return.
ed from Agate bay. He reports the Iror
Range road has 1000 men at work on thai
road and that they have graded about ter
miles. 1t is seventy miles from Agate
bay to Vermilion, and work ls being push
ed forward as rapidly as possible. The
company has erected a large boarding
house, besides which there is large hote
for tourists which already has fifteen visit
ors. The company has also constructed &
big building that is used for Offices for the
road Work on the road will be proceeded
with without cessation, and the iron will
be laid right along,
Sioux City Journal: The articles of in
corporation of the Chicago, Lyons &
Pacific Railroad company have been flee
with the state auditor at Des Moines. The
sapital stock mentioned is 100000
The purpose of the last named corpora
ton is declared to be the construction an6
operation of railway, the main trunk OF
continuous line to commence on the Missis
sippi at or near Lyons, thence to the Mis-.
souri,, with branches TO the northwestern
and southwestern. boundaries of the
state. The principal place of bust
ness is to be at Lyons for the first two
years, and thereafter at such places as the
board of trade may designate. The
incorporates are j. G. Root, j. w. Esery,
w. P. Scott, Il. B. LaRue and j. L. Brown.