Daily globe., 1883-08-09
Rail Notes.


Rail Notes.
General Freight Agent E. F. Hodge has
gone to Chicago.
Travel on the various Zines of road was
not as heavy yesterday as it has been.
Judge Chandler, of the Milwaukee road,
came down yesterday from Minnetonka.
Assistant General Manager Odeli, of Che
Northern Pacific road, was expected back
last night.
The st. Paul & Duluth road will run q
train into st. Pau! from Mahtomedi at 8 o.
N. every evening during the gathering out
there
Mr.. Boyden, the general northwestern
freight agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road, arrived Saturday afternoon
from the east.
Geo. II. Heaford, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee g.
st. Paul road, with headquar ters in Mil
Waakee, is in st. Paul.
The Sioux City train due here yesterday
forenoon was ten hours late, owing to an
accident at Ottawa, about sixty eight
miles west of ST. Paul.
A special train will go to Duluth to-dey
with General Superintendent Breed, E. L.
Evans, general manager of the Lake Su-
perior Transportation company, and z. J..
Firth, president of the same.
e. w. Winter, a ssistant to the president
of the Royal route, Mr.. franklin, agent of
the Lake Superior Transportation COM
panF, and G. u. Nelson, of the Nelson
Lumber company, are going to Duluth to
day.
The Northern Pacific has Motif cd con-
necting lines that cars coming to that road
without brakes will not be permitted to run
to the different points on that road, owing
to the steep and difficult grades east and
west of the eaius. This action ia
taken to ensure safety to owners and shi p
pers.
company has been organized to build
a narrow guage railroad from st. Joseph
through Eastern Kansas, across the south
west corner into Arkansas, and ultimately
through Louisiana TO the Gulf of Mexico
The company starte off with a capital of
$2,500,000, and will elect board of direc-
tors and officers and commence operations
at once.
A comparison of shipping and railroad
Investments, as set forth in a recent num-
ber of the London Economist, forcibly IL
Illustrates American pre-eminence in rail-
way building. Great Britain, the queen
of marine commerce has invested in ship
ping $1,000,0 100000; IN railroads, $3,7OO,-
100000, while on the American continent,
the railroad, an institution but half con-
t0ry Old,i invested into the sum OF $6,5OO,-
100000.
During week ending July 90, seventy
miles of new railroad were constructed In
the United States, making 2,058 miles thus
far this year, against 5,304 miles reported
at tue corresponding time in 1882, 2,615
miles in 1881, 2,424 miles ia 1880, 1,I29
miles in 1879, 900 miles in 1878, 751 miles
in 1877, 1,Ol0 miles in 1876, 539 miles In
1875, 839 miles in 1874, 1872 miles iu
1873, and 1878 miles in 1879.
The Chicago & Northwestern has issued
the following circular:
Mr.. Edwin j. Foster is appointed divis
ion freight agent of the Madison division
south Of Wlnona, including the Milwaukee
and Madison line west of Milwaukee. AL
communications respecting local freight
business i'll the territory above named, viii
be addressed to Mr.. Foster, at Chicago
Mr.. c. Fl. Knapp, assistant general freight
agent, viii have general charge as hereto
fore. WILLIAM S. MELLEN,
General Freight Agent
Jamestown Alert. The time is come
when the Northern Pacific com pany ought
to put fagm4n at the Fifth avenue eros
sing, and will soon come when if they dC
not they should be com PEELED to do SO bI
ordinance. With trains passin almos
every hour in the day, the switch engine
running back and forth at all times DAY
and night and The track eli her way hidder
from view by raihoad buildings, it is onl!
question of llme when some person anC
team will DO ma: he'd up there by train O
engine. the pu"lIc have rights of pro
lection which even the Northern Paoif
railroad company should be compelled t
respect.
The Chicago q North western roa ha
issued circular announcing that neJ
station entitled Parker, nine miles west o
Hurley, d. T., is now open for business
Stations in Minnesota and Dakota will us
Winona d st. Peter local distance tari1
No. II, Nov. Is, 1881. Other stations viii
use above distances aud way bill, subjeo
to inter state tariff and Classification, ex
cept they have been otherwise special,
instructed. Business between the new sta