Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-24
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Col. Vic Flournoy,of the Omaha line, has
gone East by the Royal route.
sam Boyd, Of the Minneapolis d st.
Louis road, was in the city yesterday.
G. K. Barnes3, general passenger agent
of the Northern Pacific, Will return this
morning from Chicago.
I'M. Hannaford, of the Northern
Pacific, and J. F. Lincoln, of the Omaha
line. are on the sick list.
50 George f. Lee, Northwestern passenger
agent of the Rock Island & Pacific road,
Chicago, was in this city yesterday.
Another dining car for the Northern
Pacific and one for the Omaha line came
in yesterday over the Albert Lea route.
Assistant General Manager Kimball and
Hon. Chas. Francis Adams, director of the
q. P. R. R., arrived at Omaha last evening
on special train from Topeka.
William Harder, traffic manager of the
Canadian Pacific, passed through the city
en- route to Chicago. He will return on
Thursday accompanied by his family.
Marquis de Mores has purchased flock
of twelve thousand sheep, which will be
taken to little Missouri valley, by the
NortherR Pacific. in the sweet bye and bye.
Three passenger coaches and fourteen
cars filled with emigrants' moeables came
in over the Minneapolis & st. Louis road
yesterday, and left last night for Manitoba.
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas railroad
will soon pass into the hands of the South
ern Pacific syndicate, and will henceforth
be managed in accordance with the die
tates of wise and liberal policy.
General Anderson, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific, left for the West yester-
day morning in his private car the 'Mon-
tane," accompanied by the government
com mission, which is on tour of inspec-
ton.
> "A special train on the Duluth & st. Paul
road will leave the city at IL o'clock this
morning for Forest Lake, bearing thither
the remains of Frank Winter, the well
known engineer, who died Saturday. for
interment.
The train to BozemRn yesterday morn
ing via the Northern Pacific was composed
of twelve coaches of superb finish, includ-
universally conceded to be the handsomest
train that has left st. Paul this season.
Charles A. Lamb, of the National Tube
works, Chicago, obtained special train to
Duluth by the Duluth & st. Paul road Sun.
day night, to be in attendance at the
opening of bids for gas mains in that city
yesterday. He will return this morning.
n s'Deer Park and Oakland" recent pro
duction of j. G.. Pangborn, of the Balti
more & Ohio road. has been received. Il
purports to be philosophical, puetical
pictorial, piscatorial and practical expo
sition of the beauties of these resorts, is
exquisitely illustrated and credit to the
anthor as also to the printer and binder.
Some of the Omaha newspapers have
kindly undertaken the task of reorganiz
ing the local Offices of the consolidated
Wabash Missouri Pacific lines, but have
seemingly neglected to inform the general
managers of their work. AT least none oil
the attaches of the road here have as YET
received official notice of the changes re
ported. H.. .,,. & b. I...,.
The Chicago & Northwestern railway
company issued orders some time 4 20 K
the agents at the stations upon It's roaG, e
receive no movable property Of emi@ranl.
for transportation to Dakota, owing 10 th
crowded condition of the lines west o
jWinona! THE order was only in force a fey
days, or until the lines were relieved o
G their crowded state. and now7agents at al
! stations are apthofi zedlto receive all port
able matter for transfer.
lIE Reports from the Bed lrivsr valley cor
7r tinueto be highly encouraging. Seedin
commenced there yesterday. News wa
yesterday received by Agent Johnson, {
the Manitoba line, that large number {
miners from Houghton, Hancock, Cali
met and other copper mining centers {
Michigan and Wisconsin, would remoy
i a to- the Northwest rs soon as lal
navigation was resumed. They will CON
by st. Paul, where they will take the MAJ
itoba road.
g.! The Northwestern roads show the large
gains in their March earnings of any roa'
in the country. The percentage of i
crease of the ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Ma
= itoba is about 30 per cent, of the Chicag
Milwaukee & ST. Paul nearly 80 per cen
of the Chicago & Northwestern almost :
per cent. of the Iowa lines of the Illino
Central nearly the same, and of the
Paul & Duluth 3315 per cent. Of the
gains those of the Chicago, Milwaukee
st. Paul are particularly noticeable, f
enormous increases are necessary, in I
case of roads having an extensive mileag
to show any large percentage. In Marc
1882, this system earned 81 100000, in Ia
month it earned over $2,000,000.
80 1870 ter7t