Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-05
Rail Notes,

Since May the passenger trainmen on
the Vanderbilt line run through from st.
Paul to Sioux City.
Yesterday afternoons Omaha train
brought 125 emigrauts, all Of whom con-
tinued on to Minneapolis.
An extra car on the Omaha line yesterday
morning brought large invoice of
emigrants bound for Manitoba.
The Northern Pacific was patronized by
the government this morning in the con-
veyance of company of infantry to Fort
Assinibon.
A special made up of six cars of emil
grants left Chicago yesterdaymorn1ng, and
will reach Minneapolis to day via the
Albert Lea route.
The clocks face at the union depot is
sicklied DER with pale cast of card board
admonishing passengers 90 beware of
confidence men,"
VIM. F. DaIrymple pa ssed through here
yesterday for Casselton to supervise spring
operations on the great Dalrymple farm
in the valley of the Red River of the North.
Assistant Passenger Agent Davis of the
Manitoba line reports from Milwaukee
that the new ticket agent, lately arrived
in his family, weighs II pounds and is a
dandy.
The boom at Glennell, the infant station
on the Northern Pacific, born Monday, has
commenced. A colony of forty-fcur men,
women and children left for that point
last night.
Messrs. j. w. Midgley and G. NJ. Bogue
are making tour of the river points north
of st. Louis with view of arranging the
percentages on Lumber allotted to the va
rious lines.
w. H. Dixon, general northwestern
passenger agent of the river road, arrived
in this city yesterday, accompanied by his
family. He was heard to remark that
he'd come to stay.
The estimated earnings of the Illinois
Central for the week ending April % were
Freight, $142, 240; passengers, $50, 702;
miscellaneous, $4,000; total $225,572.
This is $3,2S3 less than the earnin gs for
the corresponding week last year.
Next Tuesday, the 8th instant, the
general managers of roads interested in
California business will meet at Salt Lake
City to reorganize the pool. There is every
Indication of friendly and amicable CON
ference. still it is impossible to tell what a
week may bring forth.
Col. P. B. Groat, of the land department
of the Northern Pacific, will return this
morning from Chicago, in which city he
has been for nearly week presumably in
conference with publishers relative to the
publication of his new book-on the I'M
developed resources of Dakota.
Yesterday mornings train on the river
road was composed of twenty-one cars and
arrived in sections. The 2:25p. m. train by
the same route comprehended twenty cars
and came also in sections. The emigrants
coming by these trains were intended for
Minnesota, Dakota and Manitoba.
The meeting of railway superintendent
held in the Office of Superintendent Brun-
son yesterday afternoon was attended by
Superintendent j. B. Rice, T. B. Wake
man, j. T. OdeIl, G. B. Casson and G. v.
Morford. Superintendent Morford pre-
sided, but so far as icould be ascertained
nothing was done that will stir fever in
the blood of age or make an infan It's
sinews strong as steel.
Col. Bennett II. Young, president of the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago rail
road, has issued an order that so far as
possible no work be done or trains be run
on that road the Sabbath-day. Only pas
senger trains will be run on that day in
carrying mails, and efforts will be made
for their discontinuance. In cases of per-
ishable goods or live stock freight-trains
will be run when necessary only.
That the Northern Pacific will be COM
pleted within three months appears to be
recognized as a certainty. 1t is probable,
however, that several months more will
elapse before traffic over it is regularly be-
gun, for so large piece of work must re-
quire some perfecting before everything
can go forward harmoniously. 1t is ex-
pected that all will be in readiness by the
middle of September, in time for Ship
ments of Pacific coast grain for the fall
market.
WA. Thrall, general ticket agent of tie
Northwestern, and A. V. H. Carpenter Of