Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-27
Assistant Snpt. Freight Traffic
JouN Mum, Supt. Of Traffic.
Rail Notes.

The ST. Paul & Manitoba handled yes
terday l78 cars OF what.
5. S. Merrill who has BEEN in the east
for several days will be back to-day.
Mr. Whitman, general superintendent
Of the Chicago, ST. PAU & Omaha road left
last night for the East.
q. D. Ives, travelling freight agent of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern,
and J. 6. UT, general freight agent of the
same read are in st. Paul.
Eighty soldiers from Governors Island
will arrive On the Northwestern road Sun
day morning and will leave on the North
ern Pacific for Portland the same day.
The approximate gross earnings of the
Denver & Rio Grand Railway for the third
week in October shows an increase of $780,
500 over the corresponding week one year
ago.
The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st Paul rail way for the third week in
October amounted to S5S2,O00. The aggre-
gate earnings for the corresponding week
last year we're $5l9,000; increase sos, 900.
The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company has Issued circular stating that
an agent having been appointed at Wool
sly, Dakota, freight for that station may
be received snd forwarded without prepay
ment Of charges.
Information has been received by rail
road Offices in ST. Paul that the Chicago,
St. Louis 4 Pittsburg road is now pre-
pared to receive and forward freight of
all kinds for points on the New York, Lake
Erie & Western road via. Eris Pacific
Despatch.
The best time on record was recently
made with train OF merchandise from
New York to Denver. The freight left
New York Oct. via Merchants Dispatch,
and arrived at Denver Oct. 16 via the Bur
lington route, making the entire distance
in six days and twenty hours.
MIR. j. J. Hill, of the st. Paul s. Manito-
ba ROAD returned yesterday from
New YORK, where he has been for g week or
more On business for the road. He de-
clined TO communicate anything IN re-
gard to what transpired at the meeting,
and declared that nothing was done ex-
cept to tals ovsr rousine business.
On Thursday night twenty cars of cattle
left Miles City for St. Paul from G. II.
Grinnell Live Stock Co. and consigned to
the same firm in Chicago. On Thurs
day night two sections OF a
train consisting of fourteen cars each, in
ali twenty eight cars of cattle, arrived at
the Minnesota transfer in st. Paul.
Charles B. Cumpston, train dispatcher
of the Chicago & Alton at Bloom
ington, ILL.,, mas been appointed chief dis
patcher OF the Canadian Pacific at Moose
Jaw, Manitoba, and will assume the duties
of that position next wesk. Thursday
night his friends of the Chicago division
of the Chicago 81 Alton presented him
with valuable and beautiful gold watch.
MI. J. e. Lockwood, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott d Gulf Railroad, announces the COM
pletion of the Kansas City, Springfield and
Memphis Railroad to Memphis, Tenn, and
that this short route between the South and
the West and Northwest was opened for
business from Kansas City Sunday, Oct.
q, and from Memphis Tuesday, Oct. %.
Hereafter through passenger-tra be-
tween Kansas City and Memphis will run
daily, leaving Kansas City ct p. N. and
Memphis at $50 a. N.
To-day the great bridge at Blair is to be
officially tested and opened to business.
Mr. Morrison. the engineer under whose
charge the bridge was built, has been fur
nished with train by the Sioux City and
Pacific company to convey his guests
from Missouri Valley to the bridge.
This train will leave Missouri Valley at 10
q. m, carrying only the guests invited by
Mr.. Morrison. 1t is in fact that gentle.
mans private train furnished by the COM
pany for himself and his guests. The gen
eral public can get out to the opening by
taking the regular passenger train.