Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-10
RAILROAD NOTES.

j. ]. Hill, president of the Manitoba line,
left for Chicago yesterday aft ernoon.
Traffic on the Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road is unprecedented this spring, conse-
quently st. Paul stock is booming.
The train on the river road arriving
from the east yesterday afternoon, was
made up of three baggage cars, five
coaches and two sleepers.
A meeting of freight agents of the West
ern and Northwestern roads will convene
at Chicago tomorrow to establish freight
tariff for the summer season.
S. L. Moon, of the freight department,
Northern Pacific, who was married at
Quincy last Thursday, returned home Sun
day accompanied by Mrs. Moon.
Round trip tickets to points on the Min
neapolis & ST. Louis road have been placed
on sale for the season at greatly reduced
rates, at the company's Office in this city.
The Chicago church choir company,
fifty-three in number, left for Saltwater
in special Pullman car attached to the
regular train by way of the Royal Route
yesterday.
Col. Lamborn, land agent of the North
ern Pacific, left last night for Portland,
Oregon, where he will meet President Vii
lard, and return to st. Paul in his company,
both gentlemen arriving here about May /.
The approximate earnings of the Chica-
go. st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha line,
for the month of March ultimo, are stated
at $430,O0O; being substantial increase
over those of corresponding period last
year.
Col. Vic. Flournoy and Capt. J. B. Can
non, of She Omaha line, returned from
Duluth yesterday, where they had been
rusticating over Sunday as guests of Su-
perintendent Breed, of the st. Paul s. Du-
luth road.
From o'clock Sunday morning to day
light yesterday morning the Manitoba line
received nine coaches of passengers and
10 cars of immigrants movables from
the East bound to the Northwest. They
came by the Milwaukee & st. Paul road.
The Denver & Rio Grande, has combin-
ed with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe,
to freeze out the Denver Il New Orleans
road from sharing in the passenger profits
enjoyed by the first named roads between
Denver and Pueblo. They have cut the
fare from seven dollars to six bits.
The agent of the Albert Lea route in this
city desires it to be distinctly understood
that neither the freight or passenger bust
ness of that line is in any way, directly or
indirectly, remotely or Immediately af
fected by the litigation in which the Bur-
lington & Cedar Rapids road is involved.
Charles Roberts, chief engineer and gen
eraI manager of the Sanborn, Coopers-
town & Turtle Mountain road, passed
through the city yesterday en- route to the
National park from New York, for the
purpose Of facilitating movements, plac-
ing sites for hotels, procuring stage
freight, etc, for the Northern Pacific I'm
migration company the ensuing season.
T. ]. Odell, superintendent OF traffic on
the Northern Pacific, retarned from tour
of inspection yesterday, and formally as
sumed charge of his official bureau. On
the 22d instant a new time table will so
into effect, when double daily will be put
on between st. Paul and Mandan. The
through train leaving here in the morning
instead of evening, will be made up of the
most superb passenger, parlor and dining
cars ever sent out from this city, and the
run made in daylight.