The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON.
8 Commissioners If Pensions nnd1ev ia do.

PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON.
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley is de-
termined to break up the rings, inside and
outside of the Office engaged in swindling
pension claimants, and has adopted q very
rigid rule toward clerks in the pension Of.
ice who have in the remotest way been con.
nected with outside parties in these prac-
tices.
A letter written by Inspector Flower of
st. Paul Minn., to Supervising Inspector
General Fumont, concerning the Overlo oad-
ing of an excursion boat, has resulted In an
order to sue the offender.
Architect Hill writes lengthy letter to
Secretary Folger and says that he will open
an Office of his own as soon as his resigna-
ton is accepted.
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.
Work upon the st. Paul & Northern Pa
ci6c between st. Paul and Sauk Rapids,
Minn., is being carried along as rapidly as
circumstances will permit. The track is
now completed from the junction with the
Manitoba road to the site for the bridge
over the Mississippi in Minneapolis, and
the work of grading is being carried on all
along the line between Minneapolis and
Sauk Bapids. The contract for the culvert
over Basset's creek in Minneapolis has peen
closed and work thereon will BE- COM
menced soon. The culvert and accompany
ing construction at this point will prob
ably cost in the neighborhood of $40. 600,
and the work will occupy two or
three months. Work has been
over the river, aaa it is expected that in
few days the erection of the peers and aou.-
ments will be commenced. If no unforeseen
accident occurs the iron work of the struc-
ture will be- in place by February, and
the bridge will be ready for opening some
time next spring. A force of workmen has
been engaged>for the past two weeks in
moving the fence along the line of the old
Manitoba 'ai. On the whole, matters are
proceeding very satisfactorily, and if the
weather holds open late, great progress will
be made this fall. The length Of track fully
completed in Minneapolis-'rom the juno.
ton with the Manitoba road to the brid se
site-is two miles.
legal gentleman in Racine, Wis. who
has been closely related with the highest of:
ficials of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway company, says he has good
reasons for believing that the right OF way
procured by the company by special bill
IN congress last year, to build their new
line from Milwaukee to Chicago along the
lake shore, will be utilized before next fall
and that he believes that the location of 9
new depot near the proposed line is good
indication that work will begin before many
months.
party of drunken tracklayers on thu
Illinois Eastern railroad raided the store
Frank A. Miller, at Smithsboro, recently do
ing about $500 worth of damage to the stock
and building. The sheriff, with strong
posse from Greenville, repaired to the
scene and arrested dezen of the rioters
and restored order.
A Larimore paper says that it looks now
as though Larimore would be the winter
terminus of the st. Paul. Minneapolis ans
Manitoba road, the same as last year
Travel to Devfl's lake is not liable to be
very be IVY this winter, and it would MOI
be surprising ifa mixed train once or twice
a week, for the accommodation of loca
traffic merely, would be all the company
would attempt to run.
Vice President Oakes, of the Northern
Pscific railroad, furnishes the following i1
regard to the finances of that company
Earnings SIS, ,O0O, 600; expenses 60 per cent
-Iutere>t on $45, 600, 900 bonds and $4, 500,
600 scrip IN round numbers S., OOO, 900; tax.
es, $5OO, ,OoO; balance, So, 100000. Which
would permit dividend of 6 per cent. on
s38, 900, 900 preferred stock, and leave a sur.
plus OF some $250,eOO
A special from Brownsville, Tex, states
that the progress of a train on the Merids
railroad, Yucaton, was delayed many hours
by immense swarm Il locusts, which COW
cred the rack, and " -en the wheels crushed
ton between the wheels and rail was de-
stroyed, and progress was impossible.
1t is estimated that during the season o1
1883, 946 miles of road will be constructed
by tie Canadian Pacific. This, il is said,
will make record without parallel in the
history of railroad building. The total
number of miles now completed is / 1902,
and the number of miles under construc.
ton 984.
The railroads are beainning to make
heavy shipments of coal for the winter
supply. The Duluth read takes on an
average about 100 car loads per day out OF
Duluth, all being intended for domestic
purposes.
It is rumored at Des Moines, on good au-
thority, that the new Canadian, La Crosse &
Southwestern road is negotiating for the st.
Louis. Des Moines & Northern road, n ow
running from Des Moines to Boone.
&c. Ernest, general passenger agent OF
the Pan Handle route, announces until fur
ther notice his line will make the rate 81
from Chicago to Louisville.
The Canadian Pacific has definitely
abandoned Kicking Horse pass through the
Rocks in favor of route eight miles to the
north of it.