Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-22
Rail Notes.

hOH Notes.
But one hundred emigrants arrived in
the city by trains from the East yesterday,
The special car of the Rock Island road
was taken east by the 4:O5 train yesterday
afternoon.
The Souix City express due in St. Paul
at 1855 yesterday morning, was forty-fve
minutes late.
G. E. Lambert, general agent of the
Hoosac Tunnel route, Chicago, went to
Winnipeg last night.
The shipments of live stock East from
Montana via the Northern Pacific, will
commence next week.
There was an immense demand for acct
dent insurance tickets yesterday and the
dealers did land Office business.
One hundred and fifty engineers in
attendance upon the convention here, were
dined at the union depot yesterday.
J. B. Flagg, district passenger agent of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road at
La Crosse, was in the city yesterday.
George c. Howe, from Pennsylvania en-
route to the Dalrymple farm, left for Cas-
tIeton By the Manitoba road last night.
Z. s. Rattle, contracting agent of the
Chicago u Northwestern, returned from
Winnipeg yesterday and proceeded East
last evening.
The Northwestern Traffic association has
issued ukase declining to receive and
transport fruit or vegetables save in car
load lots, straight or mixed.
NeIs Clifton, travelling agent for the
Northern Pacific, arrived from Ispheming,
Michigan, yesterday, accompanied by a
party OF settlers for Dakota.
G. I. Clarke, assistant general traffic
manager of the Omaha line, returned yes
terday from a trip through Montana,
Washington Territory and Dakota.
The first ticket from Helena, Montana,
to st. Paul on the Northern Pacific, has
been sold to the First National bank of
Helena, for consideration of $3.50.
Il. Colomare passed through the city
from Chicago yesterday en- route to north
ern Dakota, where he will locate lands for
colony of young men from the Lake City
j. F. Barnard, general superintendent of
the Kansas City, st. 10 & Council Bluffs
railway, arrived from Minnetonka by
special yesterday and left last night for st.
Joseph, Mo.
f. B. Ross, western passenger agent of
the Houston & Texas Central railway, ST.
Louis, was q welcome caller at the Office of
Assistant General Passenger Agent Davis,
of the Manitoba line, yesterday.
On and after to-day, rates on lumber by
the Omaha line from Pratts, Drummonds,
Fosters, Sidney or Mason to st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Minnesota Transfer will
be 81 cents per cwt, by car load.
Two sleepers on the Milwaukee & ST.
Paul line having unexpectedly become dis
abled, their absence was yesterday sup
piled with a similar number obtained
through the courtesy of the Manitoba line.
n. J. Footner, superintendent of the
Northern Pacific express, has prepared a
special tariff off rates, to govern the trans
pOrtation of commercial baggage by ex-
press, at rates that viii be favorable to
shippers.
a relic Of former generation is in
Guided in the archives of General Freight
Agent Hannaford'S Office of the Northern
Pacific, the same being tariff of rates for
freight on the Lake Superior, Mississippi
q Minnesota division of the Northern Pa
ci6c railroad, taking effect May %, 1878.
The rates are made upon shipments from
st. Paul, Minneapolis, ST. Anthony, Still
water and Duluth to Moorhead and inter
vening points, and are considerably higher
than those which now obtain. The tariff
is comprehended in six pages, and besides
setting forth the chief object of its publ
cation, communicates the fact that Joseph
Shelton is the general Eastern agent at No.
263 Broadway, New York; W. w. Hunger
ford is superintendent of the Lake Superior
and Mississippi division at st. Paul; j. H.
Sullivan superintendent of the Minnesota
division at Brainerd; G. W. Mead, general
manager, and w. S. Alexander, at present
general traffic manager of the Manitoba
line, was general freight agent, both of st.
Paul.
The RiCer.
Their iver is on a stand opposite st. Paul
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