Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-16
TRANSPORTATION NOTES.

General Alexander, of the ST. Paul j.
Manitoba road, ia expected back to-
morrow.
SIN. Osgood, general agent of the At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe road, with head
quarters at Cedar Rapids, is in st. Paul.
The meeting of the st. Louis pool,
Friday, has been postponed until next
Wednesday.
President Loveioy of the Denver g.
Rio Grande, will attend tho meeting of the
Colorado Pool association in Chicago next
Wednesday in person.
By agreement between the trunk lines,
on and after Dec. Is, the basis of west
bound rates to Huntington, Ind, will bs
the same as to Fort Wayne.
Surveyors are busy at work on the Fort
Wayne, Peoria, Il Galssburg railroad.
They have surveyed the lines as far as
two miles east of Metemora.
The Union Pacific earnings this year
have decreased over 100000, as compar-
ed With 1882, nearly 100000 of the de-
crease having been within the past TWO
months.
The Norfolk & Western have voted to
close the books the 22d, and will declare
scrip dividend out of the earnings Of the
last year, the amount of which is not yet
determined.
Manager Merrill remains in the east,
and no word has been received from him
at the st. Paul general Offices which would
indicate MS intention Of returning before
the first of this week.
The Eastern trunk lines has agreed to
the following changes in the classification
of west bound freight to take effect at
once: Paper, wrapping, MANILA, printed,
in bundles, o. R., Glass 2.
Officials of the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee and Grand Trunk railways have
recently inspected the Ottawa Iron works
with view of purchasing them and turn
ing them into railway shops.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road mas issued
circular stating that on and after to-day,
and until further notice, trains of the
Moorehead branch will run Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays only.
| commissioned tuh duuCuuCGS bUdG LuS
Boston & Albany and Providence & Wor-
cestsr railroads will accept Boston rates
and divisions On east bound shipments of
dairy freights to Providence, E. 1.
1t is rumored that the Detroit, Grand
Haven & Milwaukee will build branch
road from NdIica. On its main line, tc
Muskegon, where the winter harbor facili
ties are better than at Grand Haven.
There is q rumor in the air that the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul railroad ha;
absorbed the Sioux City & Pacific. Nc
confirmation of this could be obtained al
the Office oGhe company yesterday.
! ffteen-year contract has just beer
made between the Atlantic & Pacific Rail
way company and the Pullman Car com
pany for running the latter's sleeping ani
buffet cars between St. Louis and Sa1
Francisco for the tina named.
Henry Monet, general passenger agen
OF the New York, West Shore 81 Buffalo
informs connecting lines that his road viii
be open for freight and passenger bust
ness between New York City, Albany
Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Black Rock
and Niagara Falls On and after January 1
1884. He requests through ticket ana
baggage check representation equal Il
that granted to other trunk N :.
The recent inspection trip of John B
Carson, ex-manager OF the Hannibal & ST
Joe railroad, over the Louisville, Neq
Albany & Chicago railroad lines. is said tt
have been in the interest of a syndicat,
formed to purchase the road if his repor
is favorable. Should the purchase be mad
Mr.. Carson will have charge of the physi
cal operations of the road, otherwise ht
will not be connected with it. Presiden
Bennett n. Young and Mr.. Carson are nov
! in New York comforting with members o.
the syndicate.
The opening exercises for the Aiohiaa,
Central's new cansilever bridge at Mag
ara Falls will not be as elaborate ss at fra
intended, and invitations will be issues
) only to railroad magnates and engineers
President Vanderbilt, Of the Central, ant
President Ledyard, of the Michigan Cen
trail, with large number of friends, vii
be present. Tables will be spread all da,
at Rosh's hotel. A large number of Buffa
lenians will want to attend, and it ia prob
able there will be heavy excursion train
from many points.