Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-20
Rail Notes.

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Mr.. Geo. K. Barnes, of the Northern
Pacific road, will be back Friday.
Mr.. Marvel, general manager Of the
st. Paul & Manitoba road, has returned.
| VIM. Hurder, assistant traffic manager
of the Canadian Pacific road, is in st.
! Paul.
George w. Clayton, general western
agent of the Missouri Pacific road, is in
town.
| 81. G. Davis, assistant passenger agent
of the st. Paul & Manitoba road will ar
rive to- day.
On Sunday next there will be change
of time on the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
lines west of st. Paul.
The Oregon short line of the Union Pa
cifc railway was opened on the 18th to
Caldwell, Idaho, fifteen miles this side of
Boise City.
On Saturday last twenty-four cars
loaded with salmon left Portland and
| twenty cars more of salmon were started
from the same place for st. Paul.
The Northern Pacific road yesterday
took 279 cars of wheat to Duluth and
eleven to Minneapolis. The st. Paul &
Manitoba road took fifty three cars of
wheat to Dulath and 1OS to st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Two hundred and thirty five tons of
silver ouill,Jn left Helena, Montana, We'd
nesoay for Newark, N. j., over the North
ern. Pacific road. Eighteen cars are
required to transport it, and they will pass
through st. Paul in few days.
The Omaha and Kansas City trains will
leave st. Paul at $3.50 p. m. instead of 4:O5
p. m. The Des Moines trains are to be
consolidated with the Sioux City and
Sioux Falls trains and will leave St. Paul
at 7:2O a. m. instead of at 5: 80 a. m. and
sos a. m. as heretofore.
The travel int and out of st. Paul has
reached very large proportions. There has
never been anything like it in the history
of the city. On Tuesday the ticket agents
at the union depot sold forty through
tickets for Portland, yesterday forty five
A good many from Iowa are going out to
Oregon, and still more from the older
states of the east.
The Illinois state fair commences at
Chicago on the oath, and will hold over to
the 29th, and will be the biggest one held
in the west. John Dere & Co., of Moline,
ILL.,, and J. /. Case & Co., have each
chartered train and bought 500 tickets
for their employees. Each company will
have a band of music. The exhibit of
stock. agricultural implements, ETC., will
be something enormous.
| The cattle business on the Northern
Pacific is increasing, On Tuesday twenty
four cars consigned to Harris & Plunenger,
of Chicago. left Miles City; seven cars con-
signed to W. H. Hackney, three cars for
Merriam & Pringle, and twenty -four cars
for Carpenter & Robinson left the same
place. On the same day twenty-one cars
left Glendive and twenty live cars left
Mandan. All OF these will be along here
shortly.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, and
Minneapolis d st. Louis railways have is
sued special joint tariff between Chicago,
South Chicago, Englewood, Washington
Heights, Blue Island and Joliet and Nor
ristown, Faribault, Dundas. Northfeld
WatervilIe, Granville, Cannon Falls, Belle
Creek and Red Wing.
Fargo Republican 10: The directors OF
the Fargo Southern railroad held meet.
ing at their Office yesterday afternoon, and
transacted routine business. 1t was stat
ed that iron fors the road would be
shipped by the Goth of September from
Chicago. 1t had been delayed because OF
strikes on the part of iron workers. The
rails are to be of steel.
A special dispatch from Helena to the
Benton, Montana Record, says: President
Willard was called upon at the train by the
lChoteau representatives who talked with