Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-16
TRANSPORTATION NOTES..
RdiL Notes.

road, has returned.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road yesterday
handled 105 cars of wheat.
]. g. Robinson, agent of the Northern
Pacific road at Fargo, is in st. Paul.
The steamer F. D. Underwood, on the
Big Stone lake, is laid up for the winter.
C. Ives, assistant general manager
turned to st. Paul.
Official notice has been issued for a
meeting of the Northern Pacific stockhold-
ers the Goth to vote on the proposed issue
of $20,O00,0o0 second mortgage bonds.
E. g. Allen, superintendent of the
Massa chusetts Central railroad, has been
appointed general superintendent of the
Ohio River railroad, with headquarters at
Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mr.. j. T. Ripley has been appointed
assistant general passenger agent of the
Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific, with head
quarters at ST. Louis, vice G. L. Yelling
ton, transferred to Chicago.
The scalping case came before the
agents of the various roads in st. Paul
yesterday and was postponed till to-mor-
row. The road charged with the scalping
of course denies it and now refuses to re-
deem the tickets sold by the scalpers.
The Wabash, st. Louis & Pacific and
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads
have issued new joint freight tariff on
business between Chicago, Burlington,
Keokuk, Quincy and Hannibal, and also
on business between Peoria and the above
named points.
Mr.. A. D. Peck having resigned to go to
the New York, West Shore & Buffalo rail
way, Mr.. WI Sharpe, late of the Union
Pacific roilway, has been appointed master
of transportation of the Sioux City & Pa
cifc railway, with headquarters at Mis-
souri, Valley, la.
Mr.. Robert F. Prettyman has been ap-
pointed agent of the Rock Island at Otta-
wa, vice G. F. Frizelle, resigned. Mr.. @.
H. Moss has been appointed agent at Sene-
ca, vice g. w. Morgan, resigned. D. w.
Longacre has been appointed agent at
Mokena, vice G. q. Moss, transferred.
The report in Boston paper that ap-
plication has been made for a receiver for
the Oregon & TranscontinentaI company
and to account for the disposition of its
assets is pronounced by A. 81. Holmes
counsel for the company, "like all others
circulated about the company-a pack of
lies"
It is reported that the Milwaukee & st.
Paul and the Chicago & Northwestern
railroads have both cut rates from Chicago
to Oshkosh and Fond du Lack to five cents
per 100 pounds on all classes of freight.
The cutting process is said to have started
two OR three weeks ago and to have been
kept up since.
It is rumored that the coming govern
ment report on the Union Pacific COM
pany will show that, while local traffic has
increased, through traffic has fallen off on
account of competition. 1t is also said
that the earnings of the last two months
have decreased $1,000,000 as compared
with the previous year.
The Hannibal & st. Joe has given notice
of its withdrawal from the Kansas City
passenger agreement. The officials of the
road state that they do not mean to make
war upon Kansas City passenger rates,
but will follow any rates its competitors
may make. The rate from Kansas City to
Chicago still remains at $40 by all the
lines, and none of the roads show an in
clination to go below that figure.
New frank Line iron, st. Paul to Chicago.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-For some time CON
siderable interest has been manifested in
railroad circles in this city regarding the
alleged building of line of railroad along
the east bank of the Mississippi from a
point in the vicinity of Fulton, Ills, north
TO st. Paul, and the recent surveys at Sa-
wanna and East Dubuque have served to
confirm the suspicion that one of the great
railway systems of the west had designs
upon the territory Immediately east of the
Mississippi. Ever since the Milwaukee &
st. Paul built its line into Council Blufs
there has been increased difficulty in
amicably adjusting traffic relations among
the Iowa lines. The Milwaukee road was
looked upon a5 sort of interloper, having
no regard for the territorial rights of COM
petitors. The Council Bluffs line of the
Milwaukee d st. Paul has, it is stated,
proved q source OF considerable long rove
nue. to the Iowa trunk lines. The Moth
western and Rock Island had a chance to
get back at the intruder on its heavy ST.
| Peul ard Dakota business. The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, however, controlling
no competing line to any important
point in the Milwaukee d st. Paul ter
ritory, was simply compelled to
sit still and see its percentage of the Iowa
trunk line business pass over to the exche-
quer of its rival. The officers in this city
are very reticent regarding the surveys
now being made on the east side of the
Mississippi, but do not deny that the mat
ter has received some semi official con-
sideration. They say that outside from
the advantage of a competing line to st.
Paul there is large stretch of agricul-
tural and timber lands on the east side of
the river, which is at present
without adequate railroad facilities. The
scheme, as outlined in brief. is to build on
a line of road from Fulton, ILL.,, to St.
Paul, with several branches into Wiscon-
sin. A large party of surveyors under pay
of the Chicago. Burlington d Quincy som
psny, are now laying out line from
Savanna to Galena, following the route, as
near as possible, of the old Galena and
Savanna road. The Burlington company
has purchased depot grounds in Savanna,
| and is negotiating for right OF way. 1t is
the intention to connect at East Dubuque
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