Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-19
Rail Notes.

has returned from Chicago.
There will be meeting of the Transfer
company at the union depot this morn
ing.
General Manager Haupt, of the North
ern Pacific, starts on tour of inspection
this morning.
Samuel Treadwel, editor of the DEVILS
Lake Pioneer. was caller at the Manitoba
Offices yesterday.
George Earl, private secretary of vice
President Cakes, of the Northern Pacific
goes east tomorrow.
Up to 6 o'clock last evening the arrivals
at the Hotel de Lafayette aggregate up
ward of 500 pleasure seekers.
The Northern Pacific track has been
completed three miles west of Helena and
thirteen miles east of Missoula.
Land sales in Dakota made by the
Northern Pacific amount to $4,000 acres
for the first half of June, instant.
The approximate gross earnings of the
Mexican National railway for the first
week in June instant were $13,283 AS.
The 400 train on the st. Paul & Duluth
road went no further than Saltwater last
evening owing to a washout on the Taylors
Falls branch.
Emigrants to the number of $50 came in
by the eastern trains yesterday, and de-
parted for points on the Manitoba and
Northern Pacific roads last night.
F.N. Finney, general manager of the
Wisconsin Central, arrived in a special
yesterday morning. He left for Mime
tonka at o'clock in the afternoon.
[. A. Smith, general eastern agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul road at New
York, was among the arrivals at the Hotel
de Lafayette, Lake Minnetonka, on yes
terday.
SIS. Merrill general manager, J. 7.
Clark, general superintendent, and P. F.
Myers. secretary of the Chicago, Milwau
kee st. Paul road, arrived in the city
yesterday morning.
G. K. Barnes, general passenger agent
of the Northern Pacific, will remove his
office to the company's new building. The
removal will be finished by Saturday,
| when he Will hold formal reception.
Captain Herman, skipper of the new
steamer designed to breast the swell of
Devils Lake, arrived in the city yesterday.
He represents that his craft will be ready
for business on July 4, when it will
carry an excursion party from st. Paul
| across the lake.
The Omaha train due in this city at .: %
yesterday afternoon was upward of three
hours late. The detention was caused by
a washout between Camp Douglas and Ell
roy, which has been repaired, however, and
trains over that route are now making
their schedule time.
Inspectors Ben Butterworth, OF Ohio,and
w. A. Patten and Charles L. Perkins, both
of New York, leave here Saturday morning
to inspect section of the Northern Pa
clfic east of Helena; also, a section of that
road running twenty-five miles west of the
Flat Head reservation.
The Des Moines passenger train, ever
the Omaha road,du at II :05 last night had
not arrived at 3 o'clock this morning. On
inquiring at the train dispatchers office at
2 o'clock it was learned that the delay was
caused by a wreck of freight train on
the Minneapolis & St. Louis road south
of Chaska.
To insure prompt transportation of
freight destined east of Chicago, freight
by the Rock Island road for the Lake
Shore or Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
roads should be billed to Englewood; for
the Michigan Central, to Joliet if in car
loads, to Chicago if in less than car lots;
for the Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburg
road, to Washington Heights; for the Chi
cago, & Grand Trunk road, to Blue Island;
for the Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago & At
lantic and Nickel Plate roads, to South
Chicago If in car loads, to Chicago if in
less than car lots; for the Cincinnati In
dianapolis, st. Louis & Chicago road, to
Seneca. Perishable freight in any guam
tity must in all cases be billed to Chicago.
The Chicago RGiyacoy Passenger Agent
of the Sd instant presents to its readers
and the public portrait of G. K Barnes,
general passenger agent Of the Northern
Pacific road, well known throughout the
country as the youngest man now in charge
of the passenger service of trunk line in
the United States, as an exceptionally able
official, and an affable gentleman. The
picture brings home to the multitude of
friends of the subject fair counterpart of
tne OFlSlndl.dnu Iully confirms TO strangers
the truth of his reputation as one of the
most genial, generous and unaffected types
of that rare creation, true manhood.
Mr.. Barnes was born at Franklin, Delaware
county, n. Y, in 1874, and began
his railroad career in 1862 at
Hancock station on the Erie
road as ticket agent. In 1865 he was ap-
pointed freight agent at Coshocton station
and one year later became train dispatcher
at Hawley, then the terminus of the Homes
dale branch of the same road. In 1868 he
accepted position in the general ticket
Office of the Rock Island road, where he re-
manned until 1872, when he came to st. |
Paul as the assistant passenger and ticket
agent of the West Wisconsin, and the next
year was promoted to the chieftianshipIof
that department. In 1876 he was ap-
pointed general travelling passenger agent
of the Northwestern road in which service |
he remained until February, 1881, when he !
was appointed general passenger and tick
ct agent of the Northern Pacific, which po- |
sition he still holds. He is recognized as
one of the oststhoroughly practical rail- |
way men in the country, II man whose re-
liability is known from ocean to ocean, |
and whose urbanitV and conpenial charo~ |