Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-14
Rail Notes.


Mr. Dodge, of the st. Paul & Duluth
| road, has gone east.
The burned railroad bridge at Minnee-
polls has been restored.
Superintendent Breed, of the st. Paul
& Duluth road, has gone to Duluth.
The morning train On the Northern
Pacific was seven hours late yesterday.
Commissioner Dodge, of the Saskatche-
wan Transportation company, is in town {.
The Northern Pacific road brought in
between 100 and 200 cars of wheat yester-
day.
Two car loads of recruits left for Glen
dive last night on the Northern Pacific
road.
A. j. Sargent formerly superintendent
of the Northern Pacific road, arrived at st.
Paul last night.
Harry ives, acting superintendent of
the northern division of the St. Paul &
Manitoba, Is in st. Paul.
Twelve through passengers arrived yesteE-
day from New Tacoma and Portland Oh
the Northern Pacific road.
MIR. Geo. W. Pullman, of the Pullman
Palace Car company, came down from
Duluth yesterday and went east.
Major E. II. Smith, general northwes-
tern travelling passenger agent of the Chi
cago & Atlantic road, is in st. Paul.
Thirty-six through passengers for Port
land left on the Northern Pacific road
yesterday, and three Tor San Francisco.
The st. Paul &, Manitoba road trans,
ported three hundred car loads of wheat
and the road finds itself short of cars
This is in consequence of the immense
crop which is far surprising all expecta-
lions, and which will put the railroads up
to their best work to move.
! The gross earnings of the Illinois Cen
trail for the month ending Aug. 81, 1888
were as follows: In Illinois, $645,165; in
Iowa, S152,7O5; Southern division, $751;
S51, total, S1,O79,721. For the CORES,
| ponding month in 1882 the gross earnings
we're: In Illinois, CSC, 944; in Iowa, $780,
531; Southern division, S236,S61; total
$1,004,236
The meeting of the Chicago and St.Louis
pool, which was to have been held at the
Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, to-day, has
heen indefinitely postponed. AS stated
yesterday, the Alton & Illinois Central
| have cancelled their notices of withdrawal
from the pool, and have agreed to con-
tinue the present pooling arrangement
until Jan. l next. Owing to this ar
rangement it is not necessary to hold c
meeting.
The officials of the Canadian Pacific, st
Paul g. Manitoba railroad made visit tc
the end of the track of the Manitoba
Southwestern railroad last week. The par
ty included Messrs, Van Horne, Jas. Egan
j. j. Hill and A. Marvel. They proposed
driving to the Boyne and Carman, bu
some of the party being unwell, they did
not take the proposed drive, but made en-
uuiries of parties at the endof the track as
to the condition of the grade to the river
supply of wood and water, and the descrip
ton of countries adjacent to Carman
After receiving replies they returned with
out communicating the object of theil
trip or their plans.
Mr.. TT. Potter, general manager o.
the Burlington, has gone to California, ani
expects to be in San Francisco September
20 to attend the meeting of general mana
gers of the various Pacific routes for the
purpose of arranging new pool on Paci
fic coast business. The pool includes the
southern route from New Orleans via E
Paso; Missouri Pacific (Texas & Pacifc)
Southern Pacific; Atlantic & Pacific; Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy burlington &
Missouri River); Atchison, Topeka & SAINTS
Fe; Denver & Rio Grande; Central Pacific
Union Pacific (main line and Kansas Pa
cifc); Northern Pacific, and Oregon Rail
way & Navigation company. The presen
pool only includes the Union Pacific, Cen
trail Pacific, Atkinson, Topeka d Santa
Fe, and Southern Pacific.