Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-03
Rail Notes.


A. Il. Wise! has been appointed auditor
of the Duluth and Iron Range road, with
headquarters at st. Paul.
A. Manrel, general manager of the Man
itoba line, accompanied by H. G. Ives are
out on the road inspecting.
A party of two hundred Canadians left
Chicago for Winnipeg yesterday morning.
They will reach St. Paul at 6:15 this morn
ing.
E. W. Winter, j. NJ. Whitman, A. A. Ho-
bart and G. W. johnson, of the Omaha
line, have gone north on tour of inspec-
ton.
Sleepers of the most luxurious style and
finish will be put on the line between Du-
luth and Fargo. The event will occur this
evening.
The movement of Minneapolis -four to
the East via the lakes has commenced.
Twenty five car loads were taken to Duluth
yesterday.
Kansas City is is in a sweat-mill over the
change of base in the Gould system of rail-
ways, which are centering everything at
st. Louis as head quarters.
The Chippewa Valley division of the st.
Paul railroad is practically 'busted" for
the present--that is it is under water, and
a good deal of it has been washed away.
The railroad offices yesterday were
scarcely alive with news. To-day, however,
a large dispensation of racy, readable
items from the west end of the several
routes i3 promised.
John S. Cook was Tuesday appointed
division freight agent of the Southwestern,
Kansas and Des Moines divisions of the
Rock Island & Pacific road, with head
quarters at Kansas City.
II. P. Breed, general superintendent of
! the st. Paul & Duluth road, is in Duluth.
He is said to have thrown the old shoe after
| the ''Osceola" on her departure from that
city for Buffalo at the jingling hour of 80
yesterday morning.
j. Flekke, a leading merchant of Graf
ton, Dakota, passed through the city yes
terday, en- route to Europe. He reports a
light fall of snow in the Red river valley
Tuesday, but not sufficient to interfere to
any extent with the seeding now in prog
ress there.
W. S. Mullen freight agent of the North
Western Railway association, publishes for
/ the benefit of shippers, that all tariffs and
rates heretofore governed by the joint
westward classification rules, will in the
future be governed by the rules of the
| joint westward classification.
! The cheerful information is communi-
Gated that station has been located on
/ the Northern Pacific. 1t is sandwiched be-
! tween Eagles Nest and Kurtz. The babe
! is said to be desirable point for emigra-
! ton, has been christened "Glenuellen," and
is an embryo city of great expectations.
The state board of railroad assessors has
completed its work by slightly increasing
the valuation of the railroad lines of Kan
sas. The valuation for assessment pur-
poses varies from $4,000 to $4,000 per
mile; $4,000 is about the average. Tele-
grapl lines are valued on all roads at $40
pc, y lie.
= j. Hancock, superintendent of the
American Express company, has discover
el that some of the messengers on railway
trains have acquired habit of poker play
ing, and has started to break it up. He
declares he will do it if it takes every man
on the job. Already five on tire Burlington,
Cedar Rapids q Northern road, and three
on the Chicago d Northwestern road have