Daily globe., 1883-05-15
Rail Notes.

for his prosperity and success.
Rail Notes.
D. L. WILDER, land agent of the Northern
Pacific at jamestown, D. T., was in the
city yesterday.
An extra train between ST. Paul and
Forest Lake will be put on the st. Paul &
Duluth road, commencing tomorrow.
'See, there goes Bill Vanderbilt with his
hands in his own pockets" exclaimed Bill
Travers, the wag of Wall street, the other
day.
When Morgan's Louisiana & Texas rail
road becomes part of the Southern Paci-
fic it will lose its present pet name of ''The
Stone Wall line.'
Yesterday mornings train on the River
road was made up of seventeen cars, and
brought hither 220 Irish emigrants for
points on the Northern Pacific.
Large invoices of stock continue to be
transported from st. Paul to points on
the Northern Pacific road, and from points
OF the Northern Pacific road to st. Paul.
Col. G. I. Hobart, superintendent of the
Yellowstone National Park Improvement
company, arrived in the city yesterday en-
route to he park, for which point he will
leave here tomorrow evening.
A special train, consisting of three cars,
left this city yesterday afternoon for a
tour over the Iowa & Minnesota division
of the Milwaukee & st. Paul road. Super
inteadents Prior, Case and Underwood
were the passengers,
There has been large decrease in rail-
road building this year. Railroad build
ing is the most insatiate absorbent of
foating capital. The check to construc-
on is an indication that there IS such a
thing as oVerproduction even in railroads.
Nelson Clifton, of Ishpeming, Mich,
passed through the city yesterday en- route
home from Burleigh county, D. 7. Having
planted colony there he very properly
returns whence he came to secure another
invoice of recruits for the promised land,
far, far away.
j. NJ. Graham, superintendent of the
Dakota division of the Northern Pacific,
came up from Fargo on Saturday, and
reveled in the delights of st. Paul's Italian
climate over Sunday. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Graham, and registered at the
metropolitan.
The auditors Office of the Northern Pa
Cifc has been established and settled in
the new headquarters of the company,
corner of Fourth and Rosabel streets.
general move of the remaining depart
ments will be commenced IN about two
weeks, and the premises be fully occupied
by July first.
The gross earnings of the AtchIson,
Topeka & Santa Fe for April are expected
to show gain of about 100000 and if the
Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Kansas
branches be included, of about 100000.
This certainly is evidence of satisfactory
growth and of hard work on the part of
the officers of the company.
A close traffic arrangement has been
made between the Northern Pacific and
the Wisconsin Central, by which the former
acquires partial ownership of the latter.
AS soon as the connecting link of road be-
tween Ashland and Superior City is COM
pleted, the through business of the North
ern Pacific will be given exclusively to the
Wisconsin Central.
The Oregon Short Line division of the
Union Pacific is doing well and its earn
ings are growing fast. 1t is stated that
the Central and Union Pacific will soon
shorten up the time between Omaha and
San Francisco at least twenty-four hours.
The track of both roads is in superb con.
dition and there is no reason why fast time
should not be easily made.
Round trip tickets to, and between St
Paul and stations on the st. Paul & Du
lpth road will be placed on sale to-day
and can be had at twelve and one-half PEI
cent. reduction over regular rates. When
people find how cheap they can ride out Of
and into st. Paul, the rush of purchasers
will be evidence of an additional wonder
not included in the list recited byJosephul
Cook, D. d.
DR.. Steernett, of Chicago, treasurer o.
the Western Trunk line passenger assoc1a
tion, addressed communication to ex
commissioner Dueon yesterday, stating
that in closing up the account
of the association there wa
one cent remained, and inquiries hov
the same shall be pro-rated among tn,
roads comprising the association. The
ex-commissioner will respond to the con
undrum at once.
The following will be the rates on slaves
heading, hoop poles, shocks or hoops il
car loads of 24,000 pounds and over on tn
Grand Trunk railway on and after to-day
From Detroit, Detroit junction, Milwau
kee junction and Port Huron to Buffalo
Black Rock and Suspension bridge, min