Daily globe., 1883-08-03

The First N. Il. church had picnic over
the st. Paul & Duluth road to Mahtomeda
yesterday.
Fl. G. Davis, assistant general passenger
agent of the 81. Paul and Manitoba road. is
at Minnetonka.
r. w. S. Alexander, general traffic man
ager of the st. Paul & Manitoba road, will
be home Saturday.
Geo. K. Barnes, the general passenger
and ticket agent of the Northern Pacific
road, left last night with the editors for
the Yellowstone park.
The Northern Pacific is spending some
thing like half million Oh the overhead
track across the Mullan pass, merely TO
save some six weeks time.
The Royal Route brought the editors up
to st. Paul from Chicago in II hours and
As minutes, which is the shortest time ever
made between the two cities.
1t is rumored among railway men that
the Grand Trunk is about to commence
building at the Montreal shops 100 Llogul
engines of immense power.
Sioux City Journal: The Fargo and
Ortonvllle officials have gone to Nj waukee
10 confer with the officials of the Mllwau-
kee company. IL this Fargo com pany is
anything it is tool of the Milwaukee, to
be used to build from OrtonviIIe to Fargo
without offending the Northern Pacific.
Sioux City Journal: 1t seems that the
talk of building Judge Porter's road from
Eldora to Alden was only "a bluff to bring
Iowa Falls to terms. The citizens of Iowa
Falls have taken fright at the move, and
are likely to raise the $4,000 bonus needed
to secure the road. So far $4,000 has been
subscribed.
Bismarck Tribune: The North Pacific
company have staked out the line of their
temporary track TO the capitol grounds,
and grading Will be commenced at once.
The road will run up Ninth street to the
ravine south Of the hills, and thence west
to the grounds. The track to the peniten-
tiary is completed, and material for the
structure is being taken to the scene OF
operations at a lively rate. The special
track TO the capitol grounds will be about
a mile IN length.
jamestown Alert: II is reported in rail-
road circles that since the official change
on the Northern Pacific, there will be con-
siderable changes made in subordinate
offices and trainmen. It is understood
that Trainmaster A. j. McAbee, of Fargo.
is to be made assistant superintendent of
the Dakota d Missouri division and that
Ernest j. Swellenbach will be promoted to
AcAbee's position of tralnmaster Both
are experienced and efficient railroad men
and deserving of this recognition ON the
part of the company.
Mr.. James Smith, Jr., president of the
st. Paul and Duluth road, has Just return
ed from Agate bay. He reports the Iron
Range road has 1000 men at work on thal
road and that they have graded about ten
miles. 1t is seventy miles from Agate
bay to Vermilion, and work ls being push-
ed forward as rapidly as possible. The
company has erected q large boarding
house, besides which there is large hotel
for tourists which already has fifteen visit
ors. The company has also constructed a
big building that is used for Offices for the
road. Work on the road will be proceeded
with without cessation, and the iron will
be laid right along,
Sioux City Journal: The articles of in.
corporation of the Chicago, Lyons &
Pacific Railroad company have been fled
with the state auditor at Des Moines. The
sapital stock mentioned is $10,000.0OO
The purpose of the last named corpora
ton Is declared to be the construction and
operation of railway, the main trunk OF
continuous line to commence on the Missis-
s1ppl at or near Lyons, thence to the Mis-
souri,, with branches TO the northwestern
and southwestern. boundaries of fhe
state. The principal place of busi-
ness is to be at Lyons for the first two
years, and thereafter at such places as the
board of trade may designate. The
ineorporators are j. G. Root, j. w. Esery,
w. P. Scott, II. B. LaRUe and j. L. Brown.
The RiUer.
The Mary Morton will be up from st.