Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-25
A GENEROUS GRIST.

ton in Passenger Rates-MeetIngs IN 81.
PauI-The Allen Car Wheel Company
Personal Points-The River.
E. W. Winter, assistant president of the
Omaha line, has gone East.
Increase in the Northern Pacific earn
ings for second week in April, $69,360.
1t is said that the Illinois Central will
run an extra passenger train on the Iowa
division, commencing on the 1st of May.
Fully one hundred German and Swed
ish emigrants arrived by the river road
yesterday afternoon bound for Dakota and
Montana.
Emigrants to the number of $50 from
the Michigan Peninsula came in by
the Omaha line yesterday and left for
Red river valley.
Commodore G. L. Coulson of the Mis-
souri, river packet company was in the city
yesterday accompanied by secretary Teller
OF the same corporation.
Thirty soldiers of the Seventh regular
cavalry passed through the city yesterday
en- route to Fort Meade, D. T. They went
by the Omaha line to Pierre.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth
road for the third week in April of the
current year were $18,264.07 against
S15,357 for the same period in 1882.
A meeting of the st. Paul & Duluth di-
rectory was convened yesterday morning
in the presidents room, but nothing be-
yond the disposal of routine business was
accomplished.
The ladies' waiting room is rapidly be-
coming "safe deposit" Monday baby
was left there, and yesterday a lady's reti-
cLle containing upwards of 500, remain
ed brief period unclaimed.
The special on the st. Paul & Duluth
road, which conveyed the body of the late
Engizeer Winters to Forest Lake, yester-
daV morning, arrived in st. Paul at 3:15
yesterday afternoon on its return.
E. F. Dodge, general freight and passen-
ger agent of the st. Paul g. Duluth road,
will return this morning from Chicago.
II. P. Breed, superintendent of the same
line, is at Jeffersonville, Ind, looking after
the purchase of rolling stock for the road.
The train on the Iowa & Minnesota d.
vision of the Milwaukee g. st. Paul road,
due at 1928 yesterday morning, was four
hours late. A ''busted" flue of the locomo-
tive did the business. The 2:45 p. N. train
on the same road was one hour late, due to
heavy train.
1t is said that the joint western classif-
cation, which was adopted at Chicago last
Monday week, by the Chicago & North
western, Milwaukee q st. Paul, Burlington
& Quincy, Rock Island & Pacific, Minnea-
polls 81 Omaha, Denver roads and other
lines is not altogether satisfactory. That
some of the roads are disposed to kick
over the traces, and before long general
ruction will occur.
Agricultural implements aud canned
goods are being rushed over the Manitoba
line to Winnipeg by the car load. The
duty on this line of goods will be increased
after May tenth, and dealers are anxious to
secure their supplies before the tax goes
into effect. AS an instance of Yankee
shrewdness the action of the Mccormick
reaper works, Chicago, may be cited. The
company short time since shipped twenty
car loads of reapers there, and have another
consignment on the way.
The Northern Pacific railroad has made
an additional return to Railroad Commits
sioner Baker of the gross earnings of the
Fergus, Little Falls & Black Hills branches
of that road for the two months they have
been in operation which amounts to $685.
976.35, which adds the sum of $259.76 to
the taxes due the state from that corpora
ton. The report of the earnings on these
new lines would have been made at the
same time as the regular report of the
Northern Pacific was rendered had the
company so understood that a report was
no ShOr rub iahf hack
branches had been opened to freight anC
travel.
A secret meeting of freight agents wal
held in the directors room of the Chicago
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road yes
terdaY afternoon. 1t was attended BY
representatives from the Omaha line, Mil
waukee & st. Paul, Northern Pacific ani
Manitoba roads. and its object was the re
visal of rates to points in Iowa, Dakots
and Minnesota. Some delay was expert
enced in convening the meeting, but thii
being disposed of proceedings were begun
behind barred doors, and with the blind!
pulled down. After a session of an houl
or Whereabouts an adjournment was car
ried, leaving the result of the meeting!
deliberations to reportorial Imagination!
rather than reportorial confidence. It wa
understood, however, that little OF grea
moment was disposed of, matters being 81
arranged as to necessitate final action il
the future.
G. K. Barnes general passenger agen
of the Northern FAC &c returned to the cit,
yesterday from Chicago and Omaha. Il
the former city he was in attendance upol
the rate meeting for the purpose of revis
ing the passenger rates TO Montana. Thes
were dropped from two to six dollars be
low those heretofore maintained, in conse
quence of the extensions from time Il
time of the Northern Pacific, and as tina
line progresses towards final completion
the passenger rates will decrease in a cor
responding ratio. At Omaha Mr.. Barne
conferred with L. L. Kimball, j. W. Nor
and G. 5. Stebbins of the Union Pacif
with reference to passenger, baggage AM
commercial rates also on the general de
tails of business within these department
and concluded a satisfactory understand
ing. From what Mr.. Barnes was able t.
learn while in Chicago, migration to Da
kota this season will be greater than t.
any othe- locality northwest of Chicago