Daily globe., 1883-05-25
Rail Notes.

Sam. Boyd, of the Albert Lea route, was
a visitor to st. Paul yesterday.
Cottage Park station on the St. Paul &
Duluth road was opened yesterday.
L.F. Kimball, agent in this city of the
Albert Lea route, returned from Chicago
yesterday.
Fully 400 emigrants arri.e] from the
East yesterday, and left last night for Da-
kota and Montana points.
The approximate gross earnings of the
Mexican National railway for the second
week of May instant are stated at Sl7,919.-
O6.
j. 7. Clark, assistant traffic manager of
the Omaha line, left for Omaha on yestei-
day afternoon, to remain absent several
days.
Twelve car loads of emigrants left Chi
cago for st. Paul yesterday morning. They
will arrive here by the Royal route this
morning.
A S. Dowdle, agent of the Manitoba line
at Moorhead, with W. E. Goodin, agent of
the sa he line at Neebe, were in the city
yesterday.
The accident to Judge Chandler yester-
day morning, details of which are pub
ished in another column, was the occasion
of many expressions of regret in railroad
circles yesterday.
The Manitoba road has prepared table
of rates to all points on the Canadian Pa
cifc, on the basis of the reduced rates
heretofore published, that will prove in
valuable to shippers.
Col. Flournoy, of the Omaha line, leaves
for Missouri to be gone week. He will
be accompanied on his return by Mrs.
Flournoy, who has been visiting at Hanni-
bal for the past fortnight.
Jay Gould, who never INDUCES in strong
drink, was induced by deceit at the Hot
Springs, to drink rock and rye, and said
that the man who owned the spring from
which it came had fortune.
II. P. Breed, superintendent of the St.
Paul & Duluth road, was over at Saltwater
yesterday. j. Fl. Keefe, train dispatcher,
and John Hill, master mechanic, in the en-
ploy of the same corporation, departed
last night for Lake Superior.
F. Dodge, general freight and ticket
agent of the St. Paul & Duluth road, has
published neat little card setting forth
the advantages of the great lake route,
with its connections, etc., which is typo
graphical gem and an infallible guide 10
travellers.
For period of over two months negoti-
ations have been pending toward the con-
soiidation of the United States Express
company and the Pacific Express com
pany. The matter has been definitely set
tied by the United States express with
drawing. The Pacific Express company
will now operate the lines heretofore Gov
cred by the former company. By this
consolidation the Pacific Express company
has an immense territory. 1t is wonderful
the progress that this company has made.
Organized three years ago, it stands to-day
at the head of the list, and with a larger
territory than any other express company
in the United States.
The following rulings have been made
by the Southwestern Railway, Iowa Trunk
line, and Colorado Traffic associations for
the classification of articles not provided
for in the joint western classification
Bottle wrappers, wooden, L. q. L. 2 G. L.
A; carpet sweepers, boxed, L. G. L. 2 G. l..
3; filters, B; plated ware, IL T. l; shells,
9; silicate of soda, in barrels or casks, L.
G. L. G. L. 5; vaseline in glass, boxed,
o. R. L; do, in cans, o. R. 3; water closets,
boxed or racked, 2. The foregoing, along
with joint circulars Nos. II and II, dated
April 16, 1888, and May 1, 1888, embrace
all the changes in, and additions 10 the
''joint western classification in use by the
above associations" dated April 16. 1883,
that are extant.
The Ricer.