Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-20
Rail Notes.

The st. Paul & Manitoba road handled
354 cars of wheat yesterday.
Mr.. Marvel, of the St. Paul & Manitoba
road, has returned from Chicago.
The st. Paul & Duluth road will adopt
the new time next Sunday noon.
Fl. L. Horton, of New York, left yester-
day with II. G. Ives on special car for
Winnipeg.
F. B. Clark, general traffic manager of
the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road, has
gone to Chicago.
P. Hallenbeck, assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern with
headquarters at Winona is in town.
Gen. Wilson, president of the New York
& New England railroad, says he has not
declined collection to the presidency of
that road.
The earnings of the Denver & Rio
Grande railway for the second week in
November were $4,000 increase over the
same week in 1882.
The net earnings of the Union Pacific
company ten months this year are about
$450,o00 less than for the corresponding
period the previous year.
Nineteen cars of Montana cattle arrived
at the transfer Monday night, and yester-
day morning eighteen cars more arrived,
and all consigned to Rosenbaum Bros,
Chicago.
The Canadian Pacific railway has mott
fed the Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul
that it will not receive freight of perish
able nature without prepayment of
charges.
Mr.. T. w. Wadsworth, late assistant
commercial agent of the Milwaukee a. st.
Paul, has been promoted to the position of
assistant general agent of the passenger
department of that road IN Chicago.
Superintendent Prior yesterday re-
ceived dispatch from General Supe1in-
tendant Clark, of the Milwaukee road.
stating that the train arriving from
Chicago at 6:15 a. N. heretofore would
hereafter arrive at 7:15 a. m.
The earnings of the Milwaukee & St.
Paul road for the second week in Noyem-
Der were $548,oO0-an increase of S7O,619
over 1882; of the Northwestern, $53S, OOO-
Omaha, $134,000-an increase of S.
400
Mr.. Allen Marvel, general manager Of
the st. Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba
railroad, was in Minneapolis yesterday on
business connected with the road. Mr.. Man
vel states that the road is now moving an
unusually large amount of grain. The
wheat crop, he says, has been larger than
ever before, and the prospects of his com
pany are most fa5tering.
President Smith, Superintendent Breed
and the others that went mp to inspect the
ST. Croix bridge, have returned and report
that it is satisfactory. The bridge is $50
feet III length, three spans, and is a combi-
nation of wood, and iron. 1t
was tested with three car
loads of iron together with the heaviest
locomotive the company has, in all I13
tons. The DETECTION was half an inch,
and on the weight being removed it re-
sumed its proper position. Il was built
by Raymond d Campbell at q cost of
$4,000.
S. Frink, of the st. Louis freight bareau,
has sent circulars to railroad offices in st.
Paul to the effect that certain changes
should be made in the rule adopt
ed by the Southwestern Railway
association. These changes are indicated
by the following extract from the circular:
No shipment. however small, will be car
ried any distance for less than twenty
five cents. In case second class rate for
one hundred pounds exceed twenty-five
cents that rate will be the minimum
charge. Powder (explosivel of all kinds
must be carried separately, and will not
be taken as part of shipment whether
there be other goods from same shipper to
same consignee the sans day or not.''