Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-20
RAIL AND RIVER.
VAR At CHIPFEWA FAILS OYER 4
THICK CROSSING.


The Railroad Run Pans Out a Limited
Amount of News-New Classification
Passenger Agents Meeting-Emigran ut
Arrivals-River Notes and Items-Per-
sOnal Points
Inc past week has witnessed the heaviest
arrivals of emigraAts at American seaports
during the present season.
Superintendent Casey, of the River divis.
ION OF the Milwaukee & st. Paul road, re-
turned to this city yesterday.
News IN railroad circles yesterday was as
devoid of interest as the bulletin boards of
afternoon papers are devoid of news.
d. Borchunes,of Baldwin, Wis, will leave
st. Paul this morning by the Northern
racine, for northern Dakota to select
lands for Wisconsin colony.
j. G. Boyden, j. T. Hiland, and other of
hcials who have been in attendance upon
the freight agents meeting at Chicago.
will return home this morning.
j. W. Burdick, has been appointed gen
eral freight and passenger agent of the
Delaware & Hudson Canal company. with
his headquarters at Albany, N. Y.
A paymaster's safe, two crushed coens,
an open window and revolver was the cast
of characters in comedy presented at
prominent railroad Office in this CITY
Thursday night.
The river road brought in 375 emigrants
yesterday. Agent Cedarbury remarked
that he experienced no annoyance of num-
oers on the remaining roads, but that the
river road trains were ''teasers."
A car load of fruit consigned to Smith
Brothers & Erskine, of this city, arrived
yesterday morning five days out from Bos-
ton. 1t was shipped per the Star Union
line, and came over the Royal Route.
The Canadian Pacific announces that it
is now in position to carry freight to and
from points reached by the Red, Blue.
White and Canada Sexthern fast freight
lines, and Brockville, Ottawa, Montreal
and all points on its line
Strange as 1t May appear, double the
number of trains arrive and depart from
st. Paul daily than from Kansas City,
Omaha, Denver, st. Louis or any other
railroad center outside of Milwaukee and
Chicago. One hundred and forty trains
come to and go from here every twenty
four hours.
The st. Paul Passenger Agents assoeia-
ton held regular monthly meeting at the
union depot yesterday morning. The
meeting was attended by G. K. Barnes, W.
Il. Dixon, T. W. Teasdale, H. c. Davis and
j. Q. Bond, but no business of Importance
was transacted. 1t was sort of a free and
easy, go as you please, free for all affair.
W. S. Mellen, freight agent of the Chi
cago Northwestern road, advises agents
that 1t Is of the greatest Importance to
shippers and eonsigHees of agricultural
Implements that there be no delay on such
shipments at this season of the year. They
are directed to treat such shipments,
until the season is over, the same as per-
ish roperty as regards time.
W. T. Van Horn, general manager of
the Canadian Pacific, arrived by special
yesterday afternoon. He was accompan-
led by s. L. Keith, Lord Dunmore, and two
of the English gentry in gray listers,
striped pants, pointed shoes, mash-ms-
down style derbys, eyeglasses and other in
sigma of foreign phenomena. The party
leaves for Winnipeg this evening.
The St. Paul & Duluth road time table
for the summer season has been prepared
to take effect on and after to-day, when
trains will leave st. Paul for White Bear
lake at 500 and 10 a. N. At l, 4:5O, 6:15
and 8 p. m. They will leave White Bear
for st. Paul at 7:1O, $50 and 1885 a. m.
At 1890, 1926, :55 and $40 p. m. Trains
fer Taylors Falls will leave at 500 q. NJ.
and 4:50 p. m. Returning they will leave
Taylors Falls at 1880 a. n. and As p. m,
and arrive at st. Paul at 10 a. IA. and
$50 p. IL.