Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-19

ception by the Leading Citizens of the
Dual Cit1es-The Personnel of the Gath,
ering,
At 9:43 o'clock last evening, the special
train of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railway, bringing the members of
the American Society eff Civil Engineers to
the annual meeting of the society in st.
Paul and Minneapolis, came to a |
stop in the st. Paul union depot.
The GLOBE has already given a
general history of the society, as
also the general programme of
this meeting, and therefore needs
not repeat in detail. The announcement
simply means that the national convention
of the master scientific and mechanical
minds of the country; the men who have
run the lines of our railroads.&c. pioneers
of Western civilization; the men who have
made the mighty Mississippi and other
water courses contribute their latent
powers to mans advantage;
who conceived and executed
the great Brooklyn bridge, the
engineering triumph of the century, and
numberless other achievements which will
hand their names down to future genera
tons in glowing encomium, did, following
the example set them by other distin-
guished national associations, at their last
annual meeting, select the twin cities of
the northwest--the hub of the American
continent, and the entrepot and
| distributing point to one of the grandest
| sections of the continent. in scenery.
healthful climate and diversity and pro-
| ductiyeness of soil.
| RECEIVING THE GUESTS.
That the society might have royal re-
ception for the honor of its selection, the
members of the profession of the two
cities, the railroads centering here, and
the public generally, have co-operated
with their usual energy and liperality.
| feature of the entertainment offered
the society was a special train by
the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St.
Paul Railway company from
| Chicago to st. Paul, to leave at Z 80 yes
terday morning and to reach st. Paul at
$3.50 in the evening, run of 400 miles, OR
about thirty three miles an hour incIud-
ing necessary stops. To meet this special
train members of the st. Paul and Mime
apolis general committee, with few men,
bers of the profession, left St. Paul at
12:45 IN the business car of Superintendent
Prior of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST..
Paul road, attached to the regular eastern
train. The reception committee consisted
| of Gen. j. w. Bishop, D. G. Shepard and
| Howard Gilmore, of the ST. Paul committee:
G. F. Hatch, G. A. Bracket, A. G. Rand
and Robert Hale, of the Minneapolis COM
mittee: Chief Engineer Patti, of the Min
nesota division and J. Nj. Lowrie, master
mechanic of the road; Capt. Gear and C.
w. Johnson, of the Omaha road: Assistant
Superintendent Case to do the honors in
the necessary absence of Superintendent
Prior and the GLOBE reporter. The run to
Winona, the meeting point with the spec
ial was made without special incident, I'M
less as an added item to the management
of the Chicago, Milwaukee d st. Paul &C
count, it might be added that Superinten-
dent Case did the honors most Hospitality,
in which is included dinner with all the
delicacies of the season.
| FAST TIME.
On arriving at Winona it was learned
the special was 55 minutes behind time.
| having lost ten minutes in the run to Mil
| waukee, another ten minutes at the Kill
bourn City bridge over the Wisconsin
river, designed and executed by Charles
Shaler Smith, manager OF the st Louis
Bridge company, and who has built most
of the bridges of the Milwaukee road,
one of the visiting engineers, and by an
unfortunate detention by open spans at
the Black and Mississippi river crossings
at La Crosse.
| At La Crosse, the special was taken in
| charge by Supt. Slayton, of the river
division of the road, Conductor Trusonne
with Engineer Chas. Jones holding the
the valves of engine No. 224. The special
consisted of seven coaches, a sleeper, the
private car of Gen. Bernard,
| general manager of the Kan
sas City, st, Joseph 81 Council
Bluffs railroad and a baggage car. It
struck Minnesota soil at 5:45 p. m, and
made the run to St. Paul, 1913 miles, in
three hours and ifty-eight minutes, includ-
ing stops at LIE Noble, Winona, Minnesota
| City, Lake City, Red Wing and Hastings,
making the actual running time on the
river division forty-two miles an hour, and
making up twelve minutes of the time lost
on the other divisions, and reaching st.
Paul at $40 p. N.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Ao HhO @POOIo1 otOPPoO dI hluOud
to take on board the st. Paul
and Minneapolis delegations they
were received by Don. j. Whittemore, the
chief engineer Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul road-the man whose brain has
| outlined the great and comprehensive
system of the road-and the one to whom
more than any other man is due the credit
of the present convention being held in
st. Paul, and by him escorted to the rear
car and introduced to Capt. John Bogart,
secretary and librarian of the as
ISOLATION. Unfortunately for Capt. Bogart
both the president, Charles Paine, and the
vice presidents, VIM. H. Paine and Henry
Flad, were prevented from attending this
meeting by pressing engagements, so that
all the minor details of the trip and the
general outlook ahead, outside of the local
committees, devolved upon him. The
train, as will be seen below, contained
two hundred and eighty persons, the large
majority of whom were entire stran-
gers, except by public report, until
they met on their departure from Chicago,
To unite this homogeneous mass into one
family, and make everything move
smoothly, was a herculean task. Capt. |
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