Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-12
NOTHING BUT NEWS.

E. w. Winter, of the Omaha, has gone
to Chicago.
George Lee, of the Chicago, Rock Island
d Pacific, has gone to Winnipeg.
The Illinois Centrars Sioux City line has
been admitted to the Iowa pool, to date
from April 1.
The track of the Vanderbilt is to have
Y connection with that of the Sioux City
and Pacific at Blair.
The Missouri river at Bismarck is free
OF ice at last,and the water running nicely
without fear of an overflow.
IT. Rose, of the Collingwood lake line
of steamers, is in the city on business con-
nected with that corporation.
Night freight trains on the st. Paul q
Duluth road, temporarily suspended on &C
count of Tuesdays storm, were resumed
yesterday.
The Sioux City and Pacific is distribut
ing steel rails from Blair west. At least
part of the Nebraska division is to be re-
laid with steel.
When it was showing cats and dogs in
st. Paul Tuesday, the farmers about Man
dan and Bismarck were engaged in seed
ing for the seasons crop.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth
road for the first week in April are stated
at $50, BAIT, being an increase of $6,977.73
over those of a corresponding period in
1882.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul is
revising its tariff of general and special
rates all along the line, from station to
station. 1t will be ready and take effect
on next Monday.
Chicago rumors state that a movement
is projected for the extension of the Min
neapoIis & st. Louis road to Fargo, but
officials here profess to know nothing
about the matter.
A. Marvel, manager of the Manitoba
line, accompanied by his nimble assistant
II. G. Ives, took a special train at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning, and commenced tour
of inspection over the road.
John 2. Harrison, southwestern agent of
the Minneapolis s. st. Louis, arrived ia
the city yesterday as the head and front of
party of colonists from Des Moines, Ia,
for Kidder county Dakota. They left by
the Northern Pacific.
Cars to the number of 176, loaded with
emigrants' movables, were shipped west
from the Minnesota transfer via the Man
itoba line on Tuesday night. The North
ern Pacific sent out 1876 cars from the
same point, bound in the same direction.
Passenger Agent Barnes, of the Northern
Pacific,was oocupiedyesterday with Assist
ant Passenger Agent Davis, of the Mani
toba line, in adjusting rates from Duluth
to Manitoba and the Northwest, to take eff
feet upon the resumption of lake naviga-
ton.
The suit of the Northwestern Fuel com
pany against the Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids & Northwestern road has reached that
stage of prospective amicable adjustm emit
that the attachment heretofore levied
upon the rolling stock of defendant has
been vacated by consent.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis was an
hour and half late, and the Milwaukee &
st. Paul one hour late yesterday morning,
the latter being delayed one hour in the
afternoon. The Omaha line, and other
roads centering in st. Paul, arrived on
time both morning and afternoon.
A. L. Stokes, general agent of the North
ern Pacific at Chicago, accompanied by A.
d. Edgar, were in the city yesterday. Mr..
Stokes left for Chicago last night to wind
up his affairs there, preparatory to assum-
ing his duties of assistant superintendent
of traffic for the road at Portland, Oregon.
Mr.. Edgar went out to Bozeman last night,
and upon his return will succeed to the
vacancy created by the transfer of General
Agent Stokes.
There will be a gathering of superin-
tendents of the Northern Pacific to-day for
the purpose of preparing summer time
table, to go into effect one week from Sun
day next. The meeting will be presided
over by John T. Odell, with M. G. Kim
berly, of the Minnesota division, support
ing his right, J. M. Graham, of the Dakota
division; D. r. Taylor, of the Missouri,
and s. R. Amsley, of the Yellowstone divi-
sions, also in attendance.
The Chicago & Northwestern railroad
announces that Galesville, Wis, a new sta
tion On the Madison division, situated on
branch seven miles northeast of Trem-
pealeau, is now open for business. Sta
tions in Wisconsin will use the distance
tariff dated April 3, 1882. Other stations
will use the above distance and waybill,
subject to Interstate tariff and classified
ton. This company also announces the
appointment of an agent at Galva, Ia,
twenty-three miles west of Sac City, and
that on and after this date freight for that
point may be forwarded without prepay
ment of charges. An agent has also been
appointed at Randall, Ia, an the Des
Moiuas & Minneapolis line, seventeen
miles north of Ames and six miles south
of Jewell junction, and freight to that
point will also be forwarded without pre-
payment of charges.
The Hoosac tunnel this year asks for the
appropriation of $264,OoO to finish the
double-tracking of the state railroad. One
Of Gov. Buffers supporters in the senate,
II violation of parliamentary discretion,
intimated that he would veto this appro-
prlGtion, although it is the last or promises
to oe the last, money asked from the state.
The argument for it is that the double
track is nearly completed and that so long
as it is not entirely so the state loses the
advantage of what it has spent. This is
probably SO, but there is no certainty that
double track would greatly increase the
state revenue. At all events, as long as