Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-31
As Shown bJ the Daily Records OF
Union Depot Business.
las PASSENGER TRAINS 2DAILY.
Carrying 1920 Passengers, 5000
Pieces OF Baggage and % Tons
Of 9. s. Nails.
NOTES 2ON RAIL HEADQUARTERS
What the Companies Have Beer Doing
During tEe Year 1888.

The railway system Of S.. Paul includes
companies which opersts daily passenger
trains, running through between this city
and the following terminal points: Win
nipeg, Manitoba, ,; CreeI City, Hope,
Fargo and Mandan, Oak; Portland, Ore
gon; Duluth, 3, austin, Elmore, Breckin-
ridge and ST. Hilsire, Mimi; Sioux Falls,
OAK. Sioux City, Fort Dodge, Des Moines
and McGreQor, Iowa; Omaha and New
port, Neb.; 81. Louis, No, 3; Chicago,
Ill, 6; and Milwaukee, Abbotsford, Ash
land, Bayfield,, and Superior. Wis. They
also run numerous local passenger trains
between st. Paul and nearby towns, River
Falls, Hudson, Saltwater, Taylors Falls,
White Bear, Minneapolis, Wayzata, etc
The new roads built By these companies in
1888, over which trains are now Running to
and from st. Paul amount to 962
miles. Their total mileage, counting
only the lines over which trains are run to
and from st. Paul amounts to 1898 miles
In this mileage, whioh may be said to
cover all the railway track directly tribu-
tery to st. Paul, there ara large additions
IL immediate prospect in the wey Of
branch lines west and northwest, and in
the extension of lowe ana Illinois trunk
lines to this city. The Burlington. s.
Quincy, Rock Island and Illinois Central
companies are all believed 20 be moving
this way and are actually prosecuting sur
veys at this time. Another and early con-
nection with Lake Michigan is promised
by the ST. Paul Eastern company, of which
Hon. T. G. Pound, of Wisconsin, is the
most active promoter. The long talked
of road to EseSnabs and SaElt Sta.
Marie seems no nearer being built
thsu when it IVES first proposed bat several
organizations of spectators in railway
charters, rights of way and village bonuses
are furnishing proof that they believe cap
italists and railroad builders will soon be
ready to provide abundant rail lines be-
tween this city and the chief ports of
northern Michigan. Certainly that WY
lies our shortest and independent route to
the East and ii must be ocerpied before
ths railway system OF ST. Pasl can bs
called completed.
The great events of the year in railway
matters directly affecting St. Pail have
been connected with the Northern Pacific
The completion of rail connection with
the Pacific on August 22d last, which was
grandly and fttingly celebrated by this
city on the 3rd of September, has opened
a field Of commerce the possibilities
and probabilities of which are 80 vast that
there are but few who appreciate the
changes which ara 70 result from the open
ing of this great line OF traffic, Another
event not so important, but interesting to
81. Paul, was the Wall street raid on Nor
thern Pacific and ST. Paul 4 Manitoba
securities. The raid, as to Manitoba &c
Curities, effected nothing but q scorching
Tor outside specalatOrs; but the attack on
the NoEtheru Pacific and its auxiliary com
paales seems 10 haYs resulted IN the retire
IUeuC of Mr.. Willard from control of the
three auxiliary companies. &c and his
friends had reduced the volume of securi-
ties necessary to be held to control all four
associated companies 70 o limit which was
IN their hands and up to his trium plant
celebration OF the finishing of the trunk
liae, Mr.. Willard appears TO have been
sustained by all who were associated in
his plans. Then some of them
either weakened" or went over TO an
~ PCS1LkoA party anu HE. fllI9rQ lad TO
resign from the auxiliary com panies. Tbs
change, so far, is not likely to affect
the railway interests OF this city. The
great road is completed and its traffic will
forever attach it TO St. Paul as to no
other eastern city. Minor and less noticed
events of the year are the slow develop
ment of plans Of at least three Of the great
western railway companies for obtaining
connection with ST. Paul over their own
tracks. These plans may be expected to
result in active construction of new lines
during the coming year.
The local Improvements during the year
by the several companies which are estab-
hshed in St. Paul have amounted to en-
expenditure of $4,000 on buildings,
shop fixtures, etc, and $4,000 on yard
improvements; IN addition to which about
$S25,oO0 hiss been expended By several
companies for city property to be used
for terminal grounds end for right of
way.