Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-03
Fail Notes.

u Il. SLAAtil, tidfOA1uS agent Oh InS Cul-
cago & Atlantic read is in St. Paul.
Twelve loco motive5 were shipped from
Philadelphia TO Brazil last week.
The Northern Pacific road yesterday
transported 146 cars of wheat to Duluth.
James Smith, ir., president of the st.
Paul & Duluth road, has gene to Rush
City.
Mr.J. M. Hannaford, assistant SUP er-
intendent of freight traffic Of the Northern
Pacific, will return to-day from Chicago.
The excursionists over the Northern Pa
oifc road from Portland, Oregon, to st.
Paul, of the old settlers of Oregon, ;started
yesterday.
General Sanborn, land commissioner of
the Northern Pacific, has returned from
Helena, and Mr.. Odell, of the same road,
will return to-day.
On account of the scarcity of fiat cars on
the Canadian Pacific railway, steel rails
for the road are being shipped in coal
cars westward from Port Arthur.
J.H. Whitman, western passenger agent
of the Chicago Grand Trunk and Grand
Trunk railways, with headquarters at Chi
cago, is in st. Paul. Before he returns to
Chicago he will go over the Canadian Pa
cifc, aud generally throughout rhe north
west.
The officials of the Lehigh Valley
road, consisting of Messrs. Wilbur,
Biakeslee, Sayre, Byington, Butler and
Dwight, who are the guests of
the st. Paul & Manitoba road are on their
way back and will probably arrive in st.
Paul to- morrow.
Work on the Wickes branch of the
Northern Pacific, from Helena to Wickes,
is progressing rapidly, graders being at
work along the whole line. There is some
Butte, giving the Northern Pacific an in
dependent line to that point.
President Stephen and General Mana
ger Van Horne, of the Canadian Pacific,
have gone to Portland Me-, in connection
with the syndicate's offer to lease or pur-
chase the city's interest in the Portland
& Ogdensburg railway. The Canadian
Pacific desires to control the road in order
to secure an Atlantic terminal port in the
United States.
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road has
issued circular from the general super
intendents Office in st. Paul, directing all
conductors to honor for transportation
both ways, tht invitations issued by Mr..
George s. Morrison, engineer of the Mis-
souri, River & Blair Railway and Bridge
company on the occasion of the opening of
the new bridge over the Missouri river at
Blair.
The Concord CATTLE company will ship
from Beaver, en- the 10th of October,
fifty-fv cars of cattle for Chicago, and
Scott & Hask, on the 18th inst, will ship
fifty cars. On the Both Of September, ten
cars of cattle, consigned to Holland i
Pfeifer, Chicago, left Miles City and arriv-
ed at Fargo yesterday. Five of the cars
stopped there and the balance came on.
Yesterday Suggs Brothers shipped from
Beaver twenty -three cars of cattle, con-
signed to Gregory, Cosly & Co.
Complaint has been made that an agent
of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road at
Minneapolis sold ticket over that road
for less rate than had been agreed upon
by the different Chicago roads. This is
denied; the man who bought the ticket If
is alleged, has made an affidavit stating
the fact, and the agent who sold the ticket
has made counter affidavit in which
he swears that he received the full amount
for the ticket. Mr.. Teasdaie, of the Chi
cago, st. Paul & Omaha road, declares
that the first Affidavit is forgery and de-
mands to see the man that is said to haye
made 1T. A meeting will be held this
afternoon to consider the matter.
Winnipeg Free Presse: Mr.. 1. NJ. Ross,
contractor of the Minneapolis s. North
western railway, arrived from Neepawa,
beyond Gladstone, on Saturday night. He
reports that grading on the line between
Gladstone and Minnedosa will be fully
completed by Saturday. Six miles of
track were laid on the line during the past
week, bringing the rails to point eigh-
teen miles from Gladstone and twenty
eight miles from Minnedosa. This dis
lance will be fully covered during the
next fortnight, as ties, rails and other
material are we'll up to the front. It is
fully expected that the line will be open to.
Minnedosa by the first of November. Mr..
Ross is down for the purpose of hiring
more men, and returns tomorrow.