St. Paul daily globe., 1884-10-24
The Tinonn e IT. Peter.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 23.- Grain ship
pers and receivers here are greatly exercised
over the discovery of what they allege is
The Chicago 81 Northwestern railroad com
pany, it is said, has issued orders to agents
along the line of the Winona IL st. Peter
to receive TO shipments for Milwaukee.
Commission men have this morning re-
ceived letters from along the embargo line,
anxiously inquiring what the state of things
means. The following is a sample of the
letters received and comes from response
bic grain dealing firm, of Rochester:
''We have this morning received orders
along the whole line of this road to stop
shipping to Milwaukee on account of grain
blockade. We are at a loss to understand
how you are blockaded with the amount that
you are receiving and only a little over
1000, 900 bushels in stock. Is it blockade
or put 5ob! Let us know the facts.n
The receipt of these letters has caused great
excitement among railroad men and grain
shippers No explanation from the railroad
line at this point can be obtained.
c. C. Wheeler, the general superintendent
of the Northwestern road, at Chicago, said
with reference to above that there
was no mystery about the mat
ter and that no embargo had
actually been put on grain to Milwaukee, but
the fact was that recently the grain shipped
TO Milwaukee had been of such an inferior
grade that elevators had refused to take it.
and consequently it had TO remain in cars
till II could be carted away. It had aecumu-
lated to such an extent that now there was a
blockade, and the wet weather of yesterday
made it worse, as teams were unable 10 work
In day or two, the matter would be ar
ranged. Mr.. Wheeler suggested that if the
farmers would be little more careful in
cleaning their grain much of this difficulty,
both at Milwaukee and other points, with
grain of an inferior grade, would be avoided.
Semi-4nnUai Meeting Of the Grand Trunk.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-The semi-annual meet
ing of the Grand Trunk Railway company
occurred to-day. There was large attend
ance and much excitement. Sir Henry W.
Tyler, member of parliament, was cheered
andliissed upon moving the adoption of the
eompany's report. He complained the com
pany had been venomously and anonymously
attacked the past year, but nc was unable to
disguise the fact that the working of the road
the past half year had been unsatisfactory.
Every element, be said, had been adverse.
Itwas not the directors fault the road had
not been more successful, but it was due to
the defective harvests and commercial de-
preston. Over competition in through
rates also helped to diminish the revenue.
The report shows deficit as compared with
the report of the corresponding half year of
1888 of e4S, 900 in passenger traffic, s174,-
900 in freight traffic, but saving of e147,-
600 has been effected in the work
ing expenses. Tyler said he
was hopeful OF improvement
because there are now three roads running
TO New York. With regard to the distribu-
ton of the pool, although the Adams award
AEss-sEerse to the company, he was happy to
say the case would be reheard, and there was
no doubt the decisions would be reversed.
Lord Claud Hamilton, who has recently re-
turned from Canada, gave an excellent ac-
count of the condition Of the line and its
rolling stock.
Reports proposing a dividend al four per
cent. on the guaranteed stock, and FIVE per
cent, on first preference shares, was adopted
unanimously, and without discussion. The
chairman remarked the threatened storm
had entirely collapsed, showing the critics
were afraid to face the directors publicly.