St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-24
ST. PAUL TVS.
A WHOLESALE PRESIDENT.
Vanderbilt Proposes to Have One Pres
ident for ALI His Roads.
The Fargo Southern Railroad Contracting
for Constructing Material.
Changes of Time on the Royal Route
Other Local Rail Notes.
Rail Notes.

Mr.. Odel, Of the Northern Pacific road,
has returned.
c. Tower, president of the Duluth q Iowa
Range road, is in st. Paul.
&c. Meddaugh of the Detroit, Grand
Haven & Milwaukee road is in st. Paul.
Fri Darling, general agent of the White
Line Transit company at Boston, is in the
city en- route to his Dakota City homestead.
F. H. Capron, passenger agent of the
Grand Trunk, and j. H. Whitman, general
western passenger agent of the Niagara Short
line, are in st. Paul.
Commencing May the st. Paul 81 Still
water road will sell round trip tickets between
ST. Paul and Saltwater for $1>00, and from
Minneapolis to Saltwater for S1.25.
Yesterday fine first party OF emigrants from
Germany, seventy-fve in number, passed
through st. Paul on the st. Paul & Manitoba
road to Hillsboro, Grand Forks and Grafton.
The earnings of the st. Paul & Duluth road
for the third week in April are $50, 114.68.
The corresponding week last year they were
7,721.60 This shows an increase Of 50,
393.0S.
trip tickets for 81 from st. Paul to Saltwater
and return, to those who desire to go to
Saltwater to see the first game of ball be-
tween the st. Paul and Saltwater clubs, on
Saturday next. One dollar for both ways.
The Chicago & Northwestern road has is
sued circular giving notice that the tariffs
giving rates on emigrants movables from
Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine, Racine juno
ton and Kenosha to points on the Northern
Pacific road and st. Paul g. Manitoba road
are withdrawn and cancelled, being super
ceded by Northwestern Traffic association of
April /.
A variation Of 5000, 200 has been discovered
between the Canadian Pacific books and the
customs accounts. The discrepancy occurred
prior to 1888. The company's books show
that that amount was paid in duties, of
which invoices and duty forms give no trace.
1t is not known who is responsible, but the
minister of customs will probably investi-
gate.
Col. C. G. Thompson, from Lafayette,
Ind, with 60 head of stock for his farm of
1000 acres at Clifford, and twenty-five set
tiers, passed through St. Paul yesterday.
He reports that great interest is mani
tested in Lafayette and the coun-
try around that place in regard to
the. Red river country and northern Dakota.
He has no doubt at all that good many
other people will come out into the Red river
country this season from the vicinity of La
fayette.
The Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul road
has put upon its splendid road the latest and
most improved Pullman palace sleepers with
luxurious smoking rooms. These beautiful
and elegant vehicles are not put upon some
OF the trains, but on all trains running be-
tween st. Paul and Chicago. This fine road
is never behind on anything that ministers
to the comfort and convenience of its army
OF patrons. The sumptuous palace sleepers
are ahead Of anything now in use on rail-
roads and will be fully appreciated.
Chicago Tribune: A man prominently
connected with the Chicago, st. Paul, Mime
apolis & Omaha railway in Nebraska says
that the corps of surveyors who are now run
ming lines in that state in the vicinity of De-
catur are in the service of his road, and not,
as is popularity supposed, employed by the
new Nebraska Central He declares that
they are working to head off the latter road,
and that the Omaha road, backed by the
Northwestern, will duplicate every mile that
the Nebraska Central bnilds,
Commissioner Bogue expects to be ready
to make the award of percentages for the
roads in the Northwestern Traffic association
about May 1. He has made a trip of in
spection over the various roads in the associ-
alton and is now considering the arguments
submitted to him some time ago. Before
making the award he will yet visit Milwau-
kee and Racine and inspect the facilities of
those points. The award of lumber differ
entails from the various points of supply to
the Missouri river points will not be made
until Mr. Bogue has fixed the percentages
for tho Northwestern Traffic ocoooio4io,,