St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-19
RAIL AND RIVER.
The National Park Road to be Opened
April %.
Two Hundred Emigrants Yesterday for West
of the Mountains.
Fifty-four Car Loads of Freight by the
Steamer Pittsburg Yesterday.
Rail Notes.

| RutJ notes.
Messrs. Breed and Dodge, of the st. Paul
q Duluth road, have gone to Duluth.
W. Fl. Dixon, passenger agent of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, has gone
to Milwaukee
One hundred and forty-one passengers left
st. Paul last night on the Manitoba Railroad
for Winnipeg.
A new union depot is to be built at In
dianapolis. It will extend over another
block, and be much wider.
The Northern Pacific train due here at
1925 was ten hours late yesterday. 1t was
detained by the land side on the road in
Montana, which caused similar delay the
day before.
The Atchison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe gives
that commencing May Is, the rate from
Kansas City and Atchison to Las Vegas,
Hot Springs, n. NJ, and return, will be re-
duced to s32, good for ninety days.
The Diamond 10 steamboat line has ar
ranged with the Milwaukee 81 st. Paul road
for rates during the coming season, between
points on the Mississippi river. No material
| change was made from the agreed rates of
last summer
The change of time on the Wisconsin
Central, whereby the time required in max
ing the run between Milwaukee and ST. Paul
will be materially shortened-two hours at
least-will probably be made April ~ one
week earlier than was at first announced.
Robert F. Kennard, of Fort Wayne, Ind,
has been appointed general passenger and
ticket agent of the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati 81
Louisville railway, to succeed Geo. B. Camp
bell, who retires April 80. Mr.. Kennard has
been chief clerk in Mr.. CampbelI's office,
having grown up with the road from boy.
The earnings of the Milwaukee g St. Paul
railway system, during the second week in
April, amounted to s462, 900, in 1884, against
SAB, 600 in 1888; decrease $4,000. The
Milwaukee, Lake Shore s. Western earnings
were, in 1884, 1922, 1886; 1888, $40, 800, in
crease 50, SIS. A decrease was experienced
by the Wisconsin Central, and an increase is
claimed by the Milwaukee 81 Northern.
The National Park branch of the Northern
Pacific road will be opened for business on
April II. On and after that date shipments
for Brisbin, Chicory, Daileys, Sphinx and
Cinnabar, Montana, can be billed through to
destination, instead of to Livingston, as
heretofore. There will be an agent at Gin
nabar, but freight charges on shipments to
other points named, until further notice,
should be prepaid.
The Northern Pacific road is is literally
over run with emigrants and the road with
all its vast facilities for doing business finds
itself very much crowded to furnish trans
portation for the vast army that are seeking
homes in Washington and Oregon territories.
party of seventy-fve arrived yesterday
afternoon from Tennessee, South Carolina
and other Southern states. These, together
with others that left last night for the other
side of the Rocky Mountains made up 200
emigrants, The Northern Pacific was COM
PEELED to hire extra sleepers for the train
from the st. Paul & Manitoba road.
The formal circular has been issued by the
st. Paul 81 Manitoba road in regard to the
opening Of Midway station. The circular
says: midway station, ten miles east of
DEVILS Lake and 4O4 miles from st. Paul, on
Grand Forks Extension of Northern Division,
is opened as prepaid station. Please add
this station to Circulars 80, SO and 81, of
January LIST, 1884, supplementary to tariffs
6, 10 and 12) and Tariff No. 16, of March
10th, applying rates shown st. Paul, ETC., to
DEVILS Lake, on business for Midway. Dis
lance Tariff Rates for mileage will be used
between other stations and Midway as per
Tariff No. g."