St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-16

chard, Quarry, Sedgwiek, Snyder and Sterling.
West-bound shipments from eastern association
points to the points above named will take the
rates given in tariff No. 10 for east-bound ship
ments from these points to Eastern association
points
E. r. Wadsworth, travelling agent Of the
Northern Pacific, with headquarters at Chicago,
is in st. Paul
Mr. i'll Blair and his party of eight or ten peo-
pie from Chicago, who are going to the Yellow
stone, are in the city.
Yesterday the pay car of the st. Paul & Du-
luth road went up the road, and Superintendent
Fisher went up with it.
The Northern Pacific road is preparing new
tariff which will extend over the whole line of
the road. The changes that will be made are
slight and not very numerous, the principal OBJ
ject being to consolidate all the various tariffs
into one and arrange all the stations in regular
order.
The Chicago and Northwestern announces that
on and after July II, 1884, freight in Cur loads
may be waybilled to Union stock yards (Chicagol
at current Chicago rates, the arbitrary of cent
per 100 pounds in addition to the Chicago rate
being abrogated. There will, however, be a
switching charge Of 81 per car on all such car
load freight waybilled to Union stock yards ex-
cepting on live stock and on hay and grain con-
signed to j, 3. Sherman.
Mr.. Mckenzie, president of the Winnipeg
board of trade, Mr.. Stevens, a member of board,
and Mr.. Drummond vice president of the navi-
cation company of Winnipeg, are in st. Paul
consulting with the st. Paul & Manitoba people
regarding tbs use of the Red River from st.
Vincent 10 Winnipeg, for the purpose of avoid
ing the enormous charges made by the Canadian
Pacific road. and also the delay and trouble caus
ed by the slow manner in which teat road han
dies business.
At The annual meeting OF the stockholders of
the Lockport s. Buffalo Railway company, held
Monday, the following were elected directors:
Thomas Y. Fiagler, Joseph A. Ward, James
jackson Jr., Benjamin Sylvester, Lewis S. Payne,
Elisha Moody, J. Carl Jackson, Levi F. Bowen.
John Il. Buck, James o. King Isaac II. Dab
cock, Orgen Stories, Mark II. Nichols. At a
meeting Of the directors to-day Thomas T. Flag
Ter was elected president, Lewis s. Payne, vice
president, and Joseph a. Ward secretary and
treasurer.
1t is reported that the Illinois Central is about
to contract a new line in Iowa, to run from Man
chester to Cedar Rapids The Dubuque and
Northwestern people are considering the advisa-
bility of abandoning their purpose of commenc-
ing their road at Dubuque, owing to the heavy
expense attending its construction. The new
plan is to secure from the Dubuque and Sioux
City road, now operated by the Illinois Central,
the right to run that road from Dubuque 10
Manchester and to build from the latter point
northwest.
The indications now are that thu Northern
Pacific will have a remarkably prosperous season
thir year, especially so far as regards the Vel
lowstone park. The wrangle and consequent
delay in settling up matters in regard to the
hotel at she park has unqestonably interfered
somewhat with business. but the difficulty was
settled in sufficient time to enable the road to
make adequate arrangements for the accom-
mediation of the people who may visit the park,
and this has been done in such time and so com
petely that everybody will be well taken care Of.
On almost every train that leaves over the
| Northern Pacific extra sleepers have to be at
tached to accommodate the largely increased
! travel