St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-12
Rail Notes,

The Sioux City train due here at II 40
last night was abandoned.
The Royal route brought in $50 passengers
yesterday, who went up on tie Duluth g. Iron
Ridge road to work
Judge Chandler was in his Office yesterday
| for the first time since his return from Chi
cago, about one week ago.
| Eighteen cmigrants came in on the Sioux
City road yesterday, and took the night train
on the Northern Pacific road for Spokane.
The Royal route had advices yesterday of a
large party from Virginia, who are coming
up here with a view of going out to the
mines.
| Advices have been, and are now being re-
ceived from Arkansas, which indicate that
there will be an immense emigration from
! that state this summer TO Oregon, Idaho,
Montana and especially to the Occur d.
| Alene mines.
| 1t is expected that the fast mail service
will be extended to st. Paul this week or next
The mail will probably leave Chicago about
a. M. and reach st. Paul about p. m, in
time to deliver the mails to the Manitoba, the
|
Locating Engineer Ainsworth, of the Bur
lington road, has removed his office to st.
Paul from Hastings. 1t has been a great Sc
cret, known to but few people in St. Paul,
that the Burlington has been looking for
grounds in st. Paul for depot, and the spot
likely to be chosen will surprise people.
The ticket scalpers have now chance to
come to the front with s25 each as license
fee for selling tickets. This will have.a ten
dency to curtail the tricks and general gym
nastics of the gentlemen who have caused SC
much trouble. Its a good, healthy tonic.
| 1t is reported that the Union Pacific direc-
tors have determined to build a branch from
some point on the Utah Northern to the coal
lands near BoZeman. 1t is understood the
surveyors have been in the field all winter.
and will be ready with good route in time
to commence work this spling.
The Northern Pacific road has just convict
ed two men in Minneapolis of stealing Fol-
long time the company has been troubled
by thieves at the junction, and by putting
detectives on the track of them succeeded in
capturing two, who were convicted. One was
sentenced to nine months and the other to
two years.
The matter is kept very quiet, still it has
come out that Brady & Hubbell, who
few days ago took a big contract on the
Northern Pacific road, have taken contract
for eighty miles from Redwood Falls to the
Jim river in Dakota, and this reyives the re-
port that the Rock Island is moving on to
Bismarck.
| Mr. Teasdale of the s'Royal Route" re-
ceived dispatch yesterday from Portland,
Oregon, saying that the car of supplies for
the Ohio river sufferers, left Tuesday morn
ing for its destination. The dispatch ex
| presses the thanks of the Portland people to
| the Royal Route for its kindness and gener-
osity in furnishing free transportation.
Two gentlemen connected with the Chica.
go Tribune passed through st. Paul yesterday
on their way to the Ceur d'Alene mines.
MI. K. A. Patterson is the gentleman who
will write up the mines, and he will be assist
ed by Mr.. s. A. Marion. Both received the
necessary transportation at the general office
OF the Northern Pacific company yesterday
An exceedingly important decision has
Just been rendered by the supreme court OF
the United States in the case of the Denver
d New Orleans Railroad company VS.. the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. The court
| below found in favor of the plaintiff and es-
taplshed arbitrary rules for the connection
and exchange of business between the two
roads. Ihe supreme court reYerses this de-