St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-12
nant of the St. Paul & Milwaukee road, was

ment of the ST. Paul & Milwaukee road, was
in ST. Paul yesterday.
Mr.. Whitman, general superintendent of
the st. Paul 81 Omaha line, has gone to Chip
pewa Falls to look after the interests of the
road at that point during the trouble with the
water.
&. IL. Warren, general passenger agent OF
the st. Paul q Manitoba road, has gone to
Boston to attend the meeting of the National
Association of General Passenger agents on
the 10th.
o. f. Briggs has been appointed general
manager of the Chicago, st. Paul 81 Omaha
road at Minneapolis as successor of Mr.. b.
Campbell. The change is to take effect ON
the 10th.
Twenty-one cars of cattle, from the Muir
ply Cattle company, consigned to Murphy
Bros, Chicago, were shipped from Miles
City over the Northern Pacific; and on the
10Th nineteen cars more were shipped from
the same place to the same consignee.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul earnings for The
first week in September decreased S25, 744;
those of the Northwestern, $50, 500; those of
the St. Paul e Omaha increased s., 600; those
of the Northern Pacific, $114, 1885, The earn
ings of the Central Pacific for the month of
August fell off s1s5, 1927.
James Walsh, general manager of the
Chicago d Western Indiana railroad, has re-
signed. His successor has been named in
the person of John B. Carson, general man
ager of the Louisville, New Albany & Chi
cago. Mr. Walsh has been identified with
Chicago in railway circles for nearly a quar-
ter of a century.
The new road that is coming into West st.
Paul is to cross the river on an iron bridge,
the plan of which is Being prepared in st.
Louis. 1t will be donble track bridge with
water. 1t is proposed to begin work on the
bridge as soon as the ice is of sufficient
thickness to warrant
Mr.. w. NJ. Sage, general freight agent of
the Chicago, Milwaukee d st. Paul railway,
announces that hereafter the following mini
mum weights on shipments of hay in car
loads will apply: In cars twenty-eight feet
and under in length, inside measurement,
minimum weight, $4,000 pounds; in cars
over twenty-eight feet in length, inside
measurement, minimum weight, 90,
pounds.
The following have just been elected di-
rectors of the Nashville, Chattanooga 81 st.
Louis railway: G. NJ. Fogg, J.W. Childress,
A. II. Robinson, ]. w. Thomas, Thomas c.
Whiteside, Edw. T. Jordan, NJ. II. Smith, T.
w. Evans, George A. Washington, Henry
Earle, a. s. Collyar, j. Fl. Inman, IT. Rhea,
j. G. Aydellot, and E. H. Stahlman. j. w.
Thomas was elected president in place of
James D. Porter.
1t is rumored in railroad circles at St.Louis
that George w. LiTley, general freight agent
of the Missouri Pacific, will soon be made
general eastern agent of that road, in place
of s. G. Eddy, recently resigned, and that
S. X. Libby, late general freight agent of the
Memphis 81 Little Rock road, will succeed
him at st. Louis. Also, that H. c. Town
send, general passenger agent, may be sent
east as general eastern passenger agent. 1t
is stated that the Missouri Pacific intends to
give special attention to eastern business in
the future, and is preparing thoroughly to
cover that field.
The annual report of the Central Iowa
Railway company to the railroad and ware
house commission for the year ending June
30 shows the capital stock to be $40, 600, 900;
total liabilities, S,603, 400; funded debt,
$8,577, 600; miles of track, 554.41; number
of employees, 1, AZ; amount paid employees,
$685. receipts from passenger traffic,
1905, $50; from freight, S1,139, 4S2; from
other sources, $50, 3S2; total income 81, 49,
455; operating expenses, $1,000, 237; taxes,
1886; net income over operating ex-
penses and taxes, $416, 231; deficit, S13, 1876;
number killed, 3; injured %.
Some of the friends of Mr.. J. j. Hill,
president of the st. Pau! & Manitoba road,
took occasion Wednesday evening to present
that gentlemen with solid silver PLAGUE,
set on frame work of oak, covered with
red plush, and so arranged that it can be
closed and locked, concealing and protect
ing the plate. The latter is oval in shape,
and about 219x2 feet in size, with finely
engraTed view of the great stone bridge
across the Mississippi. Various other de-
signs are also engraved on the plate, rem
dering it highly ornamental. The presenta-
ton was made on account of the completion
of the bridge.