St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-11
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Aspecial left for Hotel Lafayette yesterday.
Mr.. Fee, general passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific road, has gone out on trip
over the road.
S. M. Osgood, passenger agent Of the At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, with
headquarters at Cedars Rapids, Iowa, is in
town.
William H. Vanderbilt pronounces for
John Newell, of Chicago for director Of the
Chicago & Rock Island Railway Company
against H. II. Parker who asks reelection.
There is talk Of the Cannon Falls road
crossing the river above Red Wing and run
ming down the Mississippi to the river and
then along up to Eau Claire. Still at present
1t is all talk and nothing more.
It is said that the Winona, Alma and
Northern has the road bed ready for the
rails from Fountain City to Lake Pepin, and
that it will not strike Pepin, but will touch
the Chippewa river about five miles from its
mouth.
The Marquis De Mores, vice president
Sleeper, of the De Mores Company, and the
Black Hills contractors, Jones and Pennen,
arrived in St. Paul yesterday morning, and q
with vice president Oakes in regard to the
transportation of freight to Deadwood.
The Midland fast freight line will withdraw
from the Indiana, Bloomington s. Western
road May 1. The line will operate only oyer
the Lake Erie & Western railroad in con-
nection with the Chicago & Alton. Wheth-
err the Traders dispatch is to be thrown off
the New York, Chicago & St. Louis is still
unsettled.
The Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Rail
way company have reelected j. II. Wade,
president; William Bingham, vice president;
W. S. Jones, treasurer and secretary; Nor
man Beekley, general manager; o. W.
Lampart superintendent: Owen Rice, ticket
of this road having changed hands is incor-
rect.
Mr. A. D. Edgar has been appointed gen.
eral eastern agent of the Northern Pacific
railroad, vice j. NJ. Moorhead, resigned
with headquarters in New York. The ap-
pointment takes effect May 1, 1884 Mr.
Edgar has been general agent of the North
ern Pacific in Chicago for several years past
and during that time has proven himself to
be an able and efficient official
Official notices have been filed with the
secretary of the state of Wisconsin of the
purchase of the Cedar Falls & Northern rail-
way of the Menomonee & Northern Railway
company, and also of the Eau Claire s. Chip
pewa Falls line by the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapolis IL Omaha company. The first
line purchased is about two and a half miles
long, while the last named extends from near
Chippewa Falls to Superior City, Bayfield,
and Ashland.
The offices of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul road in st. Paul are well broken up
and scattered. Mr.. Boyden, the general
northwestern freight agent has taken tenn
porary shelter at the freight Office, on the
levee. Judge Oh andler has skipped, and all
the rest have gone to other apartments and
will remain there till the plasterers the paint
ers and the decorators have finished up their
work, which will be in a few days from this
time when they will all hiqe in at theCcorner
of Third and jackson streets.
Mr.. c. B. Kinnan has been installed as
chief clerk of the general passenger depart
ment of the Northern Pacific road. With Mr.
Fee, Mr.. Kinnan comes from St. Louis and
though young man, is gentleman of large
experience in railroad business generally,
and especially in the passenger department.
Mr.. Fee is crowding this part of the business
of the road with great energy and marked
success, and to carry out his plans and views
requires just such men as Mr.. Kinnan, who
has vim, energy and push sufficient to back
up in good shape the plans of his chief.