St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-31
Rail Notes,
Rail Notes.
Judge Chandler was easier Yesterday.


Capt. Hermann, the owner of the steamer
Minnie H., at DEVILS lake, was in St. Paul
yesterday.
w. M. Kerwin, of Wisconsin, left yester-
day for Devils lake, to select lands for col
ony of seventy families.
On the I'd of April, B. F. Ferris, of South
ern Missouri, will ship 5000 head of young
cattle for Fallen, Montana.
The train on the st. Paul & Manitoba road
last night, took out 121 emigrants to the
different points north of GAINESVILLE.
Some changes are made in the time card
of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road, as
will be seen by reference to the advertise
ment of that road in this mornings pa
per.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road was COM
plimented many times yesterday forts desire
to accommodate the public in putting on late
evening trains between st. Pa I'll and Mime
apolis.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul gives notice
that the minimum freight on agricultural
implements in carloads, Chicago to Cedar
Rapids, Ia, is reduced to20,0 900 at 221I cents
per 90 pounds.
Work has been commenced on the remod-
cling of the offices of the Chicago Milwaukee
s. St. Paul road and new partitions are to be
put in while old ones will be torn out and
the interior of the building completely
changed
Mr.. G. L. Rising, commercial agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, gives notice
that the Sioux City & Pacific railway refuses
to receive live stock and perishable property
for Nebraska points via Blair on account of
the high water.
j The Grand Trunk receipts on passenger
business for the half year ending Dec. 81,
| 1888, show an increase, as compared with
the same period in the corresponding half
year, amounting TO 1894, S4S. The increase
in the passenger receipts for the first ten
weeks in the current year amounts to
$1,000, as compared with 1888.
President Keep and Vice President Marvin
Hughitt, of the Chicago & Northwestern,
have gone to New York, to attend special
meeting Of the board of directors of the Chi
| cago, st. Paul & Omaha, to be held Monday.
| The meeting is for the purpose Of consider
| ing what steps should be taken in the Por-
ter case. Some interesting developments are
| expected.
A dispatch from J. II. Whitman, general
western agent of the Niagara Falls short line
road, telegraphed yesterday to D. a. Hol-
| brook agent IN St. Paul of the same road,
stated that he had been officially informed
that the Niagara Falls short line would not
| be discontinued as passenger route. This
road is composed of the Baltimore IL Ohio,
Wabash, and the Great Western division of
the Grand Trunk.
An order was issued yesterday by the st.
Paul & Manitoba road which reads as follows:
IN. D. Miller, superintendent of bridges
and buildings, having been assigned to other
duties, from and after April l, 1884, the
general charge of tracks, bridges, buildings,
and water supply will be placed in the hands
of Col. c. G. Smith, chief engineer, and his
orders in all other matters pertaining thereto
will be respected
An application has been made by several
prominent gentlemen of Nashville for q
charter for the Alabama & Tennessee rail
road. This road is to begin in Wayne OF
Lawrence county, near the Alabama line,
and to run in the direction of Florence, Ala,
and thence in a northerly direction to Cen
treville, Tenn. It will there make connec-
ton with the Nashville, jackson & Memphis
| railroad.
Articles have been filed with the secretary
of state at Springfield, ILL.,, incorporating the
st. Louis Southern & Paducah Railway com
pany, with 50, 900, 900 capital, to construct 8
road from East St. Louis to Carbondale, Ill.
through Murphysboro and Chester, and thu
counties of Monroe and st. Clair, and the
town of East Carondolet the principal office
to be in East St. Louis. The organizers ant
first board of directors are Cyrenius C. Sim
mons, R. L. Miller, E. T. Burns, of East st
Louis, and Charles A. NJ. Sehlierholtz, Chas
c. Chase, and Thomas N. Chase, of Waterloo
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