St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-03
RniitUnU Notes.

Mr.. hayden, of the Milwaukee & st. Paul,
has gone to Milwaukee.
f. B. Ross, travelling passenger agent of
the Milwaukee Il st. Paul, is in st. Paul
The several railroads that have determined
to discontinue the sale of commercial mile
age tickets, and Ia their place issue com
mercial travellers permits, have put the plan
into operation.
About s o'clock yesterday morning the
Short Line train on the ST. Paul d Manitoba
road ran into the Omaha Transfer near La
fayctte avenue crossing. The collision was
light and the damage was slight.
J. f. Copeland has been appointed agent
at Yorkshire, Iowa, on the Chicago & Council
Bluffs division of the Milwaukee q st. Paul
road, and shipments can now be made to
that point without prepayment of charges.
Edward J. Kelley has been appointed
agent at Eba, Wis, on the La Crosse divi-
sion OF the Milwaukee & st. Paul road. Ship
mcuts for that station will now be received
and forwarded without prepayment Of
charges.
1t Is understood that the 81, 500. 600 new first
mortgage exteu sion bonds offered by the
Chicago, Rock Island 81 Pacific Railway COM
pany have been taken at l04 by one bank
ing house, which bid for the whole lot. The
offers received were nearly ten times the
amount required, ranging from par to l04
The Chicago Milwaukee IL st. Paul road
will resume business to-day on their Chip
prwa Valley division running from Waba-
shaw to Eau Claire, and agents have received
instructions 10 receive freight for this divi-
sion right along. This branch Of the road
has been closed for about six months, since
the bridge was destroyed by the floods at that
time.
new classification has been made on
shipments Of dressed hogs over the Dubuque
division and branches, river, Wabasbaw,
Hastings & Dakota, Southern Minnesota,
Iowa IL Minnesota, Iowa 81 Dakota, and
Sioux City & Dakota divisions aud branches,
to Chicago, Mlwa ikee or Racine, as follows:
Less than car loads, 80 class, car loads, 9th
class.
For the better accommodation of travellers
between st. Paul, aud Minneapolis and
Moorhead and Fargo, the Northern Pacific
will hereafter attach to the regular overland
express train, leaving st. Paul at 4 p. M, a
Pullman sleeper. On arriving at Fargo at
$3.50 in the morning the sleeper will be side
tracked, in position convenient TO the de-
pot, so that Fargo passengers need not be
disturbed till morning.
Preliminary surveys have been made look
ing to the construction Of magnificent
iron bridge across the Mississippi river, be-
tween North McGregor, Ia, and Prairie du
Chen, Wis. The bridge, If built, will be
nearly mile long, and will be part Of the
st. Paul railway system, although it will Tot
be owned by that corporation. 1t win take
the place Of the pontoon bridge now in use
at that place The new bridge will be built
BY stock company headed by Gen. LAWYER,
the owner Of the present bridge, and will
cost from 100000 to 100000. Gen.
Lawler has made fortune out Of bis pom
tOou bridge, bis annual income raging
from s35, 600 10 $50, 900.
The weather yesterday morning was quite
sharp over the lines Of railroad into the
northwest. At Willmar, on the st. Paul &
Maiioba, the mereur yshowed 40 below, and
II ranged about that ali the way from st. Paul
10 that point. Beyond Wlilmar it was not
quite 40 cold. Trains on this road were all
on time except one which was an hour late.
The Sioux City division Of the Chicago, 81.
Paul s. Omaha road shout which there was
considerable anxiety on account OF tie snow,
IL now all right. The snow IS ali removed
aud the track vas not again filed up, and
trains are running ali o. K. On 3he North
err Pacific road the cold was quite severe
Yesterday morning, but Il moderated a good
deal during the day.