St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-24
Pointers.

Judge W. II. Francis Of YanktOn called
at the Northern Pacific Office yesterday.
III. II. Henderson has been appointed
Northern Pacific agent at Wallula Junction.
President Harris of the Northern Pacific
road will leave New York for St. Paul about
June 1.
The regular monthly meeting of fast
freight lines will be held at Buffalo next
Wednesday and Thursday.
Vice President and General Manager
Cakes of the Northern Pacific road is on his
way to st. Paul from New York.
James Dobbs. travelling passenger agent
for the Grand Trunk road, passed through
the city yesterday on his way to Winnipeg.
The Omaha has issued a lumber tariff in
connection with the Sioux City road, to
points on the latter line in iowa and Ne
braSka.
The Sidney of the Diamond 10 line ar
rived up from ST. Louis at 6:35 O'Clock last
evening, and will clear on her return trip at
10 o'clock this morning.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul road brought
in 100 laborers from Chicago yesterday, 60
ing to work on the Canadian Pacific in
British Columbia.
The Chicago & Northwestern gives notice
that palace stock cars, hauled either loaded
or empty, will be charged for at the rate of
Sc cnts mile one way.
The subscriptions to the Pennsylvania
Railroad cOmpany's issue of $4,000, 900 in
~ per cent. gold bonds already exceeded
in London six times the amount of the
loan. .
Very little -four is being taken from
Minneapolis East Just now This is on ac-
count OF the advance made in the price of
wheat without similar advance in the
price of -four. This goes hard with the
railroads during these depressed times.
The joint Western classification, revised
to March 2, 1885, has been amended as fol-
lows: Between all points governed by the
joint Western classification will be billed
af an estimated weight of 800 pounds per
barrel, excepting to competitive points.
The Omaha train heretofore arriving at
ST. Paul at 80 p. IN. from Chicago, COM
mencing to-day will arrive at 1925 D. M,
and Minneapolis depot $40 p. m. The
night train for Milwaukee and Chicago will
leave. Minneapolis at $40 p. m. and St.
Paul at $50 p. m; ten minutes later than
heretofore.
The president of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company has sent out circular, ac-
companied with proxies in the names of
J. B. Houston, Henry Hart and William
Rensen, to be used at the coming election
The circular sets forth that the company is
in a highly prosperous condition, having
paid off debts amounting to 50, $50, 900 and
distributed 81, $50. 900 in dividends. Plans
have been drawn for new west shore ter
minus.
Commissioner Carman of the Northwest
ern Traffic, Central Iowa, and Rock Island
and Moline associations, has notified the roads
in those associations that whenever they
find it necessary they may make such rates
as will enable them to compete against
Mississippi river steamboat lines, but should
always try and secure the highest rates OBJ
tainable. The agents, when making lower
rates, must so inform the commissioner at
once, so as to be able to inform other roads
in those associations of what the rates are.
The Rock Island company has just
turned out from its shops at Chicago mon
ster locomotive weighing 40I tons, which
is the largest ever built by that company.
It is designed for extraordinary passenger
service. being adequate to drawing train
of sixteen loaded coaches. To get it in
good working order it will be used in the
freight service for a short time 1t will,
however. be- attached to special train con-
tanning the directors of the road, who will
start tomorrow on tour of inspection over
the lines. The company intends building
five similar locomotives.