St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-18
A PLEASURE TRIP.
The General Freight Agents Examine
Lake Superior Ports.
Business and Pleasure Combined and
The Excursion a Success.


A jolly party Of railroad men, members
| OF the General Freight Agents Association
OF the West, which has been visiting in st.
Paul, have been enjoying themselves for
the past thirty-SiX hours as the guests
Of the Omaha, Union Pacific and Duluth
| railroads. The party, numbering about
sixty, started in special train of four
. coaches, two of which were official cars,
| on Wednesday night from the union depot,
the expedition being managed by Mr. T.
3. Clarke, general freight agent of the
Omaha road. Several ladies accompanied
the tourists, and the names of the members
OF the excursion are as follows:
THE ENCURsIoNlsTs.
J. NJ. Aubrey, agent Merchants Dispatch,
Chicago; W. T. Black, G. F. A, W. T. & N.
traitor Traffic association, Chicago; ]. F.
Clarke, G. +. A. c., st. p, NJ. & o. r. R.;
+. b. Clark, general manager, c., ST. P, NJ.
o. r. r., st. Paul; ]. Fl. Cook,
agent, and G. W. Cole, G. F. A, st. Louis &
San Francisco railroad, Chicago; G. G.. Car
man, commissioner Northwestern Traffic as-
| sociation, Chicago; Z. 7. Dodge, G.. T. a. ST.
Paul & Duluth road, st. Paul; G. II. Daniels
and wife, commissioner Colorado & Utah as
sociation, Denver; T: ], Foster,
d. D: ,,,oAs T.: A; ,SAd; Chicago y Northwest
hart and wife, secretary of the classification
| committee, Chicago; John Kirk and wife,
Evanston; D. w. Keyes, G. f. A., c. N. s.
st. P. L. R., Milwaukee,; 4. c. Morehouse,
G. F. A, c., st. p, NJ. & o. r. R.;
Missouri Valley junction, Ia; ". T.
Mcmillan, A. G. F. A, U. P. R. R., Omaha;
l.. +. More, claim agent c., B. & Q. Il. R.,
| Chicago; j. w. Midgeley, commissioner South
| western Railroad association, Chicago; G.. w.
Ogilvie, general freight agent, d., NJ. q TT. d.
K. r., Des Moines; W. L. Powell, emigration
agent, c., NJ. g. ST. P. r. r., st. Paul; J. Il.
| Ripley, commissioner, W. c. B. & Q. Pocl
Chicago; E. P. Ripley, general freight agent,
| c., B. & Q. r. R., Chicago; G. a. Rising, COM
mercial agent, G. NJ. & st. P. r. R., Chicago;
r. Stockhouse, general freight agent, c., r.
I; P. R: R., Rock Island: S: G. strick-
L. Sargent, n e. G. F. "AsnRufn a. K G, IT DSot Sc G. R. R.
R., Kansas City; E. R. Swards, G.. f. A. c.,
st. j. u G. 3. r. R., st. Joseph. Mo-. W. NJ.
Chicago; Mrs. Cover, Miss Sage, f.
Schofeld, Chicago; G. Tewksbury and wife,
freight claim agent c., R. 1. s. P. R. r. ;
j. W. Wheeler. superintendent Weighing as
sociation, Chicago; II. II. Wheeler, freight
| claim agent, Wabash, St. Louis s. Pacific
Northwestern Traffic association, Ninneap-
oils; Fred French, secretary Of the General
Freight Agents association, Chicago.
After safe and smooth run, the train
arrived in Ashland at about a. m., where
breakfast was eaten at the Colby house. the
| Chewarnagon being closed for the season.
After wandering about the place a half
hour or so, the party boarded the steam
yacht, Barker, for trip across the bay to
| Washburn. On the way was passed
THE FAMOUS IRON ORE DOCK
of the West Wisconsin railway, whose
northern terminus is at this point. This
dock is the largest in the world. Nearly
half a mile long, and has 234 pockets for
the ore each with a capacity Of l, 100 tons.
Into these pockets the ore is deposited from
the cars, and is loaded by its own weight
into the boats, and is taken to the Eastern
reducing works. After inspecting this
| dock, quick passage across the
| bay was made TO Washburn.
the lake terminus of the Omaha line. This
town has sprung into existence during the
! last two years, encouraged by the Omaha
road, and thriving, although, of course,
unfinished. Two unmistakable evidences
of 18th century civilization were noticed.
one being two flourishing newspapers, and
the other the fact that the place has just
passed through an election in which the
question of high or low license was settled.
The stop made at Washburn was
not long enough to find out
(which way the question was decided,
but there is no lack of things to drink
there.
AS said, Washburn is the Lake Superior
terminus of the Omaha road and it's ''Wash-
burn route" has of late caused so much
commotion in Northwestern freight circles.
Here the company has already a large fiat
| warehouse. and is now erecting an S00 600
buShel elevator. Half. an hour was all that
could be given to this town, but that was
sufficient to give the freight men an oppor-
tunity to open their eyes to the great impor-
tance of the southern shore of Lake Supe-
nor as a distributing point Their
eyes were opened, too, and one
and all expressed their surprise at the i'm
provements which are being made there.
The steamer was loaded again and the
trip around the pount to Bayfield, made,
calling at some of
THE FAMOUS APOSTLE ISLANDS
on the way. At Bayfield, the party marched
through the city immediately to their
! special train, where a toothSome lunch was
spread, and a run of five hours on the
Northern Pacific road through the pines
! terminated at Duluth. 1t was a matter
Of regret that enough time was not
! left to make thorough examination of this
lake port and its interests. The train only
stopped long enough for the excursionists
TO take tea at the st. Louis. after which
came the journey to st. Paul by the Duluth
road. On the way the gentlemen of the
party assembled i'll one of the sleeping cars,
and being called to order by Commissioner
Carman, MI. Ripley, president of the as
sociation, was called to the chair. Arbi-
traitor BOyne then offered resolutions of
thanks, which were adopted unani-
mously and three rousing cheers given for
MessrS. Clarke and Dodge. Pleasant remarks
were made by both of them in acknowl-
edgement Of the honor, and by Commits
sioner Medgeley, who voiced the sentiments
OF all the participants when he said that
although he had accepted the invitation
with some reluctance. owing to the pressure
Of business, he thought the trip had
been OF enough benefit to him
in enlarging his comprehension of the
immense interests Of the Northwest to more
than pay for any inconvenience that might
result. The meeting then adjourned. St.
Paul was reached about o'clock this morn
ing, and the train was Immediately started
for La Crosse, where the excursionists will
breakfast and then spend the day in the
Dalles of the Wisconsin.
Mention should be made of the services
OF Mr.. Fred French, secretary of the asso-
citation, whose assistance to Messrs. Clarke
and Dodge in their efforts to make the
guests comfortable was aSsiduous add eff
piant