St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-17

1Ne CdHaulaH Taciuc railway feceipCS Tor
the week ending March z were S1O6, 900, an
increase of $4,000 over last year. The
Grand Trunk receipts for the same period
were 1874, 900, a decrease of $4,000.
The American Machinist gives the num-
Der of locomotives belonging to American
railroads at 29,227. Reckoning the life of a
locomotive at twenty-five years, there should
be l, l69 OF them constructed in order to
maintain the stock. A car wheel lasts about
eight years; we are using 10, 900, 600 of them,
and produce 1850, 600 yearly.
The Chicago & Northwestern and the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern rail-
ways have issued joint tariff on emigrant
movables, taking effect to-day from Chicago,
Milwaukee, Racine, Racine Junction or
Kenosha to points on the Burlington line.
1t is said that W. R. Woodward, who has
resigned the receivership of the Texas & st.
Louis, will be general manager of the Cen
trail Iowa. s. w. Fordvce, vice president OF
the Texas & st. Louis, is being urged to
succeed Mr. Woodward.
The last spike was driven on the Union
railway yesterday. The track is laid with
encircles Chattanooga, Tenn, and puts
81 100000 worth of property on the market.
The enterprise is one of the largest private
affairs ever undertaken in the South. The
road connects with every railroad coming
into Chattanooga.
Officials of the Indiana, Bloomin gton &
Western road say that they will give notice tt
Com m ssionar Ii L chortIv of tba;r iptant;Or
to withdraw from the trunk line pool. They
say the action of President ingalls, of the
Cincin natl, indianapolis, st. Louis 81 Chi
cage road recently in this regard compes
them to take the step in order to protect the
interests of the road
The following statement furnished by the
railroad com missioners shows the total earn
ings of all the railroads in South Carolina
during the month of January, 1885, as COM
pared with the corresponding month of 1884
Total earnings in January, 1884, 1884, DOL;
in 1885, 1907, 204; total increase, S73, 203
total decrease, s2SS; total net increase,
S73.203; average percentages of increase,
1871. This is con sidered an excellent
showing. and proves that the state is bette,
off and that business is greater than it was al
the beginning of last year.
George j. Chalton, for several years chief
rate clerk in the Chicago 81 Alton general
passenger department, and recently APP
pointed chief clerk of the office, has now
been made assistant general passenger an6
ticket agent of the road.
d. X. Smith, superintendent of the South
Park division of the Union Pacific, has re-
signed. He will be succeeded by J. t.
Choate of Boston. Mr. Smiths resignation
was due to sickness in his family.
The contractors are to begin work on the
eight miles of an extension of the Chicago,
Burlington a. Kansas City railway from Bo-
gard to Carrollton, Mo-, shortly. By the
terms of the agreement the work is to be
completed and the cars running to Carroll
ton by Aug. 1. When done, this will open
com petition direct with St. Louis and Chi
cago for merchants and stock shippers, they
then having the privilege of choosing be-
tween the Burlington line and that of the
Wabash,
Judge Wood of the United States district
court yesterday appointed President Fl. B
Hammond receiver of the Indianapolis
Decatur 81 Springfield road. He will take
charge April 1, until which time it will bt
operated by the Indiana, Bloomington 4
Western as lessee.