St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-10
CORRIDOR CHAT.

A large party of Eastern capitalists
and prominent railroad and iron men
arrived at the Ryan from Duluth yester-
day afternoon. Among them were Mr..
and Mrs. X. r. Gable, Miss Wadsworth,
John E. Newell, Mr.. and Mrs. John B..
Carson. Miss Carson, Joseph H. Chan
dIer, c. w. billiard, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. NJ. Noe, c. T. Lyford, John Newell
Jr., Gen: a: II. Porter, b. B..
Stone, of Chicago. Ed S. Adams,
Flagler Jr,, Roswell P. Flower, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. r. Flower. DR.. F. Otis, Henry
Stibert, Ii. H. Hollister, of New York;
DR.. A. Anderson, st. Augustine, Fla;
q. Ii. Ball, Mrs. w. ii. Emery, Miss
Emery. of Boston: John T. George, of
Milwaukee; Evan p. Howell, Pembroke
Jones, Fred Kidder, of Atlanta, Ga. !;
Samuel Mather and H. Il. PickandS, of
Cleveland, O.
Roswell P. Flower was asked where
they had been and what they had been
doing. He replied: 1--WE have been
up on the Vermilion Iron Range look
ing at the property of the Minnesota
Iron company, and shall divide into
several sections tomorrow. Some OF
us 60 back to Duluth to attend the an
nual meeting of the Duluth and Iron
Range railroad. others go On to Denver,
while some GO straight back to Chicago.
Freight rates? Well, l really know
nothing about them. | do not trouble
myself very much about them and
really am scarcely posted on the sub
ject."
r. r. Cable, president and general
manager of the Rock Island railroad.
was asked where he was going. Il am
going from here to Denver" replied he.
Il came down with the rest of the gang
from the Iron range" He was asked
about freight rates, and replied: ''EhiS
sort of thing cannot last. A satisfactory
conclusion must be reached, or some
roads will go into bankruptcy. / am
not sufficiently well up in the situation
to say whether the present rates allow
a margin of profit or not, hut am conf
dent that any further reduction will
mean the handling of freight at loss.
At present very few of the roads can
stand this for long, and either bank
ruptcy or peace will be the outcome"
Joseph II. Chandler, of Chicago, said:
1--WE have been looking over our prop
erty around Tower and Ely, and find
everything in most satisfactory shape.
We own. as you know, the finest prop
Clt ~ VII tIC uilt QlC Uul HluS Ouu
a grand quality of ore in large amounts.
A number of us go down to Duluth to-
night to attend the annual meeting of
the Duluth Il Iron Range railroad.
From their some of US will 90 straight
to Chicago, and others will return by
way of st. Paul"
Gen. H. H. Porter was asked about
the trip and said: 1.-The less said about
it the better. We are simply travelling
around, some going to Duluth, others to
Denver on railroad business, and there
is really nothing of any Importance to
tell"
P. H. Kelly, Maj. Postlethewaite.
Col. James Mcknight, and other local
railroad and business magnates were
very frequent around the Ryan last
evening. What with United States
senators and railroad presidents,
the lobby was crowded to suf-
location. At every step an ex-governor
of the state, a senator or millionaire
railroader had to be pushed aside. They
are very much like ordinary mortals.
though; they put their arms around
each others necks, buy each other CT
gars and shake dice for the drinks, just
like everyday people. But this gang
vino were here yesterday were all gen.
tlemen; there did not seem to be snob
among them. They made very good
collection of typical American men of
light and leading,