St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-10
st. Paul and Duluth Stock
holders Reflect All the
Old Officers.
Pullman Vanquishes the Van
derbilts in the Famous
Vestibule Case.
Chicago & Northwestern
Trainmen Threatening to
Strike for More Pay.
Completion Of the New Nine
Hundred Foot Tunnel Near
DeadWOod.

The annual meeting of the st. Paul &
Duluth railroad was held Yesterday.
The three observation-disclosures. r. b.
Dodson, w. c. Tuckerman and w. 81.
BlisS-whose terms had expired, were
reelected. The other directors are
Clarence S. Day. James Smith Jr., E.
W. Peet, r. S. Hayes. Thomas Denny
and A. S. Heneris. The officers of the
board are: President, R. S. Hayes, of
New York; vice president and general
solicitor. W. H. Bliss. st. Paul; secre-
tary and chairman, g. G. Haven Jr.,
New York; assistant secretary and
treasurer, w. H. Coleman, st. Paul; as
sistant secretary. }. A. Hiltner, New
York; counsel, Julien T. Davies, New
York; advisory counsel, James j.
Smith Jr., st. Paul. The property OPP
Grated by the company is:
OWNED.
Miles.
Main line, ST. Paul to Duluth. lib
Knife Falls branch, n. P. junction to
eTanfsburg branch, Rush City to 90
Kettle River branch, Sandstone june
ton 10 Sandstone. Observation-Disclosures.
LEASED.
Taylor Falls & L. s. R. R., Wyoming
Minneapolis & Duluth R. R., Mime
apolis to White Bear 49,, -. -. 1876
Saltwater & st. Paul R. R., White
Bear to Saltwater ........ ......... 125
Duluth Short line, Thomson to West
Superior ................... 1873
Total. ......... ............24 775
Sioinns s aS otb, aoo
IL
President Hayes report contained the
following:
This company in connection with the
Northern Pacific Railroad company has COM
pleted arrangements with the Duluth Union
Depot company for the erection of large
union passenger depot at Fifth avenue, west.
In Duluth. The land upon which the station
Is being built was sold 10 the depot company
for the sum of $3.50, 00J, and the stock of the
depot company taken in payment To cover
the cost OF construction of the station and
train shed the depot company has made ar
rangements to issue 3005 per cent forty-year
gold bonds of 81 900 each and these have
already been subscribed for. The necessary
contracts for completion of the work by July
/, 1891, have been made and the work be-
gun. Messrs. Peabody, Stearns & Furber are
the architects
The Eastern railway of Minnesota, the ex-
tension OF the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
toba railway, was opened for passenger travel
between Minneapolis, st. Paul, Duluth and
West superior. in June, 1889; so that the
passenger earnings for the period covered
by this report should not properly be com
pared with those of the previous year, when
this competition did not exist The increase
in general travel. and especially the increase
Of suburban travel, has almost entirely over
come the loss which was anticipated OH ac-
count of the opening of the new passenger
line between ST. Paul, Minneapolis and the
lakes. Gross passenger earnings for the
year show only decrease of 81, 7O2
The gross earnings of the road for the
year ending June 30th. are: Passenger,
1896, $685.: freight. 1866, 1863. 40: express,
1880; mail. S1S,262. 50; miscellane-
Gus, s9,S71.60; total, s1,41O, 527.23; pre-
vious year, 1,406, S65.74. Increase, So
661 40, 20 per cent.
No mention was made at the meeting
respecting the reported consolidation of
the Duluth road with Northern Pacific.