The Dickinson press., 1897-03-06
Live Railroad News.

Live Railroad News.
3M. j. Costello of Fargo, represent
ing the Great Northern, spent Tues
day in Dickinson.
Harry Hagerman is through rail-
roading. He may move OFT to his
Sentinel Butte sheep ranch.
N. A. Waldron succeeds G eorge T.
Ross as chief clerk Of the superintend-
ent of the Dakota division.
There seems to he a strong senti-
ment in favor of the adoption of an
interchangeable mileage ticket.
1t is announced that the G. N. will
add vestibules for all its through
trains. at an expense of 100000.
J. II. Waggener reported Monday
for work. having been off duty on &C.
count of sickness since January 10.
1t is said that Roaimaster Lothrop
has ordered 20 bear traps in which to
catch rustlers of snow fences in the
spring.
George l.. Williams has resigned as
cashier Of the general passenger de-
partment OF the G. N. aud taken a
similar position with the Buffalo
Steamship Co.
j. d. Finn. ex-superintendent Of
the Montana division of the N. P,
has been appointed superintendent of
the terminal railway company at
West Superior, Wis.
The Northern Paciic's new $780,
900 general office building, at the foot
of 4th street on Broadway, st. Paul,
is completed. President E. w. Win.
ter was the first official to move in.
The piston.rod of Engineer Hagan's
engine. No. SIG, broke Friday after
noon e a the water tank and two
coal cars were telescoped. The BAL
end of the tender was also slightly
damaged.
Glendiye independent: A force of
men were put to work on the stand.
ing walls of the round house and
shops this week, and are now busy
cleaning the brick and loading them
On flat a
Chairman Caldwell of the Western
Passenger association suggests that
no road shall send any special train
to San Francisco for the Christian
Endeavor in July without first secur-
ing his consent.
Three hundred and twelve Ameri-
can locomotives have been exported
to foreign countries within the past
year, and Japanese railroads have Or
dered forty=iiv more.
Thursdays No. | was from IL to
IL hours late on account of the storm
in Minnesota. Fridays west-bound
pass enger was held in Fargo all day.
The bulletin board read: "Held on ac-
count Of bad blizzard"
The Northern Pacific announces
the following Alaska sailings: Dora,
to leave Sitka for Portage Bay, March
% and April Is; Bertha, to leave Jul
neau for Cooks ink April Is and
%, May 10 and rs, IL 'mi-monthly
thereafter during the season.
1t is said the inverted comma de.
vice used by the Northern Pacific.
was adopted at the suggestion of
Chief Engineer McHenry. It turns
out to be all ancient Chinese symbol.
whose real significance is not yet
known. An effort is being made to
determine what it means in Chinese.
A curiosity in freight shipments
west, says a jamestown paper, was a
couple of miniature red cabooses, for
the "Spokane Falls and Northern
which passed through here tod ay.
The cabooses are half the length of
All ordinary Northern Pacific caboose
hut of the ordinary width. But one
set Of trucks, four wheels. is used I'm.
der each car.
Dickinson people had q change Sun.
day to see the two big freight engines
which were specially conatrn"tea .o-
the mountain division of the N. p.
They are the giants of the road. the
largest locomotive engines eyer con-
struoted. and as they stood in the
yards here made the other big engines
look small in comparison. Engineer
Woolworth of the Dakota division
and Engineer Thompson of Brainerd
were in charge.
Speaking of the proposition to run
an elevator down the Grand canyon
in Yellowstone Park, General Passen.
ger Agent Fee, of the Northern Pa
ciic, says: cit would be an outrage.
An elevator could not be run any
where there without %disiguring ma
ture's great masterpieces. There is
M place tor n except two miles he-
low the falls, below Inspiration point,
and there would be little s in hav-
ing one there, The situation at Nj
agara Falls is entirely different, for
there the n great attraction is the
face of the falls; also a merry-go-
round on the summit of the obsidian
cliff and all that sort of thing! If
the report that assistant secretary of
the interior favors an elevator is true,
l am very much surprised"
have R. R. lands in all parts of