The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-26
ARRANGEMENTS TCOMPLETED FOR
THE RE-EaTABLIsHMENT OF
WELLS1FARGO HERE.
FULL LIST 70F THE AGENTS.
WILL SUCCEED q UNITED STATES
EXPRESS COMPANY NEXT
THURSDAY.
From a Little Western Concern 1t
Has Grown to Enormous Size
It's Early History.


Next Thursday the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press company will succeed the United
States Express company upon all lines
OF the Chicago Great Western railroad
| system. Years ago the Wells-Fargo
| company was a well-known institution
| In the Northwest, but since it lost its
| held upon the Northern Pacific it's
wagons have never been seen on the
! streets of the city. The changing of
systems is not accomplished without
| great expense and time to some one,
principally the express company which
! inaugurates it's service The Wells
Fargo company during the last six
weeks has been compelled to select
agents in several score of cities and
towns, lease quarters, arrange for
equipment and provide for connections,
etc. The company has arranged it's
! staff of local agents all along the line,
and the G l o b e herewith presents the
list of agents who will serve at the
principal stations
| E. G. Wetzel will represent the COM
pany at St. Paul. j. E. Crews will be
| the company's general agent at Min
ncapolis. The balance of the staff ap-
pointed at common points is as follows:
Route Agents-H c. Shinnick, Chicago, ILL.,;
| George McGovern, i-Fort Madison, To-; Charles
D. Gardner, Des Moines, 10.
Agents
Des Moines los Charles F. Bush.
Dubuque, To-, ]! ]. Connery.
Marshalltown, Io t. B. Littieiohn.
Waterloo, To-, A. E. Powell.
Freeport, Ill.,, A. ]. Sampson.
Cedar Falls. To-. G, A. Parsons.
Austin, Mimi, j. F. Cook
De Kalb, ILL.,. Frank Riddell.
Waverly, Io.,- w. c. Hine.
Oelwein, To-, j.. W: Brown.
St. Charles, Ill; l. NJ. Palmer.
New Hampton, To-, G. o. Bean.
Byron, H.. W.T.. Morrow.
GAINESVILLE, To-, Frank Hesse.
Dearborn Mo-, c. T. Bryant.
Dodge Center, Mimi, ]. G. Werner.
Dyersville, To-. J. H. Manly.
Gladbrook, To-, r. E. Wing.
Holcomb, Ill., A S. Carpenter.
Lyle, Mimi, c. Hedemark
Manly junction, 10, w. H. Babcock.
Diagonal, To-, A. B. Lambe.
Melbourne To-, o. S. Ketcham.
Conception, Mo. Clyde, A. s. Perry.
Randolph, Mimi, c. S. McCloud
Reinbeck, To- A. Slippy.
Shell Rock, To-, William Hunt.
Stillman Valley. ILL.,, F. c. Lowe.
Taop, Mimi, w. Young.
! Mcintyre, To-, c. w. Cool.
Savannah, Mo, ]. L. Hughes
In addition to the above list agencies
will be established at all towns and
villages reached by the Great Western
railroad. AT StGPaul and Minneapolis,
I the Wells-Fargo company will connect
/ with the Great Northern Express COM
+ pany ll1ithe Northern Pacific Express
company and then Western Express
company giving the Wells-Fargo peo-
! pie an ocean to ocean service which is
the only one so arranged in the coun-
try. The company will have service
4 from the Great Lakes in this Connec-
ton to the Gulf of Mexico. The total
mileage of the company was sc, 147, and
/ the addition of the Great Western sys
i tenn and the transcontinental connec-
lions will add to this total largely. Con-
nections will be made at st. Paul for
/ all points in the Northwest.
The Wells Fargo company was
fC unded in 1852, when Henry Wells,
William G. Fargo, John Livingston,
! d. N. Barney and others, animated by
desire to profit by the marvellous
mineral developments of the Pacific
coast, established in all the mining
camps of any consequence branch
4 office of a company which was called
| the Wells-Fargo Express company.
| The field was then exclusively in Cali
| foInia. The start was successful, and
! year by year the company has been
|
East. 1t early established for the bene-
/ fit of the isolated settlers and miners
| in Out-of-the-way camps along with
! it's express and banking business,
system of letter delivery, which, al
/ though independent of the government
system, was practically an auxiliary.
! The system caught the favor or the
rude miners, who were enabled TO carry
on communication with the outside
world 1t was in this connection that
the company, in 1860, anticipating the
| regular mail service across the con-
tinent established the famous pony
express between st. Joseph and Sacra-
mento. Cal. making weekly trips and
carrying the mail across in about ten
! DAYS After the building Of the first
through telegraph line across the con-
! tinent the pony mail service was dis
continued. There is a deal of romantic
| and bloody history connected with the
establishment of the Wells-Fargo COM
| pany, and thrilling tales are told OF
| early Indian raids and stage coach
| robberies In 1857 the company had
rs offices: now it has upward of 5000,
| and employs over 1000 men.
| Mr. Wetzel who comes to st. Paul for the
| company is an old timer with that concern
| and has risen steadily in the ranks ever since
! his name was placed upon the pay rolls Mr.
| Wetzel started a driver of one OF the
! company's wagons in Denver in 1881. He
| continued in this service until 1884, when he
4
| and in other capacities In 1886 he came to
St Paul and placed on run out on the
| Northern Pacific road. over which the Wells
/ Fargo company operated. From the St Paul
run Mr.. Wetzel went to Pueblo, where he
! served as depot agent, moving from there
back to Denver in another capacity. For
long time che acted as route agent on
! the Burlington & Missouri River, with head
! quarters in Lincoln, and later in St. Louis.
| In 1892 he travelled over the Nebraska divis-
ion then went to the Missouri division, with
headquarters in st. Louis. Later he was
! made assistant agent at the later city, and
! since then has held responsible routing posi-
tions He comes to St Paul we'll recommend
ed by his company. Mr.. Wetzel is a genial
! man and will make friends. He is now in
| St. Paul arranging details.
EVEN IlOYELYtYEILOWS