The Saint Paul globe., 1898-07-26


Willmar, St. Cloud, Sauk Center and other
points to Duluth and around Lake Supesior.
SUNDAY, was an unexpected success The
special train which left Willmar at 4:30 a.
M, was crowded. The train arrived at Du-
!uth at noon and the excursionists were then
oaKen on the steamer Bon Voyage to points
OF interest on Lake Superior, returning to
Duluth at p. m.
The lewiston extension of the Northern
racine is expected to be ready for use Aug
l. Engines and cars for the new line are
wa Waiting for the last nail to be driven in
The o. r. G. N. has let a contract for a
roaa between Riparia and Lewiston, and is
Hnahing arrangements for a steamer on thu
snake river to run between the same places
to compete with the Northern Pacific line.
., Col: Daniel S. Lamont, vice president of
the Northern Pacific. and Dr. Joseph Bryant.
lelt 1ae city Y, in Col Lamont's private car
ern Pacific overland to the Yellowstone park.
- large party Of Minneapolis grain men
went 81 special car yesterday over the
Great Northefi u inspect the grain crops
along the line Of that f5ac
The Washington C Columbia n.v,. rail
way has put tri-weekly service on tf3
Athena branch, so that shipments leaving
Tacoma Will arrive at Athena several hours
ahead of freight going from Pert and by the
oregon railroad and Navigation company's
cars day previous.
The coast travel, between San Francisco
and Puget Sound ports, is reported as being
the heaviest ever known.
A report comes from Tacoma that the
Union Pacific is paying its back taxes to the
state of Washington, and that a new road
bed Is being constructed by the company
from Tacoma to Portland This, it is rumor-
ed, Is preliminary TO a route to the North
Pacific, coast for the Burlington. which is
Oregon ports. Of1c'als In this city say they
know nothing Of such plan.
The Chicago Great Western ran an excur-
sion from Des Mones to the Twin Cities
G1rpd pdou nf mn &C
full that has ever been given by that road.
More than $50 persons ayailed themselves OF
the opportunity to visit st. Paul and NJ nne-
apolis, and they filed eight special coaches.
The party arrived in this city at 91o a. m.
Sunday and remained until last evening.
Everybody had q good time.
The meeting of rate clerks, which was !, al, q,
journed over from last week. will be held
this morning in the hotel Ryan. An enort
will be made to act upon the new passenger
rate sheet.
pointments effective ON the New York,
New Haven & Hartford: G. T. Hemstead.
general passenger agent Western division;
A. c. Kendall, general passenger agent East
ern division: V. H. Taylor, general passen-
ger agent marine division J. N. States, gen
eral ticket agent. and George Morton, general
baggage agent.
The Chicago, Milwaukee st. Paul Railway
company has been cited To appear in Chica-
go before the interstate commerce commits
sion Aug. to answer why it has not COM
piled with an order Of the commission in re-
lation to an action against the company by
the chamber OF commerce of the city of Mil
waul.ee.
1t is rumored in Cincinnati that ]. T.
Odeli, general manager of the Pittsburg Bes-
sener & Lake Erie, is to sever his connection
with that company 10 take service with the
Kansas City, Pittsburg C Gulf as general
manager of that road. Mr.. Odell was at one
time general manager Of the Baltimore &c
Ohio road.
At the meeting of the National Association
of Railway Agents, he'd at Buffalo, the fol-
lowing were elected officers: President, C. A.
Wetzel, Of Cleveland; vice president, j. F.
Mcfarland, cf Pittsburg; secretary. ]. T.
Campbell, OF Allegheny City, Pa. and treas
uerer,. G. N. Dietz, Of Cleveland executive
committee, W. D. wilson, chairman; l.. A
Shafter. Gamble Shields, o. L. George, James
q. Young and A. Cottrell. Milwaukee was Sc
lected as the place for holding the next an
nual meeting, which will be ned some time
during next July.