The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-01
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS.

| p. G.. Stohr, general traffic manager OF
the Chicago, Great Western railway, viii
| return from the East next Sunday.
f. II. Tibbits, assistant general freight
agent of the Chicago Great Western
| railway, is in Chicago attending meet
ing of general freight agents.
r. Duke Barnum, of the firm of Pitt,
Barnum Co., of New York, was in the
city Sunday and Monday. Pitt, Barnum
& Co. are heavy shippers of butter
| cheese and eggs and are well known tc
ali freight officials.
The Minnesota railroad and warehouse
commission will not submit the new
schedule of rates to the railroads of the
state tomorrow. The delay in getting the
schedule ready has been caused by the
TACT that the commissioners were not
satisfied with the first schedule prepared.
L. H. Hill, D. Miller, NJ D. Grover and
r B. Clarke, all officials of the Great
Northern Railroad company, and Theo-
gore Schurmeier. of st. Paul. returned
from Duluth yesterday morning after
having spent two days on President
James J. HIS yacht, Waeouta. The
party started from Duluth and visited
Pigeon river and Isle Royal.
me Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is
putting in service a thoroughly equipped
aid brake instruction car, in charge of A.
J. Gotta
500 line earnings for June. Gross,
Gross, 81, ST.; increase, $4S1, 1857.
The Milwaukee mas decided to abandon
through sleeper service between St. Louis
in connection with the Alton.
The, Great Northern and Northern Pa
ciflc have instructed Chicago agents tc
send 1000 harvest hands to the Northwest
If possible.
Paul Morton, second vice president of
the Santa Fe road. returned to Chicago
Yesterday morning from a short vacation
spent IN Colorado. He is quoted as saying
that Colorado is just now ENJOYING a
period of unusual prosperity, in which all
interests are participating to a very liber-
a a. extent. regarding the wheat crop of
Kansas, which is row being reaped, Mr.
Morton says the acreage Is very much
larger this year than last
Western roads have agreed that one
way second-class colonist rates to points
IN the Northwest based on st. Paul and
appned via the Missouri river shall he
divided by allowing the Eastern lines up
70 chicago the same proportions which
Mould accrue II the business had been
routed via chicago and st. Paul; that the
remainder be divided on the probate per
rate basis, using the current, coIorist
rates as the factor from the Missouri
river to Montana, Washington and Pacif;f
points. This will make the factor from
Kansas City S28S5. - 04i'
Announcement has been made bv the
Wa4ash road that it will run special ex-
cursions to Utah, Colorado. South Dakofe
and Wyoming points Sept and Is, the
rate Tor which will be one fare plus 81
fer the round trip.
meeting of the executive committee
OF the Western Passenger association
would In the ordinary course of affairs
De held IN Chicago Thursday next, but
owing to the absence of any business 0f
Importance requiring attention and the
absence of a number of passenger Of
ncials on their vacation, notice was sent
out yesterday that the meeting will be
postponed until Aug. Ii.
Notice, has been given by the Wiscon-
SIN road that 1T Will extend the return
units OF its homeseekers' excursion tick
Gus 10 be sold Sept. and Is to Oct 81.