The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-26
NOTES OF THE RAILROADS.

None of the roads will make a :speeia
rate for Thanksgiving, which Will I'M
doubtedly cause considerable disappoint-
ment,
Gross earnings from July to Nov. L
were SIT, 2S9,SiS, an increase of So, Az, 600
or a quarter of a million more than the
entire increase last year.
The gross earnings of the Chicago
Great Western for the second week of
November show an increase of $12, %
over the corresponding week of last year.
The total increase since the beginning Of
the fiscal year, July l, is $311, 7Gl.47.
The gross earnings of the Northern Pa
cific for the second week in November
according to figures secured today
reached the enormous total of 81 ,006, 415,
an increase of $306,354 for the week. This
increase is fully as large in proportion
as the weekly increase for October.
The recent wreck on the Santa Fe has
caused discussion among passenger men
as to the danger In cases Of collision
with oil-burning locomotives 1t seems
fire is increased and that there is an adj
diAonal liability of damage by explo-
sion.
The board Of governors of the Railroad
club will hold meeting soon TO arrange
for a dinner to be given early in next
year. The annual meeting of the club is
in May, but some of the members have
advocated an annual dinner in January,
and it is probable the board of governors
will decide upon dinners for both months.
Executive officials of Western railroads
are planning to meet in New York the
first week in December, to insure the
cancellation of all cut-rate freight con-
tracts on Dec. 81, so as to begin the new
year with clean slate 1t does not
take much longer to write ON the slate
than to wipe it.
The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis Railroad company has applied to the
New York Stock exchange to list $13, 736,-
600 of per cent consolidated mortgage
coupon bonds of 1926; also 81 $4,000 per
cent refunding mortgage guaranteed gold
coupon bonds of 1896, and $13, $40 600 stock
trust certificates for the per cent guar
anteed preferred stock.
The Milwaukee road has issued its
annual circular announcing holiday rates
Circulars from other roads will probably
be issued at once. The Milwaukee offers
a rate of one and one-ffth fare for the
round trip to points within 200 miles OF
any Milwaukee ogency. Tickets will be
sold Dec. "a, Is and 81, and Jan. l, good
returning until Jan. 2.
The old Protective association of the
on-assenting stockholders of Northern
Pacific prior to the reorganization has
been revived, and the managers hope to
secure advantages in the fight being
made against the Northern Securities
company by the states officials. 1t is
asserted that the present company S
charter is illegal, and the hope is indulg-
ed that the effect of the fight might be
to restore the non-assenting stocl1hold-
ers to their former position as original
stockholders
The meeting of the executive committee
Of the Western Passenger association,
which 1t had been arranged to hold in
st. Louis for the purpose of holding a
conference with the Southwestern PAS
senger bureau on the question of home
seekers excursions, was postponed, ow-
ing to it being inconvenient for the
Southwestern roads to attend. An at
tempt is now being made to arrange for
a conference some time this week.
Rates on range horses from Washing
ton and Eastern Oregon to the Missouri
river. st. Paul, St. Louis and CScs1go
are to be advanced Nov. % on an av
erage 10 per cent for carload lots of ten
or more cars. with a valuation of $15 a
head. Trainload rates do not apply on
shipments of less than ten cars originat-
ing at points on the Columbia Southern
and consolidated with shipments origi-
mating on the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation company lines.