The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-29
RAILROAD NOTES.

j. D. Farrell, assistant to President
James j. Hill, of the Great Northern,
with headquarters on the Pacific coast
was In st. Paul yesterday.
The railroad and warehouse commits
sion will hold a hearing today at Crooks
ton on the application for ''Y'' connect
ing the Northern Pacific and Great North
The petition is made by citizens of
Erskine, Fertile and Red Lake Fails.
r. h X. Green. president of the Texas
railroad, paid a visit to New York recent
~ and upon his return to Terrell. Tex
II was said that he had made financial
arrangements for the extension of the
read from Ennis to Waco. The Texas
midland railroad is owned by Mrs. Hetty
Green, mother of President Green.
1t is announced that the Rock Island will
resume work today on track construction
on the west side of the Usage river for
me IN Kansas City extension. The line from
st. Louis to Kansas City will be completed
ABOUT May L of next year and according
TO the present plans of the company Il
Will be placed in operation at once
Attorney General w. B. Douglas will
ask that the case of the state of Minneso
ia against the Northern Securities com
pany be heard by the United States SUI
preme court Immediately after the govern
ment case ON the merger. which is set
for Dec. Is. Gen. Douglas will go to
washington to make the request of the
court.
The Chicago Great Western yesterday
announced an excursion to be run from
Marshalltown, Iowa, and intermediate
points to st. Paul Saturday, Oct. 10. A
rate of So for the return trip will be
made The regular one-way rate between
MarsnalitoWn and ST; Paul is $6.75. The
excursion tickets will be good returning
until the following Monday.
There is little doubt that the elevator
companies and railroads with lines en-
tering South Dakota will this fall have
amount of grain that will from now on be
shipped to Eastern markets. Threshing
is under full Roadway in all parts of the
state the weather being all that coulu
be desired for this work, and soon the
capacity of the elevators and railroads
VIII be taxed to the utmost.
With view to protecting American in
dustrleS from the inroads made upon them
by competition and consequent chean
ocean and inland freight rates, the rail-
roads from the Missouri river east TO the
Atiantic seaboard have entered into an
York oct. for the purpose of taking def
mite action along the lines indicated
>. +; Elmer, general passenger agent of
the chicago Great Western, has an
new Omaha extension will be opened Nov
l. Trains will leave Omaha daily at
I;55 p. M, arriving in ST. Paul at Z
o'clock the next morning. From ST paul
the train for Omaha viii leave the union
depot at S:45 D. m. and will arrive in
Omaha at a. m. The Omaha trains
VIII ue equipped WIN buffet cars, electric
nghted chair cars and standard sleepers
Although official confirmation is iack
ing, the report that the Gould interests
are planning to reach the sea in both d.
rections is accepted as true in railroa a
circles. That New York is their objective
point at present. now that entrance TO
Baltimore is assured, is not doubted and
the attitude of the Pennsylvania Wander
bllt forces indicates that they are seri-
ously perturbed over the situation
The advisory committee of the Western
immigration bureau will meet the reDre-
sentatives of the trunk lines in New York
for the purpose of having a general dis
cussion of the immigrant situation Con-
d1t1onS at the present time are said to be
in an unsatisfactory state both to the
trunk lines and the lines west of Chicago
and st. Louis. The object of the meeting
Will be to bring the interested lines in
closer cooperation and thereby secure
better control of the situation.
A meeting of the Mexican Central rail-
road income bondholders was held yes
| terday in New York. over 81 OOO. 600 in
come bonds were represented a COM
mittee was appointed to investigate the
affairs of the company, to act protectiyely
for the bandholders and call for the de-
post of bonds for those who are dissat it's
fed with the offer of the company made
through the Ladenburg, Thaiman & Co.
syndicate, also to ascertain why no re-
turn has been made of the business af-
fairs of the company, The committee is
Benjamin +. Tracy, chairman; Sidney J.
Smith; Otto Barnard, president CONT
mental Trust company; j. w. Henning.
governor of the stock exchange; d. S.
tional bank; B. w. Jordan, president
American Loan and Trust company Bos-
ton; James Harold Warner counsel, and
u w, piapspore. secretary