The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20
RAILROAD NOTES.

T. P. Mcnamara has been chosen by the
Great western as attorney. to take the
place of T. A. Polleys, assistant general
counsel, who resigned to become tax COM
missioner Of the Omaha.
J. A. Ellis has been appointed agent for
the Great Western at st. Paul, with gem
eraI supervision of the yards at South
ST. Paul and State street. He has been
agent for the company at MarshaHtown
Iowa, for the past fourteen years
The 500 has announced rate of S27 to
New York and return. to take immediate
erect; This is reduction of $3.50 I'M
der the low rate first advertised, and is
made to meet competition. via Chicago
and the Grand Trunk
]. W. Widdowson, a veteran railroad Of
fetal connected with the London &
Northwestern system Of England for
forty-four years, was in st. Paul yester-
DAY; He has already visited the, cities
says he is surprised at the economy of
operation Of railways in the West In
England he says. more attention is paid
to perfection of service and loss to divi-
dend-paying eXpedients.
a special train bearing the Pennsyl-
Tanla delegates returning from the Pres
byter1an assembly at Los Angeles will
reach the Twin Cities tomorrow over the
Northern Pacific. The party returned bv
the Northern route and stopped at yell
.l0Wstone Park. The delegation will leave
the Burlington.
There is a possibility that the headuuar-
tiers OF the Spokane Falls & Northern NAV
be moved to Marcus instead of to North
port. Official announcement was made
yesterday that about July 1 the head
quarters of that road will be moved out
OF the Great Northern depot at Spokane
TO make room for the new division Of
noes whether Marcus or Northport will
De selected as the new Headquarters has
not been determined. Marcus is the point
from which the Republic line branches.
and Northport is where the Rossland and
Nelson branches separate
The freight blockade on the Great
Northern, which resulted from the recent
tie up of the line, is being rapidly cleared
Trains east and west, bound between
Spokane and Havre have been moving at
eral Superintendent Kennedy said that he
expects the accumulated business to he
cleaned up and out Of the way by tonight.
There IS no truth in the report tele-
graphed from ST. Louis that on the first
of next month J. M. Johnson, assistant
to Vice President Bird, of the Gould lines
will remove his headquarters from Chi
cago to st. Louis and will devote his at
tention to the traffic of the Wabash De-
NAL is also made of the report that w
g. Grith, freight traffic manager of the
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain roads
will go to Chicago as assistant traffic df-
rector of the Gould lines.
1t has been. definitely decided that the
limits OF the new division of the Great
Northern, Of which Spokane will be the
| headquarters, viii be from LeavenWorth
| Wash. to Troy, Idaho. Just who the new
division officers viii be is not vet decid-
ed, The creation of the new district will
| make places for a division superintendent
| an assistant division superintendent. A
| chief clerk to the superintendent and q
| force of six or eight clerks in the office
The directors of the Louisville & Nash
! vile road did not hold their regular
monthly meeting Thursday owing to the
lack of quorum. 1t is expected that the
meeting OF the board for the consideration
| OF the semi-annual dividend will take
place about July s.
1t is reported that the Texas Midland
road, owned by Mrs. Hetty Green, has
been sold to the Rock Island Frisco. and
IS to be extended south from Ennis ia
Waco. where it will connect with the ST,
Louis line of the Frisco at Paris, Tex.