The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-21
RAILROAD NOTES,

AS result of an agreement between
the Canadian government and the Altar
steamship line, subsidized fast service
has been established between Canada anC
Glasgow and Liverpool
G. N Wilson, who has been appointed
general auditor of the Lenigh Valley rail
road and Lehigh Valley Coal company
with headquarters at Philadelphia Pa
heretofore has been assistant general
auditor of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul 6yuoo1u 55u,
j. B. smalley has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the Iowa division of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. with
Headquarters at Des MoineS, Iowa. to sue
coed w. j: Lawrence, who takes Mr.
SmaIley'S place as superintendent of the
Dakota division.
10, Will inauguarate system for facilitat-
ing the handling of traffic on its over
land passenger routes, whereby, insted OF
conductors collecting tickets and cash
the larger passenger trains for the pur-
pose of performing this work and the
conductors will confine their duties to the
management of the trains and following
out the orders of the dispatches. The
new agents are to be selected from the
ranks of the train brakemen and baggage
men. -r-
The new customs regulations regarding
the examination Of baggage coming into
Canada will go into effect on May ! They
are OF considerable interest to tourists, as
IN future many points to which in the past
oag &c could be checked through in bond
Will be Gut off. The only points in Canada
TO which baggage will be checked in bond
are are rBanff, Calgary. Gravenhurst. Hat
Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto. St John
Sherbrooke. Quebec, Lewis, Point Lewis
Winnipeg. Victoria, Vancouver.
il. &. Dudley, United States consul al
ment on foot in that city to secure the
cons truction of railway from some point
on the coast within the province of Brit
lsh Columbia to the valley of the Yukon.
1t was announced at Union Pacific head
quarters, at Omaha, yesterday that D. w
Hitchcock, general agent of the passenger
department at San Francisco had applied
1or retirement under the recently adopted
pension system and will be succeeded on
May 10 by S. F. Booth, at present chief
clerk in the office of Traffic Manager
Stubs in Chicago.
"A "A ~ verdict og l of $4,000 damages was
awarded by the New York supreme court
IN the suit brought against the New Yorl,
central by the heirs of Alfred M Perrin
OF New Rochelle, former president of the
III 0diI'9 e. STATES Paper Bag company, who
was Killed IN the Park avenue accident.
-. The attorney general of Texas denies
mat any action is contemplated by the
siiade OF Texas against the Southern Pa
fbn :Jo oaSea upon the recent decision in
the Northern Securities case
F. E. Blazer former Omaha CON-
uuctof, was yesterday appointed general
superintendent of the Wheeling division
OF me Baltimore & Ohio. He is sue
b. Williams. of Chicago
All the coast roads are anticipating 2
neaVy settlers movement today. The
Great Northern will add several coaches
~ ~ i'S regular morning train. as will also
the Northern Pacific and 500 line.
II. M. Butterfield, travelling passenee,
agent for the D. L. & w, was In e.
Paul yesterday.
e. H. w Hill and ]. W Blabon. of the
launching g0F Of the Wh9 atte9ded the
Gompany's steamer Minnesota, at New
LONDON, Conn, last Thursday, returned
10 st. Paul yesterday.
-, w. Il. Martin. general freight agent nj
the 500 line, entertained a parfv Of Of
Canadian railroad men who STONED of
IN IN Minneapolis on their way from the
I Tnnas ye freinh They We're w. R. Nc
Canadian Pacific railway; F. w. Peters
assistant freight traffic manager nj
winnipeg, and John Corbett, freight traf-
TIC manager, of Montreal. Mr.. Martin
quarters while they We're in the city.
The Burlington & Missouri River has
contaminated arrangements with Prof
III I,i,on w, Campbell, of Holdrege, Neb
perimental farm of 32S acres near Ho1.
drege, Neb. i1ol-
Judge De France of the district conr,
at Goiaen, Col. has issued an injunction
restraining the New Century Light AND
PoWer company and the Hydro Electric
Power company from Interfering wifi
the tn !; Il. Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
RfaaWay company In building it's line
The New Century company YESTERDAY I'll.
ed another application for the land with
the state land board. IL
Col William r. Arthur formerly presi.
dent of the Illinois Central. died vester6ay
on his farm near Urbana. III. ased
e1ghty-two years. He was an engineer