The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-15

great lakes and the Atlantic, including
the completion of waterway from Geor-
route at a cost of from SIS, OeO, 900 to
$4,000, 600, the extensive Improvement of
existing canals and liberal subsidies to
iaiiWays A transportation commission,
headed by Sir William c. Van Horne has
been appointed to take up the subject of
a deep waterway from Lake Huron to the
ocean Meantime, two competing trans
Continental railway companies, the Grand
Trunk Pacific and the Trans Canada, are
asking for subsidies, and the government
and people are evidently at a loss as to
which shall be the favored enterprise
The Chicago Junction railway has adj
Vanced its charges for switching services
IN ana out OF the Union stock yards dis
tiict at Chicago 40 cents per car
On May l the car accounting offices of
the Burlington & Missouri River at Lin
coin Neb., and Of the Missouri lines of
the chicago, Burlington & Quincy at St
Joseph, Mo, will be transferred to Chicago
and merged with those of the Chicago
burlington & Quincy. thus combining the
car accounting offices of the entire Bur-
lington system.
The secretary of the interior has decid-
ed In the case of Suedmeyer against the
Northern Pacific railroad, that the COM
pany has the right to sell lands before
| they are surveyed. Suedmeyer made ap-
plication to the department to enter Ger
tam tam sections Of land in Montana which
coming under its land grant, although it
had not been officially surveyed
The Chicago & North Western will in
augurate today cafe parlor car service
between Omaha and Sioux City. A buffet
parlor car will be placed on the train
leaving Sioux City. at $50 a. m, except
Sunday, serving light breakfast Ia carte,
and returning on the train leaving Omaha
returning will leave Sioux City at 1910
p m. daily, serving luncheon.
The Wisconsin Central and Burlington
gave notice yesterday that they will put
into effect on April IA. 81 and 2S, a rate
OF one fare, plus 81, for the round trip
from Chicago to st. Paul and Minneapo-
| lis.
Information mas been received from
Texas that the attorney general of that
state intends to use the decision in the
Northern Securities company case In his
action to prevent the ownership of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass railroad
being acquired by the Southern Pacific
delegation of Rock Island officials
was in st. Paul yesterday on a tour of
inspection. The party was composed of
| Possenger Traffic Manager John Sebas-
tian Chicago; General Passenger Agent
| L. NJ. Allen. Chicago; Hal S. Ray, Denver
and Division Passenger Agent John G.
Farmer, Cedar Rapids.
The Rock Island has been selected as
| the official road by the Master Plumbers
| association, which will hold its annual
| convention at San Francisco, May 10 to %.
Special trains will be run from Kansas
City and Omaha May II. rate, of $50
for the round trip has been granted
Circulars were issued yesterday by the
Rock Island announcing an SIS fare for
the round trip from st. Paul to ST. Louis
April 26 to May 1, on account of the Ma
t1onal Good Roads convention and the ded-
1cation of the worlds fair buildings. THE
tickets are good returning until May A.
The state railroad and warehouse COM
mission will tomorrow INSECT the inter-
locking signal system at Caroline, near
kasota- Where the signal plant has been
Installed the Milwa ukee, Omaha and
NORTHWESTERN tracks cross.
Word was received yesterday at the
st. Paul office of the Milwaukee road that
the Mankato extension is nearly complet-
ed. Tracks are laid to within ten miles of
Mankato and it IS expected that trains
Will be running over the line before Nav
10. A train service to LIE Sueur Center
has already been established.
The hearing of the Northern Pacific ap
pl1cation for permission to advance the
live stock rate will take place this morn
ing before the state railroad and ware
house commission.
]. N. Stroud, travelling passenger agent
for the Colorado & Midland visited the
Robert street ticket offices yesterday.
More than $50 delegates from st. Paul
went to Mankato yesterday on the Chicago
/ Great Western special train to attend the
| annual meeting of the Minnesota State
Sunday School association