The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-30
RAILROAD NOTES.

The Rock Island is now running daily
tourist sleeperS on its trains from Chi
cago to Denver, and twice a week through
tourists sleepers are run through to Cal
fornia. The Rock Island has also noti-
fed its agents that beginning July / the
Rocky Mountain Limited trains running
from Chicago to Denver. which were dis
continued on account of the floods along
the Missouri river, will be resumed.
The Duluth, Missabe & Northern yes
terday filed tariffs with the railroad and
warehouse commission reducing it's rates
on merchandise as recently ordered. The
tariffs follow closely those filed Saturday
by the Duluth & Iron Range. and in addi-
ton to the reductions ordered by the COM
mission, the company has voluntarily re-
duced many commodity rates and in some
instances reduced merchandise rates low
er than ordered
The Minneapolis & ST. Louis and the
Rock Island have been selected as the
official routes from the Twin Cities to
the Christian Endeavor convention at
Twin Cities July Z and will run via the
Minneapolis e. st. Louis to Omaha and
will there be turned over to the Rock
Island.
at Helena, Mont, was in ST. Paul yester-
day.
A meeting of traff1ce representatives OF
all lines operating in Minnesota will be
freight agent Of the Omaha, today. to
check over the reduction in the coal and
lumber rates ordered by the railroad and
warehouse commission.
Official announcement was made by one
of the executive officers of the Pennsyl-
Vania yesterday that the last returns
show that the $T5, 900, 900 of new stock
has all been taken by the shareholders
and that 80 per cent of it has been paid
in full.
The stockholders of the Pittsburg e.
Lake Erie yesterday increased the capital
stock from IS, 600 900 to SIC. 600 O00 to al
Improvement M do on tIo-
Half of the increase was taken by the
Vanderbilt interests. The directors de-
ciared the usual per cent dividend.
It was announced yesterday that s4o.-
100000 borrowed by the Pennsylvania
early in the year would be paid off as the
notes fell due in the second and third
weeks of July.
terminal, La Sale Station at Van
Buren, and La Sale streets, to be used
by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway, Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railway and the Nickel Plate line, will
be opened July II. All trains over the
lines named arriving; at Chicago after
after that time will use the new build
ing.
The Cannon Falls Farmers Elevator
company, of Minnesota has filed with
the interstate commerce commission a
complaint against the Chicago Great
Western and the Milwaukee, alleging that
the grain rates from Cannon Falls to Chi
SclSO, 0Al1IitdpOllS anu OLH6r points are
unjust and discriminative against Cannon
Falls. The complaint alleges that the
company is barred by these tariffs from
competing with Minneapolis for the rye
market at Louisville, KY.
G. R. Henderson, superintendent of mo-
tive power for the Santa Fe has rendered
his resignation to take effect on Aug. i.
MI Henderson said that he desired to re-
tire to take vacation
j. G. Maher has been appointed con-
tracing freight agent for the Great
Northern at Spokane. vice Mark Ford
who was promoted several weeks ago
to be general agent for the company at ST,
Louis. The appointment is effective July /.
With the completion of new ore dock
NO. OF the Great Northern, Superior be-
in the world. The new dock Contains 1So
pockets each with capacity of 200 tons,
giving a capacity of 41,600 tons. With