The Saint Paul globe., 1903-04-19
RAILROAD NOTES.

The will of Benjamin F. Aver, for
mer general counsel for the Illinois
central, was filed in the probate court
In Chicago today. The estate is val
ued at 100000 and is left to relatives.
Arrangements for the Grand Army
encampment at San Francisco, on Aug.
IL to 22 were announced in circulars
issued yesterday The selling dates
on these rates will be Aug. 4 to 13, and
the final return limit will be Oct Is.
An arrangement is made that anyone
may stop over on the tickets after
reaching the first point in Colorado
WITHIN ten days from the date of sale.
The reports for the land department
of the Canadian Pacific road continue
to show increases in the quantity of
lands sold and the prices realized by
the company. The prices now quoted
by the company are from $5 to $40 an
acre in good locations, and in many
cases where the company lands are
close to towns and villages which are
growing UP rapidly from five to ten
times these prices are realized.
The Santa Fe railroad has announc-
ed that during the meeting of the
Christian Endeavor convention at Den
yer next July tickets good for the
round trip to Pacific coast points will
be sold at the rate Of $6250 from Chi
cago to the coast and return. These
tickets will be on sale from July 1 to
July 10, and will be goon on the west
bound trip for thirty days Stopovers
Will be allowed at Denver and other
points, so that the visitors to the En-
deavor meeting can continue their trip
to the coast on the cheap rate. The
tickets are to be good for the return
trip until Aug. 81.
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present among the railroads operating
eastward from Chicago. Some lines re-
port a surplus of cars, while others
claim a shortage still exists. The ex-
planation is that the Pennsylvania and
other large anthracite carriers have
been boarding equipment in the coal
regions In preparation for a heavy
movement anticipated during the next
few months. West-bound freight is
not sufficient to balance freight seek
ing transportation eastward, and con-
sequently there is a shortage of equip
ment.
Arthur E. Stillwell and others inter-
ested in the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient railway are said to be behind
the Colorado, Oklahoma & Texas.
Which has been organized under the
laws OF Oklahoma, to build at once an
air line road between Dennison, Tex.
and Pueblo, Col. This road will af-
ford short route between Texas and
Colorado, reducing the distance more
than 100 miles, as compared with the
Colorado Southern.
S. F. Forbes has been appointed mr.
chasing agent of the Rock Island sys-
tenn, in place of F. A. Marsh, resigned.
II. Z. Pearce takes the position of as
s1stant purchasing agent in place of
S. F. Forbes.
Louis w. Hill and the party of Great
Northern officials who attended the
launching of the steamer at New Lon
don' Conn. will arrive home this morn
ing.
The change in time in the Great
Northern's Puget Sound express will
go INTO erect tonight. The train, which
formerly left st. Paul at o'clock. will
leave at $3.50 p. M. but will arrive at
Seattle at the same time as under the
old schedule. The new train to take
care of the local traffic between Breck-
enridge and Larimore will go into com
mission today.
The Chicago Great Western has an
nounced rate of a fare and a third
for the state Knights Templars' con-
Vention, which will be held in Mime
apolis April %. 20 and 80.
L. Y. Kitcheil, Northern passenger
agent for the Great Northern at Du-
luth. was in st. Paul yesterday,
After five days work the obstruction
caused at the east end of the tunnel
near Ogden, Utah. by four landsides
on April II and 1S has been carried
away, and regular traffic resumed over
the Union Pacific.