The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-05-23
Railroad Notes.

The Canadian Pacific railway is now
continuous to the Columbia river.
| The daily passenger trains to and from
Mandan. in addition to the through trains,
have been abandoned, business not war
ranting the run.
S. F. Boyd, of the popular Albert Lea
route, has sent out handsome circular
calling attention of the desirability of his
road for those who design attending the
q. A. R. reunion at Portland, Maine, June
22nd to 27th.
S. M. Stevens, organizer and instructor
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, is now in Minneapolis organizing a
new lodge of that order with member
ship of about so. The older lodge there
has membership of 140.
1t has been decided that the Union Pa
cific is not legally able to lease the Oregon
Railway & Navigation company's lines
and as the Northern Pacific wanted chiefly
to keep it out of the hands Of the Union
Pacific it is not probable that it will be
leased at all The Northern Pacific will
soon have line of its own to Puget Sound
and Portland and will not particularly
need the o. r. & n.
The rate on copper matte from Butte to
New York has been reduced by the Union
and Northern Pacific roads from $25 per
ton to $40 and on ore from $24 to $1S.
The reduction is due to some extent to the
opening of the navigation season on the
great lakes, coupled with desire on the
part of the railroad companies to foster
the development and increase the produc-
ton of Montana mines
Orders have been issued from the New
York headquarters Of the Northern Pacific
to cut down the working force on the Cas-
cade branch to the lowest possible limit,
and in consequence a large number OF
men have been discharged. It is stated
that either this or next week every man,
boy or animal Oh the line that can be dis
pensed with, will be discharged. This is
caused by the decrease of $4,000 in the
earnings for April.
Pioneer Press: The employees of the
dining car service of the Northern Pacific
railroad company recently presented to E.
]. Westlake, their late superintendent an
elegant testimonial of their esteem, in the
shape of casket containing dozen each
of table and dessert forks, and table. des-
sert and tea spoons-all solid silver, hand
somely chased and engraved with the ini-
tials of the reci pient. The casket itself
is of bird's-eye maple, trimmed. with ma
hogany and satin lined. A silver plate
upon the cover bears an appropriate in
scription.
The following in regard to the projected
Northern Pacific buildings at Missoula is |
from the Times: 1t is proposed to locate
the round house about where the old ma
terial building is situated. 1t will con-
tain fifteen stalls, as before stated in this
paper, and will join the main shop, which
will be 2OOx62 feet in size, and contain
the repair shop, machine shop and black
smith shop. About 200 feet west of this
will he the warehouse, 132x31 feet in
size, and just about the same distance
west of this Will be the car shop, 1872 feet
in length by 81 in width. A water tank
with capacity of $4,000 gallons and
sand house 15x24 will be erected by the
side of tracks approaching the round
house. We understand the grounds,
covering a space of 1,4OO feet in length
by nearly 800 in width, will have to be
graded three feet high, and the entire i'm
provements will be quite big under
taking. There will be some little delay
yet before bids for doing the work will
be received by the company