Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-06
LARGE CONCESSIONS.
rHE w0H1aNA UNIONS WAH1S ~
BE SUPPLIED.


/ Its Own
Union Depot.
Superintendent Law, OF the Mountains
| Union. returned yesterday morning rom
i,maha. whittier he had gone 70 the neaa-
ouarters OF the Union Pacific rail-
| road with his report on the present condi-
ton and needs OF the Montana Union. !
thought it best to accompany my report
and present it in person. said be. linen
IL anything needs explanation you are on
the spot to make it, and if any one 10 dis-
posed to contradict you, you are there 70
dispute his assertions"
sand did yeu get all you asked?'
.Well. / stuck to it until | got it. II in
wolves practically all the Recommendations
contained in my report" -,
And what improvements are lnvoSeoa
THE relaying OF the hill track with 90.
pound rail. enlarging the YARD room a.
South Butte. laying q double track 10 tne
hill, building workshops at some place yee
to be determined, probably both ct south
lutte and Anaconaa, relaying the rest Of
OF the road with 67-pound rail and build
ing y new track into Anaconda Q the
mouth OF the canyon, so as to avoid the
heavy grade at Stuart" :
where will the new track into Ana
conda rum" !,
ut will cut across by the foothills and
come in on the west, SO as to be on Q / per
cent. grade into the works, instead OF ~
per cent. as at present"
Are the means to do this furnisheds.b
the Union or Northern Pacific?"
"The expense Is to be shared jointly by
both roads, and will involve an expendl-
ture OF about hall q million"
Show soon will these alterations be COM
menced?"
"As soon as possible. Certainly within
thirty days."
did you put out any feelers while yon
we're at Omaha as to building q union pas
senger depot?"
II have been working quietly to that end
for some time. 1t has to be approached
c~ircumspectly SO as to get all the roads to
agree to it without the least appearance Of
compulsion. I have seen the necessity Tor
one ever since / came here. Towns not
half the size OF this in the East have union
depots-for passenger business. at any rate
where two or more roads center in it. As
for freight, it is not of so much conse-
quence to nave a union depot. 1t costs SO
much a load anyway to bring freight up
town and q difference Of half q mile or SO
Ill viz h0ul WYNN W ohbh w -
now is the time to build a union depot when.
none OF the roads have expended anything
to speakof on their depots yet. The con-
venience to the public is to be looked to,
and it would not interfere with the bust
ness OF any. On the contrary, with through
passengers coming in on one o and 60
ing out Immediately over another, it is
almost q necessity"
1t il understood that Mr.. Cakes, Presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific, is now at
Seattle and will take a run into Butte on
his way east, when the subject will be
brought to his attention. The Mon
tana Central and Union Pacific
people are understood to favor the
project and it will need very little argument
to demonstrate the advantage to this com.
munity for the Northern Pacific to make
concessions that would bring about the
erection of a union passenger depot for all
the roads before putting up q separate pas
senger depot OF it's own.
As to the location of a union depot, that
will be a matter OF subsequent selection.
But in conversation with business men |
yesterday. the drift OF opinion seemed /
to tend towards q location some |
where on Montana street. The adj
vantages OF this would be decided to
passengers as they would enter town on q
finer thoroughfare than any OF the other
southern outlets Of the city. They would
avoid the p~urlieus Of the lower part of
town which have to be passed in coming up
Arizona street. With the additional
traffic brought to the city by the separate
Of the Northern Pacific branch,
whether over the Pipestone or by the other
route, a considerable increase OF traffic
on Arizona street may be looked
Tor. 1t would leave the street wholly
to this traffic and avoid crowding to that
extent. 1t would probably have the mis-
OF increasing the value OF property
on Montana street, which might be q cause
Of envy to some persons not owning prop
erty Oh that thoroughfare, but the major
lty of the people OF Butte could endure
that with equanimity, and could even bear
to see that avenue become the central
street OF the town, as it was designed to
when laid out.