The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-05
THE WORK GOING ON.
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The improvements that for several
months have been slowly advanced by
the Montana Union railway. at Anaconda
and other points etween here and Butte.
are to he pushed vigorously. Ii will he
understood ny the public that the vast
business Of the Anaconda Company BIAS
been seriously impetlcd during the past
two years through lack of adequate rail-
way facilities. This state of affairs was
trougfy represented again and again to
the two great companies of which the
Montana Union In u joint feeder, mt alone
by the management of the Anaconda
Company hat by every superintendent of
the lime. For some reason, these repre-
sensations apparently went for nauRht,
although delegation after delegation Of
the magnates Of both companies came
here and personally investigated the mat.
ter. ExsrcisinE the %rog OF all
was only this sslnnmer that they consented
to remedy affairs by undertaking the
vari room al the varios. points along Il.
and adding To their motive power and
rolling stock.
begun at this point the other improves
ments were held i'm allegiance through the
absence of President Adams on AN ex-
having rGcentl returned and given an af-
firnlative decision i'm the premises, opera
tons have commenced in good earnest.
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Kinney. under whose supervision thcs sur
vey work and track work is being done, a
lowing respecting the detail of the inn
provemcnts: The old high line will he
given mp and present yard practically
at or near the fire brick works, east of the
city, the new high line will extend west
ward. thence describe ~ curve taking il tn
the lower works. Nearly midway between
the upper and lower works n switch-back
will start and continue to the former. The
line will he a double track, and as the
seen that the new line will he vastly SUI
consist of eight ore tracks extending from
the main track at it's junction with the
Messrs. Fitzpatrick Brothers & Collins,
of Nebraska, have contract for the grad
ing with McKivor & Co., as
ors. That portion of the work is already
fore the material arrives. Mr.. +. II. Gill
cite has the cOntr act for the constrllG-
ton and timber work, and is now Oh his
way here tn OInnlenceO operations.
On the south side of the track and he
tween the firt-brick works and the city,
VIII he ioc rassa 1 TSe round %%d h hs%a.. will Snp *
of ten stall capacity. and the buildings
seven i'm number, will he constructed OF
In addition tn the work here the yard.
at Stuart, Silver Bow and Butte are being
enlarged and improved on an extensive
scale. The COMPANY has already RI.
ceived three new engines of mammoth
proportions, and ten others arr. being CON
str,icted for it's use. The rolling stock il
also being added to-. Mr.. Kinney states
that the entire work will he about com
pleted in ninety days
The new depot has also become n mat
ter of certainty, the north end of Main
street having been selected for its site. i
will he n handsome two-story building o
brick and stone. The plans are still il
the hands of the architect. hut are expected
to be approved and forwarded here at al
early date.