The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-15
PRESIDENT ADAMS VISIT.
The Foundation for \ New Freight Depot
Well Under Way.


The Foundation for = New Freight Depot
Well Under Way.
Bv the Standards Special Vine.
BUfTE, May 14.-The statement pub
lished i'm the Butte Miner that President
Adams and other officials of the Union
Pacific would visit Helena and hen re-
turn to Butte 10 remain an entire day was
wrong. The party arrived on a special
train shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday
evening and returned south shortly after
midnight last night. From here the wish
tors went to Pocatello and from there i'm
tended to go, via the Oregon Short Line,
to Portland and thence back east. The
other statement published in the Miner
that this was the first visit to Butte
MIR. Adams had ever made was
also incorrect. The gentleman has
visited the city q number OF times, i'm fact
he has been here ut least once a year, be-
ginning from the time when the Union
Pacific first reached Butte. In accord
anc with his custom he visits every point
on all the lines of the Union Pacific once
every year, generally Immediately after
the nnual election Of officers OF the COM
pany has been held. His present tour Of
inspection differs only from those pre-
ceedinR it in that. as already published in
the STANDARD, il is pretentious OF much
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went on the line, as they will probably
soon find themselves compelled to look
for other jobs.
Cleaning the ground and building the
foundation for the new freight depot of
the Montana Union is well under way.
All the necessary lumber has been ordered
INT will begin To arrive tomorrow when
carpenters will at once IN 10
frame timbers, Like the old depot, the
new will be Of wood but much larger.
The old depot was built 100 feet in length
while the new one will be 46 feet longer.
Very little difference will be made be-
tween the width of the old and new build
ings. but the platform Of the e will be
considerably Il than the old one was,
something that will be found a great inn
provement.
Perhaps the greatest change decided
upon is to make the new depot two stories
high. the second story to be occupied as
offices. Whether, however, the addi-
tional story will liz occupied by the local
or general offices Of the company has not
beef decided upon. Should a decision to
remove the general offices into the
building be arrived at, il will not
create surprise, as the management OF
the company Is inclined I'm hat direction,
both as q matter Of convenience and
economy In the way OF saving rent IL
the general offices SHOULD be removed to
the depot, the local offices will he To-
they were i'm the old building. All the
claims for goods destroyed by the burn
ing of the Montana Union freight depot
have not yet been presented to the general
freight agent for adjustment. The full
amount of the loss OH goods cannot yet
he given. but IL is thought IL will be in the
neighborhood of $4,000. Many people
who presented claims for loss of goods
were surprised TO learn that they had lost
nothing. Their goods n been allowed
To remain at the depot SO long that they
had been removed and stored in the com
pany's warehouse. which was not touched
by the fire. II is thought that by to-mor-
row n full list of losses will nave beer OBJ
tanned, when ID exact amount of the ag-
gregate loss will then be known.