The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-01
IN THE TRAFFIC LINE.
Rnslrsad Work and T~OOnags That Goes
Into Large Figures.

RnslrUad Work and Tonnage That Goes
Into Large Figures.
Official figures furnished by the officers
of the Montana Union railroad show that
during the year 1889 upwards of one mil
lion tons of freight were IN i'm this
city and that Anaconda station turned
in earnings of more than two
millions dollar in spite of the
long interruption To business resulting
from the srneiter fire. Ii has long been
known that the intention of the Montana
Union IL to establish its headquarters in
this city. Plans now completed and in the
hands of General Manager Baldwin give
assurance of n new passenger depot to
b, built at the foot of Main street, which
will be IA model in its appointments and,
by oil Is, the finest passenger station in
Montana. The building IL To he. of stone.
and brick i'm graceful combination. Am
Pile arrangements will he made for
the comfort of passengers, while, on upper
floors. provision will he made for
the accomrnod.atio of the Offices of the
company in the most comfortable man
uer. Meanwhile. vast sums of money
have been spent 10y the railroad company
In the building of terminal facilities. The
new round house with ten stalls
IL nearly completed. Large ma
chine shops, fully equipped for
railroad work i'm iron and wood, have
blacksmith Shops, store houses, turn
tables and the like are nearly finished.
and will soon he ready for daily use. The
bindings of thc railroad in
Guiding the depot, are to
he heated with steam and
lighted by am electric plant which will
maintained by the Montana Union road.
Already the company has - miles of
freight tracks i'm this city. The road is
bringing daily tn this city I 800 tons of ore,
600 tons of coal. 42O cords OF wood and
other supplies IN proportion To these big
figures. Ii il "a record of which more pre-
tcntious towns might he proud.
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS.
This city Las spent $4,000 during the
year just closed on the single item OF side
walks. In this respect the changes wit
messed during the year have been radical.
and in point OF comfort the contrast with
he opening of the year 1859 is
very marked. In connection with
this work u large sum has been spent in
grading highways and giving a smooth
surface to the principal streets. In addi-
ton. the city appropriated $4,000 for the
construction of "a main sewer which has
been completed and winch will he
AN enduring Improvement for all
time to corne During the summer
II handsome school house was erected ON
Main street; July witnessed the opening
of tile Montana, confcssedly the finest
hotel in the Northwest, while the early
days of September saw the first umbers
of the Anaconda STANDARD, n newspaper
which is not afraid to encounter the rival
~ ofits contemporaries printed in more
pretentious towns.
In IA quiet way work has been rapidly
progressing at the new foundry, just he
low the city. IL will he in run
ming order within 30 days. The
foundry, i'm it's construction, has been
been under the supervision of Shelley
futile, who will T'anage il when il is fin
ished. The new foundry will be, i'm every
respect, the best equipped i'm Montana,
and it's contribution to- A~naconda's new
industries will he noticeable within sixty
days.
Not many changes have taken place i'm
the business firms of Anaconda during