The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-12
The Great Northern Will lnaugu-
rate Fast Train Service Next
Sunday,
Time Between st. Paul and Butte
Reduced More Than Five
Hours.
The Butte Cut-On to Logan Ready For
Operation, Materially Reducing tho
Length Of the Time.

ST. PAUL, June u.-(Special. l-On Sum
day the Great Northern will inaugurate a
fast train service between St. Paul, Mime
apolis and Red river points and q rent Falls,
Helena and Butte. The west-bound train,
which formerly left st. Paul at 5 p. n.,
leaves at TAO and arrives at Helena at lao
and at Butte ut 5:10 p. m. The train going
east leaves Helena at lilo p. III. and Butte
7:45 a. M, and arrives at st. Paul at 6:55 u.
m. instead of $50 a. m. Ms heretofore. This
reduces the running time five and one-quar-
ter hours between st. Paul and Butte, and
will enable passengers to connect at Minne-
apolis and St. Paul without going on morn
ing trains to the east. Easy and prompt
transfer is made at Butte with trains for
Anaconda, Silver bow, Pocatello, Ogden,
San Francisco, Huntington, Baker City,
Pendleton, Walla Walla, Spokane Falls,
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. Though no
official confirmation can be had, it is gen.
orally believed that the Northern Pacific
has secured control of the Seattle. Lake
Shore and Eastern. The road is valuable
because of its terminal facilities in Seattle
and the rich country through which it is
operating and has projected lines. For
sometime past it has been thought
that the Great Northern was anx-
ious to secure possession of the
property for it's Pacific coast outlet.
An official of that road, however, said
yesterday "We do not want the Seattle.
make any effort to secure it. We could
have purchased it sometime ago, but found
upon examination that it was not what we
wanted. We control the Seattle and Mon
tana road which was recently incorporated.
This River us ten times better and larger
terminal facilities in Seattle than the Lake
Shore road would have. The people in the
east have wrong conception of this road.
1t is not such system as they seem to be-
lieve it is. II occupies to Seattle about the
same position as the st. Paul and Duluth
does to st. Paul. It of course has good
terminal facilities in Seattle, but those Of
Seattle and Montana are az, have stated,
ten times more valuable
The Northern Pacific people announce by
circular that the Northern Pacific and
Butte, Montana, has been completed md
will, Saturday next be turned over to the
operating department.. This line ia COM
monty known as the Butte cutoff. BY
its completion Butte is brought
1O4, miles nearer to st Paul.
The completion of the Little Falls
CUTOFF some months ago further shortened
the line ,26 miles, which makes the distance
from st. Paul to Butte via the Northern
Pacific 130 miles less than it was year ago.
The stations opened on the new line are:
Three Forks, Willow Creek, Sappington.
jefferson Bar, jefferson Island, Whitehall,
Pikestone sprinan, Spire Rock, Beef
Straight Spur, Lewis Spur, Ho,nestake,
West Tunnel Siding, East Butte and
Montana Union Transfer. Rates be-
tween the Northern Pacifc's eastern terni-
nails and Butte via Logan will be tho same
as via Garrison, and must not be exceeded
to and from the stations named above.