The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-04
AMONG THE RAILROADS.
A Party Of Union Pacific Officials to Arriv
T~O-I)ay-An appointment.

A Party Of Union Pacific Officials to Arrive
To-Day A n Appointment.
G. 8. Mellen, general traffic manager for
the Union Pacific system, j. A. Monroe Of
Omaha, and Is. Campbell OF Portland, as
sistant traffic managers; +. u. Whitney,
general freight agent aud =. W. Eicles, gen.
eral freight agent Of the Mountain division.
with Office at Salt Lake City, will arrive in
Helena at 11:40 this morning via the Mon
tana Central. The gentlemen are on a tour
OF inspection. They are mostly new officials
under the new management.
Mr.. u. +. Lomax has been appointed gen.
eral passenger INT ticket agent OF the
Union Pacific's entire system. Up TO the
time of the Inauguration of the grand divi-
sion system on the Union Pacific, MI. To-
max was general passenger agent and when
the division scheme was i~naugurAted Mr..
Lomax was reduced to general passenger
agent Of the Missouri River division. Cen
eral Manager Clark's policy, however, 10
one Of Capitalization Of authority, and Mr..
Lomax's reinstatement to his former
step s@pG IN this direction RsSa The extension d
MIR. Lomax's authority does away with the
general passenger agents Of the various d.
visions Of the system. The men who have
had the positions affected are: Z. W. Lee,
general passenger agent Of the Pacific di-
| vision, Portland; George Ady. general pas.
senger agent Of the Colorado and Fort
Worth divisions, Denver; f. L.. Lynd, gen.
eral passenger agent Of the st. Joe and
Grand Island, st. Joseph, with division
Lake. Fort Worth, Kansas City, Pocatelle
and other division points. Some of thu
present general passenger agents will prob
ably be retained as division passenger men.
Considerable uneasiness 10 felt among the
Union Pacific officials along the line, u
heads cut of. II is said, however, thai
very few changes will be made in Montana.
Speculation is rife in the Sound cities a
to which road will undertake the building
of a line from Seattle to Portland. Unio1
Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Great North
ern chief engineers have been looking oveI
the ground, and the strife seems to be be-
tween the Union Pacific and Great North
ern AZ to which company shall do the con-
struction, The cost is estimated az $40,
OOO,O0O and it was understood that Goult
and Hill had agreed to build the road TO-
Rether. A Portland report il that if thu
Gould party should now wish to pull out OF
it's agreement with the Great Northern
Hill will build the line. If Hill should pull
OUDs OOuIU WILL DullO. 1u6G lucy Will
build it together and avoid conflict is not
doubted.
Among tne railroad men of Seattle the
belief is prevalent that the Union Pacific
will drop the work and leave it for the
Great Northern to complete as the Great
Northern men prefer. 1t was commonly
reported that on the strength Of thu
agreement between Hill and Adams for the
building of the extension, Hill had put up
all the money which had thus far been paid
for the work.
The visit of the Union Pacific traffic Off
Gals to Montana at this time is said to have
some connection with a proposition rendered
the company som time q to include in
the Montana Union system the Butte-Gal-
latin branch of road. The Northern Pacific
has been anxious to get this off its hands
for som time, but the Montana Union
people sit back and sing. owe have no use
for 1t. We do not rant it. No, thanks,
no, thanks; no more"
In conversation with a railroad man a few
days ago he remarked that the Union Pacific
has and always will control the bulk of the
Butte and Anaconda business. Asked for
his reasons for SO thinking, he said that the
Union Pacific controls all the salt that is
used in the chlorination of Butte Ores-a
very necessary article in ore reduction at
Butte-and intimated that in this alone the
company held the key to the situation for
supplying coal as well. and the shipment of
ores and bullion n matte.