The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-08-24
THE RUMBl|NG OF THE RAILS
Some Local Items Of News Gathered
About the Railroad Offices
and Yards.
Changes Announced From the General
Offices OF the Great Northern
at st. Paul.

Last month was one of the busiest, il
not the busiest, months among the rail.
road boys at this point which they have
seen since tho road commenced. The
car shops have a large force at work and
are changing the wheels on many Of
their freight cars, those in use hereto
fore not having proved satisfactory.
Yard Master Collins is kept busy these
days in his department. About 135 cars
from Sand Coulee, fifty cars from Belt,
six to ten cars for the Royal Milling
company, and a very large number for
the copper smelter are handled daily.
The silver smelter, the Great Falls Iron
works, and other large manufacturing
plants add their daily quota to the work
in the yards. About forty-five cars a
week loaded with ore and wood come
into the yards over the Neihart branch.
Extensive improvements in the way of
yard facilities are contemplated at this
point, the track room being inadequate
to hadle the business Of the road. Plans
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trackage on the West side have been
prepared and will probably soon be or
dered constructed.
Ticket Agent Mcdonald yesterday re.
ceived notice that a rate Of fare one way
for the round trip had been made for
those desiring to attend the Montana
state fair, which will be held at Helena
from Aug % to Sept. /. Tickets will be
on sale at the depot from Aug. % to
Sept. l, inclusive, which will be good re-
turning till Sept. 3, 1894.
r. X. Ray, the operator on the West
side, left yesterday afternoon for a visit
to friends in Basin, Mont. He will be
gone till the Let of next month.
General Supt. McLaren and Supt. Nc
Currier have been in Helena for a d y
or two, leaving the superintendent's Of
flee in charge Of Chief Clerk Wood.
The east. bound train was three hours
late yesterday afternoon on account of a
freight car wreck which occurred about
two miles west of Alhambra, between
Helena and Butte. Three cars are re.
ported off the track and a brakeman in
jured. The latter was taken to Helena.
The extent of his injuries have not been
learned. Conductor Shafer was in
charge of the train. The accident was
caused by a broken car wheel. 1t &C.
Cured Saturday morning about 2 o'clock.
G. Z. Dutton, who has been in the
Office of the agent Of the Great Northern
at Butte, is to be transferred to Helena
as general agent, in place of William
Harder. The latter has been transferred
to Portland, as general agent Of the Ore
gon Railway & Navigation company. He
leaves some time next week.
The reports Of the earnings Of the rail-
roads of the country for the past month
show a decided revival in business, par
ticularly in the west and south. Nearly
all the southern lines show an increase
in earnings over the same month of last
year, and many of the western and
northwestern lines show the same. In
the northwest the Great Northern leads
with an increase Of S51, 1876 for the month
of July. The business of the country is
on the upward move.
The new traffic arrangement between
the Great Northern and Oregon Rail
way a. Navigation company is one OF the
most important of the year. 1t gives the
Of any road into Portland and to the
comes the short line into the Palouee
duo Voilu vi " dbutuk
ton, the Occur d'Alene, Moscow and
Snake river districts of Idaho.
A circular wal received at Great Falls
/ yesterday from headquarters at st. Paul
announcing the following changes in the
general officers of the company: E. w.
McKenna, formerly assistant general
superintendent on the Chicago, Nilwau-
kee & st. Paul, is made general superin-
tendent on the eastern division Of the
Great Northern from Havre to st. Paul,
vice r. w. Ryan, resigned. j. d. Farrell
4, formerly assistant general superintend-
ent, is promoted to be general superin,
tendent Of the western division, from
| Havre to the coast. G. c. Ponsonby, di.
| vision superintendent at Grand Forks
has been transferred to the st. Cloud &
! Fergus Falls division as assistant super
intendent, and his place is filled by G.. II
jerks, formerly superintendent Of the
Montana Central at this point, who has
: his headquarters at Grand Forks. Hif
division has been extended 30 as to in
clude all lines north of GAINESVILLE to the
boundary and all west to Grand Forks
| Junction.
: The st. Paul Globe, speaking of the
! above changes, says: The changes an
nounced yesterday, verified by the ap
pearance Of the circular referred to di
viding the Great Northern into districts
with q general superintendent for each
: is but a practical return of things form
erly existing, abolished by Mr.. Case or
his advent as general manager. lie
united everything under one general su
perintendent-Mr. Bryan"
The Grand Forks Daily Herald, speak
T ing Of Captain jerks appointment, hai
I these pleasant words to say about him
which will be endorsed by his friends il
Great Falls very heartily: "Mr. jerks
7 the new superintendent OF the Northerr
: division, is not unknown either to thu
9 people Of Grand Forks and the territory
! included in this division, nor to thu
= Great Northern officers or employees
With the exception Of the past year hi
has been connected with the road from
almost it's first existence, and a NOR
popular or efficient official the Grea
Northern never had. The Herald ten
ders congratulations to Superintendent
jerks, to the company and to the EN-
K ployes."
Wedding Bells.
). A pleasant wedding party assembled
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