The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-23
ADOPTING A NEW CODE
Rules to Govern Employees Of the Great
Northern System. =
CAMEDOWN FROM THE FALLS
Changes In the Time OF Running
TraIns-The Boys Must stand
ExamIn alton - r. J. whitney
Remains In Butte Awhile

BUTTE, April 22.-The following party
of Great Northern officials reached Butte
on a special train about o'clock this
afternoon from Great Falls: Charles Ii.
Warren. general manager; II. l. Whitney,
general passenger agent; ID. McLaren,
general superintendent of the Montana
Central; Z. w. McKenna, general super
intendent of the eastern division;J j. M.
Barr, general superintendent OF the west
ern division; j.. o. Pottee, superintendent
of motive power; &. p. Adams, superin-
tendent of telegraph; o. j. Winters,
superintendent Wilmar division; j. b.
Rice, superintendent Fergus Falls divis-
ion; G. III. jerks, superintendent north
ern division; II. Harding, superin.
tendcnt Dakota division; Il. h.
Britton, superintendent Montana
division; L. Ryan, superintend-
ent Kalispol division; f. L. Corwin. super
intendent Breckenridge division: v. A.
Riton. superintendent Cascade division;
p. Kelly, trainmaster Montana Central,
and j. j. Hill, jr.
The officials have been in consultation
at Great Falls for the past three or four
days In regard to the adoption of a uni
f! form set of rules and code OF signals for
the entire system. At present there is n
| different set OF rules and signals on every
division and IL was recently decided TO
have q meeting of all the chief officials and
division superintendent for the purpose
of discussing the matter, and II possible
putting an end to the Inconvenience re-
| sulting from tho old system.
| After full and free discussion, which
IL said to have been very animated at
| times, IL was decided to adopt the stand
ard operating rules and signals which arc
in force on 30 per cent. OF the railroads OF
the United States, with a few very slight
alterations, to conform more fully to the
| system under which the Great Northern Is
operated. The new rules will be- printed
/ al once, in order that the employees may
have plenty of time to become familiar
with them. and will go into effect about
| July I. All employees will be required to
pass an examination on the new rules.
General Passenger Agent Whitney
stated to a STANDARD reporter Tonight
| that the business of the Great Northern
10 showing a steady and gratifying i'm
| provement in both freight and passenger
departments. The passenger department
he said, is receiving far more inquiries
from settlers in regard to Montana than
any other northwestern state. II have
noticed with pleasure great inc rease in
the humber Of settlers who are coming to
| Montana to locate, and there Is a good
movement of first-class people In this
direction"
General Manager Warren and Superin.
night over the Northern Pacific on n spe-
cial, and nearly all of the division super
intendents will leave In the morning. Mr..
Whitney will remain in the city for few
days. General Superintendent McLaren
of the Montana Central also left for
Great Falls tonight on a special, in order
to complete his share of work on q new
time card which will go into effect on the
Great Northern in May. sf.t.. 81. i.
| All of the changes have not yet been
fully decided on. but the through train for
the East which now leaves here at . a. m.
will depart about 6 o'clock p. IN. and arrive
in St. Paul at the same time as Mt pre- sent
This will reduce tho time between Butte
and st. Paul by nine hours and will bring
the running time down toabout 81 hours
i which sweeping reduction will give the
Great Northern an immense advantage
on eastern business. The west-bound
train will leave st. Paul on the present
time and will arrive in Butte about
o'clock ID. m. instead of s o'clock p. m.
making n reduction of three hours. 1hs
local train between Butte and Helena viii
be switched around, leaving this city IL
the morning and returning in the even
| inu.