The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-25
If the Citizens Will Agree 10 Close the
Higgins Avenue Crossing.
A BENEFIT TO THE CITY
superintendent Brimson Has the
Plans All Prepared-Heavy
Freight Traffic - News
Along the Division.

adorned by the new structure IN case u ~
built. The position of the railway COM
pany in the matter is simply this-there
have been many urgent requests from
business men of the city that new depot
be constructed where people passing
through the city would be able to get
some idea of the beauties of the town and
its location, which they cannot from the
site of the present depot. In Difference
to these requests, the railroad company
has prepared plans and will erect build
ing that will be an ornament 10 the town,
provided that the city will agree TO close
the Higgins avenue crossing of the rail-
road. All that the city has TO do is TO
close this crossing. The railroad COM
pany will do the rest. The men who have
invested in real estate and business enter
prises around the present depot, naturally
enough, view with alarm the removal OF
the depot from its present site. They
fear that much of the patronage which
they have received will leave with the
depot Perhaps they may be appeasad
in some way, but at present they are GER
tainly hostile to the change.
Superintendent Crimson showed to
STANDARD reporter last Friday blue
print copy of the proposed depot. III the
new structure is built according TO these
and a credit to the railway company.
There will be no better station building
on the line of the road between Mlnne-
apolis and the coast. From its location
ut the head of Higgins avenue IL will COM
mand view of the principal part OF the
city and travellers will be able to look
straight down the avenue across the big
bridge to South Missoula. There are, of
course, 100 people who pass through the
city to one that stops here. These 100
people never see any more of Missoula
than tho school section and many of them
ask "Is that Muscular"
The silly attempt to stir up strife by as
serting that the removal of the depot
would be opposed by the owners of the
warehouses west of Higgins avenue died
a'borning and no one believes that any
such course is contemplated. prom
inent railway official told a STANDARD re-
porter the other day that he had the will
ing promise of these owners during the
winter 10 remove their warehouses when
ever the company desired the ground.
There will be no opposition here and the
friends of the scheme have only to satisfy
the objectors mentioned above TO insure
the construction of the depot.
If the depot is built, it will necessita to
other and more extensive Improvements,
larger yards will be constructed and new
and larger repair shops will be built TO re-
place the present ones which will be torn
down to make room for new yard tracks.
There will also be improvements made in
the round house and machine shops, that
will add to the capacity of this plant.
These improvements are really of greater
importance to the city than the building
of a depot.
During the past week there have been
heavy shipments of oriental goods oveI
the Northern Pacific. Carloads of silk
have been hurried eastward on the pas
senger trains, and on Friday an extra fas
freight carried 80 carloads of mating and
curios from China and Japan. All these
goods have been carried over the line on
fast time and there has been no delay in
their transportation over this part of theii
tourney. Shipments of fish continue Il
be heavy and considerable fruit is being
sent East, although the rush in the orange
business has not yet begun. On the whole
however, business has been good anC
everybody is busy in all departments.
The banner run over this division wa
made Friday evening by Engineer Churcl
on No .. The freight collision in tn
lower end of the Missoula yards delaye'
the flyer so that she was As minutes lat
when Church opened the throttle ant
pulled out for Garrison and Helena. Th'
running time of this train is the tastes
that has ever been scheduled on this d
vision at any previous time, and there ar
numerous stops. some of them bad ones
between Missoula and Helena. But En-
gineer Church let his big machine GO som
that night and drew up his train at tn
Helena depot only IL minutes benin
schedule time. Another good run Wa
made last night on No. > by Engineer Ty
ner. The rock slide at Noxon had d,
layed the train two hours and hal
Part of this time was made up befor
Missoula was reached, and Tyner pulle
out two hours and l5 minutes late. Whe
he pulled into Helena he was only a
hour and 80 minutes late.
These.fast runs show that Charlie Ra
sell has been doing some good work Q
the road bed this spring. 1t must be
splendid condition or there could be I
such time made as Church and Tyn
have recorded. Efforts are being made
get the road in better shape this seaso
than il has ever been before and the ru
ming of trains indi Gates that this is beiI
accomplished.
The Ceur d Alene branch is always fu
nishing some surprise, and 1t didn't {
back on ITS record last week. Saturd;
morning the trainmen found more tina
three feet of snow on the summit and a
rotary was called into service from
spring retirement. The sight of a rotai
throwing snow in the latter part of Mar,
is novel one and one that could be wi
messed only o. such a sensational piece
road as the Snake branch. On the We
end there were six inches Of snow yestC
day morning, but this did not inierfe
with the train service.
At Clzrk's Fork the tic loading outfit
hard at work and there is more busine