Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-12-06
THE RUMBL|NG OF THE RAN
A Considerable Addition to the O,..
ating Force on the Montana
Central Railway,
Caused by Increased Businpss-r
Work at Clancy--A New Labor
Saving Device.
From Thursdays Daily.

" DNAs
Judging from the amount of busius,
passing through the hands of Ao,.
Pheeney, the merchants Of Great han
must be looking forward to an upusDorl
large business during the present lOr
LAY season. The warehouse for sevo,,
weeks passed has been jammed fpla
merchandise consigned to local m.,
chants, and this class Of busineea ~,
never 80 large as it is this season. n,
same statement is also true of MI.
classes of freight. Indeed, the p,essn,
OF business on the road has bean
great that the companyihaee been coa
pei!ed to largely increase the number /
employees in tho train service. Tbs,
have been added to this branch Of M
service, during the last GO DAYS. Mn
tram crews, making d total of ~ fra,
crews row at work. As a tram Graz
comprises an engineer, fireman, condnc
tor and two brasGmen, this addttIop
equivalent to is mon put to WORK in M
branch alone. There pave been no ii.
chargee curing the period, and the pe1
men pat to work represent simu,y nd
necessary additions to the service 10 nes
the growing business Of the road
1he work OF laying cut. grHd.re go
track laying in tn new Railroad }ards,
Clancy Is now we'll along toward comm,
ton. The foundations for the lev InI
round house arc all III place and the sa
rerstructdr Is we'll under way. TgJ
work rains and about Go men are eul
ployed on Construction work at ,Mj
point and the work is being rushed n
rapidly as possible. The company o.
ptcIs TO have the round house covered
in by Christmas.
Supt. McLaren is absent at the Nal
rias river, looking after the CONSTRUCTED,
Of the Marias river bridge, uuW updJ
way, but he is expected to return todav
The bridge is pretty well along. I'D
Workmen being at present engaged d
putting together the last span. Ihs
company Is constructing a very suhstaHI
tlal bridge, to replace the one rnc,niT
burned.
Fred W. Wright, foreman Of the cad
repairing shop u the West side, ls alb
TO be about again, after being caAtinti
10 the house tor a week or so with 40 Of
tack of pneumonia. Mr.. WrIgnt g, yeptI
devised q machine for s~rreadinL b~stiaetirs
on the TRACK or widening out the graia
when prOlxeee 10 prove AT exc .lId!l
valuable invention. 1t cuuei4tEof . Vla
scraprr or llow which is fas,enru oa
the | of a flat ear. When the grava
or bdilastlng material is uUuLt! tud
The Car at the side Of the track, sire Ua1
moves on nd the machine flseaa- "a
material evenly along side, n.aErg j
road bed Of any desired width un TO- ID
feet. Ii is claimed thai the ot" nd
chine will save the work of about -'Maa
in the particular vol FOR wiIGa I' I Il
signtCi. Yesterday Mr.. Weigh r",ar4i
q telegram from Pat Nolan. gnurr.. road
master, VINO made 4 les of thc W II
vice on some work at AihauUrd. -Ia.1!
that Il worked like a charm,
RAILROAD LINKS,
j. j. lE.ll, president Of IL. D,aJ
Northern, is expected to mait q n1
over tic line Of tho Montaoa G,afs
within a few days. Sam IlllI, -.jaa1
# the Montana Central, accom- n.,e q
" II, Dun woody. Of the h!lu.opoA
milling firm of Washburu Cr,-a!, ta
been ont at the coast. and his csr rs at'
expected at Great Fall o. a.. re,1fi
trip.
The widow Of Conductor .tu.r1
Who was killed about a year az. Ell
irg from the rear Gar Of his .r 1A
~ron.mercnt suit in ihe district
Grand Forks, n. d.. agaip-t a.. 'ra
Nurtbern railroad. 1t IL r.alu..I t.a
the accident v rs caused by '1.,U..l m
being hyulpn uif A fact not kuu.. ta.ot
conductor, who fell while trtl,. e1
a forward view Of Tho train J.. ua'