The Anaconda standard., 1895-03-04
BUSINESS Is BRISK NOW
The Northern PdC f, Is Doing a Lot
Of Work These Days.
CAB, CAR AND CABOOSE
The Bitter Root Fruit Raisers Hope
to Get a Car for the ACcommo-
dation of their Trade This
Year-Aiong the Line.

to Get a Car for the Accommo-
dalton of heir Trade This
Year-AIong the Line.
MIssoULA, March g. = There is still
plenty of business on the Northern Pa
cific and each week shows an improve
ment IN the freight traffic. Each train
from the Butter Root brings its quota of
lumber. hay and grain, while the Occur
d'Alene branch - contributing more than
usual TO the business of the road. The
saw mills along this branch arc shipping
lumber regularly, and the ore and con-
centrates from tho Occur IL 'Alcnc m mes
are coming in at the rate of from six TO
eight cars a day. To-morrow's train from
Wallace will bring in II carloads of ore,
and there will probably be n larger guam
tity than usual sent i'm all through the
week. The shipments of merchandise
and supplies from Missoula TO the Coeur
d'Alene camps continues good. and this
branch is enjoying a profitable season.
On the main line the through and local
business continues good and there are in
dications that 1t will be decidedly better
before the month is over. The fruit
shipments are not large yet, but Califor-
mia fruits are beginni ng to move in small
quantities. Yesterday carload of
oranges was received here and a carload
OF grapes passed through the day before.
The appearance Of the passenger trains
indicates that there is an improvement
in that class of business, although but
one Pullman is run on each tram. The
short line service by way of Butte has
not yet been resumed but will probably
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The new passenger train time card con-
tinues to be satisfactory, both to tho rail-
road people and to the travelling public.
This is a combination that is not often at
tanned and it is to be hoped that 1t will be
continued. The immense advantage in
the present arrangement of trains is one
which is appreciated 10y tho Bitter Root
people as they look forward to their fruit
shipments this summer, and when tho
people of Butte and Anaconda begin to
receive fresh berries and vegetables, they
too, will appreciate the present plan.
The fruit growers up the valley hope
this year to have n special fruit car run up
the branch every day this season, in which
they can ship their berries through to
Anaconda and Butte without change.
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that the two transfers, at this city and at
Garrison, injured their berries consider
ably and they think that everybody con-
cerned W II DO benefited: if n through re-
frigerator or express car can bo secured
for their fruit this season.
Nothing has been heard lately of the
local which rumor said was TO be put on
between Missoula and Billings, and it is
not likely that the plan was ever seriously
considered by the railroad people. Tho
through trains are now able TO handle all
of the business on this section of the road,
although It is possible that a local may be
found necessary after tho heavy summer
traffic begins, TO enable 1 and ? to run on
schedule time.
The nctual running time of tho over
land trains IL now faster than any card
that has been in vogue on the line before.
Even when trains and were run
ming, they made no better time than is
made by the present service, and they
made no stops at the small stations be-
tween here and Helena. IL il is found
that tho local business during the summer
is so great as to interfere seriously with
this fast service, local may be put on.
considerable attention while il stood at
the station here. 1t was the first North
ern Pacific train heated by steam through
out its ontirc length and many visitors
were attracted TO il by curiosity. Ii didn't
look any different from any other train.
but I he passengers said that il was much
more comfortable. The train went east
Saturday, and the trainmen said that the
new system was n complete success.
Missoula's shops have not had much to
do lately except TO make the ordinary re-
pairs incidental TO wear and tear but tho
accident at Evaro last week furnished
work for the car repairers, four box cars
being now in the dry dock as a result of
the dropping down of brake beam. This
was the first serious accident that has oc-
Cured on this division for several months.
The only delay to tho passenger trains
for a week was the washout on the Yel-
lowstone, which hell No. 1 for 16 hours
Friday. The cool wave which followed
put n temporary stop TO tho rise of the
river and gave the trackmen an oppor-
tunity to strengthen weak places in the
embankments.
The vigilance committee in tho chief
dispatcher's Office has reorganized and
has begun once moro its work of eNiermi-
mating objectionable practices. The first
victim was n dispatcher who talked too
much TO please his associates. The Wig
ilantes decided TO give him 4 gentle hint
before adopting extreme measures aud
they pasted the hint on his desk, where
he could not fail To see il whenever he re-
plenished the ink on his pen. The notice
was temporarily effective, SO the vigil
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