The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-27
ABOUT HILL
So
They Say He'll Be President Of the
Northern Pacific.
LOT OF RAILROAD NOTES
Work on the Great Northern Round
House at CIanoy-Cheap Fare
From Chicago to New York
Poor Union Pacific.


neapo1is Tribune makes the positive
statement that ]. j. Hin will resign
the presidency OF the Great Northern
on the first of the year to accept the
presidency of the Northern Pacific
Local railroad men learned about a
month ago from some mysterious
source that such a change was con-
templated and for this reason SITS an
nouncement did not cause much OF a
sensation in Butte. opinion in railway
circles regarding the probable change
Is greatly divided. The Great Northern
will not be estopped from tts plan of
agreement with the Northern Pacific
by Judge Ke11y's decision II II can In
duce the supreme court OF Minnesota to
reverse Judge Kelly. says the st. Paul
Pioneer Press. .,..-,-.s~.....
In order to bring the case to the
highest court In the state the attorneys
representing the Great Northern per-
fected its appeal to the supreme court
yesterday by serving ON Attorney Gem
eral Childs a formal notice of appeal to
the supreme court from the order of
Judge Kelly. recently made public.
granting Attorney General ChildS APP
plication for an order restraining that
road from consolidating with the Nor
thern Pacific. Attorney General Chi1ds
was not at his Office, but acknowledge
ment of the service of the notice was
made by one of his assistants, Counsel
Irvine. ,ss.sF
THE notice of appeal is a mere for
NAL affair, setting UP no allegations
and Offering no reasons for the move
for an appeal These will come later
when the attorneys for the road file
with Clerk Reese of the supreme court
their briefs and paper books in the APP
peal !trfs ~ 4
Immediately following the service
of the notice on Attorney General
Childs a Pioneer Press reporter called
at the offices of Davis, Kellogg & Sc
veranoe, who, associated with Counsel
Grover. represent as attorneys the
Great Northern road. None of the gen
tlemen were in their offices but Chief
Clerk Whitney said, that, so far as he
knew the briefs for the appeal were I'M
prepared as yet. The grounds on which
the application for an appeal will be
made. however. he said, would un-
doubleday be to the effect that the de-
was not borne out by the facts. --s
Counsel Irvine, of the attorney gen
erals office. said that the attorney
general would begin Immediately to
prepare his briefs presenting the states
side of the case in the appeal to the
supreme court, 50 that the case may
he brought before that body with as
supreme court calendar is quite heavy
this term, the cases are being kept up
closely and the appeal of the Great
Northern may come on for hearing
before the close of the present term
Great Northern employees report that
work on the new divisional facilities
at Clancy Is progressing rapidly.
About a hundred men are at work put
ting In side tracks and building a big
roundhouse and other necessary build
5ngs and at the rate at which the
work Is now progressing 1t is believed
that II will be finished this winter. 1t
is said that a good many Helena peo-
pie are preparing to follow the removal
of the division headquarters to Clancy.
A circular received at the Northern
Pacific office yesterday announces that
on Monday, Dec. 2, the Nickel Pate
road will sell tickets from Chicago to
New York and return for SIS, which Is
the regular fare one way. These tick
cts will be good Cor 10 days and the
reduction will make rho round trip rate
from Butte to New York $685. In order
to take advantage Of the cheap rave
excursionists will have to leave Butte
on Nov. 20. -
On next Saturday evening at 2
O'Clock the Northern Pacific will run a
special train to Pipestoae Springs,
where an old-fashioned country dance
will be held. The rate for the round
trip will be $3.50. and tickets will be
good returning on the regular train
either Sunday or Monday morning.
S. II. H. Clark president and man
aging receiver of the Union Pacific,
was In st. Louis the other day on his
way to New York to attend a msst.ng
of the receivers. In an interview he
said that Judge w. r. Kelly would be-
come solicitor general to succeed sen-
ator Thurston. MI Clark says that In
asmuch as the Union Pacific canrot
pay the interest on its debt. the story
that eastern capitalists were preparing
to secure control OF the road is ia.E er
improbable. He said that something
must be done this winter in the way of
a final settlement ,r the roac will be
completely bankrupt. The feorganIza-
ton committee is now at work iormu-
lating a plan.
The Burlington, the Ro7k Island and
the Alton have filed formal noti,e Of
withdrawal from the old Western Lines
Passenger association. IL appeared,
however. that a number Of roads, in
Guiding the Canadian Pacific. the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
tT1s WtIc fntinOCA6 VI blC CiQ aSF OCia-
ton, but had taken no part In the
movement for reorgA1izauon ard were
not members Of the new association.
They could not be so. because the new
body does not cover territory In. which
they are interested. Their member
ship In the old asso,ip.'on sontinL ed
It's existence. In order to set rid OF all
complications arising from the exist
ence of two associations ana OF all
responsibility to the old. the RAIDS
named fled the legal notice Of with
drawal from the old. and all the others
who are members of The reorganized
association are now expected to take
similar action. n- 4.
II Is reported that the Northern Pa
cific will move one of its division points
from Hope to Thompson Falls. II Is
said that Hope has never been a salts
factory location for division points.