The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-08
TIES And FISH PLATES.
Railroad Gossip Along the Northern
Pacific Lines.
RECEIVERS MOVEMENTS
The Boys Are Coming Out In New
Attire. ana Many Now Ride the
Pneumatic-Miss Busy
and Odorous Stockyards.

a little last week by the arrival and de-
parture of the special train that is taking
Receiver Cakes and the general officers
OF the Northern Pacific over the main line
| and branches OF that system. Their brief
stop here can scarcely be called a visit.
They whirled through here yesterday aft
ernoon on their way up the Bitter Root
and returned from Grantsdale in the
evening. They met few Missonla men
before they retired, but they spent but "a
| few moments down town, returning to
their cars before 10 o'clock. This morns
ing at z o'clock the special pulled out for
Wallace oyer the Snake run and the party
will go from that town to Spokane over
the 0. r.. q N. track and will then pro.
coed westward on their inspection. The
party included, beside Mr.. Cakes, Messrs.
Kendrick, Kimberly and Dickinson. .
These high officials were not commani-
| cative regarding the future policy of the
Northern Pacific toward Missoula. Mr..
Cakes iptimated that improvements
would be made In the company's properly
at this point, but did not state definitely
what these improvements will be. Mr.
Kendrick admitted that he had heard
some rumors regarding the construction
of a new depot here, but said that he could
not tell at present when it would be built,
as he did not know much about it. The
new depot, however, is generally believed
to BIO an assured fact and it is stated upon
good authority that the work of construc-
| ton will commence in q short time. The
present trip of the inspecting party is a
very thorough one and will probably re-
suit in several departures in the direetion
OF consolidation and economy. What
these changes will be nobody can tell -
the officials themselves probably do not
know at present. They will be decided,
upon when the tour of inspection isrcomL
| pleted. ausiS
Express Agent Ludlum will this week
bid adieu to the comfortable Office in the
Hammond building that he has occupied
| to his own convenience and to theosatis-,
| faction of the patrons of his company. He
will cease to be express agent when he
| moves into the dark, dismal, dingy, dusty,
dreary, desolate, dank room at the depot
which has been provided for his useg and
the business of the company will be
| transacted in the name of III. p. Clark,
| Northern Pacific agent, although Mr..
Ludlum will handle the work as formerly
IL was expected that Mr.. Clark would ar
range with the receivers yesterday to do
| the entire business of the road, but the
| arrangements were not completed, and
for the present Mr.. Clark will simply be-
general agent, passenger agent, freight
agent, ticket agent, traffic agent.
and express agent. But e 'as 'opes.
The railroad yards smell like a stock
pen these days, SO many sheep and cattle
are being sent through here. Last night
| there were 10 carloads of cattle and odivei
of sheep sent down from Hamilton by Con
Kohrs and that gentleman will ship 20
cars more this week. This stock is
destined for the eastern markets. Extra
trains have been put on to handle this
business, as the regular crew has,yits
hands full with the ordinary trafflc.a This
morning 10 carloads of grain-feda lambs
from Washington were unioaded andf
at the stockyards here and then were sent
on their eastward trip to the slaughter
pens. More of this class of freight is
promised and the Northern Pacific win
probably handle n greater amount of
stock than usual this season. 5Is
Roadmasters Hartman and Burdette.
on the second district and the Snake
| branches. are keeping two work trains
busy all the time. On the Second dis
trict, the roadbed is receiving a general
overhauling and will be put in as good
condition as it was before the floods
scattered it all over the valley last sum-
mer. On the Occur d'Alene branch, the
work train is now doing nothing except
loading rock for rip-rapping the road bed
along the St. Regis, where it was so badly
demoralized last year. :
Ed Stone, formerly well known In Hell
ena and Missouia railroad circles, is
named among the associates OF A. b.
Hammond in the Incorporation of the new
Astoria road. which will, it is said, be built
this season. Mr.. Stone is known hero as
a railroad man of unusual executive
ability and of wide experience. He will
be a valuable man in the new company
and his friends here are pleased to learn
of his change of base. 1t is also ST ated
that M. j. Connell of Butte, is interested
in the Astoria project. taIf
Local business men who have been to
Astoria recently and who are familiar
with the proposed route of the new line.
assert that Astoria will BIO the great port
of the North Pacific coast as soon as rail
connection is established. They say that
its harbor is so much superior to that OF
Portland that oil large steamers will take
and discharge their cargoes there, when
the new road gives reasonable inland
rates. ,,s.s.gsa. s
Tie SIontrartor Greenough will this
week cofnplpte the loading of ties from
the basin atssclAfk'sA Fork. There are,
however, cons fqerable quantities of ties
along Che arate that will be loaded later.
These are prt6cipally along the Ceur
d'Aldpe branch md Il will be Mayl before
the \ brk is eptffVE completed. Tue work
this Year haS Nh accomplished without
accident OF deidS. the stage of the water
being just what was needed for success.
full work. >fe
The bicycle fever has succeeded the
grip epidemic among the srailroaders. and
| every man of them rides TO and from his
duties on TWO wheels. provided he can af-
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