Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-11-21
BLOCKADE Is BROKEN
CAN GO EAST TO PORTLAND. Sc
ATTLE OR TACOMA.
Road Is Open Along the Columbia,
River West and Over the
Union Pacific East.
Spokane, Wash, Nov. IS.

| Mail from the east, the first since Sat
| urday, arrived in Spokane yesterday ovel
! the Q. r. 6 n, and the blocka le ::
! broken. That line is open both 10 tht
| east and Portland, and trains are leaving
on schedule time. General Agent Camp
bell announces that they will arrive OF
time today. Mr.. Campbell yesterday re-
ceived mail from Cripple Creek, dated No
vember 12, on the first train, which left
Portland Sunday, but was held below
Bonneville where a bridge had been
washed out There the mail and passen-
gers were transferred by boat. The sec
ond train, leaving Monday, was about
three hours late. Mr.. Campbell said yes
terday:
THE @. r. & n. is fortunate III having
communi cation both east and west. We
have sold tickets to number Of eastern
points, aad the passengers left on this at
ternoon's train. Among them were D. l.,
Huntingt on, who goes to Chicago; w. II.
Dodd, who bought a ticket to Boston, and
G. H. Jones and wife, who are also bound
east. We also sent a Number of passen-
gers to Portland, and there We're people
W ho left for Minneapolis, expecting 10
make connections east for that point.
Tickets 10 Butte via the Q. r. &, n. are
among the stubs I have today. The pas
sengers will go from Ogden via the Utah
Northerr We connect with the Union
Pacific at Huntington without delay OF.
change. United States mail for the east
went out yesterday via the 0. r. & n.
and Unicn Pacific to Chicago. The mail
which has been tied up in Montana wi
be delivered to the Union Pacific at Car
rison ana will come through to Spokane.
The trouble on the 0. r. & n. Sunday
was caused by a bridge washing out near
Bonneville. It has been repaired and cna
train which leaves at 3:30 tomorrow
"wednesday will so right through with
out Transient
The Pacific Express Company also re
ceived i large consignment yesterday,
ana said they would do business with
points but the Occur d d'Alenes today On.
the Mulian branch there are no trains
moving. There is A washout reported o..
.he line between Telloa and Harrison.
and I3.g creek is said to be rushing
fivcr j, is also rUmored tHat ia-ga l.
another slide between Mullau and Ward
ncr. Ii viii be several days before it is
liked up. We are taking business for a..
eastern and western points" said Agent
Fred Martin yesterday
a Tr:tiss Il, 'E:acs,fs2.,.
The Northern Pacific train for Tacoua
pulled out Yesterday afternoon at $50 ii
will transfer its passengers and baggage
ut the broken bridge at Yakima ana - Z
SO right through. Advices received by
i
aas- Il. %.gnt as far as Tacoma with t4st-
exception of the Yakima bridge. Between
Tacoma and Portland there are bad
breaks which will take some time t.
repair if the water continues to rise. If
it recedes there will be trains through in
two days. Passengers Tor Seattle will be
taken over on the boat in less than TWO
hours from Tacoma. There was no train
east over the Northern Pacific yesterday.
but there is a strong probability that pas
sen%erS will be started from here for 81.
Paul today, as it will be easy to transfer
at the point of trouble. The office was be
sleged by a hundred anxious travellers
yesterday, quite number of whom took
the train to Tacoma.
Passengers on the Great Northern
trains for the west who were tied up at
the eastern foot Of the Cascades were
brought back to Spokane and are being
cared for at the expense of the company.
Among them were nine Cinnamon from
New York, who hope to take the steamer
for China on the Goth. They were seated
in the Great Northern office for three
hours waiting for accommodations at tie
hotels, but none of the white hotelri@s
cared to take them and they were finally
escorted to Chinatown and their brethren
there made room for them. The spotles-
man is Americanized and speaks English
fairly we'll. "These men so home China.
he said, but l come back. All live IN
New YaWk, where they wuk and make
enuff to go home. I dono much if / did
/ tell you. l have nothin' to say
There has been no train east or west
on the Great Northern for several days
and from the present outlook it will 0e
several more before the ticket office will
b. doing business. None of the office
men knew when the road would be work
ing again and an inquiry at the general
Office was devoid of results. Genera.
Agent Dixon says the cold snap might
open the line to the east today, as the
waters should recede.
Spokane .S Northern.
There is no difficulty reaching the north
over the Spokane Falls & Northern. In
Trail Creek there is scarcely a suspicion
of winter and in the SLOGAN there is just
enough snow to make it possible to get
ore to the road All of the branch lines
on the Northern Pacific are in running
order and arrive and depart on time. AZ
The situation stands this morning, it l.
possible to get east and to Portland over
the O. r. q n. and to Tacoma aud Seattle
over the Northern Paclnc.