St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-26
GREAT NORTHERN MAKES AN IN,
PORTANT DIAL WITH THE
OREGON RAILWAY
PORTLAND WITHOUT CHANGE,
AND IN TWELVE HOURS, SHORTER
TIME THAN THE PRESENT
SCHEDULE.
PRESIDENT HILL AND THE WEST,
New Arrangement COntempIatex nm
Interchange of Mileage and Cars
I'm Effect April z.

BY change OF schedule, decided
upon, and to be placed In effect early
next month, the Great Northern rail-
way will, at one fell sWoop, cut down
the running time between st. Paul and
Portland trifle more than twelve
hours, and, what is perhaps equally
important from a railroad standpoint.
Will establish a through car service be-
tween the two cities named. The matter
has been under consideration by Great
Northern officials for some time and
all plans were practically made for the
| change pending the receipt of word
from Maj. Edwin McNein, receiver of
the Oregon Railway & Navigation COM
pany, that arrangements had been COM
pleted by which his road was to make
| quick connection with the Great
Northern overland trains at Seattle A
brief telegram yesterday from Mai
McNeill brought news of the satisfac-
tory termination of his plans, and
Thursday, April ,, week from today,
was Immediately fixed as the date when
the new schedule should begin.
The new through train service to
Portland from here with the @. r. q n. p
connection, will lessen the time to that
city something like twelve hours, to
Seattle, seven hours, and will make cor
responding reductions in the time 10
Helena and Butte, Mont.
The transcontinental train will. on
and after that date, leave st. Paul at
3 p. m, instead Of 4:30 as at present
and will run West via. ST Cloud, Fargo
and Grand Forks, arriving at Helena at
7:3O a. m. the second morning, Butte
IL: 80 a. m., Seattle s. O'Clock next
n0OrTjnor of ha
o. r. & N. at q. m.
The reduction in the time Is the re-
suit of cutting out the stops at Spo-
kane and Seattle, and also of faster
running schedule between here and the
last named place The new arrange
ment with the o. r. & N. contemplates
an interchange Of mileage and cars,
and effects in reality All excellent con-
nection between Buffalo, n. Y, and
San Francisco using the two railroad
lines. the Northern Steamship com
pany on the Great Lakes and the big
fleet of the O. r. & N. plying between
Portland and the Golden Gate
Receiver McNeill passed through St.
Paul fortnight ago in his private
ear, Ell route from New York to his
home in Portland. While here he
touched briefly upon the then pro-
posed connection between the two
roads, and pointed out how significant
w
road business. Upon inquiry at the
Great Northern Offices, the G o b e
learned that any publication at that
time might balk the plans of Mr.. Me-
Neill on account CT certain mail-carry-
ing arrangements with the Union Pa
cific, which might possibly prevent the
sought-for change in schedule. For
that reason the matter was not then
made public.
The close relations which will
now exist between the two roads, to-
gether with Mr. Hills visit to New
York some weeks back during the O.
r. & n. reorganiZa ton. might indi-
cate that there is some foundation in
the tale that the Great Northern pres
ident will hereafter WELD s. potent in
fiuence in the affairs OF the Western
road.
The latter, so far as it is a connec-
ton of the Great Northern, traverses
the beautiful Palouse and Walla Walla
country between Seattle and Port
land, a distance of about 447 miles,
and. in addition, runs to Huntington,
where it taps the Union Pacific sys-
tenn
1t is possible that later on the o. r.
& N. will connect exclusively with the
Great Northern.
AS the change in schedule will give
the Great Northern an advantage over
it's principal competitor the North
ern Pacific, it is not improbable that
there will be changes inaugurated on
that line also in the near future.
The return portion OF the new Great
Northern schedule is as follows:
Leaving Seattle 10 p. m., Portland s
p. m., Butte 7i15 p. m. and Helena
lilo p. m, arriving in ST. Paul at
p. m. In time to make connections
with all trains for the East