The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-13
COPPER CITY FLYER
The Press Gang ChriStenS the New
B., A. & P. Train.
TWAS A CONGENIAL PARTY
A Pleasant Trip to Anaconda
Chaperoned BY the Officers of
the Road-Pure Water and
the Best Cigars.

The representatives of the press of
Montana yesterday christened the
handsome new passenger train Of the
B., A. & p. railroad. the Copper City
Flyer" and that is the name by which
Ii will be known hereafter, as II was
formally accepted by the officers OF
the railroad company. The name is
thoroughly distinctive one and the
train is in every way in keeping with
the city whose cognomen il bears. The
train owes its name to the fact that
jolly and congenial party of newspa-
per men took ride on IL on it's first
trip and were otherwise royalty treat
ed by the officials of the b.. A. & +.
The new train left Butte on its in
itial trip to Anaconda at 10:45 O'Clock
yesterday morning and carried the fol-
lowing Quill drivers: Col. Sam Gordon
of the Yellowstone Journal; G. E.
Wright of the Meagher County News;
NJ. w. Hatch and c. J. Busha of the
Big Timber Pioneer; w. +. Robinson
of the Toledo Blade; ]. NJ. Quinn of
the Butte Miner; Charles Heilbronner
and ii. Schlessinger of the Western
Mining World; Col. Dan Searles;
Chance L. Harris. the pioneer newspa-
per man of Montana, and Standard
reporter. w. NJ. Tuohy, general agent
OF the Northern Pacific, was found on
the train and was made an honorary
member of the press gang. General
Manager NJ. Dona.hoe and Superintend-
ent O. L. Chapman, who had arranged
the trip. met the party in Butte and
accompanied them to Anaconda.
on arriving at Anaconda, after a 45-
minute run, the pencil pushers critically
examined and admired the new train
until they were satisfied that II was
perfect i'm every detail and they were
escorted to the Montana hotel, where
lunch was waiting. A flying trip was
then made through the lower works,
the converter and refinery and the hap
Ply travellers returned TO Butte on the
O'Clock train.
The short visit in the Copper City was
made extremely pleasant through the un-
ending courtesies of General Manager
Donahoe and Superintendent Chapman.
The latter gentleman. who made a model
host accompanied the party back TO
Butte 1t was on the return trip that the
train was formally christened and the
health of the officers of the road drank
in sparkling champagne. John McMur-
ray of the Anaconda Recorder. Charley
Fransham and w. W. Livingston Of
Bozeman and E. II. Talcott of Livingston
Joined the party on the return trip and
Ii was prominently a merry lot of souls.
j. NJ Quinn made the christening speech
and referred to the occasion and the
causes which made IL possible in elo-
quent terms. Superintendent Chapman
responded and short speeches were also
delivered by Sam Gordon, Chance Harris,
Colonel Searles and John McMurray.
The new train is the finest. most COM
Portable and easiest riding passenger
train that has ever been run in Mon
tana, and II is also the most attractive.
The coaches are painted a very dark
green, which is the standard color of the
b., A. g. p, and are almost the same
color as Pullman cars. The hrst-class
coach contains a perfectly fitted-up la
dies toilet room. The first-class coach
is the one that was rebuilt. while the
combination smoking and baggage car
was made by the St. Charles Car Works
of ST. Louis. 1t was the unanimous opin-
ion of the newspaper men that the fin-
ishing of the car made in Anaconda is
superior to that of the one made in st.
Louis.
Success to the Copper City Flyer"