The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-26

in hours and - inmates. an average u
: SSs~ minutes Per mile. Or Is r. raises ger
hour. nearly fo1nle the tirse 9. tbs Old
schedule. an actual eIa#rencs % 2 hours
and q minutes
There are some funny Old instruction.
printed On the copy ~ the 81 PAIL IL Pa
cffc railroads tine card. which after the
twenfy-9igst years os railroad fevassr,-
nasDt that have parsed since its Issue
justify the belief that the train dispatch
eFAs who teok their messages of OF tne
paper strips In ire old Iors@ registering
machine, had a airecare Sorse o. these
Instructions are worth printing
irregular working and frelgh; trains
VII run on both lines and ke@Y, out q the
say 81 ali regular trains.
Working trains will ret 20 vest from
81 PAU after I'D p. IN, orIy under sas. or
telegraph working trains wsa not 20 east
o junction before BIS y. n. Unless tagged
b regular trains OF telegraph
Al trains losing over Is minutes viii
noE attempt 20 maize Up the lost tine at
greater rate than 10 minutes per hoQr.
aad that when tbs road ~ clear IF pile
cHlEegts and bridges
Lock cat fer the switches
s3c@ speed 10 eight miles al hour ever
ali large bridges ard trest.e works.
NO engines allowed on the road excep,
cF order OK the superintendent or master
mechanic
irregular trains slow on curves ard
look olt for section nea'
And Their the n3ozt impressive rule OF
ali In ease cf doubt fosIow the safe
course. which sounds something like the
Old whist rrovero: When In doubt play
tramps.'
The card waz issued by = Il Uclano
superintendent. and T. Il Rec. assistant
superintendent. ON the reverse side Of the
f4 de Uy
O. which are tn use up to the present day
There Is a schedule Of tho suburban bust
hess between St Paul and Minneapolis
and the trains .seFe called "Mlnnea polls
trains" leaving Minnca polls at o'clock
a. m. and stopping at 81. Anthony snd
junction before reaching st. Paul the
tr.S took an hour. tic train returning 10
pulled out again at Zf5 d III and made
another round trip. finishing ils day
wo-x, All cat OF breath. at s.i5 D. m
The history of the St Paul & Pacific
read is an interesting connecting link In
TIC old-tims operations OF what is now a
great System, and the way il which that
p2rt Of this Breckenridge division, which
was once the ST Paul a. Pacific. Is now
run. The road passed through many Vi
ciSsit{ces. IL was changed TO the Mime
apoiiS ~ 81. Cloud, and then became the
St Paul. Minneapolis * Manitoba road
which Is the real name rs which the
Great Northern came into existence. All
Great Northern contracts for construction
are now made III the name OF the ST. Pau.
Minneapolis q Manitoba. this lease for
niaety-nine Yeats by the Great Northern
covers the subsequent construction by the
St Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba, and
the property Immediately becomes a part
OF the Grea% Northern leaSehoid.
". Peck. of the Merchants Dispatch
line. Was IL the city yesterday and dur
ing fhe day visited the offices in Pioneer
place. IL Vas related that Mr.. Peck hal
three cars for the coast. and all OF the
freight solicitors in the street were jump
tng sideways to get the haul over their
various lines. When Mfr Peck had been
run into a corner ne confessed that he
had three cars of compressed air The
freight men then went up the aIIeyways
and beat out their brains against brick
walls.
Fred a. Allen, general freight and pas
senger agent OF the Seattle * Interns-
tional. returned yesterday afternoon from
Eiiensburg. where h. went 10 meet his
s.tt and fgf- kA har for