The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-05
NOW ON THE MAIN LINE
Anaconda Is a Terminus of the
Great Northern.
THE FIRST TRAIN TODAY
It Necessitates New Time Card on the
B., A. s. P.-Four Great Northern
Trains VIII Take the Place
of B., A. a. P. Trains

1o-uay Anaconda VIII be on the main
line of the Great Northern. arrange
ments TO that end having been com
| pleted last evening, and No. % will this
morning go on through to that city.
Beginning with No. % tomorrow all
our passenger trains will run through
to Anaconda" was the announcement
telegraphed to Major Dawson last night
| by 9. X. Martin, the superintendent
No. "a will leave Anaconda al S o'clock
p. m. for St. Paul with sleeper, coaches
dining car mail and baggage. and VIII
leave Butte at 1886. No. /, the Great
/ Falls local. will also go through to
Anaconda tonight and leave there on
! Sunday morning at $50 for Great Falls
Everything will hereafter end in Ana
conda and start from Anaconda. The
/ five conductors and train crews will
stop there instead OF in Butte and the
people of Anaconda will. hereafter get
the Eastern mail at O'clock in the
morning instead of IL 80 o'clock as now
The changes thus inaugurated by the
Great Northern will necessitate a new
time card on the b., A. & p. and a new
schedule will be put into effect on Sun
day.
1t is likely that the r., A. & p. will
take off three. trains of its own, and
they will be replaced by the four Great
Northern trains. Those of the b., A. &,
T. that will likely be replaced are No
z, at $40 a. m, and No. at D. m
from Anaconda, and No from Butte
at 800 p. m. These changes, however
have not YET been fully decided on.
With the new arrangements on the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
which goes into effect tomorrow with
the b., A. 4 p. and Montana Union.
Anaconda will have. next to Butte. the
best railroad service of any city In the
state. The change on the Great North
efn does not mean the laying off of any
crews on the b., A. & p, as the latter
VIII, by the change, be under the neces-
sity OF putting on extra freight trains
circular letter was received in the
city to-day announcing the appoint
ment of f. 70. Ward as general super
intendent of the Montana Central. vice
q. X. Martin, transferred The APP
pointment takes effect to-day Mr.. Mar
tin is transferred to a new division
created from Minot to Kalspell, with
headquarters at Crank Forks. The
main line, which has heretofore con-
sisted OF but two divisions. Will be di-
vided into three.
The cut rates to Eastern points have
been declared off. The Butte offices of
the Northern Pacific. Great Northern,
Rio Grande Western and Oregon Short
Line yesterday received word that an
agreement had been reached with the
northern lines for the restoration of the
eastbound rates. The required 10 DAYS
notice is given and the return TO the old
rates Will take place on March H. What
brought about the agreement is not
known in Butte. The Westbound rates
are not affected by il. and it is probable
that the cut in that direction viii con-
tlnue for some time, with prospects that
they will go still lower.
The Silver Bow gateway question is
Grl N la FNFIr L.
than those at this end of the Short
Line. According TO the Tribune there
are railroad officials in Salt Lake who
believe in spite of the denials of BAN
croft and Eccles that the gateway will
be opened gradually The Tribune says:
The Rio Grande Western has always
feared such a move, even from the first
discussion of opening the Ogden gate
way. Western officials stated then that
they thought that the opening would be
followed by the Silver Bow opening.
which would greatly hurt their line, cut
ting into its original local business. as
well as dividing the new business fol-
lowing its entrance to territory north of
Ogden All the Colorado lines and their
connections naturally viewed the matter
in the same light.
The Oregon Short Line, however is
evidently working on a business policy
TO increase its earnings by all legitimate
means. In the present case it looks as
II the Montana end Of the Utah North
ern Is being looked after with a view of
making that portion OF much greater
Importance than ever before in its his
tory The Oregon Short Line stands in
the best position possible to demand its
own divisions from every connecting
line. 1t has successfully done so in
the past.
Some railroad men argue that the
Nor De- e.. Il a
10 come further south than Preston or
Logan. Local merchants, however are
hoping that the big line will enter Salt
Lake, as they would then be in the
most advantageous position from a
wholesale jobbng as well as retail bust
ness standpoint.
Oregon Short Line officials have
never denied that such a move would
be made. On the contrary, they have,
from President Carr down. announced
their policy as being one whereby every
road at all terminals would be treated
on equal terms. and the Short Line was
ready TO take all business that might
come to it,
All the meat. however, is taken out Of
the above by the emphatic denial Of
both Mr.. Bancroft and Mr.. Eceles
though on recent visit TO st. Paul they
We're quoted by the papers there as say
ing that traffic arrangement had been
made with the Northern Pacific, which
In st. Paul is construed to mean the
opening of the gateway to slight ex-
tent at least. During their recent visit
to Butte. the Short Line officials also
denied most emphaticaliy that there
had been any new arrangements in re-
gard 10 divisions or traffic Of any kind
with the Montana Union. Officials OF
the latter road and also of the Northern
Pacific, on the contrary said that a
W. A. LarkiH was yesterday appoint
ed stenogra pher and teleerapher in the
Oregon Short Line Office by General
Agent Bacon, and G. II. Harper was
promoted to the position of city ticket
agent.
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