The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-25
A Radical Change TO Be Made in
Time Tablea Us I
ON ALL WESTERN LINES
Great Northern's Reduction In Time 10
b Ast BY the Northern Pacinc-The
Short Lines Scheduie-Chi-
cago q Alton sale.

Paul 10 the Pacific coast announced by
the Great Northern will be met by The
Northern Pacific. though no oficia!
announcement of The new schedule has
been received In Butte. .-he Northern
Pacific. however. has FOR soma weeks
been preparing the new time card.
The Short Line. Union Pacific. Rio
Grande, Western and oregon Railway
e. Navigation company have also an
nounced most important changes. IL
is stated tina the changes world ave
been made some time ago bu the r'iv-
m vas opposed TO 1t "a: this sHa-
son as 1t would make confusion in The
Christmas mail business. The changes
arc all I'm line with N. movement CIR
a shortening of the time from the AZ
lantic to the Pacific coast. Tie charge
on the Short Linz OF most importance
To Butte Is that the Salt Lake train
win arrive in this city at 1880 O'Clock
at night instead of LAS the next at
ternoon as at present. There will be no
change In the south bonni s,rv;ce.
The whole change q the Shor; Line II
based on the Granger connections. the
Short ii No. !. being turned AROUND.
IL will leave Granger at 9:15 a. M. ia
stead OF s:45 y. m. as at pres INT. Nc.
! takes Portland cars on the Union
Pacific No. I instead of from .hc lat
ter roads No. 2. as at present. n
gives the people Of the Northwest n
12-hour better and quicker service over
che Granger route than ever before en-
joyed.
As all the Short Lines big rains ARE
timed by No. I the other changes have
fnllaxVAd aS a natural Gentfanep
The exact figures will be as follows:
No. I. Idaho division. Leave Granger
s:15 a m. arrive Pocatello 3:45 y. m,
arrive Boise 1880 night. arrive Hunt
ington 2:3o a. m.
No. Z. Utah and Montana divisions.
Leave Salt Lake 900 a. m. leave Ogden
1880 a. m. arrive Pocatello 500 y. m.
arrive Butte 1880 a. m. tnighD.
salt Portland cars on No. :
made up at Pocateilo with train No. 1
on idaho division from Granger.
No. .. Pocatello local. Leave Salt
Lake $50 y. m. leave Ogden $685. y. m.
arrive Pocatello 1880 p. m. This train
II h new Utah and Idaho fast local
and takes the place of the former Cache
Valley local. Cache Valley passenger
viii hereafter take the morning train
No. e.
No. 10. fast Salt Lake local from
Idaho points. Leave Pc rtello $50 y.
tsasf attthf ceatt Wv ~ bhs s'eah
Lake $40 p. m.
Train No. 4 OF the Utah division will
leave a little later In the mornin~ to
accommodate Mercur and Tintic ~as-
nge but no change will be made In
any other ain
The schedule win go into effect Jan.
3rd.
The Union Pacific will not change its
time. says the Salt Lake Herald. The
nt2 .aa1A a-
tions. however. VIII have to
switch their tim cards. II is now
being discussed and the plan which Is
generally thought viii be adopted will
he the earlier arrival here OF No. I.
which now gets in from the East at
noon. IL will have TO be into this city
before 900 a. m. 10 make connections
and to do this the three Denver-salt
Lake roads will have to shorten up
their running time. a Denver earlier
and make arrangement for the Mis-
souri, river lines (other than Union Pa
cifc) To arrive I'm Denver earlier. All
these matters are now under consider
alton.
The oregon Railway a Navieation
company. however. will change time of
it's w~estbound train twelve hours.
The time of arrival and departure Of
all Omaha and San Francisco trains Is
not changed. The fast mails will con-
tlUut W dTTlNt al CIV II. III. duu o.lU
n. m. and the express from Butte. Port
and n San Francisco will continue to
arrive at s:55 a. IN. An impression has
been given out from unreliable sources
that the trains from Omaha were To be
changed. but such is not the case. Port
land gets a ~twelve-hour saving i'm time
by the change of connections and Salt
Lake gets a fine train service north.
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Despite repeated denials from inter-
ested sources. announcement was made
on Wal street Of the sale Of the Chic
g a Alton TO a syndicate headed by
r. II. Hartman. representing princi-
pally MO Pacific interests. but in
Guiding also some Missouri Pacific in
terests. The personnel Of the syndicate
has not been made public. The price
paid for the stock Is understood 10
be 1I5.
Mr.. Hartman was asked whether he
wished TO confirm or DENY the report.
He replied: You may say that the ne
gotistions are in my hands. but that
nothing has yet been closed"
notwithstanding the guarded denial
Of MI. Hartman and those of Others
believed to be in the syndicate. IL is
stated positively that the sale Is prac-
ticaliy concluded. The Baltimore &
Ohio is said to be represented in the
syndicate which made the purchase
Mr.. Hartman has been conducting ths
negotiations that have been pending
for h sale Of the Alton. and has al
along refused to say anything about
the deal. II was said that the whole
matter had been finally arranged at a
meeting on Tuesday night. Chicago a
Alton was strong in the early market
hours. getting up TO 112. IL gained
three points net for the day.
The rumor that obtained most cred
ence was that there was an endeavor "a
-I..A kA Allan In The AnGfEAl ~ Nh.
Union Pacific. the Missouri Pacific. the
Baltimore q Ohio and the Illinois Cen
trail systems. A holder OF a large block
Of Alton stock said that he a nc
knowledge OF h scope of the negotia-
tons for the sale OF the road Prob
ably, he added. nothing will be de-
termined on without the presence OF J.
J.. Mitchell. who was here last week
10 negotiate on holdings outside OF
those Of President Blackstone. But q
majority interest would have to be ovei
lf0. ono shares- And then nothing could
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