The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-15
Railroad Employees Are Putting
in More Than Full Time.
THE LIMITeO A SUCCESS
The Experiment Seems to Justify the
Permanence OF the Hamilton and
Butte Local allace Service
Ii Prontabie-On the Rail.

has come to stay and that the traffic
is rather on the increase h other
wise. Not only is the through busi-
ness heavy. as is usually the case at
this time of the year. but the local
business of the Rocky Mountain divis-
ION is at the top notch. All of the Up
eratives on the division are working
harder and longer hours than they
have at any time, not excepting the
big Klondike rush. Engineers and con-
ductors and their crews are getting
two or three hours sleep at each end
of their runs and rustling back and
forth at a rate tbs makes the mileage
count up well at the end of the month.
but is rather wearisome In the mean
time. Some idea of the amount Of work
tina Is being done can be gained from
the fact hat OF election morning there
was but one train crew in town and
that crew had barely time to get to the
polls and vote before being called out
again. The reports OF this division
show that the amount OF local business
that is being done here Is large and rs
getting larger all the time. This Is
gratifying TO the friends OF this section
OF the country, which has
never had any the best OF 1t from
the management. The amount of traf-
fc that is being handled here now,
however, is so great that IL compels
recognition.
The experiment of a local train be-
tween Missoula and the Bitter Root ON
one end and the cities of Anaconda
and Butte on the other, which had been
urged for many seasons by those who
believed that a big business could be
built up between these cities and this
part of the state. was tried this year for
,lxA a..t sf0.A anl shA Raarrlf hnN n haal
i'm excess Of what was claimed by the
advocates of such a service. The first
seasons work of the Copper City Linn
tied has been such as to demonstrate
that the claims made for such a tram
were very conservative and II looks
now as II the train would be a perma-
nent fixture on this division. During
the summer months the business Of
his train increased constantly and ID
proved a profitable run for the compa-
NY. as well as a great accommodation
for those who have business W
the two regions that II connects. The
reports showed, too. that most OF this
was new business. as there are no APP
preciable falling of from the traffic
handled by the through. trains. IL was
predicted by many that the advent of
autumn would witness a big falling off
from the business of the Copper City
Limited. but II seems to have held Its
own In good shape. as the train IL well
filled every trip and the Bitter Root
valley business that Is done Is larger
than has ever been done in that Sec
ton since the branch was finished.
The first Of Novemb, z has come and
gone and the Limited Is still running.
with plenty OF business. There has been
no talk of taking of the train as yet.
except the gossip of the GROWERS. and
IL is believed hat this train will re-
main ON all winter.
The new daily service between Mis-
soula and Wallace has been another
successful experiment in the local line.
This is of more recent date than the
Copper City train. but its success seems
to he none the less pronounced. for the
train Is doing better all the time. The
commercial relations between Missoula
and the Occur d'Alenes are becoming
more and more ntimat and the de-
mands of the business between the ter
minals OF the Snake demand better SER
vice than has been afforded by the GO
~as-you-please train that has run over
the branch for the last few years. The
present service Is very satisfactory to
the patrons of the line and the passen-
ger business Is showing a good in
crease The run Is made to Wallace in
seven hours and the trains are running
on time. There is no delay caused by
the local lumber and ore business. as
the freight train takes care OF all of
that and III through train has nothing
TO do except take the Occur d'Alene
business N make time. II is doing
that. n all who travel over the
branch are very strong in their ex-
pressions OF praise for the new service.
The business of the local. which Is run
by Conductor Woodson. Is good. too.
Each train that he brings in Is n heavy
one and the saw mills are keeping the
trains heavy all the time. The ore ship
ments from the Occur d'Alenes. too, are
heavy these days and are contributing
much to the success OF the service on
this branch. Conductors Bradley n
Holt are handling the through trains on
Inc branch n Engineers Baird and
Anderson are making h wheels go
round.
On the main line the business Il keep
ing up in good shape. The mastodons.
klondikers. moguls, hogs. standards and
all the rest OF the motive power are
kept hustling to take care of the long
trains. The length of these trains at
present Is limited only by the capacity
of the sidings along the line. and when
they are increased. the rains will he
heightened. The new engines are doing
good work and the reports are said to
show that they are handling the bust
ness at about one-third the operating
cost of the old engines. The road has
been so vid now that the cost of
handling the freight has been reduced
far below the former figure. The trains
are so long that the old trainmen have
moi yet ceased to talk bout them. but
they manage TO get them through all
right. There Is still a demand for a
long-distance telephone 20 connect the
caboose with the cab. and the genius
who contrives some satisfactory means
of communication between the two ends
Of these long trains viii have won a
niche in the temple Of fame that will be
permanent.
The track department has had a
busy season getting things in shape
n keeping them In shape for the
heavy engine and long trains. The
section crews have never had so much
TO do before. and the excellent condi-
ton OF the track on this division is
annie evidence that they have done