The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-06
A TOUR OF INSPECTION
President Hill and Party Arrive
From Portland.
THE SPOKANE FALLS ROAD
Investigating the Project OF Building
Grain Elevators in tie Far West.
II VIII Revolutionize Pres
ent Methods.

a special train carrying President J..
]. Hill of the Great Northern and G.
f. Baker. H. W. Cannon. George Clark
and Jacob Schin Of New York. Samuel
Thorn Of Philadelphia, Theodore Schur-
meier. Or. c. +. Smith and u. a. Mon
fort Of st. Paul. arrived in Anaconda at
$50 this morning over the oregon Short
Line. President Hill and his party
went west over the Great Northern
from the head Of the Great Lakes to
the Pacific coast. going by way of the
new Fosston route. and returned from
the coast from Portland, via the Short
Line to Pocatello. and thence TO Butte.
one purpose Of the trip was to in
spect the Spokane Falls & Northern
railroad. running from Spokane Falls
10 British Columbia. which was re-
Gently purchased by the Great North
ern from u. Z. Corbin. and another
was 10 investigate the matter Of build
ing grain elevators in the far West.
Cornelius Shields has been placed in
charge of the newly acquired line, and
a circular announcing his appointment
will probably be issued shortly.
Speaking of the proposition to build
grain elevators in j coast ountr
President Hin said:
That's largely why I went out there.
We intend to build some elevators sim
liar to those in Dakota and Minnesota,
and then handle grain in both
and warehouses. The present system
OF putting the grain in sacks and stor-
ing them in warehouses is expensive
and slow"
Mr.. Hin will probably lose no tim in
putting his plans into execution. and
his plans will largely revolutionize eN-
listing methods of handling grain in the
north Pacific coast country, which are
as he says. primitive and unsatisfac-
tory Whatever he does in this d.
rection he will do vigorously and on
an extensive scale. as he does every
thing else. The reduction in the cost
of handling grain will be substantial,
and the grain interests there will be
benefited no less than the Northwest
has beer benefited by the materialiZa-
tion Of Mr.. HIS big steel elevator
scheme. 1t has been estimated that
the cost of handling grain in sacks and
~rehou is % cents per bushel, but
Mr.. Hill stated last night that 1t is ac-
finally less than his. Perhaps when the
loss Of time. etc. is figured i'm the esti-
mate Il NAV he greater. There is not.
in Mr.. HIS opinion. any danger from
heating Of grain in bulk in elevators on
the coast. the only difficulty on that
score being in the case Of grain In bulk
in vessels going round the Panama
route. II - for this reason that MIR.
hin intends to continue the use Of
warehouses in connection with his pro-
jected elevators.
The passenger rate war between the
Missouri river and Chicago has an eff
feet on rates in this section. The fol-
lowing circular will be published In To-
cal offices. to take effect Saturday:
''To All Agents: Effective Sept. 3.
and continuing until Nov. 3. inclusive,
unless otherwise advised. a first-class
continuous passenger rate Of SLID Is
announced by al lines from Kansas
city. Leavenworth, Atchison and St.
Joseph to Chicago: also hrst-class con-
tinuous passage rate of s., Kansas city
to 81. Louis
These rates establish the following
irst-class continuous passage figures
from all main line points TO st. Louis,
date points must not exceed Chicago
or st. Louis rates.
Rates east Of Chicago or ST. Louis
will be made bv addition Of local rates
shown in Chicago and ST. Louis rate
sheets. Rates constructed over st.
Louis to the territory ordinarily apple
able via Chicago to be so applied.
Rates from branch line points will
be made by adding regular local to
nearest main line junction, to above
figures.
The Northern Pacific has put in serv-
fee a fruit train, called an expedited
train. to give fruit shippers faster and
better service, but not SO good as pass
enEer service. Passenger trains are
incapable Of carrying all this perishable
freight offered. The fruit train is run
as often as enough business is offered
to fiji il. Now IL is run every day.
While II takes freight from various
parts Of the Pacific coast for st. Paul,
Minneapolis. Chicago. ST. Louis. Bos-
ton. Philadelphia and New York, II is
really a Spokane-St. Paul train.