The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-11
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES.
Northern Pacific Changes Are
Not to Be Made Yet.
NEW STEEL FREIGHT CAR
Viii Be Generally Adopted 10 the Ex-
pertinent Proves a success-Pros-
poets of the Union Pacific Have
Seldom Been Surpassed.

The change i'm the office of general
agent of the Northern Pacific i'm Butte.
which was to have gone into effect yes
terday. will likely not be made for sew
eral days yet, as the travelling auditor.
MIR. Calvin, has not been able To get
around to check up the different OH
GERS who will be changed and oro-
NOTED by the resignation of Mr..
Tuohy.
1t was announced yesterday that
there would be many changes along
the line Mr.. Merriam, who will take
Mr.. Tuohy's place as general agent.
will be succeeded as depot agent by
Charles Il. Redmond. who has been
Mr.. Merriman's cashier. II has not yet
been definitely determined Who'll is to
succeed Mr.. Redmond. but likely the
cashier of the company at Billings WIN
be promoted to that position. The
agent and cashier at Livingston will be
transferred to Billings ana the agent at
the latter place will be returned to Liv-
ingston, where he was formerly sta
toned. The fact that he will not taxi
his cashier with him has suggested tie
belief hat the latter will be sent 20
Butte to take Mr.. Redmond's place.
Auditor Calvin will be at Billings to-
day, and after he gets through check
ing up accounts there, will come To
Butte.
Something new i'm rolling stock has
been received at the Northern Pacific
yards in Butte. 1t is a steel car. weigh
ing IS. 0e0 pounds and having a capacity
of 100. 900 pounds. The largest regular
wooden cars used by the company
weigh about 1000 pounds and have
a capacity of about 10000 pounds. If
the steel ears can be produced cheaply
enough they will come INTO general use
for hauling certain freight because
their capacity is so much greater than
that of wooden cars I'm proportion to
their weight. There are other reasons
why steel cars are favored. and the
principal objection to them Is the cost
of construction. which is about half
as much again as that of ordinary cars.
This sample car of the Northern Pa
cific was built by the Gillett-Herzog
firm of Minneapolis for the Transports
ton of coal and ore. Its frame is steel
and it has the drop bottom attachment.
1t is 30 feet long and 8 feet 8 inches
wide inside and 3 feet , inches over all.
Horace G. Burt. president OF the
Union Pacific, said a few days z
that he had beard of no deal between
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Union Pacific. whereby the Union
Pacific would get an entrance to the
North Pacific coast via Ogden, which.
as reported. contemplated shutting out
the Burlington. The Burlington has a
close traffic alliance with the Northern
Pacific at Billings and it is mutually
satisfactory. Should the Northern Pa
cifc attempt to shut out the B%urling-
ton at Billings the latter would GER
tainly build a line through to the coast
and become a distinct and powerful
competitor in ranscontinenta business.
This was the principal reason why the
Northern Pacific was so anxious TO
make that trafiic alliance
Regarding Union Pacific prospects,
Mr.. Burt said that they ave seldom
been surpassed. Northern Pacific pre-
ferred the other day was selling 10
point above Union Pacific preferred.
but friends of the latter claimed this
difference was entirely unjustitied and
predicted thai. ii would be wiped out
when the Union Pacific declared a
dividend on its preferred, probably
within so days. While declining to dis
russ the question of dividends, Mr..
Burt intimated hat the Union Pacific
friends would not be disappointed IN
their predictions.
In a list of about 80 leading railroads
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
company shows the largest percentage
of increase in gross earnings. viz, 81.
The Northern Pacific stands second
with So: the Rio Grande Western thirl
with 321a: the Rock Island fourth with
"a: the Illinois Central and Great
Northern fifth, each with % per cent
increase.
The Chronicle computes the gross
earnings of So roads for the secon !
week in July at s7,216.373. an increase
of 1904. $685., or AL per cent, and for "a
roads for the third week i'm July -
81, 256, 446, an increase of-$236, POP, or 3.o5
per cent.
go N-.la.. D,tro,s.. Thn.o -
2.S7S miles of railway in Montana un-
der the management Of eight compan-
les. OF this mileage 1865. or Owe one
third, belongs to the Great Northera.
The business Of the Dad i'm 1897. from
Montana stations, according To a report
to the railroad commissioners. was D.
800. 900. 900 pounds. of which coal TOOK
first place and ore second.