The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-13

views. an ice cellar and an arrange
ment for boiling water in three minutes
by means OF steam. which were found
in the first train. the new one is fitted
with plates which Indicate the next
stopping station. and. II the stoppage
be over FIVE minutes, also how lorg the
train stops.
All the windows are protected from
dust and wind by external plate-Glass
guards: the last coach Is arranged to
serve as an observation car. A sta
tionary bicycle. with arrangements for
measuring in minutes and kllometers
the amount OF work done, a barber,
who is also qualified 20 give medical
assistance. n a superintendent who
speaks Russian. French. German and
English are among the other conven-
fences provided. The train will be
lighted inside and out by electricity.
and electric cigar lighters find a place
in the dining car. A lavatOry has been
fitted in the s~ecoud-class car. so as to
be available for photographers to
change plates and develop during the
electric reading lamps are in each COM
partment. TIE kitchen Is Intended 10
furnish n dLuncr for a maximum ~ 60
people. Paper and envelopes are 10 he
supplied gratis at the buffet, where hot
and cold drinks Of all kinds are 10 be
had; there Is no charge for the barber.
but two rubles is the price Of a bath. for
which three hours notice beforehand
must be given.
From Moscow one may now get with
in n few hundred miles Of Irkutsk on
the sixth day. In all the chief towns.
as far as Irkutsk, n or two resident
English or Americans are TO be found,
and they gladly welcome a fellow
countryman. The French are already
Ghnu~fnp 4hafr nnrnrGaftor ~ fha an
p~ortunities offered for visiting Siberia.
A special train from Paris Is to leave
Moscow soon. the whole time to be oc-
cupied being about one month
A French company recently purchas-
cd for 5000, 600 francs one Of the richest
gold mines In the Ural: another has
been sold for 5000. 900 francs: and nego-
tiations are In progress for the pur-
chase by a foreign company of the
largest platinum mines I'm that district.
Numbers OF English and American
mining experts are ENGAGED In explor-
ing all parts Of Siberia.
Locomotives for Russian railways are
in brisk demand. and 1t is stated that
an order for $50 locomotives Of Amer
lean types has been placed with the
Putlov works, ST. Petersburg. Fifty OF
these will be express and the remainder
freight engines. The long distances to
Be- run and the relatively slow speed
Of Russian service requires an keep
tlonally large number OF locomotives.
About the latter part Of August II com
plete American locomotives were re-
ceived for the Russo-Chinese roads; 30
Of these came from the Baldwin works.
and the rest from other American
builders. a large number OF freight en-
gines are stlll required for the Siberian
roads, together with railway supplies of
all kinds, and large orders are expected
TO be placed in the United States about
November next.
The 500 canal traffic for July last
breaks all previous records. The freight
tonnage amounted TO 3.246.7S7 tons, as
compared with 1856, 767 tons for July,
1897, an increase OF 800. 020 tons. This
record includes both the United States
and the Canadian canal: the registered
tonnage being 1881 ,062 for the 2.025
United States craft passing, and Sli.O 43
tons for the $50 Canadian craft. The
chief items Of eastbound traffic were
1.55S, 56i bushels Of grain. 2.055,574 net
tons of iron ore and 1858, 267 bushels Of
wheat. The total eastbound freight
was 2.49l, O19 net tons, and the west
bound. chiefly coal. amounted to 155, 76S
net tons. The traffic for June of this
year was 2,949. 465 net tons.
Says the Denver News: "The order OF
President Burt of the Union Pacific
closing all saloons in connection with
eating houses on the line I'm which the
company has an interest viii be very
generally approved by tho public. II
the railroad company, as II does. en-.
forces a rule of strict sobriety among
its employees, and particularly its train.
men, II is Inconsistent for the company
to hold out temptation to them, as II did
when these saloons were open. Presi.
dents Burt's order is therefore not only
in the interest OF a consistent policy
but OF the general caure Of temper,