The Ravalli Republican., 1898-04-20
COPPER CITY LIMITED,
A Brand New Train TO the Bitter ROOT
valley May ].

valley May j.
News of the fact that the North
crn Pacific has decided to run q
daily train to and from the Bitter
| Root VALLEY was received in Au;lCon-
da Yesterday. The new service Will
| te~r about May and will be one o.
the greatest things that the North
crn Pacific could possibly do for
both Anaconda and the Bitter Root
Agent nccbc Of the local office u
the company said last evening that
as vet the new train service Was
merely talk aud no official notice Of
| its Inauguration had yet been re-
ceivod. Mr. Bccbc was confident,
put on, and he thought the initial
trip would be made May |: or there
3bOu;s.
The new train, it is said, will be
named the Cooper City Limited2
in honor Of Anaconda. While the
time has not yet been definitely
fixed, it is generally believed that
the train will leave Butte at 1920 or
O'Clock in the afternoon, reaching
. | iElN i'iN III hll liIN! anu al tiN lli 80
Hamilton a. s o'clock in the cVen-
inc. Returning, t1ic train win leave
Hamilton 6 o'clock in tho morning,
arriving at Anaconda at II and at
! Butte at T. o'clock noon.
ThiS new train service is what the
people OF the Bitter Root valley
have sought to obtain for a long
time, and now that it is assured tNc
farmers Of the rich .,allcN will be
happy. Thc Bitter Root farmers
find the best market for -hCir pro-
ducts ii! Anaconda and Butte and
with the new train they will be
enabled to send their Strawberries
and other products TO BIZ markets in
five and six hours. But the Bitter
;ootcrS will not be the only ones tC
reap the benefit Of the new train,
The people both Of Butte aud Atla-
conda will appreciate it as well,
To eat irili, and vegetables for dan
ncr six hours after it has been picked
and gathered in the Bitter Root will
be an experience new to people in
these cities. where garden truck
come, packed in ice, and stale after
having been on The road all the WAY
from , to ~ hours, to say nothing
Of being thrown around by hNsky
express men at three Or four transfer
points.
Not only viii the now train DC
welcomed as a carrier Of fresh ycgc-
tables to market. but travellers Will
also be quick to take advantage Of
it, The passenger traffic between
Butte aud Anaconda and the cities
Of the Bitter Root has Of recent wears
become quite a factor in the earn,
n4s Of the railroad companies an(
it can be said that never since Tho
Bitter Root came into prominence
= have The railroads given train ser
: vice thai was in anyWisc satisfuc
; tory. Heretofore the taking OF I
:. trip to- Hamilton was Il matter thai
y required considerable skill in master
Il Ing limccards and being handy Il
~ changing cars The changes Ina
. nnW have to be made are at GarriSo,
and NissOuIH, and AZ each of these
} poinls Il delay Of an ilour or two can
reasonably bo counted upon. Will
= the Copper City Limited, however
:, -, these changes Of cars will be entirely
- done away with, The train vii
- leave Butte and gosthrough to Ham
~ ilton without a change. The "Cup
" per City Limited' will be welc0nicl
~ as a boon to both passengers aIlt
~ people who like Bitter Root vege
It tables aud fruits, and the Northern
! Pacific cannot inauguratc the ser
!. vice any too soon --Standard