The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-10
TRAFFIC IS VERY HEAVY
Overland Northern Pacific Trains
Are Crowded.
GREAT RUSH OF TRAVEL
The Limited Is Well Filled Every Trip.
The Long Freight Trains Continue
to Attract Attention Re-
modelling the Station.

Missoula. July 9.-The Northern Pa
cific trains continue TO carry all OF the
passengers that they can hold. The
w~estbound traffic is very heavy. and
since the local train between Garrison
and Helena has been discontinued the
overland trains over that part OF the
line have been much crowded. East of
Helena, too, as far as Livingston. the
passenger business is reported as be-
ing very heavy. During the few days
before the Fourth there was not a
train that did not have fits aisles fun
OF standing passengers, the rush II
travel was so great. Between Garrison
and Missoula the Copper City Limited
relieves the pressure from local travel
and enables the overland trains 10
make time. The Limited Is well filled
every trip n the through trains do
considerable local business as well. Tho
express business out of Missoula has
been at its height for two or three
weeks. Every day has been Christmas
for the express people here and IL has
been necessary to add to the clerical
force in the downtown office of the
company. The berry business. of
course. has had much to do with his
rush. but there is a substantial in
~ - VI III tA' VI Npf-
tween the berries and the revenue
stamps. Agent Ludlum has had bust
ness enough to keep him working two
shifts.
The long freight rains continue 10
attract attention. The Glass II ngines
are pulling the biggest loads that even
Travelled over this division. and to see
one of the rains that pull out of Mis-
soula one would not think hat his
was a mountain division. The Glass
X engines are proving to he all that
was claimed for them. They are haul
ing a little more than three times the
amoun of freight that was handled by
the old engines and they burn only the
same amount of o They are easy
riding, compared with the old Iocomo-
tives, and most of the engineers like
the change. One of the older en-
gineers said to a Standard man the
other day: Il remember when the first
11-inch engine came TO the round house
In Minnea polls. | was firing then and
a lot Of the engineers came down 10
look at the new engine while | was
sizing ii up. We had heavy oak ties
there and good steel, but all of the
engineers were of the opinion that the
track would not hold the heavy en-
gines; that the rails would spread.
wonder what they would say to see
these big engines running on the track
that We have"
Supervisor Weed is making good
progress with the remodellng Of the
station here and his men will soon
have the work completed. The office
Of Agent Clark is completed and has
been occupied for several days. The
new office is a decided Improvement
and the clerks are all pleased with
the change. The new ticket office il
being finished and the painters are
winding up their outside work on the
building. The lunch counter building
has been connected with the sewer
system and the connections for the
main building Will be made soon. The
appearance Of the old station is im-
proved wonderfully. and mex to a new
building, IL is the best that could be
expected. The work on the second
story will be started as soon as there
is a room downstairs for the dispatch
ers to use while their quarters are be-
ing changed.
The presence of a Waterman at the
busy Woody street crossing Is appre-
ciated by the public, and the railway
company has done well in placing a
nan there. once before there was a
Waterman at this crossing. but when
the reduction of forces came in 1898
he was laid off and since then the
public has had to lake care of itself
There ave been two or three accidents
at the crossing since hat time. and
the replacing of the Waterman will
save the railway company much crit
icism.
Engineer Gregory and Conductor
Houston brought the special train of
the general officers owe from Wallace
Friday night. The trip was a good
one and was without accident or de-
lay.