The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-12
WENT TO PIECES AGAIN
After Nearly Two Weeks of a
Clean Record.
TRAINS LATE ONCE MORE
The Amount OF Business the Cause of
the Delay Some Things Mssou-
lians Want to Know-Train
Men Getting "A Rest.

Missoula Jan. 1l.-After nearly two
weeks of clean record, the Northern Pa
cific train service went To pieces to-day
and even the Bitter Root track was Is
minutes behind lime, with good wealth
or, clear track and not a heavy train.
There was no apparent reason for this
hardness on the branch. but the train
took relapse for some reason that is
not yet known. On the main line the
,rain from the East reached this diNi-
sion more than four hours behind time
on account of some delay east Of Hell
ena. \ little Of this time was made up
between Helena and this city. but the
train did not reach here till after I
o'clock, when il should have been here
al noon. The eastbound train. however.
not having any slow sections t. run
through before ii reached here. VAS dn
time, to the satisfaction of the dpassen-
gers who were waiting to go OUT Oh 1t.
ON the Occur d Alene branch there is
NOT an unusual amount of snow. and all
that delays the trains there is the
heavy business that is now being done
over this line. Al the summit there are
six or eight feet of snow. but the rotary
has no difficulty in keeping the line
open, and were ii moi for the amount of
business that the mixed train has 10
handle, The trains would be on time.
Missoula people are anxiously await
ing some announcement Of the result Of
the meeting of the officers Of the opera
ting Department nj st. Paul. Superin-
tcndent Russell is expected home from
this meeting Jan a. and then il Is
hoped that he will be able to make
some definite statement regarding GER
tain propositions that have been hang
ing FIRE here for some time. There IS
the ancient topic of the stop-oNer prlVi-
leges that Missnula has been asking for
L.. FnF hta4h
a new request was recently made by the
board of trade of the city. The COM
pletion OF the new depot is another
question that it Is expected Will be an
swered soon Then there Is the long
promised double train service that viii
ease up the pressure upon the present
overland trains. and IL Is thought will
make the time of arrival OF trains more
regular. II the old service of two sea-
sons ago is put on, there viii he gen
eral satisfaction on the part Of all peo-
pie Of this section. That was the best
service that Western Montana ever saw
and its restoration would nightly
please the people over here Then there
are the Bitter hooters who are Wonder-
ing where they will get off this year
Their branch has been furnishing the
road With an immense business for
year. but the passengers still have to
bump along at the tail end Of long
freight train To get anywhere. They
would like a quick service and think
that they are entitled to 1t.
Trainmen are getting little rest this
month after the unusual strain that they
were under during the fall and early
winter. In the whole history OF the
read il lis not remembered when there
las been any such rush as there WAS
during the period preceding the heii-
days All of the men In the operating
department We're kept on the jump all
of the time and many Of them Went two
and three days without rest. Since the
first of the year there has been the usual
slackening of business that follows the
holidays and these men have caught up
a little on the sleep that WAS their due.
The business at present. however. while
not as heavy as IL WAS last month, Is
greater than is usual al this time Of
year and the trainmen will have good,
fair checks coming 10 them next pay
day.
The new year brought about the usual
amount of reformation among the rail-
road men but, as usual again, the ma
iority Of these reformed ralroaders
have seen the error of reformation and
have lapsed into their former savagefS.
1t Is a noticeable fact that some of them
have been very busy this week in max
ing up for the time that they lost during
the first week of the year. There is one.
however. who stands pat upon his new
year platform, and that is G. W. REIN,
efs. "Seandie,. who has turned over all
sorts of leaves and who Is sticking TO It
like grim death There is said To be
something behind his sudden change Of
heart and it is whispered that he IN
tends To get out a marriage license III A
few weeks.