The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-06
THE LINE DISCONTINUED
Street Railway Track to Colum-
bia Gardens Abandoned.
IHEREWAS NO MONEY IN 1T
New South Main Street Line Will
Probably Bs in Operation by Next
sunday-Construction Delayed
by Rliny Weather.

The opportunities of the people of Butte
for an out Of door airing will be still
further restricted this year than hereto
fore. as there is to he no. Columbia gar
den. at least there are to be no street cars
running to the resort. although the place
will probably be open to people who can
afford to drive out. But for the poorer
people. who i'm seasons past have found q
trip tn the gardens one of the few OPP
%portunities for recreation they could az
ford, there will he no Columbia Gardens.
since there will be no means of cheap
transportation.
Manager Wharton has decided TO dis-
continue the car service to the gardens
entirely and the tracks will be torn up
and the line abandoned for all time Al
ready the wire has been torn down and
/ utilized I'm the construction of the new
|. South Main street line. and the rails from
the junction to the gardens. which are
too light for use on other portions OF tie
street railway company's lines. have been
sold to a junk dealer and in a few days
will be taken up and the line Will be a
thing of the past.
Manager Wharton. when asked yestcr-
day his reasons for abandoning the line.
said il had never paid and the company
had come to the conclusion 1t could lao
longer afford to maintain the service. An
tHoTt WdS IDdtt IN NV . VI 49,
season to secure the gardens by "A COM
pany which intended making a fine park
of the resort. and had the scheme cay
ried the car service would have been cor
tinued. but the negotiations fell through
and the street car company. needing Its
equipment for its new service. decided 20
give up the line. which had never been
made to pay its way.
In all probability the new South Main
street car line will be in operation by mex
Sunday. Manager Wharton stated yester-
terday that with three more days of good
weather the line would be completed. tn
wet weather has delayed the ~progress OF
the work of construction very greatly OF
the line would have been i'm operation be
fore this. Mr.. Wharton expects to get
enough good weather this week to allow
the line to be completed. and said yester'
day he was confident ears would be Iur'
ming by next Sunday. when the service or
the new line il established il will be al
least a 15-minute service, and perhaps q
12-minute.
The cars will run from Broadway and
the line will give a service from Broad
way to the Parrot smelter by way oi
South Main street. The fare will be tbs
same as on the South Butte line at pres
ent.
Work on the new Walkerville line ha,
! been retarded by the bad weather to thu
extent of keeping il almost at "A ~standstiil
and whereas it was expected when thu
work commenced to have cars running b!
the 18th of May. 1t will more likely nov
be the LIST of July before the line is II
operation. The road is graded to Center
vile. but that Is as far as 1t has bee
possible to carry the work and PRACTICAL.
all the rest of the work. including tn
construction of the iron bridges, remain
to he done.
The street car company is waiting 70
GOOD weather to begin its operation q
- arI h. tla fan a.
materials all ready to begin as soon as tn
weather permits. Mr.. Wharton promise
to keep up with the city i'm its part of tn
public improvements this year.