The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-16

The land department OF the Northern
Pacific has on exhibition a handsome
car ladened with grain and fruit from
Montana. oregon, Washington and Ida
no. The exhibit is a splendid one. the
exhibits Of grain, wool and ore from
Montana in a measure showing the
great diversity of the products ana IN
dustries Of this state.
After being lost for 30 long years or
more the celebrated corner stone OF the
Baltimore a Ohio railroad has been
found, and is ready To be viewed as one
OF the sights of "A century almost gone.
Ii does seem strange that such an
important and valuab relic as a rail
road corner stone should be lost for
years and years. One would think that
personal pride on the part Of a great
corporation would have preserved it's To-
! cation in its archives. but h is every
body's business proved in this case that
nobody attended to 1t.
Several months ago some seeker for
the unusual developed the fact that
the Baltimore a. Ohio would be 20 years
old on July 4. 1898. \ search Of Balti-
more libraries and the stalls and stores
of ancient booksellers brought to light
some very Interesting data. and then
the question was asked. Where Is the
corner stone?' Everybody knew that
there had been a corner stone laid with
Sutu llllffE-lNf ftl'iilbNa hhH lf'hiif Va
parade that books have been written
about it. but no one knew where ii was.
The oldest employe had forgotten, and
there was nothing in the maintenance OF
way archives that Woul locate 1t. Then
came a search. II must be in Baltimore,
and near where the first rails were laid.
An old pamphlet gave the first clew.
The Baltimore & Ohio began near
what is now Mount Claire Junction,
near the great Baltimore & Ohio shops,
i'm the southwestern part Of Baltimore.
After several weeks patient search the
only railroad corner stone was located.
three feet below the surface and very
near the present tracks.
Steps were at once taken to protect
It from vandals and now a new base Is
being chiseled from marble. an orna-
mental iron fence forged, and before
long this seventy-year-old relic VIII be
lifted from it's underground resting
place and be exhibited on the exact
| spot where the venerable Charles Car
roll. of Carrollton, laid ii almost three
quarters of a century ago.
The inscription on the stone reads as
follows:
This stone presented by the stone
cutters Of Baltimore in commemora-
ton of the commencement Of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad was here
placed on the ith of July. 1928. by the
] tiTanu Lodge OF y ldIiii dSSlS''u ~
Charles Carroll, Of Carrollton, the last
surviving signe of the Declaration of
Independence. and under the direction
OF the President and Directors of the
Railroad Company"
General Passenger Agent Fee, Of he
Northern Pacific. has received a tele-
gram from General Passenger Agent
McNicoll. Of the Canadian Pacific,
which will set at rest all doubts re-
garding the Canadian Pacitic's inten-
ton to absolutely restore passenger
rates Sept. % as previously announced.
Mr.. McNicoll said that his company
would raise the rates from the east TO
the Pacific coast TO the lowest basis in
use via American lines, making the
first class limited rate from st. Paul
10 the Pacific coast $50 and the second
class $40. which were the rates in ef-
feet before the rate war began last
February via the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern. on these rates the
Canadian Pacific demanded its differ
entails Of s. and $3.50. which have now
been withdrawn. HenCeforth the rates
will be the same over all lines.
Mr.. McNicoll further stated that he
had revised the sheet so as to base the
Chicago-St. Paul rate on $ll.5O. normal
tariff. which the st. Paul-ChiCago lines
at their meeting In st. Paul last week
decided To restore sept. 81. The Can
adam Pacific had intended 20 use the
cut rate Of s.. then i'm effect, and still
in effect. but assuming that the local
ines were acting in good faith in re-
storing normal tariffs Sept. 81, changed
its sheet accordingly. There thus seems
TO remain not even a shadow Of doubt
that the Canadian Pacific intends TO
carry out its announcement to the let
ter.
The advances In passenger rates In
no respect affect freight rates. The
latter situation remains as IL was left
by the Denver meeting and the freight
rate differential issue will be decided
by arbitration.
In addition TO figures previously oh
tanned from advance sheets of the
Northern PacinC's annual report. the
following traffic showing Is made:
Passenger and freight
Gross earnings from opera
ton per mile (average).... s. ,24s. 62
Operating expense per mile