The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-06

profit 10 the constructors. William II.
Vanderbilt was grumbiing about its
price one day 500 after the transfer
TO him a been made.
why. II he Internal thing was nick
el-plated IL couldn't have cost more"
he said. And from hat day the road
has been known as the Nickel Plate"
N Minneapolis. st. Pau a Sault
Ste. Marie is called the $780," an alb
~breviation OF the latter name carrying
the correct pronunciation. The big
Four" cognomen came. not because OF
the our cities named in It's corporate
title. but from the consolidation OF four
different lines, the Cincinnati. ~Indianap-
oils. ST. Lou 4 Chicago. the Cleveland.
Columbus. Cincinnati q indianapolis.
h Indianapolis q ST. Louis. and the
Cairo. vincennes & Chicago.
The Chicago Great Western IL COM
monty called the Maple Leaf" because
It's main ines conform to the woody
lines of the leaf Of the tree named.
The Toledo. st. Louis a Kansas City is
called the Glover Lear for the same
reason.
The Cincinnati. New Orleans a. Texas
Pacific is known everywhere as the
Queen q Crescent" taking its name
from the titles of the two cities at it's
termini.
Inc Illlrbulks Toft NdsHt nlta
go is sometimes called by employees
Paddy Finnigan's Wife and Children"
on account of the initial letters of the
anne in the corporate title. The New
York. Pennsylvania a. Ohio secured the
title "Nypano" for the same reason.
Likewise the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
Is generally called the Katie"
Brandy a Soda" Is a name commonly
attached TO the Buffalo * Southwestern.
Thu 81 Iofns ArEapsaS A, Tcvas ia
known as the Cotton Belt" the name
coming from the chief product OF the re-
gion IL penetrates. blue Grass" IL the
pretty title Of the Kentucky Central.
has been given by the officials them
selves to the finest passenger train OPP
Grated over its rails.
The Southern Pacific is Familiarity
known as the SUNSET" and that name
given for n like reason.
Among railroad men the use of initials
to designate railroads IL the rule and
IL is noticed hat this habit is growing
on the public. The Baltimore & Ohio
has been known for years as the "B. a.
o." The Union Pacific is seldom called
anything but the ~. p" The Delaware
a. Hudson, even in the far West. is des-
ignated as the ID. a. H." Such exam
Piles. however. might be multiplied In
definitely.
I'VE don't blame the public for nick
naming our railroads." said a passen-
ger man yesterday. THE policy In man,
ing roads seems to be to work in just as
many titles of towns as possible. The
result is that the cognomen is a cum
bersome one. and II quickly Is shortened
for convenience. Unless the nickname
has come from some peculiar event II is
generally started by railroad men. and
from them 1t travels to the public. I
have noticed. too. that few nicknames
ever are dropped after they are once in
use.
The habit OF using these pet names
grows n among railroad men II IL un-
iversal. Two employees of the transpor-
talon companies will talk for hours
without ono mentioning the corporate
name of a single road. Such names as
the Nickel Plate Big Four n 'Clo-
Yer Leaf are SO commonly used that
no n person In a hundred who uses
them knows the corporate title of the
roads to which they are given"
Gross earnings of all roads reporting
for the first half of September show an
increase OF 46 per cent. over last year.
and earnings o the same as those
in 1892. The range roads stand out
pre-eminent. gaining thus far in Sep
TENDER PAL per cent. over last year and
11.6 per cent. over the same time in
1892. Southern roads show n gain Of 80
per cent. The Pacific roads, however.
show an important decrease compared
with 1892. The Southwestern lines make
the poorest exhibit of the group. losing
ga per cent. compared with last year.
This was due. however. mainly to delay
In moving cotton. inc IL should be made
up by relatively large gains In the COM
ing month.
TN. -. 4. -. IT,.
steamers. ranging from $500 TO $500
tons burden, for service between San
Diego and Yokohama and Hong Kong.
The first boat will leave San Diego
about Dec. Is.
Gross earnings OF the Northern Pa
cific for August were 81. 1s0,575. an in
crease Of $685., 0l5: net earnings, 81 .164.-
333: increase&42Dp. 679. Since July 1 net
earnings ind>e1lt<d s2ss ss5.