The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
o. S, L. Double Train Service Is
a Success.
MEETS ALL EXPECTATIONS
A New Road to Place Boise on the Main
Line-It Will Straighten Out the
Line-Rio Grande Western
Dining Service.

The Oregon Short Lines double train
service is proving great success and
the business promises to meet all ex-
pectations. Both trains from the south
have, since the inauguration of the ser
vice, been crowded, and the travel from
Butte has also been large
| The latest report of Short Line inn
provements Is that the road has decided
to build 80 miles of new road at Boise
so as to place that city on the main
line. At present Boise is situated 20
miles off the main line, and it will he
necessary to build 80 miles of track to
make the main line pass through that
city. 1t will not only benefit the people
of Boise, but will straighten out the
main line considerable, thus enabling
the railroad to make better time be-
tween Pocatello and Huntington.
This news will be hailed with joy by
the people of Boise, as they have been
fighting and working to be put on the
main line for many years, and now
that their dreams are about to be re-
allied they will appreciate the spirit
of progress that animates the Short
Line management.
".
branch will make 70 miles OF new road
to be constructed the present year, m
volving the expenditure of many hum
dreds of thousands of dollars and Civ
ing employment to a host of workmen.
There could be no better evidence of
the roads prosperity.
Yesterday was inaugural day for the
new Rio Grande Western dining ser
vice, and If yesterdays business is to
be taken as a criterion the service will
prove eminently satisfactory to the
company and the public alike, says the
Salt Lake Herald of Friday.
When the beautiful salt Lake."
which has already been described in
she was Immediately filled with hun
cry tourists and before reaching this
city 80 people had taken breakfast and
all pronounced the service of the best.
At Salt Lake the car took on a party
of representatives of the press of this
city and Ogden, who We're the guests
of General Passenger Agent Wadleigh.
Luncheon began Immediately and what
a spread it was! Mr.. Vigus of the as
ISOLATED press said the only way to
stop eating was to get off the train.
When the party reached Ogden about
the 'steenth bottle of fluid had evapor
ated and it was necessary to side track
the diner as the chef, j. G. Eichom,
had yet few more palatable dainties
to bring forth.
The service is an excellent one and
the travelling public is to be envied. The
car runs like a Pullman and everything
about is so neat and clean and the
employees so courteous and skillful that
the public cannot help but be satisfied.
The cars are now attached to all
through trains between Glenwood
Springs and Ogden and in a few days
the Denver & Rio Grande will have its
three cars, which are duplicates of the
| salt Lake." on the Denver end of the
run. Mr. Wadleigh stated that after
the meals have been served, the car
would be open to all first-class passen-
gers to pass in and lounge around. This
will be an additional attraction as the
car is furnished with very comfortable
chairs, which can be moved around
anywhere in place of being attached to
the floor, and the choicest liquors and
cigars are served at all hours. If there
is a royal road to peoples hearts
through their stomachs, Mr.. Wadleigh
certainly understands it as well as he
does railroading.
Owing to disastrous floods the April
statement of the Northern Pacific
shows a big increase in the operating
expenses. The statement follows:
1899 1898.
Gross earnings ......S1,sS5,S14 $1,S50,S17
Operating expenses 1,1O2712 909,459
Net earnings 49,. $4,000 941, 35S
For the 10 months ending April 30 the
net earnings were $1O,997 Cos, an IN
crease of 1894, S77. The net operating in
come for the same period was 50, 42S, 1924,
an increase of 1885, S22 The net income
of the main and proprietary lines for
the 10 months was $9,9SO,904, an increase
of $419,13 over the same period the pre-
vious fiscal year.
The statement of the gross earnings
of the Oregon Short Line for the month
of April shows another handsome in
crease. When it earned $514, 1924 in
the month of April. 1898, people thought
it wonderful. breaking all previous rec
ords, but for the month of April, 1899.
the statement shows earnings amount
ing to $626,93394, an increase of $112,-
636.70 over the same month last year.
For the 10 months ending April 90,
1899, the gross earnings are $6,175,912.37,
an increase of 81 Ola 469.S5 over the same
10 months of last year
The business has improved in every
way, and the increase is due to i'm
provement all along the line.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad company reports for April
1899 1898.
Gross earnings ...S3, 249,S62 S3255, $3.50
Operating expenses 2,245,S91 2,24S,69
Net earnings ....... 1,003,971 1,006, 66S
Charges 80. ........ $4,000 S70,429
Surplus $500. ...... 1891 1888
Charles G. Lennon has resigned his