The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-13
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
Making Progress on the New
Coal Docks.
THE NEW TIME SCHEDULE
Generally Salts 'actory, Although the
STANDARD" Will Not Arrive Until AZ
ternoon-Talk About the New
Depot-Lewiston Cutoff.

Missoula, March 12.-Supervisor Weed
is making good progress with the con-
struction Of the new coal docks east of
the round house and the carpenters are
getting the superstructure well along.
The docks will have a capa city Of about
1000 tons and the plant will be one nf
the most complete on the entire system
All Of the handling of the coal will ce
done by machinery and no sh Dwelling Is
necessary from the time the cars are
pushed in on the track till the coal drops
down into the tenders of the locomo-
tives. 1t will provide storage capacity
for sufficient coal to prevent a shortage
effect great saving in the expense of
the coal. The system is similar
to the one employed in the small plant
recently completed at Garrison, but il
is much larger and will supply the en-
glnes that stop here. Its location will
add to the yard capacity at this place.
as 1t is removed from the main track a
considerable distance and is at the same
time more convenient for the engine
men on account of the arrangement of
tracks from the round house.
The new time card seems to be gener-
ally satisfactory. The only local COM
plant that is made is that the Stand
ard will not reach here till early in the
afternoon and the people of Missoula
have become so accustomed to having it
IN the morning that the change will be
somewhat inconvenient for a time. But
the people on the branch lines will have
better service than they have ever had,
as the trains have been arranged so as
to connect at junction points with the
fast mail trains east and west. The
Bitter Root train will leave Missoula
Immediately upon the arrival of No ,
and the Occur d'Alene train will depart
few minutes later. This will insure
good connections and prompt service on
all the branches. The Improvement in
the Phtlipsburg service will be material
There is some disappointment over the
fact that there will be no Garrison con-
nection with No. 1 and No. ,. as the
travel between MissOula and Butte and
Anaconda is becoming so heavy that
passengers would be glad of two trains
day each way between these points,
If the Copper City Limited is put on
again this spring, as has been promised
it Will remove this objection and, if it is
not put on again, it is probable that
with the two express trains, that will
answer the same purpose. Whatever
arrangement is made. the shippers of
the Bitter Root valley will be given
the same excellent facilities for deliver
ing their produce to the Anaconda and
Butte markets that was so satisfactory
last season. The railway company has
agreed to do this. and if it is not done
by means of the Copper City train. it
will be accomplished in some other
way. The farmers and gardeners of
the Bitter Root valley may go ahead
with their early work with the assur-
ance that they will be well taken care
of. The amount of this class of bust
ness that was done by the Copper City
Limited last season demonstrated the
Importance of the class of traffic. and
it will undoubtedly be much larger this
year.
The spring talk about the construc-
ton of the new depot has been renewed
and there is a strong tip out that il
will surely materialize this year. 1t is
known that the railway company will
make some extensive improvements in
its yards. and it is believed that the
depot will be 4 part of the work laid
out for the coming season. Tho cid
car shops have been removed and. as
soon as the weather permits the work
house will be commenced. The big
water tank. too, will BE- removed t.
point north Of the machine shops and
stand pipe erected near the site of
the present tank for the sunnly of loco
motives. All in all, this will be a very
busy year for the building depart
ment.
superintendent Russell has returned
from an inspection trip to Butte and all
Montana Union DninlS which tp
was accompanied by Assistant General
Superintendent Pearcc. who returned
yesterday to the coast. Mr. Russell!
says that Northern Pacttic's Butte bust
ness will this year be the largest that
it has ever been and that the big min
ing camp will have the best railway
facilities that 1t has every enjoyed. The
Northern Pacific has in contemplation
some radical changes that will mate
rally benefit Butte and Anaconda ana
these will be introduced as soon as pos
s.ble.
The talk about the Lewiston cutoff
fs running wild again. There has hpen
a contract let to r. l.. Greenough dur
ing the last week for the laying of the
steel on that part of the short line that
has been graded this winter and ii
is said that the construction work will
be pushed ahead this summer. Engin-
ecring parties are now in the field en-
nlCrng the Lou Lou Pass and the line
will certainly he located into MissOua
at once. \ prominent NIssuula man.
who has recently returned from St
Paul. saws that he was informed there
by the general officers of the road that
there would be no delay in the comn'c-
ton Of the line into Missnula This
will be good news to this city. and it
is hoped that the general officers meant