The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-29
CHEAP RAILROAD FARES
Several Excursions to California
This Spring.
AN IDAHO MINING BOOM
Buffalo Hump Will Eclipse Anything
Since the Palmy Days OF the
Csur dAlene - Division
OF U. P. Business.

The people of Montana will have sew
eral opportunities to visit California on
| cheap railroad fares this spring and
| summer. The first of them was an
| nounced yesterday by the Northern
| Pacific, which offers a round-trip rate
| of one fare to San Francisco for the
| Baptist anniversary. The fare will be
$55.25, good from May % to June so,
| and permitting stopovers within the
limits. Excursionists will have a choice
| of steamer or rail from Portland to
San Francisco. Tickets will be on sale
May II, IS, 10 and 90 The various roads
will also give a very low rate to Los
Angeles on the occasion of the National
| Teachers association meeting there in
July.
General Passenger Agent Fee of the
| Northern Pacific says the Buffalo
Hump country is about to have min
| ing boom that will eclipse anything
since the Occur d'Alene boom. The
hump lies between Columbia, Snake
and Salmon rivers, in the Clearwater
| country, where the Lewiston extension
is building. In 1S63-64, $1,O000O0 was
PANIED there from placers. Now great
er results are anticipated from quartz,
|
travel. Mr. Fee says he never saw it
| look brighter.
The Yellowstone Park association has
separated from the Northern Pacific
this year, but the latter is advertising
the park, and expects a good season.
The Northern Pacific will not sell tick
cts beyond Mammoth Hot Springs. Col
onist rates will remain so long as bust
ness is moving. The Union Pacific is
sore on account of this. Immigrant
| rates have been referred to the execu-
| tive officers, preliminary to scrap be-
tween Western lines, one of which de-
| mands more than its share of ticketins
| business on second-class rates that
should go through the immigrant bu-
reau as third-class.
| Western railroad officials are looking
for a struggle among the Chicago and
Omaha roads for a division of the Union
Pacific business. The Northwestern has
been enjoying for several years Drac-
tically monopoly of that business
The other Omaha roads protest that
they are not fairly treated and threat
en- a boycott if the Union Pacific con-
tinues to bestow its patronage on the
Northwestern ''
Another point on which the objeeting
lines are basng their complaints is the
transfer of so many Northwestern men
to positions of influence on the Union
Pacific. Agents of the former have
been assigned to important stations on
the latter, and it is said they use their
influence to direct all through traffic
over the Northwestern. Soliciting
agents for other roads find this condi-
ton an almost inSurmOunta BILE barrier.
This trouble has been threatened for a
long time, and competing lines have
given the subject considerable thought,
which. they think, in the event of being
| obi jrpa1 ma % n
success y - gs- E-EF r a
Engineer j. f. Kelley made lively
run from Chicago to Burlington Friday
night with Burlington fast mail No. Il.
The 206 miles were covered in 205 min
utes. From Aurora to Mendoza, AS
miles, was made in 81 minutes, and
from Galesburg to Burlington, A miles.
in Al minutes. The train arrived in
Burlington five minutes ahead of time.
The run was made with engine No.
1,512 and Hugh Kelley as fireman. All
previous records We're broken, and It is
marvellous feat considering the num-
Der of places at which the train has to
sacken speed on account of the track
being changed or brought to grade.
The Galesburg Republican says:
THE Burlington's new fast mail No.
Is made her premier run from Chicago
to Burlington last night. and estab-
lished a record that will attract atten-
ton all through the railroad world.
The train ran from Chicago to the river
city, a distance of 206 miles, reaching
Burlington in exactly 205 minutes from
the moment she pulled out of the Union
station at Chicago. The glory of the
run, which is unexcelled for the dis
lance, belongs to the doughty crack
ajack,' Engineer j. A. Kelley and his
fireman, Hugh Kelley. No. Is was
composed of four heavy mail cars ard
| J1-nS h1I cd INV "a
which has before this gained rank with
the few best engines on the road The
train left Chicago at $50 o'clock, 20
minutes late. The SO miles to Aurora
were covered in AZ minutes. Passing
Aurora at 1888 O'clock the flyer clipped
off the As miles to Mendoza in 81 min
utes, arriving there at 11:10 o'clock. A
stop of five minutes was made there.
The train skinned over the so miles
from Mendoza to this city in an even &c
minutes, reaching here at 1921 or six
minutes late. Three minutes were lost
here taking water. Darling out of here
like shot out OF a gun. Engineer kel-
ley sent the 1872 over the last AZ miles
of the run to Burlington in Al minutes,
reaching there at Ills o'clock, seven
minutes ahead of time.
1.-THE run is most remarka BILE. Just
out of Chicago is the extensive track
elevation which has necessitated the
slowing down Of trains. AT Princeton,
three miles of temporary track have TO
be covered at a low speed The Altoona
bridge, the two Bureau bridges and the
Burlington bridge all have to be crossed
at snairs pace All this. together with
the eight minutes of absolutely dead
time at Mendoza and Galesburg makes
the actual running time of the train
from Chicago to Burlington about 1888
minutes for the 206 miles, or at con-
slant gait of &c miles an hour. The run
is the first one in which the 206 miles.
Chicago to Burlington, have been COW
cred by train in 200 minutes or bet
ter. Engineer Kelley and Fireman
Kelley are receiving abundant congrat-
ulations over their magnificent run
A H Mohler, president of the Oregon
and Navigate was in the city yester-
day en- route home to the Pacific coast,
says the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Mr..