The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20

land as well as the Ymir and Salmon
river district"
The Ymir Miner offers the following
advice to Mr.. Heinze:
Mr.. Heinze should forestall the c.
F. r. and build the line from Say
ward through Ymir up Wild Horse
creek to kootenay lake, thus tapping a
rich district, and putting up a smelter
in Ymir camp
Vice President and General Manager
Bancroft Of the oregon Short Line
stated to n Salt Lake Herald reporter
that the entire contract for the con-
struction of the St. Anthony branch
had been let to the Corey Bros Co. of
Ogden The present contract includes
only the grading and the construction
of the bridges, several of which are
very large and will require considerable
time. The road is about 40 miles long,
extending from Idaho Falls to st. An
thony, and besides the main line there
will be a number of side tracks and
VS.. When asked about the laying II
the track, Mr.. Bancroft stated that it
had not yet been decided who would
do that work, but speaking of the bu.ld-
of the stations he said that all such
work would be done by the company.
An interesting feature of this matter
is that the contract work is to be com
pleted by the LIST of october. This Will
give the people of that section an OPP
portunity to ship out their fall crops by
rail.
Representatives of the contracting
firm were seen in Ogden and stated
that they would move on to the work
at once. They expect to utilize local
teams and labor for the job in SO far
as possible, as they have plenty of
work for their own outfits on their
contracts in Washington and along the
Oregon Short Line.
This company has a blanket con-
tract for all the improvement work of
the Oregon Short Line during the pres
ent year and is now massing large
force of men and teams a. Diamond
vile. where extensive side tracks are
being constructed.
Superintendent of Motive Power r.
G.. Dunn of the Oregon Short Line has
designed a new hinge coupler which is
something new in railroad circles. II
is to take the place of the usual coup
Ter or draw head on the front end of
locomotives. The new hinge coupler
is so arranged that when not in use
it drops down under the pilot out of
sight, the top of it being on line with
the face of the pilot. The new coupler
works like a hinge and is raised or
lowered by means of air. To raise or
lower it all that is necessary is for the
the engineer to turn a little valve in
the cab. The Oregon Short Line has
given the new device a thorough test
and found it to come up to the expec-
tations of the inventor. 1t has now
been on two of the engines for some
days and has given such complete sat-
isfaction that the Oregon Short Line
has decided to place them on all of
their engines. The object of having a
hinge coupler that drops down on
level with the face of the pilot when
not in use is to lessen the possibilities
of accident in case of running into COWS
or other animals. The danger with the
old style of coupler, which stands out
above the face of the pilot, is that
when an animal is struck it is apt to
be caught by the coupler and thrown
back onto the track and frequently
the train. With the adoption
of Mr.. Dunn's coupler this danger is
greatly lessened, if not altogether done
away with. The new device is SO SIM
pie and so effective that it is probable
that it will be adopted by the leading
railways of the country in the near flu
ture
Mr.. Dunn has applied for a patent,
SO as to protect himself in the matter.
G. II. Asper has been appointed chief
clerk in the office of Acting Passenger