The Anaconda standard., 1899-06-12
THE \. P'S NEW SCHE0U[ T
Another Time Gard for the EN-
ployes to Learn.
TWO TRAINS ARE DROPPED
Reversion to the Former Single Over
land Service-CopperC City Linn
ited-Death of Fl. G.
Rslf.

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new time card to con and learn by
rote'' The present year has kept them
| busy at this occupation-as soon as
they have learned to keep line on the
| trains on one card another has been
| sprung on them and they have had the
| lesson to study all over again. The
card that is before them now for con-
| sideration fortunately will not tax
| them severely. The changes this time
| are few. The trains numbered 3 and
4 are dropped from the schedule and
the line will revert to its former single
overland train service. The new No.
train, westbound, will run on nearly
the same time as the present No. 3
and will reach Missoula a 2:40 in the
afternoon 1t had been the hope of
Missoula people that the new card
would give them the morning west
bound train of year ago, but they
are glad that the train is made no later
than it has been. The easthnund over
land, No. 2, will reach Missoula an hour
| and 10 minutes later than al present,
| 5:45 instead of 4:30 p. m. These are the
| only changes in the overland card.
| There has been a general expression
| of satisfaction over the announcement
| made in the Standard to-day that the
| Copper City Limited is to be restored to
! it's old place on the local card, This
| train last summer proved to be the
greatest convenience that Western
| Montana has ever enjoyed. II afforded
| direct connection between the cities OF
| Butte, Anaconda, Missoula and Haml-
| ton and obviated the necessity OF
| changes of cars in the journey between
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| on the Rocky mountain division that
| was as well patronzed as this one and
| it is reasonable to suppose that the
| business of the train this year will be
| even better than it was in 1898. The
| copper and green cars of this train are
| we'll known to all travellers over this
| division and it is a source of much
qualification that they are to be re-
| leased from the ignominy of the posi-
| ton they have held this wlnter-trail-
| ing a slow end of a long line of box
| cars-and restored to their old-time
prestige-the makeup of the best and
| fastest train on the line. The Copper
City Limited will this season make the
| same time a S before. 1t will reach Mis-
soula from Butte at 5:35 in the after
noon and will arrive at Hamilton at
| 1922 in time for dinner. The Butte
merchant can leave his home at 2
! o'clock Saturday afternoon and can be
in Hamilton for dinner that evening.
He can spend Sunday in the Bitter Root
valley and then be back at his store by
noon on Monday. The train will leave
Hamilton at 6:44 in the morning and
Missoula at $40. This arrangement is
| very satisfactory.
The most unfortunate in all the long
series of deaths on the Rocky mountain
division that have been chronicled this
spring was the accidental drowning Of
r. c. Relf near Plains on Friday. Mr..
Relf was well known in Missoula and
was a general favorte among his ac-
quaintances. He entered the service of
the road in it's early days in subordi-
nate position in the engineering depart
ment and had risen through the differ
ent grades to the responsible position OF
! first assistant to the chief engineer of
the Western department. He was an
expert in his line and his advice and
counsel was much sought after. He
came to Missoula in 1888 as clerk in the
bridge and building department and
during his residence in this city num-
bered all of the best people here as his
friends. To them the news of his death
was a severe shock. Mr. Relf was but
35 years old. He left wife and four
children
The work that brought Mr.. Relf to
Missoula on what proved TO be his last
trip was the investigation of one of the
strangest accidents that ever occurred
on this division. 1t was the big slide
on the Occur d'Alene branch that was
reported in the Standard about a week
ago. The slide occurred in place that
was supposed to be solid, but 200 feet of
the roadbed went out from under the
track and left the rails suspended in
midair. The slide was wholly uneX-
pected and it is very fortunate that it
l.. IT, ~,
passing over the spot. A new track was
built around the slide and the Interrupt
ton to traffic was slight.
The sinkhole near Plains, where Mr.,
Relf was drowned, has for years been
one of the dangerous spots on the road.
Several times the roadbed has gone
down into the quicksand beneath and
twice serious accidents to trains have
been narrowly averted. Mr.. Relf had
examined the Coeur d'Alene slide the
day before and had gone down to
Plains to look at this danger spot He
was accompanied by Division Engineer
| Wyche, with whom he had served in
former years on the Union Pacific, be-
fore either of them came to the north
| ern road.
| This springs traffic in the live stock
line has been very heavy. The reports
Of sheep and cattle business show that
it exceeds the record of any previous
year by a large margin. Most of the
sheep and cattle moved have been
brought from oregon and Washington
: for feeding on the rich Montana ranges
this summer and some of them have
been imported for winter feeding on
+ the farms of the western valleys of the
state. The MissOula stock yards have
been occupied most of the time since
the shipping season opened
The new book of rules continues to
furnish fruitful source of discussion
for railway men in all departments.
Dispatchers. trainmen and trackmen
all have their special problems 10 dis
cuss and there are sure to be talked
: over whenever any of them get to-
t gether. There have been more collisions