The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-16
AMONG RAILROAD men
A Valuable Booklet Issued by
the Great Northern.
ABOUT GREATER AMERICA
Sketches of the Pacific Colonies of the
United States Importance of ORR
entail Trade-Means Much
for the West.

| The Great Northern has issued val
| liable little book about Greater Amer
ica," giving a description of the new
| Pacific colonies of the United States.
1t gives historical sketches of the Ha-
waiian islands, Alaska, the Philippines,
Ladrone Islands, Weeks Islands, How
land and Baker Islands, also of Samoa,
the Carolinas, Cuba and Porto Rico
and Navassa Island together with an
account of their development, climate,
resources and possibilities. The book
is especially valuable and convenient
because of it's comprehensiveness in
condensed and compact form. In
issuing the book General Passenger
Agent Whitney says:
1.-THE idea is to direct the attention of
a selected number of leading business
men of the Northwest to few points
bearing upon the immense Importance
of Oriental and Pacific trade to the
Northwestern and Pacific states, and
the vast possibilities that exist for the
development of it's resources by the fos-
tering of foreign commerce. What the
Northwest needs is more people, more
with brains, muscle or money. The far
East with it's enormous population
stands ready to take our surplus of food
products, machinery, lumber coal, iron,
etc. Shall we carry it to them in our
own ships or be dependent upon others
to serve us, as their interest may die
tate, paying to foreign shipowners mill
lions Of dollars for the transport of
American products? If We take advan-
tage, now, of the Immensely important
opportunity presented to us. then the
tide of Oriental commerce that is des-
tined soon to assume vast proportions
can be diverted to the west coast of
the United States, and, as a natural
consequence, the Northwest will enter
upon an era of prosperity that Avill set
tie it's vacant lands, fill it's towns and
cities with busy merchants and darken
the western skies with the smoke of
its factories and steamships"
w. S. Webb, third vice president of
the New York Central, will leave New
York on Feb. % with a party of So,
and come to Southern California, says
the Los Angeles Herald. First Vice
President Clark of the same road Wis
tied this city short time ago, and
Edgar Van Etten, general superlntend-
ent of the road, arrived here last Fri
day and is still! here. The visit of so
many high officials of the New York
Central IS thought to imply that the
Vanderbilt road viii have an outlet
to the Pacific coast in short time,
probably through the Utah & Pacific
from Milford, Utah, to this city. An
engineer who recently arrived in this
city from Utah reports that tracklay-
ing is going on rapidly to the south of
Milford. The roadbed has long been
graded and is yet in good condition, so
very little work is necessary before
laying ties and rails. This preliminary
grading. extends for 14O miles from Mil
ately preceding the Barring Bros.
failure, which materially crippled the
Union Pacific. The work was done
under Charles Francis Adams, at that
time president of the Union Pacific. A
change in the board of directors led to
a change in the presidency, and the
work was discontinued. 1t is now sup
posed that three outlets to the Pacific
coast will be secured by the Union Pa
cific, one over the Oregon Short Line
to Portland and Seattle, a second to
San Francisco and a third from Ogden
to Los Angeles.
The Pullman shops have recently con-
structed a number of sleeping cars for
operation on different lines throughout
the. country which will be known as
ordinary sleeping cars to distinguish
cars are superior to the tourist car,
being finished in the natural wood,
instead of being painted and grained,
and are equipped with wide vestibules,
Pintsch gas lamps and other convent
ences. 1t is the intention to accommo-
date in them a certain class of travel
that does not care to take advantage
of the accommodations provided by
the standard cars. The berth rate in
these cars will be one-half that charged
in the standard cars. -
1.-The Baltimore & Ohio will begin the
use of the ordinary sleepers in con-
junction with the regular sleepers next
Monday" said Vice, President T. H.
Wickes of Pullman's company. "Sx
cars will go into operation at once.
We have just completed 20 of the new
sleepers, and are working on 20 more.
We believe the introduction of these
cars on the Baltimore & Ohio will lead
to their general adoption on all the
leading railroads of the country The
ordinary is nothing more or less than
an improved tourist sleeper. which has
been in use on the Western lines for 10
years.
"Of course, these cars are not as
finely finished as the standard sleepers,
but they contain everything necessary
for comfort. The seats are rattan, in
stead of plush. and the decorations are
not SO extensive. But the sleeping
berths are all that can be wished"
]. Ross Maggie, travelling passenger
agent of the Union Pacific, has re-
signed to accept a position with the |
Short Line in its Portland office.
Robert Rantoul, division freight |
agent of the Northern Pacific and w. |
j. Cantone, division engineer of the
same road, are in Butte.
Paris of To-day-the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for |
delivery upon payment of $40 in ad- |
vance for one years subscription to /
the Standard. Can be obtained at |
Standard office in Butte, Anaconda, |
MiSsoula or Great Falls