The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-16
BUTTE NEWS.
DRIVE A COPPER SPIKE
Nodded From the Red Metal of
the Seven Devils District.
A NEW ROAD FROM WEISER
Invitations From the Board OF Trade OF
That Hustling Idaho City-More Ex-
pansion for the @. B. g. @.
Railroad Talk.

Invitations have been received in
Butte from the Weiser board of trade
and E. S. Merritt, general manager or
the Pacific & Idaho Northern railway
to be present at the driving of the first
spike for the new railway, which will
take place at Weiser to-day with elab-
crate ceremonies. The spike to be driv-
en- is made of Seven Devils copper.
The programme of exercises for the
occasion includes addresses by Mayor
Galloway of Weiser Governor Steun-
enberg and others. The event will
mark great era of prosperity for that
part of Idaho.
The new railroad has contracted for
10000 tons of 65-pound steel. Lewis A.
Hall is the financial and executive
head of the road, which is to be built
from Weiser to the Seven Devils and
the Buffalo Hump region, and L. G.
Wilkinson has the contract for build
the road. Track laying will begin at
once, as the company is anxious to
get the line running to the new mining
region.
II is stated upon good authority that
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy con-
templates an outright ownership OF
several Of the most important lines
which now are operated by it under
leases. The roads mentioned in the
report are the Hannibal & St. Joseph,
the st. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern,
the Kansas City, Burlington & Kansas
City and the two narrow gauge lines
the Burlington & Northwestern and
the Burlington & Western. In all of
these properties the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy already has controlling inter-
est by virtue of it's holdings of stock.
The combined capital of the short
lines mentioned is about $50, 100000 If
they become a part of the Burlington
property it will be necessary ITO in
crease the capitalization of that prop
erty by about that amount:
The Chicago, Burlington & Kansas
City runs from Viele to Bloomfield
Junction, SO miles, and from Moulton,
Iowa, to Carrollton, Mo-, 121 miles. 1t
owns a total of II locomotives and 234
cars of all classes.
The Hannibal & st. Joseps owns 2S9
miles of track and operates 297 miles.
The Burlington owns all but 60 shares
Of the common stock and all but five
shares of the preferred stock. The
bridge across the Missouri river at
Kansas City is owned by this COM
pany.
The Kansas City, st. Joseph & Coun-
Gil Bluffs owns 80 miles and operates
all LOlQ 3Lo miles. IL HAS IL IpcDHlotiNco
and a total of 1913 cars of all descrlp-
tons. The capital stock and the in
come bonds of this company were pur-
chased by the Burlington in 1880.
The st. Louis, Keokuk & Northwest
ern owns 225 miles of track and oper-
ates 2s7 miles. 1t has q locomotives
and total of 557 cars.
The Burlington & Northwestern, one
of the narrow gauge lines. is So miles
in length, running from Mediapois to
Washington, Iowa. 1t has a third rail
by means of which the wide gauge cars
of the Burlington are operated over it.
The Burlington & Western, the other
narrow gauge line, is 104 miles long
running from Winfield, Iowa, to Bur-
lington. 1t has a total of 225 cars.
B. D. Caldwell, chairman of the west
ern Passenger association, says immi-
grant rates are by no means in as bad
condition as reports indicate. They
are, on the other hand, in a compare
lively good condition. AS regards i'm
migration he says the movement is i'm
mense, being about double that of or
binary times. One day last week the
bureau handled 1000 immigrants in
New York. The great majority came
from Italy, almost one-half of them,
in fact. The Italian are going princi-
pally to California to engage in the
wine business, but the large numbers
are attracted to the iron mines of
Northern Minnesota and the copper
mines of the Northern Peninsula of
Michigan. Many stay in New York
and a few join the ranks of track la
borers on the Western roads.
Mr. Caldwell is pleased with the pro-
gress that the new Western Passenger