The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-22
NEW QUARTERS READY
The Northern Pacific Will Move
Next Month.
\ CONVENIENT CHANGE
Wheat Yield Will Be as Large as Last
Year-An Advance in Rates.
interchangeable Ex-
cess Baggage.

On the first of next month the North
ern Pacific will begin using the new
quarters that have been in construc-
ton at East Butte during the past
summer for the local department Of
motive power. These quarters have
been built according to the latest ideas
and are as complete and convenient
as it is possible to make them. They
include big roundhouse with % stalls.
lighted by its own electric plant and
fitted up with all the latest improve
ments. There are new coal docks,
which do away with the old laborious
method of coaling; new sand houses
and oil houses, and altogether the local
end of the motive power department
will be as well equipped as in any
city on the line. Heretofore the en-
gines have been accommodated at Mon
tana Union yards. The change will be
a convenient one for the Northern Pa
cif1c.
The present movement of wheat from
the West to the head of the lakes is
causing eastern carriers much concern.
Wheat rates have advanced until the
tariff in effect at present over both all
rail and lake and rail lines is three
times as much as the same tariffs aver
age for the past five years. The lines
cannot handle more than 60 to 65 per
cent of the amount of wheat and grain
products carried last year, and the all
rail lines are suffering a scarcity of
cars which will act to materially reduce
the amount which they will be able to
transport.
The wheat movement this year, on
the authority of freight agents, will be
nearly as large as last year. The loss
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weather and other damaging agents.
will be made up in a large measure by
the shipments of grain from the West,
which has been in storehouse since last
year.
The Travelling Passenger Agents as
ISOLATION, which has been in session in
Denver, will spend a day in Salt Lake,
arriving there tomorrow noon, and re-
turning East Sunday night. Charles
A. Davidson, city ticket agent of the
Rio Grande Western. will go to Salt
Lake to-day to mingle with his breth-
rem.
Among the more important things to
be considered at the meeting of the
Western Passenger association to be
held at Chicago next Tuesday will he
the question of interchangeable excess
baggage, a proposition to require exc
cution of return portions of tickets be-
whether or not the association agree
ment should be made to specifically
prohibit the checking of baggage for
ticket brokers on tickets used by their
customers, a suggestion that free al
1owance of baggage may be made to
apply only to the sale # tickets hat
yield a revenue to the company OF not
less than so cents, the withdrawal of
the 3,000-rnile tickets and the equaliZa-
ton of transatlantic steamship fares
from Chicago by way Of Boston.
The war between the Burlington and
the Kansas City, Fort Scott ~ Mem
phis over the Kansas CityOmaha diff
ferentials grows interesting. Bates en-
packing house products from Kansas
City and Omaha to Ohio river points
have practically reached rock bottom.
and one more reduction by either of the
lines will wipe out the rate entirn'y and
give the packers at Missouri river
points a chance to ship their product
to the southeast free of charge. The
Burlington last Satu day morning
made a fresh onslaught on the rates
and Gu. them to s cents a hundred
pounds from Omaha to Ohio river
points. The Kansai City, Fort Scot. Il
Memphis net the attack boldly and at
once cedu ed the rate from Kansas
City to Memphis to cents. The Mis-
souri, Pacific has had enough 0, the un-
profitable fight and has aba nd oned the
contest. 1t has restored it's packing
house rates to normal tariff.
Conductors on the Great Northern
have recently been notified that they
are expected to hereafter furnish 4
bond in the sum of ST goo to indemnify
the company against any loss THAI may
be incurred through their fault. Yes