The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-11
AMONG RAILROAD MEN
Possible Changes in the Through
Service.
EXTRA TO BE TAKEN OFF
Nothing Certain About the Copper City
Limited - The Canadian Pacific
New TranscontinentaI
Service.

Nothing positive is known in Butte as
to the intentions of the Northern Pa
cific about reducing its through train
service and restoring the Copper City
Limited for the season between Butte
and Hamilton. The matter is under
consideration and it is even unofficially
announced that at recent conference
between President Hill of the Great
Northern and President Mellen of the
Northern Pacific an agreement was
reached whereby the latter agreed to
take off the extra Northern Pacific
through trains, but no official informa-
ton or instructions have yet been re-
ceived in Butte. 1t seems to be prob
able that the extra through train win
be taken off shortly and in that case
that the Copper City Limited service
will be restored 1t is certain, however,
that the change will not take place for
several days at least.
Western and transcontinenta1 passen-
ger officials are awaiting with great in
terest the installation of the Canadian
Pacitic's new fast transcontinental
train, which is to be called the I'm
perial Limited 1t is to run between
Montreal and vancouver in four days,
making close connections with the Soo-
Pacific road and all others which it
crosses. 1t will particularly reduce the
time to the Kootenai mining district,
over traffic to which the Canadian and
American lines have been fighting for
years. This new train may cause quite
change in existing conditions and its
advent is awaited with much curiosity
1t is the opinion that the faster service
Is the direct result of the order of the
interstate commerce commission, fol-
Lowing the great war of transcontinen-
tai fares year ago, in which it was
held that the Canadian Pacific may
make no lower rates than the lowest in
effect by its American competitors. Be
ing unable any longer to get traffic by
virtue of lower fares it has improved
it's service.
The sale of the Seattle & Northern for
100000 has been announced, and it is
stated that ]. J. Hill has acquired the
property. This will give the Great
Northern another connection that COW
ers one of the wealthiest parts of West
ern Washington, yields revenue of
$loo,oo0 year. and is tributary to the
entire SWinomish flats and the best
part of the Skagit valley The road is
" miles long, and its value is placed at
$l,oO0,00O 1t was built in 1890, and ii is
said that Mr.. Hill contemplates EXTEND
ing the line from Hamilton to Baker
and eventually into the Okanogan min
ing district, now famous as the Horse
shoe basin. Surveys have already been
made for these extensions, and as Mr..
Hill announces that the bulk of his
railroad construction this season will be
done in the far West, it is figured out
that this road will receive his atten-
ton.
Speaking of the now famous Clear
water branch of the Northern Pacific
railroad, Contractor Greenough saws
that the track. as far as laid is the
finest piece of work he has ever seen in
his 20 years of experience in track lay
ing. The ties are of fir with an eight
inch face and are lined on both sides
of the track. The track as laid between
Agatha and Potlatch is ballasted with
rock, and is as solid as concrete, The
road will cross the Clearwater twice,
once below Kamlah and once at tho
North Fork.
The contract for reducing the grades
and curves of the Great Northern south
west of Havre has been awarded to A
Guthrie & Co. of st. Paul.