The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-28
A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
Leavitt Wants the Great North
ern to Pay $500.
THE TRAIN WAS DELAYED
the Park-Improvements at Lo-
gan-Burlington Fast
Train.

damages to adjust with M. B. Leavitt
the Spider and Fly man. Leavitt
seems to have an idea that Montana
offers special inducements to damage
claimants. Within half an hour after
he had arrived in Butte he had brought
an action against Bobby Gaylor for $500
damages for an alleged breach of con-
tract but Bobby got away from him.
The Spider company then started for
Great Falls to play a. date there last
Monday night, but mountain tunbed
over onto the Great Northern track
near Bernce and the train could not
get through that day, with the result
that the company lost one night and
subsequent date at some other town
had to be Cancelled.
1t is understood that Mr.. Leavitt
would like to have about $500 from the
Great Northern for the loss of profits
which he might have made had not the
mountain toppled over
Railroad talk is rampant at Boze-
man at this writing, says the Chronicle.
. Those interested in promoting and
pushing the scheme are now in the
country and will spend three weeks
there, at the end of which time the rail-
road will either go or not go, as the peo
pie may elect.
''The railroad to country people is re-
garded as essential, as they conclude
that good wagon roads in the lower
parts of the valley are simply out of
the question. They realize that a rail-
road will enhance the value of their
lands and make farming easier, besides
putting them in close touch with Boze-
man.
But in the city there seems to be a
hestancy. People are wont to inquire
who is back of it and who is to operate
it in the years to come? Whether it is
a branch or part of transcontinental
line? All of which the promoters can
not answer They simply ask BoZeman
to guarantee lump sum sufficient to
build depots, round houses, etc, and to
pay over the money when the road is
completed and cars running. The sum
requested of Bo2eman strikes us as be-
ing modest when one considers the need
this city has of a road running to the
park
The Northern Pacific company IS
making some very substantial improve
ments at Logan. Two work trains with
large crews are at work east of town, a
mammoth coal dock is being built in
which the loading of coal will be by
power, the yards are being enlarged
and the place looks quite lively to the
visitor. AS one of the citizens remark
ed. Logan has all kinds of railroad
men all the time and lots of en-
Zephyr,
A fast mail train on the Burlington
Saturday night made the run down
from Chicago to the Mississippi river a
distance of BOG miles. in 1879 minutes
This included 10 miles of slow running
through the company'S yards in this
city. The fast run was made to put the
train on schedule time after being de-
layed 2S minutes waiting. for the arrival
of the mail from the East.
The Northern Pacific has placed or
ders for about 400 miles of steel rails
The contract amounts to S750,000, and
indicates that the Northern Pacific is
preparing to carry on it's plans for al
early completion of all the extensions
under consideration.
On account of ill-health William For.
syth has handed in his resignation from
the position of superintendent of motive
power of the Northern Pacific, to TAXI
effect April 80. The position will prob
ably not be filled.