Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-23
Helena Does Not Like the New
N. p. Schedule.
BUTTE HAS THE BEST OF 1T
Some of the Many Homeseekers Ar
rived in Butte Today
Railroad Notes

Several local railroad men will leave
meeting which has been called by the
Helena Business Mems association for
tomorrow. 1t seems that the people of
Helena do not appreciate the new train
schedule of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road company, which, since the inaugu-
ration of the double train service, gives
Butte a shade the best of it, and this
meeting is called for the purpose of max
ing a vain effort to show the railroad
people the error of giving Butte a better
service than the Capital City.
The present situation is simply this:
One through train leaves St. Paul, going
west via Helena. Another through train
leaves st. Paul and goes west via Butte.
AS far as the through trains are con-
cerned the service is exactly the same.
But a stub leaves Butte and connect at
Logan with the through train en- route to
Helena. This stub was put on on ac-
u of the immense amount of Butte
business, and to this stub the Business
Mems association propose to demur at
tomorrow's meeting. The association will
Jolly the railroad people and ask for a
stub connecting Helena with the Butte
bound trains, and if this cannot be lad
without the abandonment of the Butte
stub service, they will even make a re-
quest for such action.
For a small town. when to
Butte, Helena is enjoying an excellent
service, in the opinion of local railroad
men. The Great Northern service COM
prises four trains daily, two of which are
through trains and two local, two
through Northern Pacific trains, besides
a local connecting the city with Boulder
and Wickes. If the Northern Pacific
company should give Helena what she
wants, Butte would be deprived of what
she is entitled to by reason of her COM
merclal importance. But these matters
are usually regulated by the volume Of
business, wherein Butte should have a
lead pipe cinch.
! A large number Of homeseekers arrived
in Butte on the Great Northern train this
morning, and on the Northern Pacific
this afternoon. The bulk of those who
made the trip via the Great Northern
went west via Helena and did not stop in
Butte. Two sections of the Northern Pa
ci1c, loaded with these people, who have
come into the great west to carve out
their fortunes, consolidated at Logan and
arrived in Butte about 2 o'clock this af-
ternOon. They are now taking in the
sights of the greatest mining camp on
earth, under the supervision of j. E.. Nc
Cormick n several assistants. They are
very much pleased with the city.
1.-The Northern Pacific people are doing
exceedingly we'll with their new double
daily service. Up to the present time
twelve rains have arrived at Portland,
Ore, nine of which have been or time
and only one seriously delayed. During
the same period twelve trains AVE ar
rived at ST. Paul, of which nine have
been on time and only three behind time,
the greatest delay being one hour. Con-
sidering the fast schedule and the time of
the year when it was inaugurated, that
is, when we are having changeable
weather., and that the distance to Port
land is 2,056 Ties, this performance is ex-
ceedingly complimentary to that road"
says the Pioneer Press.
"Some idea Of what the Northern Pa