The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
WHARTON NOW MANAGER
Road in Receivers Hand Since
August IL, 1897.
IS NOW A NEW SYSTEM
The Receiver VIII Turn Over Property
Representing a Cost OF $500 ooO
Many More Improve
ments Promised.

! 1t is now Manager Wharton of the
street railway company Yesterday the
cause of the Massachusetts Loan &
Trust company vs.. the Butte Consol-
| dated Railway company was dismissed
| in the United States court and an Or
| der to Receiver J. r. Wharton to turn
| the property over to the Butte Con-
solidated and Silver Bow Railway COM
| panles was entered. By this process
of law the road, which has been in
the hands of Receiver Wharton since
August II, 1897, is now turned over to
Manager j. r. Wharton of the Butte
| Consolidated and Silver Bow Railway
| companies.
| When Mr.. Wharton was appointed re-
! ceiver of the Butte Consolidated the
latter company had just been formed
out of the old Metropolitan and Butte
| street Railway companies. In the
spring OF 1893 the Silver Bow Railway
| company was formed by w. A. Clark
| and w. l.. Hoge to build the Center
| vile, South Main and Columbia Gar
| dens lines.
! Just so soon as the legal way can be
| paved reorganization of the two COM
| nanies will be effected and then the
| street car railway will be given name
I 1t will probably take the name of one
| OF the consolidated companies, or ii
| may be christened under an entirely diff
| ferent name. This was Manager Whar-
| tons suggestion yesterday when speak
ing to Standard reporter with ref
| erence to the dismissal of the cause
as settled in the federal court.
| When / took hold of the old road"
| said Mr. Wharton, there were nine
passenger cars and track that need
ed repairing. l have just told Messrs.
| Clark and Hoge that by the LIST Of Oc-
| tober next | will turn over to them an
| entirely new system, representing
| cost of between 100000 and $500, 000 all
| first class, Of the best material and ca
| pable of years of use with little eX-
pense for repairs"
Asked as to future plans. Manager
| Wharton said: we will continue to
we will start today to tear out the
| Arizona street and Utah avenue double
! tracks and replace them with new So
| pound steel on new fir ties. This work
we hope to finish by the LIST of October.
| We are getting figures on new power
| house, to cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
| AS to the site, we have not deter
| mined whether to build on the old one
| down on First street, or on a new site.
We will then abandon the old cable
| house, which has been used as an aux
| iliary. AS to extending on the west
will be done until the city plats the
| additions and establishes the grades.
THE Columbia Gardens will be com
pletely transformed, as it is our inten-
ton to make very beautiful place out
there New and spacious buildings will
be put up and the contracts will call
for their completion by May l next.
We will also build larger green houses,
which will enable us to grow many
plants not seen at the resort this sum-
mer. We intend to show the public
what can be done in this line in these
parts.
I'VE now have q passenger cars. and
will add six more to the list next sum-
mer. and they will be of the Jumbo
plan, such as are now in use on the
race track and gardens lines. Our
power will be increased to enable us
to handle $4,000 passengers every day,
| and $4,000 extra on special days, with
out Gripping the regular service.
LAS to the improvements made and
the extensions of lines, l Will say that
they have all been made to meet the
increasing demand of the public for
street car service; and l feel that they
have been profitable expenditures. The
South Main street line was, however,
built with some reluctance on my part,
but in order to secure franchises which
promised much and have paid it was
necessary to concede to the wishes of
the representatives in the city coun-
Gil of the patrons in the districts trav-
ersed by the South Main street line.
This line Is little more than paying
expenses and will, no doubt, pay bet
ter in the future"
The final report submitted by Re-
ceiver Wharton to the United States
court is concise statement of the
business of the company since he was
appointed receiver. The report of the
receipts and disbursements is a graft
flying showing of the management.
The old cable line to Walkerville was
abandoned two months after the road
went into the hands of the receiver,
and in August, 1898, one year later the
Centerville line was completed. The
receipts from this line since it began
TO operate, IL months ago, are S32,
$3.50. The new Columbia Gardens line
was completed last June, and the re-
port shows tina. it has turned into the
treasury up to September ). s20S45.95,
including, rents and privileges. The
principal source of revenue from the
various lines are the Centerville South
Butte. Meaderville and freight lines
which show receipts from August 1897,
to Septemher 5, 1899, as follows:
South Butte ........... ...... 63,516 20
Freight or ore line (Montana
street, 800 -. ...-........ $50 40
CenterVille -. ......... 30 S65 20
The totals, taken from the tabulated
sheets, showing receipts and disburse-
ments from August, 1897 to September
5. 1899, the date of the receivers final
report TO the court are as follows:
Receipts, 1897
August dnc'd'g cash on hands 1885 50
September '.......-...'.. 1876 90
October 80. ..........--... lli6I 02
November 80. ................ 1886 50
December .......'...... ...... 11,0e5 SO
1898