The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-25

Never thought of such thing. Whole
| story has no foundation"
All the Gould lines-Missouri Pa
| cific, Texas & Pacific. st. Louis South
| western and Wabash--are to be con.
solidated.
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
have made a friendly alliance, because
j. S. Kennedy. who owns much stock
but is not director, in the former, has
been chosen director in the latter. A
good sign, but all signs fail in rate
war.
A week ago the only consultations
reported to have been effected were as
follows:
Consolidation of the New York Cen
trail and Pennsylvania systems.
Consolidation of the Pennsylvania
and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee
Completion of a Vanderbilt transcon-
tinental railway system by control of
Boston & Albany, New York Central.
West Shore, Michigan Central Lake
Shore, Nickel Plate, Chicago & North
western, Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line.
Combination of interests in the Bal
timore & Ohio, Chicago Terminal
Transfer, Chicago & Alton and Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, with Union
Pacific included, for another transcon-
tlnental route.
Absorption of New York, New Haven
& Hartford and several other New Eng
land roads by New York Central.
Consolidation of Louisville & Nash
vile and Southern Railway.
Purchase of St Paul & Duluth by
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul with
out the knowledge of the latter.
The new geyser near Fountain hotel,
in the Yellowstone National park, is
a or
first anticipated. o. D. Wheeler of the
Northern Pacific passenger department,
who is now in the park, witnessed an
eruption of the spouter and wired
headquarters as follows: New geyser
has played twice in the last "a hours.
Has just finished after an hours eX-
hibition. 1t is the old Fountain geyser
broken out in another part of the
crater, playing from three vents, one
having an average diameter of 20 feet,
the other two five feet each in diameter.
Its eruption is a StupenduOus one,
much like Excelsior must have been;
especially when it plays from the three
apertures. Previous reports have not
exaggerated its display, nor can it be
exaggerated. 1t goes in spurts or ex-
plosions shakes the ground and throws
out pieces of formation rocks, bits of
trees, etc. Last evening the Clysydra
geyser played for an hour before a
large audience. 1t played from four
craters and the eruption was a beauti-
full one. The Great fountain also gave
an eruption by moonlight last night to
a delighted throng of tourists
Mr.. Fee is sending to Manager West
lake of the Fountain hotel, which is
close to the new geyser, large guam
tity of red fire powder to be used in
displaying the geyser at night.
When it comes to making improve
ments in all branches of railroad serv-
ice the Baltimore & Ohio railroad does
not have to retire from the front rank
AS nothing is too good for the Irish
so nothing is too good for Baltimore &
Ohio railroad patrons and a progressive
step in dining car service is being
taken. The Royal Blue line dining
cars are being shipped as rapidly as
possible to change the interiors so that
each car will have a table d'hote COM
partment and cafe. where the service
will be a la carte. This part of the car
will have easy chairs. tables and other
of first-class cafe where
gentlemen can smoke and eat without
with those who prefer diff
ferent state of things.
st. Paul to Chicago passenger rates
have gone to smash again on account