The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-30
NEW SAFETY ENVELOPE.
Leibe Goes East to Interest Ex-
press Companies in Invention.
ON A TOUR OF lNSPEC TON
Northern Pacific District Freight Agent
Visits Butte Another Cut Off
Project on the Union Pacific.
Railroad Gossip.

J. e. Leibe, freight clerk in the office
of the Northern Pacific, will leaYe to-
day for New York for the purpose of
interesting eastern express companies in
safety envelope which he and
young man named Merritt the latter
| now travelling agent for the Northern
Pacific in Minnesota and North Da-
kota, invented some years ago and
| which has since been patented. The
envelope has been used by the Great
Northern Express company for num-
beE of years and Mr.. Lebe has just
received word from the Northern Pa
cific company that it would also begin
| the use of the envelope and pay him
a royalty for it. The Great Northern
has never paid anything for the use
| of the envelope, it having been given
! that company for the purpose OF in
| Producing it. The envelope is used for
! the transmission of money sent by eX-
| press and is so constructed that it is
| impossible to remove any portion of the
contents without detection.
Robert Rantoul, retiring district
| freight agent of the Northern Pacific.
| accompanied by Henry Blakely, his
| successor and formerly chief clerk Of
| J. nj. Hannaford, third vice president,
arrived in Butte yesterday from st.
| Paul They are making tour over the
road in Mr.. Rantoul's territory for the
| purpose of familiarizing the new agent
with the business and introducing him
| to other officials. Mr. Rantoul will go
with the Montana Railway company on
! the first Of the year.
a, special dispatch from Cheyenne
| 50 No Ty,iN D,, Sc ,riI
/ ering another big cutoff project, and
one which, if constructed, will shorten
| the main line of the road several miles
! and also do away with one of the
| steepest hills between Omaha and Og-
den. A corps Of surveyors, in charge
| of Engineer Sawyer, is now in the
| field east of Cheyenne running lines
! west Of Atkins, Is miles east Of here,
/ and enter the city from the northeast.
/ instead of from the east. as at pres
| ent. Sawyer has instructions to make
| the line straight shoot and with easy
| grades.
| Archer hill. which has always been
| a very expensive piece of track, ow-
| ing to its heavy grades, which neces-
| STATED helpers on all trains or the
/ freights doubling to get over the hill,
| will be avoided. Work on this cutoff
! will probably be begun in the spring.
The Northern Pacific has decided to
| open a general branch office at Van
couver. B. c.. and official announcement
| has been made of the appointment of
| j. o. McMullen as general agent at
| that place. He win have direct charge
/ of freight and passenger matters and
/ look after the interests Of the road
1 in British Columbia. He has been con-
nected with the Northern Pacific for
| IS years and for some time past he
acted as travelling freight agent of the
western division.
1t is understood that the Northern
| Pacific will inaugurate it's double ser
vice to the coast about March l. Some
weeks ago the order was placed for the
/ extra equipment, including large new
passenger engines. The orders will be
ready for delivery late in January. The
new trains will be made up of is sec
| tion sleepers, buffet and observation
;, and library cars and comfortable day
| coaches.- Minneapolis Times.
w. H. Merriman. general agent of
| the Northern Pacific, returned yester-
| day from a visit at Duluth.