The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-14
BUTTE News.
DOUBLE TRAIN s. SERVICE
It May Be Resumed on the N. P.
Very Soon.
TRAFFIC is VERY HEAVY
McCune Has Been Approached by
the Vanderbilts-This Seasons
Business at the Yellowstone
National Park.

For several weeks there has been
considerable talk about the probable
resumption of the double train service
on the Northern Pacific. Ever since it
was discontinued travel has been SO
heavy that it has been necessary to
lengthen the overland trains to IL or IA
cars, and loaded so heavily that it has
been impossible to make good time.
Charles S. Fee, general passenger agent
of the road, says, however, that at pres
ent there is no intention of putting the
extra train on again.
"The Northern Pacific will resume it's
double daily train service just so soon
as there is business sufficient to war;
rant it in doing so,' said Mr.. Fee in
an interview a few days ago in Spo-
kane. THE Northern Pacific is Just
as 'anxiouS-yes, more Soto renew it's
double service as is the travelling pub
lie. There is not at present time suffi-
Gent business to justify the enormous
expense of another daily train each
way, so the indications are against any
change from present service.
Local business is excellent-in fact.
is unusually good. Transcontinental
business is nothing unusual. We have
before and have had to cut the trains
in two and run in sections before. While
the passenger business we have is large
and most gratifying, it is not unusual"
A New York special to the Spokes-
man-Review says: 1T has leaked out
that parties representing the Wander
bits and Union Pacific have approach
ed Colonel McCune to ascertain wheth-
er he would dispose of the Utah & Pa
cific. They met with no encourage
lnent. McCune is very independent,
. having enough money to complete his
line and approaching the fact that the
Vanderbilt ambition is looking in his
direction.
The fact that he was approached
only. adds further proof to the state
ment that the vanderbilts are about to
develop transcontinental plans An in
slider admitted to-day that parties rep
resenting the Vanderbilts had been
looking up terminal property in San
! Franciscu and otherwise taking pre-
/ iiIntna r-y steps in the transcontinental
4 plans They will not mature, however,
until after the Union Pacific-North-
western Oregon Short Line consolida-
lion.
THE Union Pacific is about to ac-
quire the Wyoming Southern, which
will he completed Dec. /, and establish
headquarters with the Union Pacific
Il
line along the North Platte from Fort
Steele, Wyo., and never relinquished it's
interest, though independent parties
have constructed the road. The line IS
at its mercy and will be either taken
under control or absorbed. 1t runs
through rich agricultural, timber and
mineral sections and will be a good
feeder"
General Passenger Agent Fee of the
fa tn IL hnr, !, i,
seasons National park business, is
quoted as saying:
I'VE opened the park on the 18th of
June this year instead of July LIST and
the rush of business we have had has
proved that it is good idea. The num-
Der of tourists visiting the park this
year is almost double the number that
went there last year. The teachers who
are attending the convention at Los
Angeles will return that way in large
numbers, as we are going to run three
or four excursions for them and will
do all that we can to make the trip
pleasant"
The Burlington fast mail trains con-
tinue to make some remarkable records.
On June 2S the east-bound train, No. s,
left Mendoza. H., 40 minutes late and
ran to Riverside, distance of 72 miles,
in 81 minutes-or a speed of 69.67 miles
an hour. The train was hauled by one
of the new class P Baldwin engines.
This run, while not the fastest for the
distance on record, stands we'll up
among the list of noteworthy perform
ances.
The Financial Chronicle computes the
gross earnings of 70 railroads for the
third week of June at $S,27S,1SS, an in
crease of $1,152,052 or 1928 per cent: of
So roads for the fourth week of June
at $9,019,247, an increase of $1,374,S 42, CT
1913 per cent, and of SO roads for the
month of June at $50 ia 1854, an increase
of $3,670,774, or 1879 per cent.
The Great Northern will on Sunday
run an excursion to Basin on the &C.
casion of the Clark employees picnic.
The train will leave Butte at 9 o'clock
in the morning.
The Northern Pacific in the fourth
week in June earned $744,503, an in
crease of $161, 522; and for the month,
1926, 500, an increase Of $409, $40.
Sunday excursion to Pipestone.
Tickets 81; Saturday until Monday.