The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-20
Railroad Briefs

IS Railroad Briefs 5
Ben Hager and his force of men are
progressing nicely with the Northern
Pacific from Thirtieth street
south to the round house.
The improvement in the Northern
Pacific freight house affords the en-
ployes much more room and they don't
have to elbow each other when they
want to turn around.
H. s.. Collins. who has been general
agent for the Omaha railroad at Hell
ena, has been transferred to a similar
position in Spokane. The Helena bust
ness will be looked after by A. s. Nash
of st. Paul. Mr.. Collins is we'll known
in railroad circles here.
Gross earnings of the Northern Pa
cific railway, including proprietary
lines, for the first week in January,
1899. We're 1854, $40, an increase of
S18,975, or Sc per cent over the same
period last year. For the period July /
to Jan. Z, earnings were $15, TVS, 229.
an increase Of 81. 375, $50, Or 9 per cent.
running time of its passenger and ex-
press trains in these days of record
breakers is surely not progressive. The
C. B. & c., the Northwestern and the
Rock Island have for two weeks been
making marvellous speed between Chi
cago and Omaha, and now comes the
Santa Fe from Chicago to Kansas City.
The two first roads have been doing
some splendid running from Chicago TO
st. Paul. After all, the west does not
seem to be so distant from the east, as
one would think when the trip from
Helena to Chicago can be made in two
days.
R. M. de Lambert Of St. I. Paul, gem
eral storekeeper for the Northern Pa
citic, accompanied by three other off
cials Of that road, passed through Bill
ings yesterday on a return trip of in
spection.
The Butte department Of the Stand
ard chronicles the fact that Mr.. and
Mrs. r. @. Whalen are in that city,
registered from Fromberg. Mont. 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Whalen,
who was conductor on the Bridger
branch, has been promoted to the posi-
ton of yardmaster Of the Montana
Union, a branch of the Northern Pa
cific, in Butte.
M. NJ. Wheeler, who has been COM
mercial agent of the Omaha railroad,
with headquarters at Helena, has been
to st. Paul and has assumed
the position of general travelling agent,
and will have charge especially of the
stock business from this state and west
ern points.
Thomas Hogan, travelling freight
agent of the Northern Pacific, was in
Helena a couple Of days this week, &C.
by E. S. Richards, general
yardmaster Of the same road at Duluth,
MINI.
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Today is pay day in Northern Pacific
and Agent Kennedy is making
The boys happy with checks.
4 + 4 |,
The Northern Pacific is hauling ice
Junction and placing the same in
is ice houses in this city. A trainload
vas brought up Wednesday. /,
Mike Gilmore the railroad grading
who has been working on {
or some time past, was in the city
Tuesday night. |,
The Northern Pacific carpenter crew
will come to Billings in the course of a |
week Of ten days IN make some re- {
,airs. The switchmen's house, which {
vas SO badly damaged by fire a couple
# weeks ago. will be put in shape for ]
lse again. The building will, in all a
probability, be entirely torn down and 6
new one erected.
It is announced OH reliable authority
hat the Northern Pacific railroad is
eriously contemplating some extensive !
improvements in Billings sometime s
the coming spring or early sum- e
ner. For sometime the company has
the danger that exists from !
having it's switcbyards on two of the y
most prominent business streets of the J
'ity and the officials have been impor- !
uned at different times to change the
Not only is the danger to life 7
,reat, but business is delayed considera-
lie. The company did erect a great
amount of switching track between
Thirty first and Thirty fifth streets last 7
all, but it only serves as car storage :
racks. Besides all this, the company :
las decided to use its present freight 3