The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-21
MAKES A GOOD SERVICE
A New Schedule in Effect on the
Northern Pacific.
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR
Made Possible by Recent Track I'm
provsmsnts-The Most Important
Change Made on the Bitter
Root Branch.
MILES AN HOUR

MISSOURI, May 2U.-Io-morroW tSun-
day. the new time card goes into effect
on the Northern Pacific. The changes
have already been announced in the
Standard, and travellers should take
notice of them, as 1T will save the in
convenience of missing train now and
then. The changes are not important
and do not affect Missoula very ma
aterally. The westbound trains both
reach here later than at present, No.
at 2:55 and No. l at 12:45. instead of
2;05 and HE, as at present. The east
bound trains will also be a little later
than now. No. will reach here at 440
in the afternoon and No. at 9:55 in
the morning. These are the only
Missoula is concerned. Trains / and 2
will continue to run by way of Butte
as at present and there will be a Gar
rison connection with Butte for Nos.
and 4. The Helena connection with
and has been discontinued under
the new card. as the stub trains that
have been running between Logan and
Garrison by way of Helena have not
done any business at all. No. and No.
will meet at Garrison and the train
that comes from Butte to connect with
No. 8 will enable passengers on No. 4
to get to Butte if they wish. This will
afford an Xecellent service between Hell
ena and Butte that should be appre-
ciated. 1t is the first time in five years
that this connection has been made and
the fact that this is morning train
should bring considerable business to
the road.
The train arrangement that has been
made by the new card is such that all
of the local business along the line will
be done by the daylight trains. No. 8,
for instance. will do the local business
on the Dakota and Rocky mountain
divisions, while No. l will do it on the
Minnesota and Montana divisions. The
same rule will hold for the eastbound
trains Between Butte and Missoula
No. 3, the morning train, will do the
local work. No. l will stop between
Butte and Missoula only at junction
points and al register stations. West
of Missoula No. 1 will not stop except a t
Hope. This will make it possible for
this train to make good time in getting
over this division without much trouble
but it will keep No. 3 running all the
time to make its schedule, with all of
the stops that it has to make on this di-
vision. The running time will reach co
miles an hour on many parts of the
division, a thing that would not have
been possible two years ago, before the
track Improvements and grade revisiors
were made. AS it is, there are numerous
stretches of track on the division where
it is easy to make this time. The ma
ture of the country in other parts of the
line makes it impossible to run this fast,
but good time will be made all along
II is on the Bitter Root branch that
the most important changes have been
made by the new time card. A straight
passenger train will take the place of
the old mixed train for the summer and
passengers will be able to leave Mis-
soula upon the arrival of No. and
reach Hamilton in less than two hours,
instead of humping along for four or
five hours. The train returning from
Hamilton will leave that place at 5
O'Clock in the morning, instead of at
4:30 as at present, and it will no longer
be necessary for travellers to get up in
the middle of the night. This morning
train Will connect with No. 4, east
bound, giving close connections both
ways for the Bitter Root people. A
freight train will run on the branch
leaving Missoula in the morning and re-
turning in the afternoon. This train
will give connection with the aster.
noon eastbound train on the main line
No. 2. This service will be the best tina
the Bitter Root has ever enjoyed and
will be appreciated by the people who
have been obliged to take the trains
that have run during the winter and
spring. When the berry season opens
and the heavy shipments to Butte ani
Anaconda are made, the company will
it is expected, put on two Refrigerator
cars that will carry the fruit through
without the necessity of transfer. The
details of this arrangement have moi
been made yet. but they will be per
fected by the time the berries are ready
On the Occur d'Alene branch the only
change that will be made in the trains
is the delay in the departure of the
| train for Wallace to make connections
with No. 8, the Westbound train on thu
main line. The fact that ore shipments
from the Occur d'Alene country will b,
suspended for time will not make i
necessary to put on straight passenge
| run on this branch. as was at frs
! talked about. The lumber business OF
| this branch will be very heavy thi
| summer, but this will be taken care .
| by freight trains, as at present ant
! will not interfere with the through serv
! ice to Wallace. The prospects for
| large increase in business on thi
! branch We're excellent until the shut
/ down of the mines occurred The traf
| tic during April was the heaviest OF
record. 1t is not believed here. how
ever. that the shutdown will be of Ions
| duration.
The most important piece of railwa,
news during the past week has been tn
announcement of the resignation of j
a. Weed, supervisor of bridges AM
building. Mr.. Weed has been a yer,
popular officer of the road during hi