Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-28
Short Line Road Bed Will be
Materially Improved
In Particular and the Montana Division
in General..PreSident Hill
May be Here Tomorrow

The Montana division of the Oregon
line is to receive considerable at
tention in the near future. The embank-
ments between Pocatello n Dubois are
to be widened and the track heavily bal-
and the grade at Apex hill, be-
tween Butte and Dillon is to be cut down
materially. The latter stretch of road
between Feely station and Apex hill has
given the company more or less trouble
ever since the line was constructed and
several serious accidents have happened
there, but it is now proposed to adjust
the grade and improve the road bed at
this point as much as is possible.
Heretofore the company has paid most
of its attention to the Idaho division, but
the coming year the Montana division is
to receive much needed attention. All the
kinks and curves and grades that are too
heavy for economical operation are to be
Strengthened out and leveled. Most of
the work will be done between Butte and
Dillon, where, it is said, the engineers
who supervised the construction of the
line, We're in too great a hurry to COM
plete their work and get the road to it's
terminal.
L u Il. y. I'LL VI Wv 'lSol Y IL
ern who is making a lou of inspection of
his road, is expected in Butte tomorrow
or possibly Thursday. 1t is not known
how long he will stop in Butte, but he
will remain here at least a day. when he
will go east to st. Paul. and will make a
brief stop at Great Falls. He has spent
several days Of the past week in the state
of Washington, where in several places
the Great Northern cOntemplates rail-
road construction, and where his pres
ence was of material assistance to his
agents who are kept very busy just now
in check-mating the agents of ompeti
tors, who would build where Mr.. Hill pro-
poses to go. There is said to be no par
ticular significance attached to his visit
to Butte.
The new cars of the Short Line, which
will shortly be running over that line
will certainly be palatial. They will be
rs feet long and will be equipped witt
Paige wheels, Westinghouse brakes, Ma.
tional hollow brake beams, Nationa
oouplers, French springs, Pintsch gas
| Empire ventilators. Standard steel plat,
forms, Pullman wide vestibule with Bar.
hey & Smith anti-telescoping device
Baker heaters and New York safety Ca
Heating and Lighting company's system
of steam heating. leather upholstered
chairs and the interior finish will be il
mahogany. The chair and dining car
will be sixty feet long n have many o
the above specialties, and Nationa
wheels, Westinghouse brakes. Standar
Coupler company's steel platforms an
Empire ventilators. The diners will b
finished in quartered oak, and the chat
cars will have Scarritt plush chairs an,
interior finish of mahogany.
The Los Angeles Herald says: Califor
MIA & Eastern railroad officials are re
ioicing that the new Utah road is t
make Vanderbilt its terminus. The frs
named road extends from Blake on tn
Santa Fe line a little west Of Mojave t
Marvel, only a few miles south of Van
derbilt. On the other hand, severa
prominent railroad officials declare tina
if the new line from Utah is backed b
the Union Pacific the Santa Fe trac
from Blake to this city will not be uset
only for a short time. 1t is said to b