The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-22
PASSENGER MEN IN TOWN
Band Of Burlington Boosters For
Business Arrive.
THEY LIKE ANACONDA
Visit the Shelters and Lunch and Dine
at the Northumberland With the
Treatment Accorded Them
in This City,

Never did a jollier party of gentle
men visit Anaconda than that made
up of the "a passenger agents of the
Burlington road who are now on an
educational tour through the West.
They arrived in Anaconda at 2:15 o'clock
yesterday afternoon from Butte and
left last evening at 1855 o'clock for
Billings. Their stay in the city was
spent in visiting the smelters and tast-
ing of the delicacies which were served
by Manager Reynolds of the Montana
hotel.
The party left Butte yesterday after
raoon at 1:05 o'clock. They were escort
ed to this city by Superintendent A. C.
McCabe of the B., A. & p, and in the
private car Glover" in which the
party is travelling, We're the following
Butte railroad agents, also acting as
escort: Phil Daniels. Burlington; c.
Clifford, Northern Pacific; ]. E. McCor-
mick, Northern Pacific; J. Sloan, Butte
Traffic association; Con st. Clair, o. r.
& NJ; w. H, Merriman, Northern Pa
chic: P. M. Seymour, G. G. W., and
Major J. E. Dawson, Great Northern.
On, arriving here the party was es-
corted by Marcus Talbot, general agent
of the B., A. & p, to the Montana no.
tel, where they had lunch. They were
then shown through every department
OF the shelters, escorted by Superin-
tendent Jones. At s o'clock they re-
turned to the Montana, and, after, din
ner left at 1855 o'clock for Billings.
P. S. Eustis, general passenger agent
of the Burlington, who is at the head of
the party, was elated with the visit to
Butte.
"A proof that our visit to Anaconda
and its shelters was a pleasant one"
said Mr.. Eustis, lis the fact that dur
ing our inspection nearly all the men,
bers of the party could be seen taking
notes. J. r. Griffith, the advertising
agent of the road, who is in the party,
made memorandum of what he saw
and it is very probable that he will
write pamphlet on his observations.
You cannot imagine how useful this
trip will be to our agents. When they
are back again at their posts and any
one asks them for information regard
ing Montana they will be able to tell
what Montana is like--not from what
they have read, but from what they
have seen.
One of the objects of this trip is to
bring the agents together and get them
had my secretary prepare me papers on
railroad matters and while we are trav-
cling these papers are read and dis
cussed. In this way an agent learns
many things on how to run his office.
We also have some private talks which
are very useful
This is my first visit to Montana
and I am really surprised at the beau
tiful country. This little city of yours
is a great little place and it looks full
of business. | was astonished to find
such a place as this Montana hotel in a
little city like this. Why. this is good
enough for any place in the United
States. 1t is one of the finest hotels
in the West and that is saying a great
deal Manager Reynolds must have
known that we were coming, for you
see he has some c., B. & @. punch on
the menu. That shows that he is lively
and up to date"
One of the members of the party is
Colonel Bill Shaw, travelling passen-
ger agent of the company, with head
quarters al Cincinnati. The colonel has
been in the service of the company for
SO years, knows all the agents and is
one of the jolliest in the railway service.
Colonel Shaw, judging from his clothes,
reminds one of John l.. Sullivan in his
palmiest days He has a large supply
of diamonds. his garments are of the
DeSt cut anu MS cOlldIS anu CUTS are
the 'loudest boys ever seen in these
parts.
Colonel Shaw is well liked by all the
boys. His flattery is great and he has
knack all his own in distributing it.
10 show the esteem in which the col
onel is held by the other agents, it
need only be mentioned that last Sun
day evening the dinner menu on the
Northern Pacific dining car contained a
course of "Saute of quail Colonel Bill
Shaw style" Mrs. Shaw, Who is known
to all the Burlington agents as Mann
ma came in for apple fritters, Mann
ma sauce"