The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-26
LIMITED WAS POPULAR.
There Is General Lament Over
It's Discontinuance.
WINTER TRAIN SERVICE
Railroad Will Handle All Business on
the Regular Trains-No Snow in
the Occur d'Alenes-Bad
for Poor Lo.

Missoula, Oct. 25.--The annual la
| ment regarding the discontinuance of
| the Copper City limited is now heard
| from all points in western Montana
| that have been benefited by this train
| From the time that the copper and
green cars of the limited first made
their appearance, the flyer has been
a popular train. Its comfortably ar
ranged coaches, with their reclining
chairs and attractive appointments;
the convenient hours of arrival and de-
parture; the fast running time-all of
the accompaniment of the train, in
fact, have made it much appreciated
between Butte and Hamilton. But
during the months that intervene be-
tween now and spring there is not
much special travel. The railway COM
pany calculates that it will from now
till May get all of the travel there is
without any special service. The OK
cursion travel into the Bitter Root has
ended for the season and there will be
no more of it until spring. The ordi-
nary local business will be taken care
of by the overland trains.
The winter service on the Bitter
Root branch will be the same that has
prevailed in past seasons. The mixed
train that will do duty on that line till
spring will leave here Immediately af-
ter the departure of No. l and will
make the trip to Hamilton in about
three hours. The return trip will be
made in the morning. This will not
give the Bitter Root people as much
time in Mssoula as they have been
| getting. They will have to stay over
if they have much to do. But they are
always welcome visitors in Missoula
and most of them seem to have good
time when they are here.
The reports Of snow bockades that
have reached here from the Great
Northern this month seem incredible.
There has been no snow at all on this
division this year except on the Occur
dAlene divide and there it has not yet
caused any trouble. That a line within
IS miles of here should be tied up by
snow storm when the ground is bare
here seems strange. The Northern Pa.
cfic has been remarkably successful
during recent seasons in keeping its
mountain lines open during the snowy
months on the Occur d Alene branch
it keeps a rotary pillow in service all
the time and two trips a day are made
across the range from Wallace to Sal
tese and then back again. In this way
the line has been kept open and even
in case of heavy snow storms there
have been no delays on the branch. On
the main line the widening of cuts and
the Strengthening of curves has done
much to reduce the possibility OF snow
bfockades.
The new mail, baggage and express
cars, which have no platforms, are not
appreciated by the Indians, who have
been accustomed, ever since the rail-
way was completed to riding on these
platforms to and from the reservation.
They used to climb upon these blind
platforms, wrap up in their blankets
and let snow or rain and cinders DO
their worst. Now they have to ride in
side the cars. They have been emphat-
c in their expressions of disapproVal,
but the new cars seem to have come to
stay.
The Improvement that has been made
in the roadbed and track of the Mon
tana Union this year has been marked.
Last spring this was one of the rough
est pieces of road on the division This
fall it Is in much better shape and the
Improvement is noticeable even to
novice in track matters
The hoboes have been making tracks
for warmer chimes for the last six
weeks, and trainmen have been busy
keeping them off trucks and brake
beams. While there We're empty cars
being moved a few weeks ago, these
fellows had a picnic. The depot police
have had to keep their eyes open dur
ing this exodus in order to keep the no
boes moving. In this they have been
unusually successful this year and not
many of the hobees have been per-
mitted to get into town.
See the ladies' and children's shoes
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