The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-24
BUTTE News.
AMONG RAILROAD MEN
The Burlington Will Probably
Build to Salt Lake.
Is BUYING UP PROPERTY
The Movement OF Stock and Fruit Over
the Northern Pacifc-The Salmon
Pack Not So Large THIS
Year.
Is BUYING UP PROPERTY

According to the Salt Lake papers
there appears to be strong proba bility
of the Burlington building into Salt
Lake in the near future. The Herald
has a story to the effect that property
is quietly being bought up by couple
of agents which is undoubtedly intend
ed for railroad purposes, and as the
Short Line and Rio Grande Western
have all the ground they have any use
for, and both deny the property is be-
ing bought in their interest, it is as
sumed that a new road is looking TO-
ward Zion. While it might be one of
two or three other roads that might be
mentioned which has designs on the
Mormons, they appear to prefer TO
think it is the Burlington and that it
is all settled but the announcement
that the road is coming.
Speaking of the movement of stock
and fruits, General Freight Agent
Moore of the Northern Pacific, in an
interview in Minneapolis a few days
ago, said:
''Green fruit, such as peaches, pears
and prunes, are moving freely, from
Washington, Idaho and Oregon, and
they are very good, although lacking a
little in sweetness on account of the
lack of sun this season. They are being
shipped to the Twin Cities, Duluth.
Winnipeg and Fargo.
Live stock from the Bad Lands and
Montana are coming in droves. There
is a lack of cars to accommodate the
traffic of cattle, sheep and horses. One
shipper alone on our line will move
1926, 900 sheep this year via the Northern
Pacific.
1.-The salmon pack from the Columbia
river, Puget sound and the Frazer river
is not as large as last year, but there
is heavy movement of canned salmon
to Atlantic seaboard points and to the
interior states. Some come to the Twin
Cities.
1.-THE wool season, just finished, is a
little bit larger this year than in 1898.
and is very satisfactory to the wool
growers.
1.-THE wheat movement since the he
ginning of the harvesting is almost the
same as last year.
THE increase of our earnings is due
to a slight increase in nearly all of the
branches of traffic, especially in local
improvements along the line and local
shipments. Improvements are going on
commercially from one end of the line
to the other; none very notable but in
all the aggregate offers considerable
traffic to the railroad.
larger this year and will begin moving
next month. 1t will be largely shipped
to Europe"
An advance in eastbound freight
rates from Chicago has gone into effect
as follows: Domestic corn to New
York, IS cents; all other grain and grain
products, 20 cents per hundred. Do
nestle corn from Mississippi river
points to New York, Il cents; all other
grain products, % cents. Export bar
ley, corn, rye and wheat, Chicago to
New York, IA cents. From Mississippi
river points, Is cents. Oats, from Chi
cago to New York. 16 cents; from Mis-
sissippi river points, II cents. These
new rates are higher than for several
years, and railroad men are of the OPP n
ion that they will not be maintained
for any great length of time, for the
reason that if they are maintained
much of the traffic will be diverted to
the gulf routes, the gulf lines having
refused to participate in the new tariff.
The eastern roads now have all the
business they can handle, and until
there is a decline the high rates will
probably remain in force. Last week
the shipments east from Chicago We're
nearly $4,000 tons, against 41000 for the
same period last year.
The interstate commerce commission
has lust issued statement showing
the progress in placing safety appli-
ances to freight cars and locomotives.
The number of freight cars and loco
motives equipped with safety appli-
ances on June /, 1899, were 1928
freight cars equipped with automatic
couplers and 1854 reported equipped
with train brakes during the Six
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