The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-27
IT WILL Be MUCH BETTER
New Arrangement of Train Serv-
ice Is Satisfactory.
ALL TRAINS ARE CROWDED
Passenger Traffic for the West Is Heavy
Good Showing Made by Butte
Compared With Helena.
Railroad Gossip.

rangement of the through train service
of the Northern Pacific WILL it is be
leved, be much more satisfactory than
the one that has been in force since the
inauguration of the double service.
There has been considerable misunder-
standing on account of the fact that
only one of the trains went from here
to Butte. The railway people have been
kept busy explaining the manner in
which they trains have run and they at
least, will appreciate the change. It
will relieve them of no little annoyance
and will save the wear and tear on
their nervous system The acconlmoda-
ton of two trains a day to Anaconda
and Butte will be much appreciated
here, as the amount of business that is
between Missoula and these points is
much greater than the volume that is
done over any other Nivision Of the road
in this region.
All of the trains ere crowded these
days especially those that are west
bound. Where the travel comes from
AT this season of the year is a mystery
but it has been steadily increasing for
several weeks and is still getting larg-
er. If it grows proportionately during
the next two months, the summer bust
ness this year will put the Christian
Endeavor year into the shade. 1t was
announced when the new double serv-
ice was put on that the new trains
would not have more than eight or
nine cars, but they have been carry
ing as many as IA and seldom less than
II since the service was started. This
makes it impossible to make schedule
time with the present motive power,
and it will be hard work for the trains
to run on the fast time cut out for
them by the present card until the new
engines are received for passenger sarv-
ice. This will not be earlier than June
The record that has been made by the
class b engines that are now doing the
passenger work is remarkable. They
have handled an enormous amount of
business in the past two or three years
and have been put to the severeet test
of being handled on the same run by
three or four different engineers. They
are still doing good service and expert
enced enginemen are surprised that
they have held out as well as they have
The conductors have been keeping a
record of the relative amount Of bust
ness that is done by way of Butte ana
Anaconda and that that goes by the
way of Helena. The official figures are
not available, but it is stated on good
authority that the Butte end of the
business shows up with ratio Of 10 to
l for that done by Helena. This is in
the passenger line alone. A Nissoula
man who returned from BUTTE last
night said to a Standard reporter: The
amount of business that the trains do
in Butte is amazing The crowd that
got off the train when it pulled into
Butte was so large that it seemed as
If the train would be empty, but there
was just as large a crowd that got
aboard there. and when the train pulled
out there was no room in the train
outside of the Pullmans,"
There is but little change in the Mis-
sOula time by the new schedule that
will be in effect this week No. will
arrive here at l1:15 D. m. the same as
now. the only difference being that it
will come by wav of Butte instead of
Helena. as heretofore. No 2 will reach
here at 80 p. M. Is minutes earlier
than at present. and will go nv way Of
Butte, instead of Helena M 2 will
arrive here at ? D. M. Il min
utes earlier than now. No, 4 will
arrive at $50 five minutes earlier tha,,
under the old schedule. No. = aud No
4 will have connections for Butte and
Anaconda at Logan and Garrison the
company having decided to run n swing
train between these points to cOnnect
with Nos. 3 and at each end.
President Mpllen and a marty Of OFF,
cials were passengers on the Npstbound
FLYER that flew late last nigAt They
occupied a private car and tie purpOsp
of the trip was not revealed here,
E. w. Osborne, the SUPERINTENDENT nf
insurance for the Northern Pacific is
visiting in ,NIssoula, having come over
from Anaconda last night with Suprr-
visor Weed on the DELAYED No. 2,
The washout season has begun early
this year. The DELAY to No. = Saturf,1y
was caused bv a small break in tho
track near Manhattan. the source Of
the water being large sprins that runs
under the track thyre The break wa