The Anaconda standard., 1899-04-18
AMONG RAILROAD MEN
The Burlington Is Considering
Improvements.
WILL BUILD EXTENSIONS
But They Will Not Be From the Billings
Terminal-The Great Northern
Is Again Running Trains
on Time.

said the Burlington has in contempla-
tion number of improvements on its
| line and will build several extensions,
as has lately been announced in the
| press dispatches. He said, however,
| that there was no likelihood of an
| early extension of the line from Bill
| lings, the Burlngtons arrangements
with the Northern Pacific being salts
| factory and sufficient to handle the
| Burlington's business in Montana west
of Billings.
| A telegram was received last even
ing stating that by $50 O'Clock this
to ST. Paul would be open and
that the first train for the
East would go through at that
time. Owing to the damage done by
the ice gorges in the Milk river and
the high water in the Missouri, no
| trains have been running over the main
| line for three days. The damage has
been repaired. Engineer J. C. Patter-
son of Great Falls was in Butte yes
terday, having examined the line from
| Havre to Butte, and reported it in good
condition.
The prospective opportunity of the
| Great Northern stockholders to sub
| scribe to an issue of SIS, ,000, 900 stock at
| par to cover recent expenditures on the
| acquisition of new properties amounts
| practically to a dividend of Is per cent.
| A stockholder with 100 shares gets the
| right to subscribe to 20 new shares at
par worth 190 Properties bought in
by new stock are not included in the
present statements of earnings, so new
| stock will not dilute dividends on exist
| ing stock. remarkable fact about j.
j. Hills methods is not only that the
| Great Northern and roads he is inter-
ested in, namely, the Northern Pacific
| and Baltimore & Ohio are forging
ahead. but also the roads managed by
! Great Northern graduates. like the Nor
| folk & Western (Mr. Barr) and the Cot
| ton Belt CRussell Harding), are rapidly
| advancing.
All the Western roads represented at
the meeting of executive officers of the
Western roads pledged themselves to
cooperate with the interstate commerce
| commission in its endeaVorS to secure
the maintenance of published rates. 1t
| also recommended the observance of
| the following rules:
A line, member of an association, shall
conform to the rules and regulations of
the association which has jurisdiction
and of which it is a member
A line not a member of any associa-
ton by it's executive officer shall ad
wise the chairman of the nearest asso-
| citation having jurisdiction, over his
| personal signature, of the intention to
make the proposed change or changes
| in rate: but in such event notice shall
be given to enable the chairman to give
10 days notice to all who desire to meet
| such rate and change, to do so stimuli
| taneOusly by such publication as may
be required by federal and state laws.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed
Resolved, That the president, receiver
| or proper authorized representative of
| each company shall convene in Wash
! ington, Chicago and St. Louis, alter
nately, on the second Tuesday of each
month, and that the interstate COM
merce commission shall be asked to
! delegate one or more of its members
to attend said meetings. the first meet
ing to be held in Washington on
| Wednesday, May 10, 1899.
Resolved. That all lines here repre-
sented are pledged to the observance
of legal freight rates and methods The
| measures necessary to give permanent
effect to this resolution shall be devised
and put in effect with the advice and
approval of the interstate commerce
commission, it being understood that
the commission desires to so cooperate
for the purpose of promoting just and
stable rates and preventing unjust dis
elimination.
The conference of General Passenger
Agents LomaX, Cairns and Goodwin at
Salt Lake came to an end without an
agreement having been reached. 1t is
stated that the conference was for the
purpose of putting on faster trains
from Chicago to the coast. 1t is under
stood that the reason why nothing was
| of
the Southern Pacific to go into any
agreement. and Mr.. Cairns of the North
western and Mr.. LOmaX of the Union
Pacific We're willing, it is said, to go to
almost any length to shorten the time
between Chicago and San Francisco,
but Mr.. Goodman, the Southern Pa
cifics representative, was not prepared
to improve the service of his road. Mr..
Lomax thought the time should be cut
at least an hour and possibly more.
scheme is forming to raise the
rates of passage on ocean liners for
next year during the time of the Paris
exposition. 1t has been demonstrated
that the volume of travel will be i'm
mense and the steamship lines propose
to profit by it. Less than month ago
certain tourist agent Of New York
announced that he would receive ap-
plicants for passage to Paris during the
exposition at 500, payment to be made
time this agent has booked 10000 names.
accompanied by the first payment.
This is a certain indication that the
transatlantic vessels will be taxed to
their fullest capacity to accommodate
the visitors to Paris.
Without official verification there is
much Wall street talk that the North
ern Pacific will pay one dividend on
common stock al the June meeting. and
the company will soon go on a 4 per
cent basis. a liberal dividend party
| controls the board.
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