The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-10

will be taken care of. just as It was in
the case Of the Union Pacific, when IL
not only got the entire principal back,
but good chunk of interest money be-
sides. Yet when the government voted
those subsidies for the Union Pacific
and the Central Pacific, nobody had
the remotest idea that any part of them
would be repaid"
1t seems that the Great Northern Off
Gals have their wires out for right
of-way into Omaha, says the Bee. For
a long time they have had their eyes
fixed voraciously on the rich amount of
freight business in this city, which
could be landed if they were only on
the ground to fight for it. At first there
was a suspicion that the Sioux City &
Pacific would be bought up. This would
not mend matters materially, as they
would be still % miles from their desti-
nation at California Junction. The
Sioux City & Pacific runs to Fremont,
but does not own the bridge where the
road crosses the river at Blair. the lat
ter being the property of the North
western. Now it is proposed to take the
Sioux City & Pacific and build a few
miles from California Junction to con-
meet with the Fort Dodge & Omaha di-
vision of the Illinois Central, now in
process of construction, and come into
the Guy over Tile SeHtIdl tIdChS. ldii-
road men are keeping their noses to the
ground.
President J. ]. Hill of the Great
Northern is laboring tooth and nail to
force the Union Pacific to run a train
to Sioux City. This was formerly the
custom. but has been discontinued of
late. 1t has no advantages from the
standpoint of passenger traffic for the
Union Pacific, but is necessary for
freight. The Great Northern is the
chief purveyor of the output of the
iron producing districts of the north
and it is necessary to have direct COM
munication with the Union Pacific
where freight is destined for Colorado.
Up to the present the freight has been
carried as far as Sioux City by the
Great Northern and then transferred
to the Sioux City & Pacific and again
transferred to the Union Pacific at Cal
ifornia Junction. Mr.. Hill threatens to
secure a right-of-way into Omaha if
his wishes in this matter are disre-
garded
A committee of four, representing the
Dunkards, strong religious organiZa
ton Of South Dakota, have just COM
pleted a tour over the Oregon Short
Line with a view of selecting a place
for the members of their organization
to settle and make homes, says the Salt
Lake Herald. These people have made
some settlements along the line of the
Great Northern. but the rigorous eli
mate of that section has been disagree
able to them and they are now DESTROYS
of moving and for that reason this COM
mittee was sent into Southern Idaho
with view of finding suitable place.
They were very much pleased with the
country and will probably report in IA
vor of making settlements there.
Speaking of the matter General Pas
senger Agent Burley of the Oregon
Short Line said: They are a very de-
sirable class of people for such a pur-
pose and we expect to get from 5000 to
10000 of them located along our line in
the near future"
Twelve new locomotives for passenger
service on the Burlington route are to
be built in the various shops of the Bur-
lington system. Four of the engines
will be built in the company's shops
near Lincoln. They will cost $4,000, of
which amount $4,000 VAL be expended
for labor. The new locomotives will
have extra heavy frames, and their
driving wheels will be six feet high.
Great speed and drawing power will be
the aim in building those "grayhounds, .
They will be turned out at the rate of
about one month.