The Anaconda standard., 1899-04-09
IN RAILROAD @cLEs
Another Crowd Of Homeseekers
Reach Butte.
ALASKA TRADE is GROWING
The Wilderness Is to Be Flooded With
Food Supplies-Heavy Machin-
cry Shipped to the
Mines.

Northern brought West another large
| number of exxcursionsts and home
seekers yesterday but only a few came
| to Butte. Most of the excursionists
| went through on the main line bound
| Tor Seattle. The Great Northern took
through three extra carloads and the
| Northern Pacific also had several extra
| coaches. A small number of the travel
ers are going to Alaska, but the rail-
| roads do not anticipate much of a
| Klondike rush this spring. E. G. Nc
Micken, general freight and passenger
| agent of the. North American Trans
portation & Trading company, is on his
| way back to Seattle from Chicago. He
| has spent the last two months in Chi
cago at general offices prepar ring. for
| the biggest seasons work the company
has ever done. The company has con-
| tracted for an enormous amount of
| general supplies, with which it will
| flood the Alaskan wilderness through
| its numerous trading posts According
| to Mr.. McMicken the inhabitants of
| Alaska who, last year, had to struggle
| to get even the chance to buy horse
| meat, can this year have all the deli
cacles OF the season, not to say rich
choice of clothing, neckwear, silk hats,
etc. 1t will be the longest leap toward
civilization ever taken all at once by
any region in the world. The outlook
for heavy freight business of a sub
stantial character is splendid The
boom is over and the people now go
ing into the gold fields mean business
and not adventure. They are taking in
large quantities of heavy mining ma
chinery.
Concerning the sleeping car rate
question, the Minneapolis Times says:
THE question of sleeping car rates to
the Pacific has not yet been settled, as
far as can be learned. Vice President
Miller of the Great Northern was in
Chicago yesterday attending a meeting
of the Western Passenger association.
The presumption is that he will hold
| another conference with the Pullman
officials regarding sleeper rates. but
those in position to know are con-
vinced that the matter has already
been adjusted, and that the compro-
mise will strike between the present
| rate of $3.50 and that of $40 named
| by the Great Northern. 1t is not prob
| able that any official announcement
will be made until the middle of the
month, when the new rates will go into
| effect. @
THE decision of the Great Northern
| to recall its SO rate and pay heed to
the solicitations of the Pullman COM
| pany tend to confirm the belief which
| prevailed that the Great Northern
named the reduction in spirit of bluff,
or it has been called to time by more
powerful Eastern roads. The rumor
was .afloat yesterday that the Great
Northern had been notified by the
Pennsylvania system that unless it
| complied with the wishes of Eastern
| and ansMissouri lines, that road
would do all in it's power to divert
Western travel to the Northern Pa
t1,1r, ls.,zr
| were spoken to regarding the matter,
but they hesitated to make any express
| sion as to its accuracy. The relations
| between the PENNSYLVANIA and the
Great Northern in the past have been
specially friendly"
The Pioneer Press. on the same sub
iect, says: "Vice President Miller of
the Great Northern is in Chicago again,
and it is said that when he returns the
| decision of his road in regard to re-
duced sleeping car rates will be made
known. The vigorous protest made by
the Pullman company and the outside
influence which has been brought to
bear on the Great Northern may re-
suit in withdrawal of the proposed re-
duction."
A new time card will go into effect
at noon to-day on the Montana Cen
| trail by which q slight change will be
made in the time of arrival and de-
parture of the Great Falls and Ana
conda local. in order to make connec-
tions with the Short Line for the south,
which leaves Butte at 4:30 p. m. Here
after the local will leave Great Falls
at 9 o'clock a. M, half an hour earlier
than in the past arriving at Ala p.
m. at Butte.
Burlington confirmed the story that a
| road is to be built southwest from Ali
| ance, Neb., on the Billings line, to a
point on the Denver line of the road
This piece of road will give Denver
direct rail connection with the Black
Hills.
1t is understood that the Great
| Northern will distribute S., 100000 of
surplus in its treasury by a stock divi-
dend of about 5 per cent. Negotiations
are reported to be on foot for the estab-
| lishment of closer relations between the
| Great Northern and Northern Pacific
roads.
1t is the general opinion now that the
Baltimore e. Ohio will be taken out of
| the receivers hands April 25. This will
be followed by a speedy reorganization
| of the property.
Mr.. Bert E. Pierce, formerly with the
| Kennedy Furniture Co. and later with
| the fienneSSy Mercantlle Co., has TAX
en- charge of the furniture department
of the Brownfield-Canty Carpet Co, in
| place of J. J. Randall, resigned.
Best teeth made, $40. DR.. Wix.
The opening prices mentioned in their
ad by Case, Gravelle & Erwin are
strikingly illustrative of the forward
policy of the firm. See announcements
| on society page.
Grand spring opening and beautiful
souvenirs at Gordon-Lewis Co., Mon
day and Tuesday.
LAWSON HAS IT.