The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-10
Railroad Briefs


Representative Losekamp has intro.
duced a bill in the house making it q
misdemeanor for any railroad company
operating in the state to require any Of
its trainmen to work more than 16
hours continuously. After having
worked that length of time such en-
ploye is not to be called again for duty
until he has had at least eight hours OF
rest. Exception is made in the case of
men employed on stock trains, trains
loaded with perishable freight or i'll the
event of accidents when continuous SER
vice may extend "a hours, but not be-
yond.
A combination of the big passenger
and freight car companies of the United
States is being formed. The Pullman
was slated to 90 into the union, but it
is said to be holding out at present. If
the Pullman company remains out,
that will not, however, prevent the con-
solidation Of the other principal con-
Germs. This deal will be one Of the big
gest combinations of capital formed in
recent years. The official announce
ment may be expected within a few
days. Some Of the car works in the
deal are the Barney, Smith & Co., Of
Dayton; the Michigan Peninsula COM
pany, Of Detroit; the works at st.
Louis, Mo-, and Madison, Ia, and a
big Chicago concern. The shop used
by the Vanderbilt lines is said to be in
cluded.
1t is said that the new Great North
ern ''fyer'' recently put on between st.
Paul and the coast does not fly so fast
after all. It has not even %beenrunning
on scheduled time. While the North
ern Pacific is not nearly SO fast, it is
claimed that No. 1, the through train,
makes quicker time than the Great
Northern flyer" to the coast.
The Brotherhood of Railway train
men Of Livingston will give their an
nual ball Oh St. Patrick's day, March
II, and preparations are being made for
a big event.
Chas. S. Fee of st. Paul, general
passenger and ticket agent of the North
ern Pacific, is quoted as having said
following: Great as are the cat
tie, mining and timber Industries of
Montana, they cannot, and from this
time forward never will, entirely over
her agricultural resources"
A citizen, who recently returned
a tripyto St. Paul, says it is COM
non talk among railroad men in that
,ity that the Northern Pacific is max
ng arrangements to put on all extra
passenger train in the spring, to be
as the fast coast train. This is
Q be done in order to compete with the
Great. Northern. which secured the
'oast mail contract from the Northern
Pacific.
The railroads in Colorado were put to :
'reat expense last week during the bliz-
Numerous shoveling crews had
Q be sent out over the roads, which (,
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JAS. Jewel, a former Northern Pacific I
ardmaster in this city, was here re- {
acquaintance for several days +
his week. .
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A severe blizzard ragged all Saturday
t Big Timber. Passenger and freight
rains which stopped there had to be
hoveled out before they could proceed b
n their way. Several trains got ''tied Z
p'' for several hours. \
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A. S. Nash, formerly travelling pas
agent for the Northwestern rail-
'ay with headquarters at St. Paul, y
as in the city this week. Mr.. Nash tt
as. been transferred to Helena as travel 81
lg agent of that road. He was &C. Il
ompanied by Capt. M. M. Wheeler,
commercial agent for the same
at Helena, but who has been trans
erred to ST., Paul as general TRAVELLING