The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-28
AMONG RAILROAD MEN
A Promotion in the Great North
ern Service.
CLARK PERSONANO NON GRATA
Mellen May Be the Next President OF the
New Haven Road-New York Gen.
trail Controls the Boston
81 Maine


of General Superintendent Ward of the
Great Northern at St. Paul, has beer
made assistant to Superintendent
Bryan of the Montana Central, a par,
of the Great Northern system. The ap-
pointment became effective Saturday
and Mr.. Morgan's successor, j. L. Fore
paugh, chief clerk in the division super
intendents office, Great Falls, assumed
his duties.
A Wall street authority says: Presi-
dent Clark has for some time been per-
soma non grata with Mr.. Morgan, and
Mr.. Morgan will name his successor.
= II he thinks MIR. Mellen can be spared
from the Northwestern field he will be
the next president of the New Haven,
for Mr.. Morgan has great confidence in
him. Whoever is appointed to the po-
sition will be a railroad man. 1t viii
not be Judge Hall.
Mr. futile received a tentative offer
of the position sometime ago, but will
not leave the Boston & Maine. The
Vanderbilts are to-day in control of the
Boston & Maine system.
The New Haven road will in time find
Judgment with the Pennsylvania. With
reference to the report that Northern
Pacific interests are negotiating for
Wisconsin Central, as Chicago en-
trance, an official of the Northern Pa
cific says that the former experience of
Northern Pacific in tying itself up to
one out of six entrances to Chicago has
taught it's officers something, and that
they will be apt to avoid a similar mis-
take in future.
The estimated earnings of the Rio
Grande Western for the third week of
August indicates large increase over
Heretofore the increases have been at
tributed to the constantly growing
freight shipments, but the credit for
the past weeks good record is due TO
the passenger department. 1t has Of
fered low rates to induce Colorado
tourists to cross the Rockies, and un-
expectedly large numbers have taken
advantage of them. In addition to this
the special trains and last Saturdays
celebra ton augmented the receipts
from the passenger traffic considerably.
The estimated earnings are as follows
For the third week in August,
1S99...... ...... ........ .....'. $74,OOO
For the third week in August,
1898. ...... .......... 566oO
This is an increase of about SO per
cent The increase for the second week
of the current month amounted to
SIT, 400. The estimated earnings, how
ever, for the third week in August are
s1,1OO less than those for the second
week.
On Sept. l NJ. j. Allen, travelling
freight agent of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, will become commercial
freight agent at Duluth, Mimi, sue
ceeding Thomas Miles, transferred to
Minneapolis. c. H. Harkins goes from
Minneapolis to Chicago.
II. c. Smith of the general offices in
Baltimore will be appointed freight
tariff agent, in charge of percentages
and divisions, publication of all freight
tariffs, the issuance of all tariff and
division sheets and billing and routing
instructions.
In anticipation of heavy falls bust
ness. the Northern Pacific has issued
demurrage circular to its station agents
regarding the handling of freights. The
new rules require all freight cars to be
kept on the move and direct that cars
be unloaded within "a hours after ar
rival at destination. Cars are to be load
ed within As hours and are not to be
allowed to stand on side tracks. The
road is experiencing a scarcity of cars
through the increase in general freight
business.
The Northern Pacific's latest crop re-
port has this about conditions in Mon
tana:
Harvesting has begun in some parts
of the Gallatin valley, but barley and
oats are still quite green in places and
there is danger of injury from frost be-
fore the grain is ripe enough to cut
Otherwise the outlook is bright and the
yields will compare favorable with last
years. In the Bitter Root valley rain
on the goth and 21st interfered with the