Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-13
WILL REDUCE
THE FARES
RATE OF THREE CENTS A MILE
TO BE MADE IN MONTANA.
NEXT YEAR.
BY THE NORTHERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Will Re Effective After the First of
the Year-Other Roads May
Follow.

Advices from Chicago are to the effect
that the Northern Pacific railroad mas
decided to reduce passenger rates in Mon
tana from four cents per mile to three
cents per mile, and that the change will
go into effect soon after the first of the
year. The reduction has been stubborn
~ fought by the Great Northern and
the Union Pacific on the ground that the
latter would be forced to meet the re-
duction. When this reduction is made
every state on the Northern Pacific line
will have a three cent rate.
If the Northern Pacific carries out its
resolution all other roads in the state
will have to meet the reduced rate and
it Will not be long before it is uniform. 1t
will mean a reduction of about 81 in the
fare to Helena from Butte, and about 81
in the fare to Great Falls. If the Short
Line falls in line it will make a differ
ence of neary S. from Butte to Salt Lake.
The announcement of the contemplated
reduction comes as a great surprise to
all railroad men because four cents was
considered very low in a mountainous
country like Montana. The law permits
a maximum charge of five cents and
many complimentary things have been
sci IL Tx DCNooSC tINS Vim
not avail themselves of it. In the thickly
populated districts of the east, the rail-
roads make a two-cent rate, and make
money on it. For that rate they carry
probably 200 or 800 people where 10 or Is
are carried in Montana. The cost of I'M
ming the trains is the same and the cost
of taking care of the roadbeds in Mon
lana is greater that in Is IN the east.
The rp11ctipn in th;s clio ia will ncpi,oLhlx,
have a tendency to largely increase trav-
ell between local points.
So far. the Oregon Short Line is the
only road that has announced a holiday
rate and it is not known at the present
time if there will be any reduction or not
on the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific. On the Short Line, a single fare
will be charged for round trip tickets
between all points, and this includes Salt
Lake and Granger. The sale of tickets
will commence on December % and the
limit will be January 3, 1901.
For the first time in the history of local
transportation a through passenger train
is to be established between Chicago and
Florida. The new train will be put in
service jan. Z by the Chicago and East
ern Illinois road out of Chicago. 1t will
be operated, over this Zine to Evansville,
md. where 1T will be delivered 90 the
Louisville n Nashvine. from EVANS
Chicago and the Florida resorts
will be over the Louisville and Nashville,
Plant system and Florida East Coast
railways.
The new train will be made up of a
baggage EAR, Pullman coaches, drawing
room sleepers and a dining car, all run
through I'VE Chicago and Jackson
Vile Without change. 1t will depart from
Chicago at 1890 a. m. daily and will ar
rive in Jacksonville, Fla, at $50 o'clocl,
the next afternoon, and st. Augustine al
$3.50 D, m. the same day,
though many attempts have been made
the last ten or twelve years to put ir
service a solid through train between
engage and Florida all have failed, The
officers of the southern lines declining
to go INTO the proposed arrangements
The Ohio river has always been the div.
4iding line for all classes Of irayel. ,Ieen.
ing car as we'll as passengers. Travey
between Chicago and the florida resort,
has increased to such an extent durins
the last year or two that the souther,
railway managers have at last conclud
ed to aceede to the desires of the north
ern railway agents and put on a through
train.
by the schedule arranged the new
train will pass through Evansville
Nashville, Birmingham, Montgomer,
and Thomasville. A daylight ride will b,
afforded between Chicago and the Obi,
river, and between Montgomery, Ala.
and st. Augustine, IL The departing
time from Chicago will enable all line.
from the west and northwes to max
this connection, and the arriving tim,
at Jacksonville and ST. Augustine vii
enable passengers to make direct con
nections for all points IN the southerl
part of the state and steamship connec
tons from Miami and Port Tampa 10
Nassau, Key West, Havana and othe
Cuban ports. From Cincinnati and S,
Louis this train will consist of library
sleeping and dining car, with anne;
buffet sleeper and observation sleeper.
Commencing Sunday next the Illinoi
Central railroad will put an a new day
light train between Omaha and Chicago
1t will leave Omaha at 7 a. M, reachin
Chicago at 9:45 the same evening. TIL
Minneapolis train now leaving Oman
in the morning will be picked up by tn
train from Sioux City at Fort Dodge an
carried on without the wait now Ell
perienced at the latter place.
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The Lake Shore Railroad company ha
introduced a new feature in track cor
! srruction in Indiana which may prove {
vast Importance before long. The innC
J walton is in the form of a tie made out
I old rails. The rails are cut to the prope
} dimensions, bolted together firmly an
{ a Camping device introduced to hold tn
) rail firmly in position. About 1000 {
I these ties are in use and are giving GOO