Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-21

mutt on products of that district ana IL Is
shown at length how land can be Oh
tanned. AS a whole the "bullStin,, con-
tains a very comprehensive wrlteup OF
the district and conveys valuable lnfor-
nation to intending purchasers.
The Great Northern is to hold an odd
boss sale next Monday and Tuesday at
the express office on Main street and an
accumulation of the last twelve months
will be disposed of. In all there are L.
500 packages to be sold and they contain
diamonds, underwear, clothing and many
other things. A number of the officials
of the Great Northern Express company
will be present at the sale and three OF
them are expected to arrive tonight
They are Ronald Stewart of st. Paul.
superintendent; Frank Preston of Spo-
kane, ing agent and ]. G. Johnston
of st. Paul, travelling auditor.
Word was received today by the local
officers of the Northern Pacific that. the
homeseekers excursion which left Chi
cago last Tuesday was in two sections
ontaining 700 passengers. This train
will pass through Butte tonight. The ex-
cursion which left St. Paul last Tuesday
was in two sections and contained 4oo
passengers. The Great Northern eXeur-
SIGN which left st. Paul Tuesday was
in two sections, containing 400 passen-
gers and the excursion which left Chl-
cago on the same day contained 800 pass
sengers.
The Great Northern has decided to
engage in the transportation east OF
shipments of California oranges, a busl-
ness heretofore enjoyed exclusively by
the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
roads. The first shipment of II carloads
will go through Spokane this month
and Great Northern officials are making
preparatio to make the transportation
entirely successful.
The Great Northern has made an ar
rangement with the Pacific Coast COM
pany, of which J. D. Farrell. formerly
of Spokane, is president BY the ar
rangement the fruit is to be handled on
on Pacific Coast company steamers from
California and transferred at Seattle
to the Great Northern.
The first shipment will arrive at Seat
tie March 25 on the steamer Umatilla.
Fourteen large refrigerator cars will be
waiting at the wharf and as soon as
the fruit can be transferred to the train
will start east to make record freight
time to St. Paul. 1t will have right of
way over everything but passenger
trains and an effort will be made to
beat 25 miles an hour. The success of
this shipment is expected to make this
route extremely popular with California
growers.
1t is reported that for several weeks
the Santa Fee and Southern Pacific have
been confronted with a shortage of cars
to handle the orange crop, hence the
new outlet is said to be most gratifying
to growers.
The Union Pacific is experimenting
with the compound engines recently
purchased and placed in service be-
tween Rawlins and Cheyenne. The sin
gle nozzles on the engines are being re-
placed by double ones. If the expert
ment proves a success all Of the COM
pounds in the freight service will be
treated in a like manner as fast as they
are sent to the shops for repairs. The
change in the nozzles permits of greater
hauling power and the locomotives can
make just as good speed.
According to reports. the Chicago
Great Western has stirred up little
trouble in the Transcontinental Pas
senger association by selling colonist
tickets from Kansas City to the north
Pacific coast points, VIA st. Paul, at the
$25 rate. The roads running direct from
Kansas City made objection to this prac-
tice and the Great Westerns connections
in St. Paul replied that they had not
authorized such an application of the
rule The other roads are now trying
to force an abandonment of such rout-
ing of cOlOnists.
The postoffice department has issued
orders requiring railroads to build
heavier cars for mail carrying SERVICE
AS fast as possible the roads are COM
plying with the order and Superintend-
ent S. F. Taft of the railway mail service
is busy inspecting those which have al
ready been placed in service. At pres
ent he is in Philadelphia. The purpose
of the governments order is to provide
better protection for railway mail clerks
in cases of accidents. All the cars are
being built upon specifications furnished
by the government. The new cars are g.
feet long, which is 10 feet longer than
the old cars, and are provided with
double stills Of extra thickness. sheathed
in steel where they are joined at the
ends.