The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-26
AMONG II CARS.
What the Railroads Are Doina-Biu
Excursions.

Excursions.
Yesterday was a big day for the
Northern Pacific, which ran three sec.
lions of it's passenger train west to &C
commodate the homeseekers. 1t was
the biggest crowd that thai road has
uad SO far this year, there being some.
thing like 900 passengers on the three
sections. The road handled the trains
in a splendid manner, the first section
arriving just on the dot and the other
two following WITHIN ten and 20 min
utes, which was the schedule.
This is considered remarkable when
the distance between st. Paul ana
Billings is taken into consideration.
Two extra engines were sent down
from Livingston early in the morning
to pull two of the sections from this
city to that place.
E. H. Funk, formerly manager of
the Western Union Telegraph office
in .nis city, but who now holds a posi-
ton as train dispatcher under Supt.
Horn at Livingston, was renewing ac-
quaintances yesterday and OOking
over the new downtown Office to be es-
tablished shortly.
Inc new downtown telegraph office
will open for business Monday in the
rear upstairs room of the First Ma
tional bank block. The manager Of
the office will be a gentleman from
the east who will arrive Sunday, to-
gether with another operator. The
force Will consist of three men Tor the
present, but it is thought that it will
have to be increased by Two others as
the work is greater than three men
can handle. The Office at the Northern
Pacific freight depot will handle moth
ing bu, railroad business, and in con-
sequence the front window will be
closed. The present force will con
tinue to hold down the tricks" there.
w. A. Miller, of Alliance, Neb., as
slstant physician for the Burlington
helief association, is in the city and
will remain here until tomorrow night.
he will accompany w. M. Mitchell,
the injured Burlington switchman, as
far as Lincoln, on his way to his home
in Burlington, la.
John Graham, superintendent of
bridges and building for the Montana
division of the Northern Pacific, was
in the city yesterday.
Supt. H. ]. Horn came down from
Livingston yesterday morning to look
over the system and attend to matters
needing his personal attention. He
returned home on the last section of
the homeseekers' excursions.
M. M. Potter, representative of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, was
making one of his periodical visits to
this place yesterday.
The present limit of the homeseek-
ers' excursions will expire with April,
but there is some talk about contin-
uing them indefinitely. 1t all depends
on President Hill of the Great North
who was largely instrumental in
in~augurating them and continuing
them in force through the season last
year. Officials of other roads gener-
ally favor %cancelling the m at the end
of the month. 1t is estimated that the
northern roads have brought between
10000 and $4,000 excursionists west
since the rates have been in force this
year. many have located in Montana,
but the vast majority stopped in Oak
ota or went through to Washington.
The latter state made special efforts
to secure the settlers.
The government will open the east
ern side of the Yellowstone National
park during the summer months with
a stage road west to Yellowstone lake,
says the Anaconda Standard. The
work will be under the direction of en-
gineer officers of the department of
Dakota, win Capt. H. M: Chittenden
of Sioux Falls in charge. For this and
other improvements $113.O 900 is ava1l-
able.
Crews are already at work, al
though the. snow is yet falling and
are necessarily slow. The
construction of the new stage road is
the principal work planned for this
year, but many other roadways are to
be opened. Better communication with
Yancy's, a %favorite haunt of tourists,
and to several of the natural curiosi-
ties that are hard of access is to be
given. Considerable work will de
done south of the PARK boundaries,
opening up a region towards Jackson's
mole and the three Tetons.
The present appropriation is sever
al times larger than those formerly
received. The government allowed
only $500 last year for Improvement
work.