Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-15
AMONG THE
'"'"' RAILROADS
PASSENGER AGENTS OF WESTERN
ROADS ARE HAVING A JOLLY
TIME.
PRESENTS GIVEN
TO TICKET AGENTS.
The Distribution of Umbrellas, Apples
and Passes Has Caused. All
the Trouble.

Reports from the west have 1t that
preliminary steps toward surveying
route for an extension of the Chicago 4
Northwestern line from Omaha to Den
YER have been begun. Construction en-
! gineers, headed by Elliott o. Duncan.
| are said to have started on an overland
trip from the Nebraska metropolis to
! the Colorado capital, and it is expected
that after they have made the trip the
actual work Of surveying will be taken
| up.
But few, if any. difficulties in engi-
neering would be experienced in build
! ing line between the two cities. and
| it is estimated that the construction
would not necessitate a greater outlay
than $4,000 mile. The line would be
| about 800 miles long.
| At present the Northwestern gets into
| Denver from Omaha over the Union
| Pacific tracks. 1t is asserted that the
! Northwestern has come into control of
| the Denver & Scranton line, narrow
! gauge road connecting Denver with the
| Scranton coal mine region. Some Off
| Gals say that the Northwestern would
| have but little use for this line unless
| it had a road of it's own into Denver.
| The route that is said to be considered
more than any other crosses the Bur-
| lington line at Hyannis. Neb., the North
Platte river at Oshkosh, Iowa, the
Union Pacific road at Sidney, Col. and
the South Platte river at Harden, Col.
Reduced rates have. been granted by
the eastern lines for the following meet
ngs: United Mineworkers of America,
y ion T,,1io or1; Tor
uary p to 2S; joint interstate conven-
ton of operators and mineworkers, CO.
lumbus. o., January 81 to February Is;
Retail Merchants Association Of ILL
nois. Decatur, February 5 to Z, and the
biennial convention of the Wootlmen of
the World, Milwaukee, Wis, February
IL to Is.
The adjustment at Portland, Or. of
the general agency has been nearly
completed. AS at Salt Lake, the initial
road takes the Office. and this being
the Oregon Railway & Navigation. the
Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific
offices were abolished. Now circulars
have been received showing that Gen.
eral Agent j. H. Lothrop of the Union
Pacific has been transferred to New
York as general eastern agent of the
Portland & Asiatic Steamship company.
w. H. Hamilton has been made as
sistant general freight agent Of the
Oregon Railway & Navigation; ]. r.
Nagel, travelling passenger agent. and
c. L. Darling, travelling freight agent.
{. Ii. Speer has resigned from the
secretaryship of the Chicago local pas
senger bureau and the general agency
of the Western Passenger association.
the resignation to take effect the last
of this month. Mr.. Speers will take
service with railroad February /.
the burlington management is pre-
pairing to adopt the system of electric
headlighting for all of it's passenger and
freight locomotives. For some time ex-
periments with the electric headlights
have been made on the Burlington &
Missouri line, the success being marked
| in every instance.
Roads of the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION are considering a proposition
to abandon the practice of checking
baggage on stock contracts, the rule, if
adopted, to become effective February
l. Passenger men believe that with
this practic done away with the brokers
would suffer materially.
The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis line has expressed it's willingness
to become a member of the Western
Passenger association. 1t is regarded
as certain that it will be voted a men,
Der within the next few days.
Coupon ticket agents all over the
United States will watch with pleasure
the latest quarrel between the general
passenger agents of western railroads.
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Three
railroads. the Burlington. the St. Louis
4 San Francisco and the Colorado Mid
land, are accused of violating the spirit,
If not the strict letter of the famous
anti-commission agreement adopted by
the railway presidents a year ago. A
lively time is predicted at the next
meeting of the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION, when the case is to be con-
sidered. 1t appears that l.. c. Sadd,
travelling passenger agent at Pittsburg
for the Burlington system, a day or two
before Christmas distributed among
ticket agents of various eastern rail-
roads about thirty umbrellas, worth IS