The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-25
CHANGE IN The TIME.
NEW SCHEDULE ON THE OREGON
SHORT LINE.
EFFECTIVE ON NOVEMBER :
Afternoon Train for Salt Lake Will
Leave Later and Arrive at Its
Destination Earlier-Wreck
Near McCamman.

A change in the running time Of trains
| on the Oregon Short Line will go into
effect November 3, on which date fast
| train is to be put on between New York
and San Francisco.
The new train will cross the continent
in four days. 1t will run via the New
York Central. Lake Shore and Hartman
lines west of Omaha and have a close
Boston connection at New York
The time Of departure from the latter
city will be 8:15 in the morning. 1t will
| arrive at Chicago at 1880 the following
morning.
Fast Mail Schedule.
From Chicago the new train will run
on the schedule of the present fast mail
over the Chicago & Northwestern, which,
| after November will be run as a
through train to San Francisco over the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
The new train will cover the distance
between New York and Denver in two
days, consume one more day in running
to Salt Lake and another day between
the latter place and San Francisco maxi
ing four days in all.
General Passenger Agent Lomax of the
Union Pacific is now in Chicago arrang-
ing the schedule.
The change on the Oregon Short Line
will. of course, have to be made in order
that passengers from this station bound
east and west may connect with the fast
train. It is the intention to start the
train that now leaves Butte at p. M.
little later than the old schedule, and
land it in Salt Lake earlier.
wrack m tha Short Line
The fast mail on the Oregon Short
Line was wrecked four miles west of Nc
Camman, about $3.50 o'clock Tuesday at
ternoon, and the engineer and fireman
killed.
engineer and Paul Spidell the fireman.
Both lived in Pocatello and leave fami
lies. The baggageman was injured, but
the passengers escaped.
The wreck was caused by some dirt
which had been left on the track by grad
ers. At the point where the wreck oc-
Cured there is an embankment 80 feet
high.
After the locomotive left the track it
Jumped over the embankment and
pulled the mail and baggage cars after
it. These cars We're wrecked along with
the engine. The sleeper and diner also
left the track, but were not wrecked.
The engineer and fireman stuck to their
posts and were buried in the debris.
MI. Mellen Said Sow UP.
While on his way west few days ago
President Melen of the Northern Pacific
was given such a swift ride that he had
to call upon the engineer to slow down
a little.
hn Logan
branch which connects Butte and Logan.
AS a rule, it takes a train about an
hour longer to run from Logan to Gar
rison via Butte than it does from Logan
to Garrison via Helena, but on the occa-
sion of Mr.. Mellen's trip it was different
The locomotive which drew his train
between these points via Butte was in
charge of Engineer Gear, who knows
when he is expected to make time.
He pulled out of Logan little late. but
before his train had gone half a mile 1T
was sailing along at full speed.
When the canyon near Whitehall was
reached it was supposed that the en-
gineer would slow up a little. but he did
not, and MI. Mellen called upon him to
lessen his speed.
Gear smiled a bit, and dropped the
throttle back Mich, but still kept the
train going at good clip.
Senator Clark was with Mr.. Mellen-
he had gone to Livingston to meet him
but he paid little attention to the fast
gait at which the train was going
through the canyon.
The train ran into Butte ahead OF
schedule time, and arrived at Garrison
three hours ahead of the train it had
left at Logan to go around by way of
Helena.