Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-20
The RAILROADS.

No word was received today of the
homeseekers excursions of the Great
Northern which left st. Paul and Chi
cago yesterday morning but the report
of the first section of the Northern Pa
citic which left St.ePaul yesterday. leads
local officials to believe that the excur-
sions this week will be fully as large
as those of last week. In the telegram
received by the Northern Pacific yester-
day it was stated that number Of the
excursionsts were bound for Montana.
Nearly all of the passengers in previous
excursions went to the state of WASH
, ington.
James H. O'Neill. the "Adonis' train
master of the Montana Central railroad
with headquarters at Great Falls, is
honoring Butte with his handsome pres
ence. He is the guest of Assistant Cen
eral Freight Agent Archibald Gray.
Major Dawson of the Great Northern
this morning received a picture of the
first full car of Puritan rye whisky
that was ever shipped into Montana. 1t
was sent to J. V. Collins of Anaconda.
E. Gray, general agent of the Chicago
& Northwestern at Helena, is in town.
Victoria, B. c., March 20.-At large
public meeting last night resolutions
We're passed asking the government to
give subsidy for the Coast Kootenay
railway to Victoria, B. c., Vancouver
and Eastern Co. and endorsing the
Crows Nest Southern railway to the head
of the island. Hon. Mr.. Turner spoke
saying that subsidies would be given
for the lines named and that the Victoria
Vancouver & Eastern had offered to
build the Coast Kootenay line on better
terms than the former proposition.
! j. H. Kennedy, engineer for the Vic
toria, Vancouver & Eastern railway,
with a corps of surveyors has begun
making preliminary surveys for the pro-
posed road up Meyers creek. The snow
is as yet rather deep on the summit
of the mountains but work is being
pushed along as rapidly as possible.
! Most of the party came from Cascade,
where they have been working but all
supplies We're purchased here and from
the preparations made it is evident that
the party intends to stay in the vicin-
! ity some time. Not enough work has
been done as yet to determine exactly
what sort Of grade they can obtain,
but Mr.. Kennedy gives it as his opinion
route yet tried. Another party of en-
gineers is reported to be at work near
Oroville. making trail surveys on the
other side of the mountain to determine
| the best route.
| The engineers throughout Indiana have
combined against the use of the white
lights in railroading. The white light is
used at night to indicate a clear track
and the engineers in question claim that
it's use is responsible for many accidents
They are insisting that instead of the
white light there shall be used yellow
: or blue light, or some color which shows
! plainly at night.
/ According to the Chicago Times Her.
aid the Missouri Pacific is shortly to be
made the greatest system of the south
/ west 1t is claimed that the Goulds now
have control of the Denver & Rio
Grande and will soon have the Rio
/ Grande Western. The Missouri Pacific
now has control Of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas.
BY these purchases the Missouri Paci-
fic will not only extend it's western
limits to Ogden but occupy the mountain
I passes to an extent that 1t will make it
/ difficult for other roads to secure in
gress on a profitable footing. The Mis-
souri, Pacific is in close relations with
the Union Pacific and other properties
under syndicate control and will there
fore. be in situation to work har-
moniously west from Salt Lake City
and Ell Paso. Mr.. Gould's present trip
west and inspection of railway property
is said to be the concluding preparation
for the unificatiOn of this great south
western system. This consolidation
would make a system consisting of
1886 miles.
Great Northern methods are to be APP
piled In the operating and auditing de-
partments of the Erie. The percentage
of expenses to earnings on the Erie is
said to be unsatisfactory to President
Hill. who is one of the roads directors.
and he has directed that Erie officials
take few days off,. attend the Great
Northern school and learn to operate a
road and keep the accounts.
The Northwestern will build % miles
of road from Houghton, Mich. to con-
meet with the copper range roads