The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-04-23
PEARSON CONTINUES
EASTWARD TRIP
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE PUGET
SOUND LEAVES TODAY
OVER NEW ROAD.

{ Chief Engineer Pearson of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee 81 Puget Sound rail-
way will leave at 8 o'clock this morn
ing with his party on continuation
of his eastward trip over the new
tracks of his line. 1t is expected that
the run will be made from here to
Garrison today; the run will be leisure
ly and time will be taken for the in
spection of the work up the canyon
Yesterday Mr.. Pearson received
many words of congratulation upon
his completion of the first through trip
from Seattle to Missoula over the new
line and his assurance that there will
be a local service inaugurated east and
west of Mssoula in few weeks was
welcome news.
The story of this initial trip over
the line from the coast, which was
printed in The Missoulian yesterday
was the theme of much comment dur
ing the day. There were many persons
who walked to the river bank just to
look across at the yellow coach that
had made the run.
On his trip eastward today Mr.. Pear
son will be accompanied by the party
of officers who came through from the
coast with him and there will be a
few Missoula people along to see the
line up the canyon. 1t will be some
ming to make the first trip over the
line that has involved so much effort
in the surrounding of serious obsta-
cles and which has been so success
fully completed.
LNv-xy CT a nj
of telegraph, with headquarters at Sc
attic, remained in Missoula all day
Yesterday comforting with the local Of
ficials relative to telegraph and tele-
phone matters. A portion of the time
spent here was devoted to a study of
the general telegraph situation with a
view toward the establishment of a
commercial telegraph office of the Con-
tinental Telegraph & Telephone COM
pany in this city. Mr.. Fry stated that
the company would begin to handle
commercial messages in a very few
days, but was not in position to say
whether or not the company would es-
tablish a down town office in Missoula
right away.
Trainmaster c. H. Marshall stated
yesterday that his forces on both ends
of the division were making rapid
progress and the labor Of ballasting the
roadbed was going on apace. The OPP
Grating department has encountered
considerable difficulty at tunnel No. 10,
located at Bryson, about a mile and
half west of the st. Paul Pass tun-
nell Some weeks ago rock, snow
and mud slide occurred at the east
portal of tunnel 49, entirely demolish-
ing the portal Since that time a
number of men have been engaged in
cleaning up the debris and repairing
the structure.
At the south side office of the Puget
Sound much activity is apparent. In
this building Trainmaster Marshall and
his assistant, M. Sawyer, a recent ar
rival from Seattle, have their head
quarters together with Chief Dis
patcher WI. J. Splon, who is assisted
by AL wilkins, formerly connected
with the Northern Pacific dispatching
department of this place. Here, too, is
the office of e. J. Perro, supply agent
for the company, and there is also
telegraph operator and many clerks.
The Offices are commodious and COM
fortably equipped for the business to
be transacted therein.