The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-19
FIRST REGULAR PASSENGER
RUNS OVER MlssouLA DI-
vlsloNsoF EXTENSION. "
Large Crowd Of Interested Spectators
and Officials of Road Welcomes the
Train as It Pulls lnto the Local
Yards-Run From Butte to AIberton
Is Made Right on Time.

Look here come the yellow cars. :"
With this cry on the lips of some
hundred interested spectators of the
last and most dramatic scene in the
opening of the Missoula division Of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound was the first regular passen-
ger train to be run over the line
welcomed as it pulled into the Mis-
soula yards yesterday afternoon. There
was a good audience of interested
people on the banks of the river and
along the rightrof-Way of the rail-
road as the little train pulled in from
Butte and from the time the first
whistle OF the train, No. /, was heard
up the canyon there was an interested
buzz of excitement which eliminated
in cheer when the train stopped op-
posite the temporary passenger sta
tion under the Higgins avenue bridge.
The local officials Of the road We're, Of
course, the people most enthusiastic
over the occasion and they We're right
on deck to greet the train crew and
the Butte officials who brought the
train in.
Train on Time
No. 1, consisting of three cars, two
Of the roads long coaches and a COM
bination baggage and express car, ar
rived at the depot at 1880 right on
time, bringing with it big crowd Of
Butte people, who came to register
for the reservation opening, and some
Of the roads officials. who came to
make the first trim over the division
Buses. and hacks were drawn up at
the south end of the temporary bridge
to take care Of the crowds and the
drys of aCarriage. sir and Savoy
hotel bore forciblv on one the real
import of the trains arrival and
showed better than anything else
could have done that the Missoula di-
vision had been onened and that the
yellow cars are here for good at last.
N. New Depot in Use.
IA force of carpenters has been busy
reraodeling the old Barber & Marshall
building on the south end of the bridge
for q week and the ticket office was
opened there yesterday morning, al
though the station is not quite in its
finished state yet. Here the officials
We're gathered to receive the first
train and here it was that the train
loadAof homeseekers zdisembarked. The
ticket office enjoyed a good trade all
day long and as this train will con-
meet directly with the through trains
for the east at Butte great many
tickets We're sold to eastern points
along the line.
To III. A. Syverson of Missoula be- |
longs the honor of having bought the
4.
Syverson was at the sellers window
almost as soon as the office was open
and purchased two tickets to Alberton. t
From that time on the sale was brisk, (
for the first day, and some 500 worth I
Of transportation was sold during the
morning hours. Among the tickets
sold yesterday were fares to Michi- |
gan City, Milwaukee and Boston show
ing that the people here are beginning /
to realize that Missoula is now con-
nected to st. Paul by direct service
on the Puget Sound.
The train. in addition to its load of
passengers, also carried q big con-
sighment to the Wells Fargo company I
here. This company is the official I
express company of the whole MilWau
kee system and yesterday it began
active operations here, The companys +
office has been installed in roomy
quarters on East Main street and the
business placed in charge of Jack
Halfridge, who has formerly been in
the employ of the Northern Pacific \
Express company here.
The train made the return trim in
fine shape, arriving here at sos in the
evening from Alberton. A large crowd
took advantage of the opportunity Of
forded them and the train was we'll
filled when it pulled out for Butte.