Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-18
RUMBlINGS BY RAIL.
The Omaha and Council Bluffs Pool in
Session,
Preparing For Greater Shipments of
stock Than Ever Before
Notes and Personals.

several peOple hhNe uiaue luqulLiSs
within the past two OF three days about
the Omaha and Council Bluffs pool and
what 1t really is. A BEE reporter sought
information yesterday at headquarters
and Is probably able to throw q few
rays of light on the matter, Some years
ago an arrangement was entered into
between roads from Chicago that run
into Council Bluffs and the Union Pacific
company whereby their prorata of freight
earnings on goods shipped to Nebraska
points may be ''divied" without going
over the thousands and thousands of
bills of lading, one at a time, and SLIT out
each company's proportion. Every two
years the freight departments get
together at Council Bluffs and have q
settlement. That Is what they are doing
now, and 1t will require several days to
complete the work.
The Union Pacific company Is making
great preparations Just now, for trans
porting the cattle that will commence to
be shipped about the 1st of August. In
Nebraska, Wyoming, Oregon and Da.
kota, there are thousands and thousands
Of fat, sleek bovines that will be sent to
the markets after that date, and the great
majority of them will have to reach the
Missouri river over the Union Pacific
road. To successfully and safely trans
port these cattle and dot on fast schedule
time, the company Is making its cars very
strong and supplying them with air
brakes. Already a few large shipments
are being made. One hundred and fifty
carloads are expected from Pine Ridge
to-day. Most of these will probably be
stopped here and slaughtered at the
Union stock yards.
A large gang of imported Italian
graders are working on the big cut on
the Omaha & st. Paul road near DeSota.
They board and bunk In freight cars at
the depot, and cook In bake ovens dug In
the bank. Sunday Is general wash day.
They are a jovisl and happy gang and
their fsndangos, with songs and v~lolins,
draw crowds from the surrounding farms.
The managers Of the Sioux City & Des
| Moines railroad have purchased a bunch
| of fifty-Ieven lots In Sioux City for ter
miusl facilities. The price paid was $780,
900. The company is composed of active
business man, who propose not only to
build the line mapped cut, but to aid
any company needing tsrmtnal facilities
In Iowa's western metropolis.
Grading has already been commenced
on the Black Hills branch of the North
western road between Chadron, Nebrss.
ka, and the Cheyenne river. Three hun
dred teams and double that number of
men are camped on the trail. The coun-
try between the White river and the
Cheyenne is well adapted for railroad
operations, and rapid progress will be
made. No reasonable doubt now exists
that the northern terminus will be within
eighteen houre' ride of Deadwood before
snow files. That it will approach closer
remains to be seen.
A little 6 year old girl, wearing q tag
commencing her to the care of train men
and passengers and stating that she was
going from Leadv!lle to Butte City, wal a
passenger on Monday nights train
through Laramie. The tag also said:
"Do unto others as ye would that they
should do unto you.
ut Is rumored In railroad circles, -"
says the Grand Island Independent, 'thst
our genial U. P. agent at this point, Is to
be promoted to the position of supsrin-
tendent of the st. Joe & Western divis-
Ion. While we would be pleased to see
the services of 50 efficient an officer re-
cognized by higher promotion, yet "a his
present position Mr.. Moore has acquired
so many friends that his place with the
business men and merchants and shippers
of Grand Island would be hard to fill
acceptably. Particularly among the rail
road boys, would he be greatly missed, if
his duties called him elsewhere"
The boys around the B. 81 NJ. depot
played @ rich joke on Charley Homelins,
the genial bAggageman, the other day.
For further particulars enquire at the B.
& M. depot.
The Denver overland train (frst sec
tlon) arrived hSlf IN hour late last even
Ing, the second section coming In about
nine o'clock,
Mr.. John G. Taylor, formerly freight
auditor of tho Union Pacific, but now
general freight egent of the St. Marie,
Minneapolis & Turtle Lake railroad, with
headquarters at Minneapolis, is In the
city.
+. B. Whitney, the genial Chicago, ST.
Paul, Minneapolis e Omaha gentleman,
who looks after passenger business here,
has gone up to White Bear Lake, Min,
]nesots, on q trip that combines
pleasure and business. j. w.
Smith, the assistant to MIR. Whitney,
has been promoted to the position of gen.
eral travelling agent, and leaves for st.
Paul this morning to pnt on his new
harness. Charles Brown succeeds to the
position he vacates here.
James McCabe, freight agent for the
c., st. p, M. q O. at this city, went
out over the line yesterday. Mr.. Nc.
Csbe Ia enjoying a visit from his son
Frank, of Chicago.