Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-13

single box is given greater care now
than car loads were few years back. 1t
q single loaded car for the west Is found
at the transfer at night an engine Is
dispatched for It, and II is hurried to It's
destinstion on the first train.
These are some of the APP.
preoiable changes wrought by the new
manaeers-chaugos made necessary by
competition on all sides. Added to this
the speed of freight trains have Increased
from fifteen to twenty-five miles an hour,
whils the regular through ireiehts run on
twenty FIVE aud twenty-eght mile orders.
The Increased business of the road show
how well these improvements have been
appreciated and proved the fAr.seeing
wisdom Ct the management.
The coming fall will witness remark
able contest for the live stock traffic of
Nebraska and Wyoming between the
Union Pacific and Burlington Il Missouri.
The spring tussle, though lively one,
was only preliminary to what may be
expected two months hence. The former
company is busily engaged overhaulIng
sll cattle cars, aud putting on air brakes
preparatory to running stock trains thirty
miles an hour. These trainI Will make
but few stops and will divide
rights ard honors with passenger trains,
1t Is quits possible that sleeping cars for
throughbreds aud buffet cars for punch
ers will be Sdded before the season
closes Tbs B. tS M. is not idle by any
means lts numerous spurs tapping the
Union Paoiiio 1T important points have
knocked off a good tlice of The latters
revenue. The extension now being built
from Holdrege TO OgalIa'a Is intended as
a direct bid for a thsre of stock
traffic at that point. Ogallala Is
the heaviest stock shipping point in Ne
brasks. 1t is in the heart of the grazing
district of the state, aud Will doubtless
hold it's position at the head of the list
for some years to como. The entire
force of men and teams heretofore en-
ployed on the proposed Ashland cutoff
have bean transferred to the OgallaIa
line, and every effort will be made to put
the road i'll running order by the 18th of
August
1t is nov definitely known that the
building Of the proposed Ashland branch
OF tho B. tS M. has been abandoned for
the present. The cauge of this ia the
heavy grading necessary to Ike frat
clsRs road bed. The company
calculates that it Is cheaper 10 operate the
present line to Omaha than to build tho
''cutoff." The present line to Lincoln is
the shortest by several miles, and until
rival roads shorten the oistance the
''cutotf' will net ba built.
The elec'orB IF Sherman county will
vote, the 90 Inst, on TIRE proposition 10
bond the county for $3S,CCO to aecure
branch cf The Union Pacific 20 Loup
City. The proposed line will
st5rt from or near st. Paul
in Howard county, running northwest
wsid to the point named. There will be
twenty-one miles of road in Sherman
county. From PRESENT indications 1t is
certain tho bonds will carry by good
mai ority. The county is settling up rap.
ely and the neceselty of transportation
o market is fel5 by all.
The Northwestern road has crossed tie
and hills vest Of Valentine, and reached
he fertile country around Chadron. The
ron horse was expected In Chadron this
week, ak weeks ahead of contract tine.
i is now certain the road will be contin-
led westward and will reach White liver
,sfGie Enow flies.