Omaha daily bee., 1885-07-15
SMOKE AND STEAM,
A Lively aud Interesting Day in
Railway Circles,
Preparing to Form New Pooling
Scheme-Fast Freight Time
Along the U. Z. Road.
Etc, Etc.
A REIMBURSEMENT OF FOOL RATES.

An important railroad meeting, C
rather series of meetings, commenced yes
terdsy In Council Bluffs. The RAILROAD
men In attendance upon the meeting ar,
the freight travelling auditors of the foul
eastern roads. The object of the meet
ing Is to determine the tonnage of each
station on the Union Pacific line-thst 4,
the amount of goods through
billed from each station to eastern
points. The point of this Is to determine
the basis of new pooling arrangement
between the eastern roads and the Union
Pacific on business consigned from point.
In Nebraska to points In the east. This
becomes necessary about every two years,
as the rates of business are constantly on
the change. One of the gentlemen of
the meeting informed reporter last
night that 1t was found that the tonnage
of every station on the Union Pacific had
steadily increased In the last two years.
"Our method of determining the new
losses of pool rates" he said twill be to
apply the old schedule of rates to the
business between June /, 1884 and Jan
1, 1885. The results Of our lsbors will
be laid before meeting of the Trans
continental at Chicago"
The following gentlemen are in attend.
ance upon the meeting: w. McCredie,
freight auditor, NJ. Hartnet, assistant
freight auditor, and G. d. Bird, travel
ing auditor, 9. B. Il O.; w. S. Dudley,
freight auditor, G. M. e st. P; w. 5.
Hart we'll, freight auditor of the G. u
N. w; w. II. Croselsy, freight auditor
g. r. l. & P; and F. W. Stevens, Of
the freight auditors office of the @. Il
N. w. The rest of the gentlemen In
attendance on the meeting are on the
Council Bluffs side of the river.
The meeting will continue about three
weeks.
TEA ON THE FLY.
One of the greatest fast time feats In
modern railroadlng has Just been accom-
plished by the Union Pacific company.
1t Is this: Last Sunday, at 2:35 o'clock
p. M, thirteen cara loaded with tea were
started from Ogden eastward, and they
reached here yesterday at o'clock p. m,
being just fortysix hours and thirty.fve
minutes making the trip, and In this one
hour must be allowed for the change In
central and mountain time. The
distance from Ogden to Omaha
is 1882 miles, therefore you can
zee for yourself that the time made
is the fastest for freight on record. In
fact 1t is feared that the staid, slow and
drowsy old eastern merchants who are to
receive that tea will make complaint
ab1ut it being jerked throughthe country
so fast. 1t has been stated In the pres-
ence of BEE reporter that the strength |
and the aroma Of that tea Is now hang. |
Ing like dew on the telegraph poles all the |
way between here and Cheyenne. Tea |
around at the rats CT twenty-five miles
per our, for forty six hours, 1t is bound
to be more or less exhausted in its
strength.
A BIG TRAIN.
No sooner has the fast train business
become common and not worth talking
about than something new bobs up, just
like the paternal ghost of young Hamlet
used to get aroused every now and then
to annoy and worry the life out of him.
But 1t 80 happens that these new schemes
are net annoying. They are great things,
to keep railroad reporters in a good
bumor If nothing else. The latest Union
Pacific sceeme lis to see Just how big
passenger train can be pulled over It's
road without dividing up and making
sections. Heretofore nine and eleven cars
cars have been considered about enough
for one engine to hsndle. Yesterday
however, when the "Over-
land reached here, with Jack Dolsn,
The famous, as her driver, and his trusty
old monster she was composed of
seventeen cars, and got in promptly
on time. Dolan brought her down from
Grand Island, and the company was 30
we'll pleased with him that he was per-
mltted to "unhook" at the depot on this
side, 90 to the shop with his mill" and
let q yard engine snake the train across
TO Council Bluffs. Fairbrass was the
conductor.
A FEW NOTES.
j. j. Burnes, general store keeper for
the Union Pacific, returned from an ex'
tended trip west yesterday.
Gushing 81 Mallory were awarded
contract yesterday to build 80 miles of
road for the Union Pacific company, from
st. Paul, Neb., to the northwest.
G. S. Smal!wood, one of the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha opera
.ors here, returned yesterday from
W Worthipgton, Mimi, where he had been
IN a short fishing excursion. His fisn
torles now are equal to any that are be-
nj, told |