, 1889-05-07
RACING WITH CATTLE.
The Burlington Will Rush Cattle
East of Omaha.
Northern Pacific Steals a March on
the Union Pacific.
Cheyenne & Northern Directors
Elected Here Yesterday.
CATTLE TR AIMS.

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the live stock agreement between Omaha
and Chicago. The result is that the pool
has been broken and stock train schedules
are more irregular than ever. To-day
the Burlington gave notice to its agents
10 notify shippers that hereafter live
stock trains on that road between here
and Chicago would be run as fast as
steam could pull them, and that nothing
but fast time would be made. The Bur
ington says that if it can make better
time than other roads it is going to do it
regardless Of complaint by parallel
lines.
II UNION AND NORTHERN PACIFIC.
OMAHA, May 6.-The recent move
ment on the part Of the Northern Pacific,
whereby it gains an entrance and direct
line to Chicago, is attracting considerable
attention in railroad circles in Omaha
from the fact that it will figure conspicu-
ously in the question of trans. continental
traffic. In this respect the Uuion Pacific
is the most seriously affected. As to the
deal there are two reports, one hat the
Northern Pacific has made a traffic ar
rangement with the Wisconsin Central,
the other that it has acquired control of
that road.
An official of the Union Pacific stated
there is every reason to believe that the
lease of the Wisconsin Central has been
made and that the deal is a certainty.
When asked what his road would do he
stated that no steps had been taken, but
that the action of the Northern Pacific
could be checkmated in case it made any
special issue on trans-continental traffic.
From this it Is inferred that, if necessary,
the Iowa lines will throw their traffic To
the Union Pacific.
CHEYENNE NORTHERN.
While the order has not yet been issued
it is pretty well settled that the Cheyenne
& Northern will adopt a tri-weekly SER
vice, running a train up one day and
down the next. The company claims
that it can handle the business of the line
at half the present expense, and feels
bound, from a business standpoint, to do
SO. 1t is claimed that the road is now
operated ats loss of about 81, 900 per
month.
A proxy meeting of the shareholders of
the Cheyenne & Northern was held here
yesterday. H. w. Henderson was chair
man and K. j. Churchill secretary, while
B. =. Gilbert occupied the floor. The
acts of the outgoing board were ratified
and these trustees elected: Messrs. Ames,
Holcombe, Warren, Post, Harris, Nagle,
Adams, Atkins. Dexter. The number Of
shares represented was Il, 47O.
SECTION MAN KILLED.
The mutilated remains of a section
man named Henry Jackson were found
on the track near Carbon yesterday morn
ing. He had been run over by a train
during the night. The body was turned
over to the coroner of Carbon county.
BURLINGTON BUILDING.
General Manager Holdredge of the
Burlington & Missouri was in Holyoke
Saturday, and it is learned on good au-
thority that his company has decided to
iron the grade up the Frenchmau Valley
from Culbertson to Holyoke, Colo, and
that the work will be done In the near flu,
ture. The road bed was graded two years
aso when the townsite company laid out
new towns and sold lots on the strenth OF
the road. These people complained to
the state board of transportation that the
company had sold them lots on false pre-
lenses. Holyoke is a furnishing town
tributary to Cheyenne.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
q. p. Huntington, president of the
Central Pacific, passed east abroad a
special Sunday.
Jas. Weed. building and bridge super
intendent, is out west.
Three cattle trains were hauled over the
Cheyenne & Northern yesterday.
The Union Pacific is arranging to run
twenty-five suburban trains out of Den
yer.
Mr.. Holcombe has assured a committee
of business men that mo unwarranted
changes would be made at the Grand Is
land shops"