Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-17
THE HEADLIGHT PORTFOLIO.
Filled With Miscellaneous Items Re-
garding Railroad Men.
AN EMPTY FLASK OF WHISKY.
How Union Pacific M%agnatcs Roll
Around i'm Non-produCtiye
Paintial Cars Valued
at $4,000.


| l"lNh W Ilt-tluDl blltll N'lliI hl MINUS
in the sleeper, took up quarters in the
drawing room of the car. Along in the
night they began to banker for n little
nutriment. All of them subjected their
satchels to n rigid search and the result
was that two empty half-plnt TASKS and
an apple were discovered. 1t is need
less to state that the countenancc OF
each man collapsed and one pecred into
the others, eyes in amazcmcnt. But on
the way, one of the trio had beer pre-
sentcd, by an acquaintance, to another
traveller, and the latter shortly after
ware ilourishcd a consignment of the
ardent. lie narrated this to his con-
stituents. but the nutrlment was still rs
far off AS ever. Finally one of the
officials aroused his companions from a
| heavy slumbcr and asked him ii he had
any hot stuff The latter replied in
the negative, but stated that the man to
whom he had been introduced had Il
half-pint fiasH untouched, also that he
was slumbering in booth No. s. One of
the officials touched the alarm bell, and
the porter responded promptly. Bring
us the grip in No. s." remarked one of
the number. The porter unsuspect-
il gly repaired to No. S, and grabbing
| up the grip restored it to the coterie of
officials. 1t was opened and the invit-
ing essence of rye was found. Even a
railroad official has some compassion for
a fellow being, and enough was left in
the flask for the occupant of booth No.
S to change breaths the next morning.
The satchel was returned, and when the
man in No. S arose h next morning he
invited his friend to r%ec1perate with
him, but upon opening his valise he
was surprised to find that only enough
to moisten n postage stamp was in the
bottle. Turning to his old acquaint-
ance he said: by jove that friend
that you introduced to me must be a
hummer The friend who unfOr-
tunately occupied Il booth opposite to the
incensed traveller by this time arrived
and overheard the conversation Re
alizing the perdicament he vas placed
in he explained the situation, telling
how the ''precious' evaporated.
The maj with the flask was enraged.
and evidently would have beeu given
| special rates on the roads with which
the officials were connected, had he en-
countcred them upon learning of the
| pecullarities of the situation, but talk
ing a second thought, and concluding
that immaculate gall was something to
be kept end nourished, he viewed the
| matter in a joking manner.
While the directorate of the Union
Pacific are imploring the congress OF
| the United States for financial relief,
fourteen subordinate officials are being
wheeled from one point to another, and
| all over the continent, in Il private car
| set aside for their accommodation and
enjoyment. At present O3 is pre-
empted by w. H. Holcomb, vice presi-
dent of the system. Another notch
| lower and 02 is reached. which is the
private palace of Thomas l.. Kimball,
the general manager. The vehicle %
is that utilized by Assistant General
Manager Kimball. while the ambassa-
dor from Harvard college, Assistant
General Manager Cummings, rolls
about the country among the cowboys
in 06. c.. +. Rcssequie. superintendent
OF the Nebraska division. occupies OIL.
while his assistant at North Platte, u.
Touny, rests gently in 0S. j. NJ. Barr, sup
~erintendent of the Wyoming division,
rides about in %, and Bob Baxter, his
able assistant, is wheeled about in OS7.
The superintendent of the Idaho divis-
ion, John Rapelie, reposes in OBJ. while
j. =. Gilchrist, of the Colorado divis-
ion, reclincS his angular form in O26.
j. O. Brlnkerhotf superintendent of the
Kansas division prOmenades the aisle
of OF, and his assistant throws himself
in the seat quite dignitied in o.. The
president. Charles Francis Adams, and
| the board of directors have car Ol0 set
aside for their service. This is the
most costly of any of the private cars,
n cost in the neighborheod of 10000.
The other private coaches will average
about SO 900 each making about 500
tied up in that class of rolling stock
commonly termed mon producers" A
railway official in speaking of the
matter several days ago said: 'If the
board of directors and stockholders that
have been imploring AID and denounc-
ing governmental oppression, would
turn their attention to the %eXtrava-
gance resulting from official a~ristoc-
racy, that is being not only practiced
but cultivated in the official ranks
of the Union Pacific, some financial
benefit might result"
There is a belief existing in the
minds of several individuals on the in
side in railway circles to the effect that
j. S. Tebbets, general passenger agent
OF the Union Pacigc, and who will IN
the near future assume the duties of
assistant general freight agent of that
Iouti 10 ~ GINNING 'iist ~ iS'Nu VI
the system at this place. The fact that
he will, at an early date, supplant j. A.
Munroe as general freight agent is con-
coded in official circles as Il possibility,
with good grounds on which to rest. 1t
is stated that Tebbets springs from II
New England circle that has u big lev
erage on the managerial powers OF the
Union Pacific, and that, were it not for
his youth and ~inexperience, he would
have been basking under the title al
lotted TO w. H.. Holcombe at the pres
emit time. 1t is we'll known hat he is
strongly favored by President Adams,
and that the latter will advance him in
rank as fast as possible.
"If Tom Potter we're alive to-day"
remarked a Union Pacific official, The
certainly would appreciate the promo
tion of Il. l.. Lomax TO the position OF
general passenger agent Of the Union
Pacific. Did il eve occur to you that
he was Potter's choice for the place at
the time the passenger and ticket de-
partments were consolidated? Well,
such is the case. and while Potter
welded a powerful influence with the
directorate, he was slightly bafled in
filling the positions of general and as
sistant general passenger agent. YOu