Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1897-01-05
GniIrny Notes nnd rcrsonnls.

Assistant General Freight Agent Wood of
the Union Pacific will go to Kansas City
today to attend the meeting of the trans
missouri freight committee.
General Travelling Passenger Agent Hutch
ison will look after the Union Pacifc's inter
ests at the Denver meeting of the Transcon-
tnental Pase engor association.
w. f. Mcmillan, general agent Of the
burlington at Salt Lake and George W.
Vallery, general agent of the same road at
Denver, were in the city Sunday.
Chief Clerk Mum of the Elkhorn's pas
senger department will look after the inter
ests of his road at the Denver meeting of the
Transcontlr entail Passenger association.
Herbert Taylor and party will leave for
Denver, Laramie and Green River this
afternoon to take further testimony in the
Union Pacific hospital fund and the Ores
bach cases.
General meetings of the Western Pas
senger association, Chicago, January II, and
OF the Transcontinental Passenger associa-
tion at the same place, two days later, have
just been announced by Chairman Caldwell
The Union Pacific made a present OF
$66.50 the other day to the widow Of Fred
Stabler, the brakeman who was shot ON the
Wyoming division not long ago The check
covered the amount of his funeral expenses.
General Agent Frawley of the Union
Pacifc's passenger department is in town
from Kansas City. He says that the newly
remodeled Office now occupied there by the
Overland" route il the finest in Kansas
City.
r. B. f. Pierce receiver of the Toledo,
st. Louis & Kansas City Uhe Clever Leaf.
announces that w. S. Weed has been ap.
pointed freight traffic manager of that road
in charge of all freight traffic, both rail
and lake. The appointment was effective
on Friday last
There will be an important conference of
freight men in st. Paul today. 1t is the
annual meeting Of the freight representatives
of the through northern lines and other
transcontinental lines on business of joint
interest. The Union Pacific will be rep
resented by Messrs. Clifford Of this city and
Maze Of Butte.
1t is stated that the Natchez, Red River
&c Texas railroad will build into Shreveport
La. during the next few months. Should
this line be finished as projected ii will be
an important link between the west and
the Mississippi valley, as 1t will connect at
Shreveport with the Texas g. Pacific, the
Kansas City, WATKINS d Gulf, the Queen &
Crescent and the Gould system.
1t looks as though the railroads are al
ready weakening on their good New Years
resolutions about the restriction of passes.
That part of the pass agreement fer 1897
that prohibited traffic managers, general pas
senger and freight agents from requesting
or issuing free transportation has already
been modified by Commissioner Mlugely,
and these officials viii enjoy the same priv
ileges as in years past
The Illinois roads are preparing to enter
the fight against the passage of law ere
ating the 2-Cent rate as n maximum on
passenger business, and II is likely that
among the bills introduced at the coming
session of the Illinois legislature will be
one making the granting or acceptance Of
a pass punishable by law. The roads say
they could stand 2-ceut fare II the pass
business were entirely abolished,
Anticipating new management of the Ore
gon Short Line and Utah Northern the
people of Pocatello are already clamorng
for daily local train service. A letter re-
ceived from there, among other things says;
"The people between Cache Junction and
Market Lake, Idaho, for four long years
have been without day passenger train
with the number Of people that there are
between these places we know the railway
company would profit by putting on day
train, except Sundays"
Meeting of the Real Estate Exchange.
The. Real Estate exchange held an I'M
important meeting at the Commercial club
at noon yesterday, Its membership was in
creased by the addition of one new member.
G. Il. Miller. Secretary Shrlyer reported
three applications for membership, G. l.,
Green, George w. Carlock and l.. s. skinner.
The exchange endorsed the scheme to issue
Transmissssippl postage stamps and the
secretary was instructed to write TO the
congressman from Nebraska, requesting them
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