Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-29
FIGHTING FOR FAST MAIL
Vanderbilt and Burlington Systems Renew
Conflict with Energy.
OMAHA WILL PROFIT SOMEWHAT FROM II
Two New Trains to he Devoted TO the
Handling of Uncle Sans Business
AcrOs the Country May Go
ON Next Saturday.

The fercest railroad fight for the carrying
OF the United States mail between Chicago
and the Missouri river Is now on. On the
one hand the powers back OF the a Shore,
the Northwestern and the Union Pacific are
combined to secure the mali carrying con-
tract for NIL transcontinental mail. On the
other hand the Burlington system Is fighting
to retain Its mail service between Chicago
and Council Bluffs, where 1t now turns over
the Pacific coast mail from the east to the
Union Pacific.
At an early date the Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern road, which brings the New
York mail into Chicago, will change the
arriving time Of It's fast mail
train. Instead Of arriving in Chicago
at midnight, as at present, the Lake Shore
fast mail is to be changed so as to arrive
In Chicago at about $3.50 p. m. 1t is planned
to bring out the mail on the Northwestern
train, leaving Chicago at 10 o'clock, which
allows a reasonable length Of time for the
transfer of mail from the Lake Shore to the
Northwestern In Chicago.
1t will be remembered that Superintendent
Of Railway Mail Service Troy from Chicago
came out to Omaha In a Northwestern
private car about ten days ago and was
handsomely entertained by the Northwest.
tTu- liz EdClHC VilCidlSy VAN WuUIu ur
had a days conference here. 1t is known
now that the prospective changes In The
westbound mail service were considered at
that time.
Burlington Has . New Train.
The outcome Of the fight is
hard TO ~foretell. The Burlington
road win meet the change Of the Lake Shore
road by putting on a new fast mail train
out Of Chicago. On the day that the Lake
Shore road changes Its time into Chicago
from midnight to $3.50 p. m, the Burlington
will put on a new fast mail train between
Chicago and Omaha. This will leave Chi
cago at either $40 or at 9:45 p. m, the
exact hour being dependent upon the expedi-
tious manner in which the mall from the
Lake Shore train can be transferred. The
train will make the run to Omaha In ten
hours, arriving here at about 8 O'Clock the
next morning. 1t will connect with the
Overland Limited" train Of the Union
| Pacific for the coast, which leaves at $3.50
.. m. This change will probably 90 Into
| effect next Saturday night.
The new mail train on the Burlington will
! be composed exclusively Of mail cars. II
| will probably have the effect Of displacing
\ the present fast mail train on the Burling-
ton, which now leaves Chicago at 3 q. m
and arrives here at 2:55 p. m. the same
day. A high oficial Of the B. G. M. yester-
| day afternoon said he could see no reason
for having two fast mail trains out Of Chi
cago 20 close together. He said there was
no doubt but that the new fast mail train
will be the means of having the present fast
mail train dropped.
How 1t will Run.
The new trains on the Burlington will be
numbered 10 and 20. the former west-bound
and the latter east-bound. No. 10 will leave
Chicago at $3.50 In the evening and arrive
at Omaha at about 8 a. m. The present fast
mail Nc. Z arrives at 2 p. m
The return train No. 20 will leave
Omaha at $3.50 p. m. arriving In Burlington
at $3.50 p. M, and Chicago at 2 q. n. The
railway mail department is arranging the
schedule and hen 1t materializes will give
cities along this road the best mail connec-
tions in the west. The officials yesterday
could not say when the trains would be pu,
on, but it is believed the change will be,
come effective within the week.
There Is but little doubt that the hgh'
is between the entire Vanderbilt lines on thu
one hand, and the Burlington system, on thu
other. Should the Northwestern secure thu
mail contract between Chicago and Omaha
which II is now going after SO hard, 1t !!
given out that Its fast mail train will eros
the Missouri river at Blair. and run over t.
Fremont, Neb., connecting with the Unior
Pacific at that point. This would give then
A line Of sos miles-467 miles from Chicag'
to Missouri Valley, and thirty-eight mile
from there to Fremont-shortening the rout'
but completely cutting out Omaha as