The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-02
IT Will BE A RACE.
Northwestern and Burlington Likely
to Put on New Trains.
CHICAGO TO THE BLUFFS,
Railroad Men of the Opinion That Double
Service Will Not Last-Fast Time
May be Expected.
(Ncnpareil.)

With the promised change in the
mail service from Chicago to the Mis-.
souri, river, comes the report that the
Northwestern is to follow the lead OF
the Burlington in putting on another
pair of fast mail trains. 1t is stated
that both roads will soon place in SER
vice fast mail trains leaving Chicago
at about 10 O'Clock at night and arriv-
ing here at about s o'clock the next
morning, and that they will also con-
tinue their fast mail trains, leaving
Chicago at 8 a. m. and arriving here
early the same afternoon. This will
bring the bulk of the eastern mail into
Omaha in the morning and will de-
liver the Chicago papers here in the
afternoon.
New Trains for Two Roads.
w. A. Gardner of Chicago, assistant
general superintendent of the North
western, was in the city yesterday. and
while at the Union Pacific headquar-
tiers in Omaha held lengthy confer
ence with General Manager Dickinson
and General Passenger Agent Lomax
of that road. After the conference a
statement was given out which war
rants the announcement that both the
Northwestern and the Burlington will
put on the new trains.
In explanation of the prospective
running of two fast mail trains dav
on each road from Chicago to this city,
it is said that the changes will be made
to conform with the changes coatem-
plated in the fast mail service from
New York to Chicago over the New
York Central and Lake Shore railroads.
The new fast mail train from New
York, which soon will be put on by
these two roads, arriving in Chicago at
about $50 p. M, will not, as first an
nounced, dlsplace the one arriving in
Chicago from New York at midnight.
ItNIay Not Last.
Considerable doubt, however, is ex-
pressed AS to whether congress will
sanction the appropriation of money to
run such fast mail trains so close to-
gether from Chicago to Council Bluffs
when one now carries the bulk of the
mail in very satisfactory manner
How long the two fast mail trains will
chase each other over both the North
western and the Burlington lines from
Chicago to this city, is a mere matter
of conjecture, but railroad men gen
orally do not look for such an expen-
sive arrangement of service to be made
permanent.
Twill BE Race.
1t was said by Assistant Superin-
tendent Gardner of the Northwestern
that the exact time for the new trains
has not been fixed and will not be until
the New York Central and the Lake
Shore operating departments announce
their new time. 1t is known the North
western will endeavor to make such a
showing with its new fast mail trains
that it will wrest from the Burlington
the through mail contract from Chi
cago to the Union Pacific transfer in
this city. To do this it must make
better showing, quicker service, for
seven consecutive days. The prize
amounts to nearly three-quarters of
million a year, and is esteemed to be
worth going after at least. The North
western now handles all the Black
Hills mails, which it transfers to the
Elkhorn road at Missouri Valley, but it
wants the overland mail. The Burl-
ington officials say that they feel quite
confident that the 30" engines can pull
the fast mail across Illinois and Iowa
faster than those of competing lines.
They also intimate that the first day
the Northwestern cuts down its run
ming time from Chicago to the Bluffs
the next day the Burlington will make
a cut that the Northwestern, or any
other line will have condiserable diff
Guilty in equaling. Both roads are in
the fight for the big purse TO a finish,
and western railroad men are looking
for some speedy runs on both roads
during the coming month