Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-08
MORE WATER FOR RAILROADS
Instead Of Being in the Stocks, it Goes Over
the Tracks.
wAsHoUTs NUMEROUS, BUT NOT SERIOUS
superintendent Calvert Reports sixty
Three Miles of Burlington Track
in Southeastern Nebraska
Under water.

The state Of Nebraska has not been wet
up as 1t is today for many years"
This sentence was flashed over the wires
at $3.50 a. m. yesterday to General Manager
Holdrege Of the Burlington from General
Superintendent T.. e. Calvert Of Lincoln.
other railroads tell the same story and 1t
would seem that practically every inch
Of the agricultural districts Of the state
has had rain In quantities varying from
an inch up. The message from Mr.. Calvert
told of sixty-three miles Of track in south
eastern Nebraska under water at that
time, something unprecedented.
Such a %downpour has naturally affected
somewhat the railways. Most of the track
age In Nebraska is more or less softened
temporarily and there have been a few
minor washouts, but on the whole the
operating men feel that they have come
out Of such a deluge very luckily.
The Burlington suffered four washouts
Friday night, all small. The one nearest
Omaha was reported by superintendent
Bignell Of the northern division satur-
day. 1t was three and a half miles east
Of Gretna, or eighteen out OF Omaha, and
was sufficient to turn aside No. s, the
early daylight train into Chicago. No. 6
was run around via Louisville on the old
main line, thence to Plattsmouth,
where a stub train run down
from Omaha for the occasion con-
nected with 1t. Thence the train con-
tinued east, not coming through Omaha
yesterday morning. Mr.. Bignell stated, how
ever, that he expected to have the break
in the line repaired in time to send both
Nos. 4 and 5 over 1t without any material
delay. AS It was, No. 4 cameIin only half
IN hour late from, I 4ponIn and Nn < Law
ing here at $40 as usual, was pulled into
Lincoln but little behind time.
on western Division.
Superintendent A. Campbell Of the west
ern division reported two washouts, one
twelve feet long six miles east of Farnam,
on the Cheyenne line, and the other seven
miles east Of Farnam and fifteen feet long.
He will have them repaired at once.
General Superintendent Calvert said that
Friday nights rain was so heavy in south
eastern Nebraska that the line between
Lincoln and Table Rock was still under
water yesterday morning. Friday afternoon
he was stu able to run trains over It, but
Friday night it became so deeply submerged
that Nos. Al and 100 were sent around by
way of Beatrice.
Mr.. Calvert also reported a washout at
the bridge, two and a half miles east Of
Odell. The damage was not very heavy. and
he hoped to get II fixed yesterday. Trains
No. 13 and IA were detained because Of II.
On all lines trains were running eau
tiously In Nebraska during Friday night
and yesterday. The Union Pacific reports
its main line all in good shape, but says
some Of the branch lines are softened. The
Elkhorn track is Just a little unsteady.
Northwestern's New Time Card.
Four new trains instead Of two and a
total Of eleven trains into Omaha and ten
trains out every day are features Of the
new time card which is to go into effect
today on the Chicago-omaha portion OF
the Chicago & Northwestern railway. The
details OF the new card have just been -e-
ceived by Northwestern officials here from
Chicago headquarters. In addition to these
radical changes there are several minor
ones. such as shifting of terminal times.
Another prominent feature Of the card Is
that Northwestern train nomenclature Is to
be changed entirely. There will no longer
be any Chicago Express" Atlantic Ex-
press" Twin City Local. Chicago Spe-
cial,' Fast Mail" Colorado Special or
Omaha Express" Instead there will be
merely local, fast, daylight, limited and
mail trains. with their schedule numbers
only.
Chief Of the new trains is the pair Of
Chicago-Denver flyers. No. Ii, westbound,
will leave Chicago at $50 p. m. arriving
in Omaha at Z a. m. The Union Pacific
will take II out at 7:10 a. m. and land 1t
In Denver at 1850 p. m. This means twelve
hours and a half from Chicago to Omaha,
and thirteen hours and forty minutes from
Omaha to Denver, allowing for the change
to western time. No. u. eastbound, will
leave Denver at 1:10 p. m. reaching here
at $3.50 a. m. Going out then east at $40
a. m, It will reach Chicago at 4 p. m. This
gives a run Of thirteen hours and twenty
minutes between Denver and Omaha, and
twelve hours and twenty minutes from
Omaha to Chicago, thus doing the entire
eastbound journey in twenty-five hours and
fifty minutes, including all stops.
New Local Trains.
The other new trains are locals between
Carroll, Ia. and Omaha, making all stops.
They will be called Nos. II and IS and will
replace No. 16. the Chicago express, which
has been leaving Omaha at 4:15. These
two trains will offer ideal service for resi-
dents of the section tapped wishing to buy
in Omaha. No. IL will leave Carroll at
$50 a. m, reaching here at 1920 a. m. No.
-. returning. will leave here at AIS p,
m, reaching Carroll at 7:l5 p. m. This
gives anyone from Carroll or between here
and there all the time from 1920 In the
morning till Ais in the afternoon for bust
ness In Omaha. Local Northwestern ON
cials are especially proud at having secured
this train, as the territory feeding to tina
hundred-mile run will prov most prolific
for Omaha.