Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-06
FREIGHT LINES CONSOLIDATE
National Despatch and Great Eastern Merge
Their Interests.
C, F. ROGERS BECOMES GENERAL AGENT
AmaIEsmatIon VIII Hiring with 10
Many Changes in OmcIaIs and
EmpIiytS Throughout the
Country.

Information Of the amalgamation OF the
National Despatch Line and the Great East
ern Line, two extensive freight companies,
has just been announced, and in this con-
Dection also comes news Of the promotion
Of Charles +. Rogers OF Omaha, agent Of
the Great Eastern Line here, to be general
agent at Kansas City OF the consolidated
organization. which is to be termed the
National Despatch Great Eastern Line via
Grand TRUNK main lines.
Both the consolidation and the resulting
promotion for Mr.. Rogers took effect on
April /, but no whisper was heard OF the
matter until Saturday. Mr.. Rogers leaves
next Wednesday to take charge Of the Kan
sas City office. His departure is postponed
until that time In order that he mag intro
duce here his successor as Omaha agent.
who will be S. r. Stlmson Of Peoria, Ill,
who has been agent for the Great Eastern
Lins at that city.
The advancement accorded Mr.. Rogers is
not only one to a more important territory,
but carries also a substantial increase OF
salary. The numerous friends he has made
during his eleven years residence in Omaha
regret his departure, but rejoice at his good
fortune. 1t was in January, 1891, that Mr..
Rogers came to Omaha In the employ Of
the Great Eastern Line in a subordinate
position. In August, 1892, he was made
agent here and has been in charge Of the
local once since that time.
Affects OmeiaIs and Employees.
The consolidation Of these two great
freight lines means the letting out Of many
employees and officials Of one or the other.
They we're competitors the country over,
kaNh hn,tn1 oa3,aa In rnOat ~ tho prinoinal
cities Of the northern half Of the United
States from coast to coast. These local.
ties we're Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis,
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Boston,
Portland, Me-; Montreal, Canada; Seattle.
San Francisco and Los Angeles. The ANAL
gamation will continue ofices in all these
cities. and will probably branch out still
further now, though II has the available
territory we'll interviewer with a network
OF agencies already.
Headquarters OF both lines have been In
Buffalo. c. A.. Hayes. manager OF the
National Despatch Line. will continue
as manager OF the consolidated company.
r. Dow, manager Of the Great Eastern, has
resigned and left the railroad business. AT
Kansas City. meanwhile, a.. E. Everest has
been agent for the Great Eastern. He now
retires and MIR. Rogers takes over the ANAL
gamated once.
In Omaha the office OF the National De-
spatch Line has been discontinued and
James II. Hodges, who has been agent Tor
the, system here, becomes travelling freight
agent for the consolidated company with
headquarters at Omaha, under the new
agent, Mr.. Stlmson
New England Furnishes Tourists.
New England is the home Of the tour
ist," said Gerritt L. Fort, assistant general
passenger agent OF the Union Pacific rail-
way, who has just returned from a three
weeks survey of the east, during which he
visited all the main Union Pacific agencies
in the prominent cities. Mrs Fort was
with him.
II do not know whether It IL because
they are more thrifty and 80 have moro
money to spend" continued Mr.. Fort. but
New Englanders certainly supply the large
proportion Of the tourist material. The
schoolma'ams alone who come west from
there make up a big total.
Generally speaking, travel across the
continent this year will be immense, All
our agents report prospects that are al
1 most appalling, but we will manage to carry
all that come. Unusual interest In Cali
fornia seems to have been stimulated back
there, especially in New England.
The colonist business proper from there
is really very small, although the rate Is
taken advantage OF extensively. 1t amounts
practically to a reduction OF the second
class fare, as far as the easterners are
concerned. for very few Of them who travel
on II are legitimate colonists."
New Rock Island Trains.
Il was announced yesterday that April 10
the Chicago, Rock Island a Pacific railroad
will put on one new passenger train each
way between Chicago and Kansas City. This
service is OF interest TO omshans because
No. IA eastbound out Of Omaha will make
connections with the train from Kansas
City at Rock Island, III. This makes two
through trains a day each way between
Chicago and Kansas City on the Rock
Island, one night and one day. besides one
local train each way.
Probably the feature Of the service will
be that It will shorten the time TO El PRso
from Chicago nine hours from the present
schedule. The new train will leave Chicago
at $3.50 a. m. and arrive In FL Paso at y a.
m. two days later. II will reach Los An
geles at II q. m. one day after that. This
is considered to be the frst outoropplng Of
the Independent campaign that the Rech
Island will wage in the interests Of Its new
El Paso-UalitorniR route now hat 1t ID
free from the Western Passenger assooia-
tion.
A local feature OF the service is that for
the fret time Omaha will be given . con-